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PREEMINENT REACHES LAtONU Consistent Headley Campaigner Seeking Honors in Quickstep Hand ¬ icap to Be Decided Saturday LATpNIA Ky June 3 Hal Price Head leys fiveyearold chestnut horse Preemi rient arrived at Latonja this morning from Washington Park to fill his engagements in the 5000 added Quickstep Handicap the headline attraction on the second Saturday program at the local course The short trip was made overnight and the Headley color bearer which is likely to share the honor i of tieing favorite with Thomas D Taggarts Marica which has worked sensationally for 1 the race to date unloaded in fine condition and needs only a blowout before the en ¬ gagement to put him on edge edgeThe The Quickstep will mark the fifth start of the year for Preeminent the chestnut having scored three victories as against one defeat the latter occurring in his most r cent start when he finished sixth in the running of the Chicago Handicap a three quarters dash at Washington Park last Sat ¬ urday INITIAL APPEARANCE In his initial appearance of the current j year at Keeneland Preeminent accounted for a purse event over a slow track beating an ordinary field of sprinters However rin his subsequent engagement at the Lexington track the Headley sprinter ran six furlongs in 111 to take the measure of such for midable rivals as Marica Capt Cal Wha Hae Appealing Count Morse Bow to Me Sir Jim James Adolf and Pelerine PelerineThis This success was followed by a triumph in i the Toboggan Handicap at Belmont Park in which Snark Tintagel Sgt Byrne Black Look Chicolorado and Rebellion finished in the wake of the fleet Headley colorbearer The time registered on this occasion was 111 a fifth of a second faster than that which Preeminent recorded in annexing the Phoenix Handicap at Keeneland his previ I ous engagement Preeminent has accounted 1 for approximately 8000 in purses this year j and bids fair to make a substantial addition to his earnings in the twentyfourth renewal of the Quickstep QuickstepFollowing Following his engagement Saturday Pre ¬ eminent will be returned to Washington Park where the main division of the Head ley stable is being campaigned at present
