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PEMBERTON W H Bishop sophomore sophomoreisthe isthe likely favorite in the Platan Purse Purseat at Sportsmans Park today Pemberton Entered in Platan Purse Youthful to Favored Royal Anthem Sportsmans Sprint To Engage Sextet SextetClarence Clarence Meaux Will Pilot Bishop Sophomore Today as Fieselman Guides Bay Boy SPORTSMANS PARK Cicero 111 May 7 Pemberton a threeyearold owned by William Hal Bishop one of the nations leading moneywinning trainers and to be ridden by Clarence Meaux currently in second place in the national jockey stand ¬ ings will head an array of six sophomores scheduled to go to the post in the Platan Purse best attraction on the Thursday bill at Sportsmans Park ParkPemberton Pemberton winner of four races this year including the Chesapeake Trial will carry 120 pounds and will be pitted against John E Hughes Discordant and Harry Houghs Bay Boy each of whom will carry 120 and Mrs Bee Niermans SmokeMe Now Sun Dial Stables Galant Parcel and Dan Logans Power Play The distance will be six furlongs furlongsThe The Bishop racer who arrived at Wash ¬ ington Park from Maryland Tuesday will be vanned to Sportsmans for his engage ¬ ment He will in all probability go to the post as the favorite in the event Pember ¬ ton raced at the Fair Grounds course in New Orleans during the winter He whipped Royal Union at the Louisiana course but was beaten by the Reverie Knoll colt in the Louisiana Derby DerbySet Set Mile Record in Last LastBay Bay Boy who will be piloted by Jack Fieselman the leading rider at this ses ¬ sion in his last start broke a track record for one mile in running the distance in 138 and defeating Mangamby a nose Incidentally the standard was formerly held by a fromer Bishop runner Key Bis cayne In his prior race Bay Boy was unplaced in a 6furlong affair won by Dis ¬ cordant cordantIn In winning that threequarter dash Dis ¬ cordant took the measure of Satin Para sail Mr Rip and other useful sprinters in doing the distance in 112 Before that Discordant was third to Mangam and Satin Parasall also at six furlongs furlongsSmokeMeNow SmokeMeNow registered an upset early in the meeting when he won and paid 8820 He later finished out of the money Galant Parcel finished fourth in a 6 furlong 4500 claiming race last Saturday and Power Play has started here but once being unplaced opening day dayBishop Bishop also has five other horses entered on Thursdays program In addition to Pemberton in the featured seventh race he has Worrion in the first Sky Step in the third Roman Stripe in the sixth Figurehead in the eighth and Diamond Ned in nightcap
