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I i t J 1 I t i I I I FIELD OF SPEEDY RACERS « Assured for Collinsville Handicap, Opening Feature at Fairmount. ♦ General 3Ianager Head Enthusiastic Over Prospects for Fainnoant Derby, Outstanding Attraction of Meeting. COLLINSVILLE, 111., May 22.— With only two days intervening before the opening of Fairmount Parks racing season, C. B»uce Head, general manager, announces that no less than twenty-five eligibles in the inaugural feature, the Collinsville Handicap, distance three-quarters of a mile, having a ,000 value, are on the scene and in training. Included among the probable starters are : Shasta Lad, winner of the race last year ; McTinkle, second to Shasta Lad ; Bobashela, Germaine Chauvelot, Judge Murphy, Hypnotism, Sister Ship, Dinner Dance, Wisdom, Senator Seth, Gold Mint, Uluniu, Lucky Hit, Last Thought, Bourbon, Nichelson, Poly-gamia, Brushing, Sweepsora, William P. The Padre and Greenock. Entries are to be made Friday morning by 10 :30 oclock. The number so far indicates the field in this race will be exceptional. The type of performers is indicated in the list of eligibles galloping over the course, now in prime condition. General Manager Head, commenting on the prospects, said Fairmount Park racing would be of higher order than heretofore, due to the presence of a greater number of useful performers and the advanced stage of preparation. The plant itself, treated to the freshening process, is more inviting than ever. He is enthusiastic. His prediction is that the attendance will surpass that of the past. Respecting the running of the Fairmount . Derby, June 1, he said : "Our Derby is two weeks in advance of the American Derby, to be decided Saturday, June 15, at Washington Park, but the obvious closeness of dates will not, in my opinion, serve to detract from the brilliancy of the Fairmount Park feature. Its eligibles include all of the stars in the Kentucky and American Derbys. Over Fairmount course I expect to see most of those horses which performed in the Kentucky Derby settling the question of supremacy. We shall have Clyde Van Dusen, probably Naishapur, first and second, respectively, at Churchill Downs in our Derby. KENTUCKY DERBY WINNER. "Clyde Van Dusen, trainer of the Kentucky Derby winner, is out to pluck the Derby prizes in a row, so, in accordance with th.s lemarkable ambition, it is almost certain the son of Man o War — Uncles Lassie will demonstrate at Fairmount Park that he may be the master of the three-year-olds. "Another dangerous factor in our Derby will be Panchio, which, coupled with Royal Ford, will carry the silks of the Three Ds Stock Farm. Trainer C. E. Durnell cites Panchios Kentucky Derby achievement as proof of the colts class. He acquitted himself well in that race. There is a certainty we shall have a great Derby. I anticipate that no less than eighteen will go to the post." John Kissane and Pat Gallaher, who have been attending to secretarial details pending the arrival of J. B. Campbell, report that thoroughbreds are arriving in large numbers. With 450 horses registered every stall will be occupied by Saturday, Kissane said. Todays arrivals included Dr. Keifers band, brought from Maryland. Lloyd Gentry will arrive Thursday from Churchill Downs with thirty-six horses. If Gentry duplicates his success of last season in Illinois racing he will convert his followers into a state of tnriftiness. Gentry knew how to ride. He is one jockey that has been able to use knowledge thus obtained in the art of training. The mild-mannered Texan is, according to his friends, one of the best equipped horsemen in America. Nichelson. brought by Bruce Mclntyre from Louisville, is sharp. The Anderson racers, topped by Senator Seth, shipped here in good order.
