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Show Coallovn Set To Avenge Capol Defeat BALTIMORE. Oct 25 UFt The hand on the stopwatch pointed Tuesday to a thrilling duel when Coaltown and' Capot meet m the winner-take all Pimlieo special. Both have burned up the turf In recent workouts, with Coaltown bettering the track record for a mile In last Sunday's outing over the old hilltop course. His 1:37 29 clipped one-fifth of a second off the mark set In 1923 by June Grass. Capot, the Greentree stable hope for "hone of the year" honors, turned In a brilliant workout Monday Mon-day at Belmont. He toured a mile and one-eight over the main course in 1:52 after covering the first mile In 1:37 35. $15,00 Special The $15,000 special will be run at a mile and three-sixteenths Friday. Fri-day. Capot was due here Tuesday from the New York track as Plmlico Plm-lico threw open Its gates for a 21-day 21-day meeting sponsored by the Maryland Jockey club. Eight stakes are sprinkled throughout the program, including the (7300 Governor Bowie which features Tuesday's Inaugural card. ' Among' the six entries for the mile and three-quarters event were C. E. Tuttle's double brandy and ATTTSacketrs Gasparllla, which drew strong early support. Top Weight Gasparllla shouldered top weight of 1201 pounds, the same burden assigned as-signed to Henry L. Straus' Pilaster, winner of the event last year. Rounding out the field were Brookmeade stable's Blue Hills, W. Fincher's Quemadlto and Edward Lasker's Natural. Friday's meeting will be the first between Coaltown and Capot since the Sysonby mile, when the latter handed the Calumet campaigner cam-paigner his only unavenged defeat |