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SPORTSMANS CLOSING TODAY Cicero HalfMiler Enjoys the Most Successful Session in History Eight Races Scheduled on Au Revolr Pro ¬ gram Good Season Despite Bad Breaks In Weather CICERO 111 Oct 29 The long summer racing season in Illinois will be brought to a close with a splendid program of eight races at Sportsmans Park Monday The season opened on May 1 and if it does not go down as the most prosperous this sector has enjoyed it will stand out among the most successful from a racing standpoint standpointDuring During the six months coming to a close Monday racing fans of Chicago and its en ¬ virons have been privileged to see some of the outstanding handicap performers of the country as well as some of the top flight juveniles and the fact that some of the meet ¬ ings were not quite the financial success expected can be laid to general conditions rather than to the absence of highclass sport Unfavorable weather during several of the meetings did not tend to stimulate attendance but withal managements of the various tracks were not to odisappointed with their fortunes fortunesVirtually Virtually every association on the circuit has announced an ambitious program for next year and these plans probably will be made public after dates are allotted for 1939 1939The The 1938 season opened with a meeting at Aurora and then followed with sessions at Lincoln Fields Arlington Park Washington Park Hawthorne and finally Sportsmans Park whose close Monday ends a nineteen day stand standThe The final program will be headlined by a dual feature the Chicago Handicap at a mile and seventy yards and the Endurance Test at the marathon distance of two miles and an eighth Nine were named for the handicap which carries a purse of 1200 and seventeen for the Endurance which is endowed with a 1000 purse Among purseAmong those to match strides in the Chi ¬ cago Handicap are Our Reigh Chance Ray Gato Shining Heels Mo and Masterpiece and the top weight will be Mo assigned 117 pounds poundsSome Some of those scheduled to try conclusions over the two miles and a furlong of the sup ¬ porting feature are Pennlist winner of the race a year ago Wanderobo Taximan Per ¬ fect One Fair Prospect Merry Go Round and Gay Blade BladeThe The other six races on the card also bring together wellmatched fields and should prove interesting affairs affairsAlthough Although Monday usually isnt a day for large attendances the closing program is expected to attract a gathering comparable to bigger days of the meeting particularly if the weather is favorable Post time for the first race will be 145 oclock
