Suffolk Lists Ten Stakes for Meet: 0,000 Massachusetts on June 26 Heads Roster; Two Rich Events on Turf Course, Daily Racing Form, 1957-05-04

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OT irTr if i jf1 t Suffolk Lists Ten Stakes for Meet 50000 Massachusetts on June 26 Heads Roster Two Rich Events on Turf Course CourseEAST EAST BOSTON Mass May 3 Suffolk Downs plans to offer 10 stakes worth a total of 152500 a record for the Eastern Racing Associations track at the 35day meeting which opens Tuesday May 21 Judge John C Pappas president and gen ¬ eral manager of the local course an ¬ nounced the stakes roster today todayHeading Heading the schedule as usual is the 50000 added Massachusetts Handicap mile and onequarter fixture for three yearolds and upward which features the June 26 program Entries for the Massa ¬ chusetts which invariably attracts a field of crack handicap performers close on June 9 9Next Next in value to the Massachusetts is the John R Macomber Memorial Handi ¬ cap endowed with 25000 and to be con ¬ tested over Suffolk Downs turf course on June 17 The Macomber which honors the memory of one of New Englands thor ¬ oughbred racing pioneers is at about a mile and onehalf and also is open to threeyearolds and upward upwardPaul Paul Revere at Six Furlongs FurlongsCompleting Completing the list of stakes are seven events in the 10000added category and one the Paul Revere Handicap the in augural headliner with a purse of 7500 The Paul Revere is at six furlongs furlongsThe The stakes follow May 21 Paul Revere Handicap 7500 7500threeyearolds threeyearolds and upward six furlongs furlongsMay May 25 Faneuil Hall Handicap 10000 threeyearolds six furlongs furlongsMay May 30 Tomasello Memorial Handicap 10000 threeyearolds and upward one and oneeighth miles milesJune June 1 Commonwealth Handicap 10 000 threeyearolds and upward six fur ¬ longs longsJune June 8 Plymouth Rock Handicap 10 000 threeyearolds and upward about one and onesixteenth miles turf course June 15 Bunker Hill Handicap 10 000 threeyearolds and upward six fur ¬ longs longsJune June 17 John R Macomber Memorial Handicap 25000 threeyearolds and up ¬ ward about one and onehalf miles turf course courseJune June 22 Governors Handicap 10000 threeyearolds one mile mileJune June 26 Massachusetts Handicap 50 000 threeyearolds and upward one and onequarter miles June 29 Bay State Kindergarten Stakes 10000 twoyearolds five and onehalf furlongs


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