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SOUTH AMERICAN INVADERS Chicagoans to Watch the Efforts of Jacobs ForeignBreds Americas Leading Trainer Bringing Half Halfa a Dozen to Washington Park Improving in Class Twofold interest will be attached to Hirsch Jacobs campaign at the coming Washington Park meeting Aside from the fact that it will mark the first time Americas leading trainer has raced here he is bringing with him a half dozen South American thoroughbreds This invasion of foreign breds in force is another first for Illinois racing racingThe The little fellow from Brooklyn who is seeking to top all trainers in this country for the seventh straight year today for ¬ warded the list of horses he will handle at the South Side track which opens July 31 31Four Four of these come from the Argentine They are Cisneros Confiado Aluminio and Bernabe The other two from other shores are Campo Falso and Chateau LaGardt They are from Chile ChileJust Just what to expect from these importa ¬ tions remains to be seen in view of the fact that they are improving in class right along Confiado Cisneros Aluminio and Bernabfc have already proved themselves in graded handicap company The first three have shown a decided liking for distance and high i weight Bernabe thus far seems to be more of a sprinter Confiado and Cisneros in scoring handicap victories have beaten a number of stake horses in the East EastUSEFUL USEFUL CAMPAIGNERS CAMPAIGNERSFive Five other useful animals namely Sandy Bill Cantwell Old Story Hermie Roy and Askaris will carry Jacobs colors Three two yearolds round out his string They are Star of Pondria Ethel Blume and Jehoover JehooverBecause Because of Jacobs position as the leader of American trainers everyone interested in the running of thoroughbreds is watching his success with these half dozen from down on the other side of the equator equatorTwo Two notable examples of this particular foreign stock now racing in the United States are Ligaroti owned by Crooner Bing Crosby and Kayak II a stablemate of Seabiscuit owned by C S Howard The latter won this years 100000 Santa Anita Handicap Chicagos attention was forcibly called to the possibilities of South American racers two years ago when Sahri II stopped off here in 1937 and won the Hawthorne Gold Cup CupIt It was Sahri H and Caballero II that started the influx from South American sev ¬ eral years ago Caballero II was claimed by Jacobs and it was this claim that started a minor rush on the part of American trainers to acquire outlanders Caballero II proved to be a stake winner winnerJacobs Jacobs will unload his string at Washing ¬ ton Park about July 20 20Jockey Jockey Charles Kurtsinger left here for Louisville where his father is critically ill
