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j : Eleven Sprinters Clash In Beulah Park Feature See Decapolis and Jr. Ireland Top Choices in Allowance Test By W. A. CRUSE Staff Correspondent BEULAH PARK, Grove City, Ohio, May iy 13. — Tomorrows week end will be the second j. Saturdays program of the 20-day iy spring meeting. At present, the term tn "spring" is being used very loosely in this Is part of the country where it is decidedly ly on the cold side, and the sunshine has is turned into a cold, fine rain, that is predicted »_ to continue through tomorrow and [d early Sunday. Even with the present weather conditions. j_ Racing Secretary and Handicapper eJ! Eugene W. Bury had little difficulty in [L filling his nine-race program. The fields j_ for the most part have the maximum m starting number of 12 entered in each h affair, and the overall card is one of the xe most attractive to date. Spotlighting the nine races is the ie Charles N. Hayes Concessionaire Purse. Another of the traditional offerings at at each spring and fall meeting here at Beulah *~ Park, this running has enticed 11 ~~ allowance campaigners which are either . three-year-olds or older, and the event is endowed with a ,600 purse. The field for this six-furlong dash includes 1- the E. Smoth and G. Steele coupling 5 of Peach Bud and Told Before, Mrs. M. E. Merz My Dream Lady, the Columbus ijf Stables Gee. F. Rlnaldis Boston Bull. T. 1- McDermotts Decapolis, the Refnem Stables *~ Siren Song. G. W. Conte and L. Di-monis Slick Knight, C. McCools Solar ar Bid. and C. Deans Jr. Ireland. Decapolis will be trying for a second 11 Cwttinued on Page fertr-Six 12 2 12 12 12 I 10 7 ? 6 6 Jti 12 ,f 12 2 8 8 g 9 g 11 11 10 10 ■ 11 12 12 10 10 8 8 10 JO 10 11 °i 12 9 g 10 10 75 * 12 ,2 12 12 8 8 11 11 10 10 11 |1 12 12 8 10 _ Eleven Sprinters Clash In Beulah Park Feature See Decapolis and Jr. Ireland Top Choices in Allowance Test Continued from Pagt Seven consecutive visit to the winners circle. The : Heliopolis horse is definitely one for this course and in his first try, finished a bang ■ up second to Phyllis M. Lockes Boriciia, the only horse so far at the meeting to turn in two consecutive victories. Following !_ ~ that race, but this time with the affa-M " ble reinsman Paul Keiper in the saddle, J he galloped to a four and one-half length victory over Time for Fun who also runs in the interest of Miss Locke. The strip was slow for the contest and he negotiated the six furlongs in 1:14%. Though moving up some in company, he will be well re-12 ;_ garded in the wagering, . Jr. Ireland turned in a second in his one and only outing and was three lengths behind the East View Stables Malleable; ,. the latter is probably one of the classier campaigners available for competition on the grounds and he too galloped to a three-length lead over a slow strip. The time was a bit more worthy of mention n though the strip was not exactly the same. The Selalbeda geldings effort resulted in 1:13 flat being posted and he turned in n a sizzling quarter mile in :23y5 and a half £ in :46%. Beaten but three lengths. A re-,« ,_ a turn to that form or slight improvement, would find Jr. Ireland negotiating the six furlongs tomorrow in 1:13% which would J be good enough to take it all if time was the only factor to be considered.
