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Nine Consistent Runners In Fort Miami Offering i Meeting Night Seen Favorite Over Shamrock Lad and Others By W. A. CRUSE Staff Correspondent FORT MIAMI, Maumee, Ohio, May 2.— Racing secretary John L. Watkins has pre- « pared a varied and interesting eight-race card for Tuesday. The feature is the sixth -and honors the new Toledo Express airport, which is reportedly one of the largest and finest of its type in the country for the handling of larger airplanes. The race is an allowance affair for four-year-olds and older and it has a six furlongs staging. The field is made up of nine of the more consistent campaigners on the grounds. Mrs. H. L. Hauberts Meeting Night should come in for strong support after his effort in the Commodore Perry Handicap last Saturday. The well confirmed Rose Cave gelding took the top on such as Reighsign, the ultimate winner, and one of the more highly regarded thoroughbreds on the grounds. The handicap was at one mile and Meeting Night was on top all the way to the furlong marker and wound up a strong-finisliing fifth over the remainder of the nine-horse field. This will be the first time this season that has been shortened down to a six-furlong sprint. His first two endeavors this season were in mile events, the first a handicap and the second a ,500 starter allowance. Following that was another handicap at the mile and 70 yards distance and in each try he was on top for some part of the journey. : From all indications he should be difficult to beat in this field and wilf undoubtedly wind up the favorite Tuesday. Rounding out this field are F. E. and D. ■ L. Riddles Shamrock Lad, Fred Bleckes Point Lookout, B. H. Wises Cracklette, O. A. Coys War Dollar, A. V. Conniff s Mariposa, E. E. Hardesty and F. E. Howells Swift Summer, John Fosters Bills Best and Al Wellmans Dateline. Of the latter group Shamrock Lad, too, should deserve some consideration. This Buster gelding has had but two" outings this season and in the first was badly beaten by the local champion, Reighsign. Following that effort he finished fifth to Mrs. D. Donaldsons Panting, H. H. Smiths Fifty Carat, J. Frys My Pastime and L. Frys Double Hustle. He was beaten but a shade over four lengths for it all. While the track was classed as fast, it still had some dead spots in it and the time was 1:16, for six furlongs. The two efforts should serve as a tightener and last years past performances indicate he could be the one to fear.
