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Bobby Brocato Equals Tanforan Track Mark MarkShoulders Shoulders 130 Pounds and Runs Mile and OneSixteenth in 1 42Ys 42YsTANFORAN TANFORAN San Bruno Calif April 30 Mr and Mrs TJKerrs Bobby Brocato gave further evidence that he is one of the best distance runners in the country when he won the 16025 San Francisco Handicap at a mile and one sixteenth here last Saturday for the second time Not too much could be said of the horses he defeated but the fiveyearold son of Natchez was packing 130 pounds the most he ever shouldered and under it he equalled the track record 142 which Cyclotron established earlier in the meet ¬ ing under 116 while taking the Calif omia Handicap HandicapFurther Further Bobby Brocato was making his first public appearance since last winter when he racked up four major victories including triumphs in the 100000 Santa Anita Handicap at a mile and onequarter and in the equally rich San Juan Capis trano at about a mile and threequarters on the turf turfClosest Closest to the Ken stallion and just a length away from him in the San Fran ¬ cisco was the Yolo Stables Bezaha as the GladFlo Stables Mintaka finished third Pnly six contested the stake and the others in their order of finish were Louis B Mayers Alidon the R C Stables Lime ¬ light Mr and Mrs R B Lawsons Gipsy Rover and finally the Sunnyside Stables Beau Bushel BushelThe The crowd of 18000 made Bobby Brocato a 2to5 favorite for last Saturdays feature which netted him 8400 Currently the top moneyearning thoroughbred of the year the Kerr star now has a 1956 bank ¬ roll of 219525 219525Bobby Bobby Brocato now has one more en ¬ gagement here before heading for Holly ¬ wood Park lie is being pointed for the 35000 added Tanforan Handicap at a mile and onefurlong and he will be trying for his second triumph in that one too It was in the San Francisco Handicap last year that he scored his first big victory in the West
