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_ __ — Weight Nashua at 129 -Pound Bracket for Valley Forge Cap Victory in Garden States i Race Would Give Combs Colt Worlds Money-Winner Title x By AVERY BROWN GARDEN STATE PARK, Camden, N. J., May 7. — Nashua has been assigned top-weight of 129 pounds for Saturdays renewal of the 5,000 added Valley Forge Handicap at Garden State Park, thus affording him an early opportunity to sur- pass Citations world-record earnings. of J ,085,760. He is now within ,145 of the record, having amassed ,077,615 to datteJ Maine Chance Farms Jet Action has drawn 122 pounds in the one mile and 70 yards ! stake, weights for which have been graded down to 105 — on local candidates for the race — by racing secretary M. C. Shea. In a telephone conversation with Garden State Park officials this morning, trainer "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons said he would j wait for the weights to be released and] then would discuss plans for Nashua with ; Lesile B. Combs II... head of the syndicate J which owns the champion, before making a I decision. Pound Over Grey Lag Impost While Nashua is given a pound more than he carried successfully last Saturday in the Grey Lag at Jamaica, A. G. Vanderbilts Find is listed at 118, the same poundage he carried in missing the Grey Lag victory by a head. Mrs. E. D. Jacobs hard- hitting Joe Jones, assigned 119 in the Valley Forge, is dropping a pound of the package he carried in last Saturdays New York race where he was beaten about two lengths. Another member of the Grey Lag starting line-up, Cockfield Stables Le Beau Prince is eligible for the Valley Forge at 110 pounds,-the same as he carried while meeting his first defeat in this country. In weighting the French-bred Le Beau Prince, Shea took into consideration the fact that the Garden State race is 150 yards shorter than the Grey Lag and may be the distance Tom Wallers charge would be at his best against such opposition. Of the 43 eligibles weighted for the Valley Forge Handicap, J. W. Rodgers Due de Fer at 116 pounds is highweight of the horses stabled on the grounds. The five-year-old son of Spy Song— Lady Waterloo has been here about a week and has only been trained at short spins. Calumet Farms Trentonian at 112 and Commodore M. at 110 must be considered among the local handicap group who will start in the Valley Forge. Others include C. L. DuPuys Gaidar, 111, who was second to Swaps at Gulfstream in the Caiifornians worlds record score; Elkcam Stables Ifa-body, also at 111; Castle Rock Farms Mr. First, 108 and Ruffalo Brothers Our Gob at 107 pounds. j The complete weights for the Valley-Forge follow: I Horse. Wt. Nashua 129 Jet Action 122 Joe Jones 119 Find 118 Due de Fer 116 Switch On 116 Paper Tiger 112 Skipper Bill 112 Trentonian 112 County Clare 111 Gaidar 111 Ifabody 111 Thinking Cap 111 Commodore M. 110 First Aid 110 Le Beau Prince 110 Ambergris 109 Brown Hackle 109 Fleet Bird 109 Midafternoon 109 Go Lightly 108 Gun Shot 108 Horse. Wt. Marys Bubble 108 Mr. First 108 Weal or Woe 108 Alternative 107 Man of Destiny 107 Our Gob 107 Ring King 107 Sunday. Pitch 107 Wise Tod 107 Akbar Khan 106 Busher Fantasy 106 Chit Chat 106 Little Dell 106 Revolt 106 Alibu; ; Lashes 105 Busher s Idol 105 Cable Jack 105 Cedar Hill 105 i Devastation 105 ! Jabneh 105 Tonys Chance 105
