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Nine Contest ,500 River Downs Feature Heredity Engages Spy Defense in American Bar Association Purse By V. A. 1CRUSE Staff Correspondent RIVER DOWNS, California, Ohio, June 10.— Members of the American Bar Association will be in attendance here Saturday for the nine-race program, the finest carded to date, and the feature attraction bears the title of that organization. In the feature attraction, "a six-furlong dash for three-year-olds and older horses, there are nine, including a coupling, to match strides for a part of a ,000 purse. Once again it is difficult to determine a favorite, as each of the contestants has been earning portions of purses at this moatinrr OC -tTrrtll r, r. I-.**-..?.-. — „ 3 11 ..Awumg, *o wen aa unvmg gliJUCU LXie charmed -circle before shipping to this course from the many points around the United States. Hie field is comprised of the Arbywood Stables entry of Lonoke Flash and Spy Defense, the Char-Mar Farms Our Temper, the Florida Sun Stables Sistime, Mary J. Bauers Miss Revoked, J. B. Randolphs Ermine Tail, Doug Davis, Jr., and the estate of Paul Youkilis Hall Print, W. Strongs Heredity, and W. F. Scotts Sky Jeep. Heredity could prove to be the troublesome factor for the other contestants. The Bimelech gelding finished a rather worthy second to E. A. Bischoffs King Phalanx, a two-time winner at the meeting, in the Memorial Day Purse. Jockey Howard Craig, who rode him that day, is,scheduled again for the honor on the overnight and, with that one outing over the course, the pair should be in line for consideration. Spy Defense has had three outings over this course and has not failed to earn some part in each try. The last was a second to the fleet-footed Ziggity, who races in the interest of R. S. Hildebrand. The occasion was the Queen City Purse, and the time for the six furlongs was 1lV/s over a fast track. From all present indications, the strip will continue to be Continued on Page f/Vfy-Seren Nine Contest ,500 River Downs Feature Heredity Engages Spy Defense in American Bar Association Purse Continued from Page Three "off" for the late week-end program and may prove more to the Bull Lea horses liking. Though the third race on the program is ia ,750 claiming affair, it will invoke keen interest for the fans. As a six-furlong dash designed for four-year-olds and older horses, F. Merrys Sydney ±1., a five-year-old War Hero gelding, will be trying for his fourth consecutive set of brackets. He. has handled this strip effectively in any kind of going for his visits to the charmed circle and, while scaling the ladder a wee bit, it will be interesting to note his performance, even with the 120-pound impost; The field is rather light for the affair, with but eight drawn on the overnight, but with-a near normal racing strip . .it would not be unlikely to find jockey Howard Craig hustling him over the dash in near record time.
