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Full Field in Sportsman s Plainfield Akboy May Rule PostTime Choice ChoiceTopweighted Topweighted Happy Lad and Slash Both Boast Victories During Oaklawn Park Meet MeetSPORTSMANS SPORTSMANS PARK Cicero HI May 2 A full field of three and fouryearolds are entered in Fridays feature attraction at Sportsmans Park It is tihe first time since the meeting pp ened that the feature event on the program has had a full field of 10 starters Excessive rains of the first week of racing at the Cicero track played havoc with the racing strip and was the cause of the small fields fieldsIn In Fridays main event at six and one half furlongs tabbed the Plainfield for a 4500 purse 11 horses were named in the overnights with 10 certain to face starter Roy Dickerson DickersonN N R Lows Akboy a chestnut gelding by Akbar Running Play looms as the prob ¬ able favorite Others considered strong contenders are Robert J Westons Happy Lad and H S Nichols Slash SlashOthers Others in Lineup LineupThe The remainder of the field including the single also eligible entry are George Gerbers Dr Joe Kay Wallace Strongs Dee Vee Tee Mrs W J Nolan and Mrs C F Stones Beau Carvel Paul Hoffman and Ralph Salvinos Volition A Saucier Jrs Almas Heart Thomas Boudries Equipat R D Green and C Kerrs Total Traffic and Horace Wises Done It ItAkboy Akboy and Happy Lad each have already had outings at the meeting Akboy was entered1 in the Mucho Gusto Purse on April 24 but failed to finish in the money Happy Lad also figured among the also I rans in his only performance at the session in the Park Forest Purse on April 26 26Slash Slash a first starter at the meeting was an Oaklawn Park winner on March 14 defeating Don Melody in a sixfurlong event Almas Heart Equipat Done It and Total Traffic are also among the first starters here Volition had one outing competing in the Inaugural on opening day while Dr Joe Kay started in the Springfield Purse on April 22 both running out Dee Vee Tee and Beau Carvel also failed to click in their only attempts at the meeting v EDWARD MELON CON Trainer of ofPoshing Poshing Squaw winner of yesterdays yesterdaysthird third race at Sportsmans Park
