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JOE SCHENCK The Woolford Farm colorbearer winner of the Tropical Handi ¬ cap last winter is the advance choice for top honors in todays Crete Handicap at Lincoln Fields He will run coupled with Technician i l X Ct W FIELD OF THIRTEEN NAMWOB CRETE HANDICAP HO ATTRACTIONS ON TOBlFS ETROIT PROGRAM SPEEDSTERS IN LOCAL SEASONS FIRST STAKE STAKEWoolford Woolford Entry of Joe Schenck and Technician May Rule Choice in 5000 Lincoln Fields Event EventCRETE CRETE 111 May 23 The first stake event of the young Chicago season the fourteenth running of the 5000 added Crete Handicap will feature tomorrows program at Lincoln Fields All indications are that the large crowd which is expected to take advantage of the first weekend of racing here will witness an interesting contest possibly the best sprint contest of the en ¬ tire season No less than thirteen horses were named overnight for this sixfurlong sprint feature which is annually one of the more closely contested events for sprinters during the Chicago season seasonHerbert Herbert M Woolfs Woolford Farm entry of Joe Schenck and Technician will rule the favorite Should Tenichian be a last minute Crete Handicap 5000 Added three yearolds and upward six furlongs PP Horse Wt Jockey 1 Equistar 110 W Garner 2 Flying Lill 103 No Boy 3 Talked About 109 J Adams 4 Be Blue 112 A Craig 5 Montsin 110 W L Johnson JohnsonG G Joe Schenck 120 K McCombs 7 Potranco 120 No Boy 8 Commencement 10G R K Ross 9 Book Plate 108 No Boy 10 Smacked 109 E Pool 11 Technician 114 W L Johnson 12 Kings Blue 113 J Richard 13 Mystery Marvel 106 W Borton BortonWoolford Woolford Farm entry Joe Schenck Technician scratch Joe Schenck possibly will still pre ¬ vail as the choice Winner of the 10000 added Tropical Park Handicap in Miami he was freshened up for a time in Ken ¬ tucky Before shipping here however he raced well at Churchill Downs and his prep for thij engagement has been excellent The son of Insco Stitches has been assigned 120 pounds by racing secretary William H Shel ¬ ley He is privileged to share the honor of carrying top weight of 120 pounds with the Lexbrook Stables Potranco PotrancoPOTRANCO POTRANCO WON OPENING FEATURE FEATUREThe The gelded son of Judge Hay goes to the post tomorrow with the advantage of a win ¬ ning race behind him Potranco accounted for the Outer Drive Handicap here on open Ing day in impressive fashion fashionAmong Among others named for this race are several outstanding candidates such as Mrs George C Whites Mystery Marvel Arcturus Stables Smacked Mrs G H Emicks Book Plate Reta Millers Commencement Hunt ley and Shers Kings Blue Mrs Emil Dene marks Equistar and Mrs Charles H Clearys Flying Lill Mystery Marvel set the pace in the Ken ¬ tucky Oaks last Saturday at Churchill Downs in her last assignment Smacked was the winner of two races in Kentucky before shipping here Book Plate came here from fromContinued Continued on twentysixth page THIRTEEN SPEEDSTERS IN 5000 CRETE HANDICAP HANDICAPWoolford Woolford Entry of Joe Schenck and Technician May Rule Choice ChoiceContinued Continued from first page pageCalifornia California and has trained exceptionally well Commencement came from Narragan sett where she earned one purse and was deadlocked with Star Boarder at the end of six furlongs for another Equistar fin ¬ ished second to Potranco in the Outer Drive Handicap Monday and his connections look for improvement today Flying Lill is a mare who was at her best as a threeyearold but she still has a turn of speed and could be dangerous here if she ran one of her better races racesOTHERS OTHERS NAMED NAMEDCompleting Completing the field are Mrs James P Waters Talked About an old Chicago favor ¬ ite Thomas H Heard Jrs speedy Be Blue and Hyman Friedbergs Montsin Six of the thirteen horses nominated were on the track this morning for final blowouts for the race Reta Millers Commencement breezed a half in 53 and Equistar went the same distance in 47 in handy fashion Book Plate had a handy work over five fur ¬ longs in 101 Smacked breezed a half in 50 and Talked About and Potranco went only threeeighths The former breezed the distance in 37 and the latter in 39 39ThB ThB Crete Handicap was won last year by James Emerys Dolly Val That mare shipped in for the Chicago season with her most im ¬ portant victory the 10000 added Tropical Park Handicap behind her Joe Schenck will be attempting to duplicate her double be ¬ cause he won this years renewal of the Florida race raceWeather Weather predictions for the first Satur ¬ day are for clear skies While the meeting is still in the first of five weeks the weather man has smiled upon the Crete course thus far As a result the attendance and mutuel play have been very satisfactory and tomorr row may see the popular course entertain ¬ ing the largest Saturday patronage in years The yearsThe field for the Crete Handicap follows
