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EXPECT EXHIBITION OF SPEED Crack Sprinters to Furnish Entertainment at Crete Monday. Marica, Mucho Gusto, Preeminent, Reaping, Josh and Others Eligible for ,000 Added Crete Handicap. CRETE, 111., March 27.— A remarkable exhibition of speed is expected to result when the ,000 added Crete Handicap is renewed as the stake feature of Mondays holiday inaugural sport at Lincoln Fields. Naturally a fast track must prevail if record time is to be made but a strong field is seen irrespective of conditions under foot. Standing out prominently among twenty-nine eligibles to contest this sprint of six furlongs are such redoubtable speedsters as last years winner, Marica, Mucho Gusto, Leading Article, Marmara, Preeminent, Reaping, Miss Dolphin, Cross Bow II., Car-darrone, Bien Fait, Josh, Talked About, Chance Ray, Lucky Ducky, Silverette and a group of three-year-olds headed by Employer, Mar Le, Kings Blue, Shining Heels, Knee Deep, Lassator and Tiger Teddy. Most of these horses have trained or raced well this spring and come up to this stake ready for the best that is in them. With so many of the leading western sprinters likely to start, the Crete Handicap may develop one of the outstanding races of its type of the entire Chicago seascn, although the Steger Handicap, to be run on the first Saturday of the meeting for a similar purse, drew even a larger number of subscriptions and at the distance of seven furlongs shapes up as one of the principal speed tests of the year. SATURDAY ATTRACTIONS. Following the Steger, the Lincoln Fields Jockey Club will offer on successive Saturdays the ,000 added Joliet Stakes for two-year-olds at five furlongs, the ,000 added Lincoln Handicap for three-year-olds and upward at a mile and a sixteenth, and the ,000 added Francis S. Peabody Memorial Handicap at nine furlongs and also for horses of three years or older. * With the opening only a few days away, activity in connection with preparations for the meeting has reached its peak. The race course has been crowded with thoroughbreds the past several days many out for their final serious conditioning before swinging into action and others tuning up for engage-i ments later in the meeting. Racing ma-j terial as a whole is of higher quality than patrons of Lincoln Fields have been privileged to see in several years, many of the stables already on the grounds rating well up among the most formidable and representative establishments of the country. MORE DUE NEXT WEEK. There still are additional stables to come from Kentucky and scattered points and when all have checked in early next week, the barns will be fully taxed. Many of the principal jockeys also are on hand ready to climb into racing silks on Monday. As good weather insures many public appearances of all the star thoroughbreds during the meeting, the racing may establish a new standard for the track. Favorable weather, too, would enhance chances for the patronage to come up to, or exceed expectations. Because of general conditions, Stuy-vesant Peabody and Col. M. J. Winn, presi-, dent and executive director, respectively, do not forecast any record volume of business either at the gate or through the pari-mu-tuels, but they do look forward to a grand holiday opening and indications are that the season will enjoy a good measure of success.
