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I j Californian Draws I, 38 Handicap Stars! Swaps, Bobby Brocato and j Jet Action on Roster for Hollywood May 26 Feature li HOLLYWOOD PARK, Inglewood, Calif., : May 8.— Thirty-eight handicap stars, in- j eluding champions from both coasts and ; four foreign countries, are nominated for Hollywood Parks 00,000 added Calif or- * nian. ; The roster of nominees, which was an- nounced today by racing secretary John ; Maluvius, is topped by Rex Ellsworths ■ defending champion in the mile and one- ; sixteenth classic which will be run May 26. J Swaps, the 1955 Kentucky Derby winner, j ! won last years Californian, which is a " weight-for-age race with certain penalties, and allowances based on earnings, in new ; worlds record time of 1 : 40% from Deter- mine, the 1954 Derby king. Under the conditions of the Californian, j Swaps will carry 127 pounds when he opens] j his bid for 1956 national honors in the handicap division. This is the same poundage established for Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Kerrs Bobby Brocato, leader in national money-winning standings as of May 1 with earnings of 19,525 whose most impressive wins were in the 00,000 added Santa Anita and San Juan Capistrano handicaps. Son of Derby Winner Representing the East among the nominees is Maine Chance Farms Jet Action, fleet son of the Derby winner, Jet Pilot. Llangollen Farms Mister Gus, third to Swaps and Determine in the Californian last year, was named with his stablemtae, Porterhouse, as was L. B. Mayers Alidon, winner of Hollywoods Argonaut and American handicaps in which he set track records last summer. Included among the numerous foreign-bred nominees are Joe Maggios Cromis, an Australian weight-for-age champion, Mrs. Petite Luellwitz Telyar, second in the •Victory Aus. Derby, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Kerrs Elixir JX, from Argentina, "Alberta Ranches Perfect IX, Yolo Stables Bezaha and Rainbow Stables Ozbeg from Ireland and Mrs. M. Boyers Pirnie II. from England.
