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Former Handicap Lures Ten Horses At Bay Open Range Equally Weighted at 11 7 Kay Ellen Gets 114 for Todays Event EventBy By DEAN WILLIAMS WILLIAMSFONNER FONNER PARK Grand Island Nebr May 9 Mrs Clyde Cranwells At Bay and Barney Applegarths Open Range have been assigned high weight of 117 pounds in Saturdays handicap at one mile and 70 yards The handicapper assigned the Ed Luther entry of Kay Ellen and Borego 114 and 113 pounds respectively while the Melvin Stubbstrained entry of R C Gil mores Thoughtless and J Lee Klesners Scomber will carry 116 and 115 pounds respectively respectivelyRounding Rounding oulg the field will be H O Parkers Flashing Chic at 112 pounds Luella Schoens Gille Machree 109 John Winters Isaprince 114 and C D Irions Glory Glory under 114 pounds poundsVictor Victor in Columbus Day Handicap HandicapAt At Bay under apprentice Glenn Kloss was the l9ngpriced winner of the Colum ¬ bus Day Races Handicap a week ago at 6Yz furlongs The bay daughter of Eternal Re ¬ ward came from last place in the final quarter of a mile to defeat such highly regarded performers as Sunny Boy S Thoughtless and Curly Kem but many fans will be looking for further proof of her ability under the top weight she will carry in Saturdays feature featureOpen Open Range will also be looking for a repeat win in Saturdays one mile and 70 yards handicap The goodlooking home ¬ bred colt raced within onefifth of a second of the track record for one mile and 70 yards in last Saturdays Letter Carriers Purse The allowance field he defeated in ¬ cluded some of the horses he will face tomorrow Open Range was ridden by Jerrel Quinn who again has been assigned the mount for Saturday SaturdayR R C Gilmores Thoughtless accounted for one victory in three starts this year at Fonner Park The large chestnut mare won the inaugural handicap in her first effort Her frontrunning style carried her to a clear win over Open Range and Borego Since that winning performance she fin ¬ ished second to At Bay and fourth to Shadow Roll The highly consistent daugh ¬ ter of Bleu dOr is extremely popular in this area and is certain to receive a great deal of consideration considerationOther Other than those already mentioned Flashing Chic Scomber Kay Ellen and Gille Machree are winners at the current meeting
