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West Springfield Engages Septet SeptetMotor Motor Line Packs 121 Pounds Under Allowance Conditions Spotting Rockcastle Twelve TwelveBy By ELI CHIAT CHIATLINCOLN LINCOLN DOWNS Lincoln R L May 3 The 10000 West Springfield Purse run under allowance conditions at seven fur ¬ longs headlines Saturdays ninerace program with a field of seven named over ¬ night This event has been substituted for the Hartford Handicap which was to have been the feature attraction for the matinee but failed to draw sufficient nominations Included in the group named overnight are five eligibles for the 50000 added Lincoln Special These are Mclvor Pricketts Motor Line Mrs Joseph Leones Rock castle Peter and Beano Cirionis Double Bid and Peter Fullers pair of Oclirock and Glen Alden The remainder of the West Springfield field is comprised of John Cavals Amyn Bey and Frank DePaolos Danny O OMotor Motor Line will carry the topweight o 124 pounds and will concede his rivals from eight to 14 pounds The fouryearold Bimelech colt turned in an excellent win ¬ ning performance in his seasonal debut several days ago when he skipped five fur ¬ longs in 100 to an easy length and three quarters triumph over Satans Sister and other allowance racers To say that he vras much the best would be putting it mildly as he was being eased up in the late yards under his burdensome 122 pounds Won Six Races Last Year YearLast Last year on this circuit Motor Line hung up anjmpressive record of six wins and a similar number of seconds in his 17 starts He was also given a chance to prove his mettle by contesting the Roamer Hand ¬ icap at Jamaica and turned in a bangup bangupeffort effort by finishing fourth after being blocked on the turn He also forced Tick Tock to the limit when succumbing in the late yards of the Sophomore Special at Narragansett in his final outing of the 1956 season Saturdays race should help him immeasurably in his conditioning for the final plum of the meeting here on closing day dayRockcastle Rockcastle tossed in with 109 pounds tomorrow shapes up as Motor Lines stern ¬ est foe Under 121 pounds the former Calu ¬ met colorbearer romped off with the Bridgeport Handicap last Saturday for his first triumph since the 1955 Yankee Hand ¬ icap at Suffolk Downs He definitely ap ¬ pears to have recovered from his near fatal coffin bone fracture as attested by his mile and onesixteenth score in i46 i46Double Double Bid and Oclirock each a double handicap winner at the session carry 113 pounds Double Bid made the pace in the Bridgeport but quickly gave way to Rock ¬ castle when challenged by that rival How ¬ ever the seven furlongs of tomorrows test will benefit the son of Double Jay who does his best running on the front end endOclirock Oclirock appears to have tailed off slightly from the excellent form he flashed earlier in the session when he won the Inaugural and the Woonsocket His stable mate Glen Alden gets in the West Spring ¬ field with 107 pounds but will have to improve to make his presence felt feltDanny Danny O with 109 pounds has been a winner at the meeting defeating a band of allowance racers over an off racing strip He seems to be overmatched in tomorrows lineup while Amyn Bey under 107 pounds must also be considered an extreme out sider
