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GOOD FIED FOR INAUGURAL Fairmount Parks Opening Day Feature Attracts Crack Racers Turf Enthusiasts Await Meeting of My MyDandy Dandy nml Flap Bearer at atColIInsvlHe ColIInsvlHe COLLINSVILLE 111 May 8 Secretary Julius Reeder today announced the follov ing nominations have been received for the Fairmount Inaugural Handicap the feature race on Saturday the opening day Flag Bearer Nellie Custis Coots Thistle Fyrn War Instigator Poppyfield Energy Rhin ock Theo Rochester Extreme Wood River Starboard Light Star o Morn Click Cog Air Uluniti Corbeau Virado Whileaway Arcturus Beau Wrack Brown Wisdom My JDandy Tippy Toe False Pride Bocaratone Genuine and Crucero CruceroRacing Racing fans in this section have been hoping for a meeting between My Dandy crack racer of the Reichert Brothers and Flag Bearer his fullbrother which runs under the colors of the Texas horseman J L Wilson There have been many argu ¬ ments pro and con over the relative sprint ¬ ing merits of each and several horsemen have contended that Flag Bearer will out ¬ break My Dandy when they meet meetThese These two sons of Porte Drapeau Scep ¬ ter and Staff are very likely to meet over the sixfurlong route on Saturday open ¬ ing day of the Fairmount fortynineday meeting Both were developed and trained by Henry Batchelor and have done excep ¬ tionally well for their new owners Flag Bearer hasx been resting all winter and is in fine condition according to trainer Wilson who will start him in the Inau ¬ gural with Tommy Root astride He is a fouryearold and My Dandy is a five yearold yearoldBKOAVJf BKOAVJf WISDOM HEADY HEADYBrown Brown Wisdom another of the Reichert Brothers charges has been moving along nicely in morning trials going one mile in 145 handily and appearing in better shape than last year despite his hard win ¬ ter campaign at Agua Caliente where he raced in the Agua Caliente Handicap and other stakes stakesSecretary Secretary Reeder was busy preparing the weights to be assigned the various start ¬ ers in the feature It is believed that no less than twelve will face the barrier The field may include Genuine who had a work ¬ out of threeeighths Wednesday morning in 37 Bocaratone a stablemate from the barn of Mrs W J Potter Charles Graffag nini has nominated three in Whileaway Beau Wrack and Arcturus and it is probable that Harry Hart will have no less than two headed by Thistle Fyrn Frank Seremba has a possibility in War Instigator and George Demarest has a sure starter if the track is heavy in Extreme ExtremeOf Of the probable starters in the Collins villc Inaugural four of these are record holders at different tracks Brown Wisdom holding the sixfurlong mark at Arlington Park in 110 My Dandy sixfurlong hold ¬ er at Fairmount in 1 11 Genuine mile record holder at Bainbridge in 138 also the sixfurlong mark at the same place in 111 flat Extreme holds the five and a half furlong record at Havana HavanaThe The opening day card will consist of seven races four over one mile and a sixteenth and three over six furlongs each Five are claiming one a handicap and one an allow ¬ ance race raceThe The track is fast at present and fair weath ¬ er has prevailed for the Mast two days with the forecast to continue The nominations for the Fairmount Derby close Saturday with indications for a splendid number of high class threeyearolds for tliis feature which is scheduled for May 24
