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LINCOLN HANDICAP HEADS FINAL CARD AT CRETE ■ A .-Sv I Small But Select Field to Compete for Days Major Prize » . Manie OHara, Her Reigh and Mucho Gusto Outstanding Contenders for First Honors — Expect Big Crowd if Weather Is Favorable ♦ CRETE, 111., June 23.— The Lincoln Fields spring meeting of twenty-seven days will come to a close tomorrow afternoon, with a program of eight races, headed hy a renewal of the Lincoln Handicap, and preparations are being made to entertain a crowd, second in size only to the Decoration Day turn-out. Harassed by unfavorable weather, the Lincoln Fields meeting will not be the success optimistically hoped for, but if tomorrow is a pleasant day, 15,000 or more racing fans may journey to the popular Southside course to witness the final program. Racing here this spring has been of the highest order, and though most of the ten stakes run here thus far have been decided on tracks other than fast, they =irave have proved proved thrilling; thrilling affairs. affairs. The The =irave have proved proved thrilling; thrilling affairs. affairs. The The track was handicapped considerably by a shortage of horses, due to an epidemic of coughing which swept the thoroughbred colony, but the sport, generally, has been of high order if many of the events were contested by small fields, the were presented by well matched ones. SMALL BUT STAR FIELD. A small field will contest tomorrows running of the Lincoln Handicap, one mile and a sixteenth, but it also should prove a thriller for among others it brings into competition Manie OHara, Mucho Gusto and Her Reigh, all of them familiar to Chicago racegoers. Mucho Gusto, which performs under the silks of, Mrs. Kirby Ramsey and R. F. Coppage, will be returning to competition after a long absence, and his presence in the starting field will lend it considerable color. Annually, Mucho Gusto is one of the most extensively campaigned horses in the handicap division, and last year his earnings totaled almost 5,000. Mucho Gusto, which won the Lincoln Handicap in 1936, and finished second in it to Chance Ray last year, was taken out of training early this year, but since being returned to action has worked impressively. That he is ready for tomorrows assignment was indicated several days ago, when he worked a mile between races in 1:41%. AFTER FOURTH STRAIGHT. Mucho Gusto will face tomorrows assignment under 115 pounds, three less than the top-weighted Manie OHara will be asked to carry. Manie OHara, which races for Hy-man Friedberg and Edwin Axton, has distinguished herself, at the start of the Lincoln Fields meeting, and tomorrow will be trying for her fourth stakes triumph of the local season. After capturing the Kankakee and the Steger Handicaps, Manie OHara finished in a deadheat for first money with Continued on thirty-third page. — — « | , ] " j , j j ., l 1 J a t c f I f I LINCOLN HANDICAP HEADS FINAL PROGRAM AT CRETE Continued from first page. Her Reigh, the colorbearer of William Ma-loney, in the Marquette Handicap. Her Reigh must also shoulder 115 pounds tomorrow. Mucho Gusto and Her Reigh will be the sole reliances of their stables, but Manie OHara may have a running mate in either Bala Ormont, or Montsin, both of whom were entered. Mrs. Emil Denemark has two horses in the Lincoln, Some Count and Melodist, while also entered is Chance Ray, which will be out to give C. E. Davison his second success in tomorrows fixture. While the Lincoln Handicap, which carries an added value of ,500, will be the principal attraction tomorrow, it will not be the only j one, for each of the other seven races on the | final card also brings together good fields. The Lincoln Handicap, a run of a mile and a sixteenth, for three-year-olds and up-j ward, which headlines tomorrows final program at Lincoln Fields, and the field for it follows: PP. Horse. Wt. Jockey. 1— Chance Ray 105 H. Hauer 2— tMelodist 102 I 3— :Bala Ormont 106 ...„ j 4 Montsin — 101 v 5— tSome Count 107 C. Kurtsinger n 6— Mucho Gusto 115 A. Robertson t 7— :Manie OHara ... 118 N. Pariso F 8— Her Reigh 115 T. E. Ward S b fMrs. E. Denemark entry; *Friedberg and d Axton entry. f; ; I I i 1 | J 1 ■■ j ; ill j | [ j I I 1
