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LONG DISTANCE RACE TODAYS FEATURE AT CRETE Six Scheduled to Start in Stamina Testing Contest at 2 1-8 Miles Billbo Runs One of Fastest Miles of Year in Winning :. Edgewater Beach Handicap, Feature of Tuesdays Lincoln Fields Program Big Crowd on Hand CRETE, HI., Oct. 6. Six sturdy horses which dont mind the distance, however long it may be, are scheduled to go to the post tomorrow in the Long Trek Purse, seventh race on the mid-week program. The Long Trek Purse is the Lincoln Fields Jockey Clubs big effort to encourage long .dis- ." tance racing on the American turf, and is over a route of two miles and an eighth. Its two times around the mile and a sixteenth course for the thoroughbreds, the longest race ever attempted at Crete arid the longest of the Illinois racing season. Those named o.vernight for the Long Trek are Countess Bye, Sun Caprice, Mopeco, Bombastic, Zenka and Fair Prospect. The race carries ,000 in purse money. Few races have been rim "in recent years by platers over extended distances. At the current Lincoln Fields meeting there has been a race at a mile and a quarter which found Redneck winning easily in near track record time. Then came a mile and a half race which went to Justa Sheik, which came from far back to beat the favorite, The Break, and Redneck. POSSIBILITD3S PRESENTED. The popularity of such long races arises from the many possibilities presented. The-start will be directly in front of the grandstand, and when the field goes by the stands again it will still be a mile and a sixteenth away from the finish line, with plenty of opportunity remaining for the trailers to get back into contention. Co-feature of the good Wednesday card is the Chicago Beach Hotel Handicap, which drew seventeen entries. Included are Ned-row, Boston Sound, Marica, Spanish Babe, Below Zero, Colonel Ed and Fanfern. Running one of the fastest miles of the current year and surviving a gruelling drive, Billbo, three-year-old son of Bagenbaggage, accounted for the Edgewater Beach Hotel Handicap, sparkling feature of a better-than-usual off-day program here at Lincoln Fields this afternoon. Marching to the front in the stretch after forcing a burning, early pace and completing the eight furlongs in l:35?s. the New Orleans-owned victor had the colors of Frank P. Letellier at the line of finish a half length before Jake Lowensteins locally-owned Lady Montrose. Joe Cowley was astride the winner, which paid 7 for ?2 in the mutuels and he carried 107 pounds. CAPT. CAL THIRD. Third to complete the eight furlongs was the heavily backed Capt Cal. from the Tranquillity Farm Stable, which had Basil James in the saddle, while C. L. Croans Crowning Glory was next Countess Ann, Yantis and Sun Captor, the latter coupled in an entry with Lady Montrose, completed the field. It was Capt Cal, always closely attended by Sun Captor and Billbo, which set the sizzling pace. The son of Carlaris traveled the first quarter in :22, the half mile in :45 and the six furlongs in 1:11 before showing the strain of the effort. After moving past Capt. Cal, Billbo withstood the strongest kind of urging to stall off the bold rush on the inside of Lady Montrose, which had dropped back after breaking among the first flight. Lady Montrose passed under the wire a length in front of Capt. Cal, which clung to third money, only a half length before Crowning Glory. Noses back of the latter were Countess Ann and Yantis, while Sun Captor was a distant last. Billbos time for the Edgewater Beach Hotel Handicap was only two-fifths of a second slower than the fastest mile recorded this year. Steel Cutter traveled the distance Continued on thirty-fourth page. LONG DISTANCE RACE TODAYS FEATURE AT CRETE Continued from first page. in 1:35 at Hialeah Park on January 31 to set the years mark. Although skies were overcast off and on all afternoon, the day was warm, and this factor, along with the attractive card, helped to draw a crowd of good proportions. Rain this morning helped rather than hurt the racing strip and it was fast for all of the races. Further evidence of the splendid condition of the track came with the running of the Windsor Avenue Claiming Purse, sixth race and secondary feature, when Barbara A., the winner here, ran a mile and a sixteenth in 1:4394, two-fifths of a second off the track record. Barbara A. is owned by Mrs. Ernie McCown, is trained by her husband and was ridden by their son, Darrell McCown. Star Bud raced to second place, a length and a quarter off the winner, and only a head before Coldwater, which was third. ENGLISH PURCHASE. Bought in England and intended for use as a hunter, Bel Espoir, owned by Ethel K. Weil of Chicago, raced to victory in the mile fourth race, in which he turned; back eleven other older maidens. The finely-bred imported five-year-old, a son of Nothing Venture Belle Mere, is the first horse to carry the colors of his Chicago patron, a newcomer to the thoroughbred sport, and right now he heads a small stable which includes, for the most part, younger racers. Bel Espoir, carrying Dotter to his second success of the afternoon, in making his third public appearance in America took the lead before leaving the chute and continued to hold sway throughout His time for the mile, 1:37, was very creditable. Mrs. Thelma Otts Alice Jean was made a strong favorite for the six furlongs third race, and, ridden by James, she did hot disappoint Away fast, she opened a comfortable lead rounding the turn and, shaken up at the head of the stretch, came away to score by five lengths. Closer was the contest for the lesser portions of the purse. Hook It beating Miss Lily by a nose for the place, with Miss Balko fourth, only a half length away. A casualty of the race was Leona Reigh, which lost her rider, Henry Hauer, immediately after the break. The rider, however, was not hurt.
