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JUVENILES COMPETE IN JOLIET STAKES AT CRETE FIFTEEN YOUNGSTERS ENTERED OVERNIGHT OVERNIGHTAlsab Alsab Valdina Farm Trio Royal Martha and Sergeant Bill Slated to Race in Lincoln Fields Feature FeatureCRETE CRETE 111 May 30 Providing weather conditions are right another large crowd will be on hand at Lincoln Fields tomorrow for the second of the two big days of racing which features the weekend program at this course Holding the center of the raciri stage for the first time at the meeting are the twoyearolds with the fourteenth run ¬ ning of the 5000 added Joliet Stakes as the feature event eventThis This fivefurlong offering which has drawn fifteen juveniles six of which have won at the meeting is the only twoyearold stakes event of the current season The Lincoln Fields Jockey Club would like to program additional special events for the youngsters but those which are here this early in the sea ¬ son are usually not sufficiently advanced to justify any extensive program Of the nine in the field who have not won at this meeting only two are nonwinners The remaining seven have graduated At least two Royal Martha and Sergeant Bill are winners of important events The for ¬ mer won the Debutante Stakes at Churchill Downs where the latter whipped strong op ¬ position in an overnight race Royal Martha is a daughter of Ariel Martha Washington who races for I J Collins of Ohio while Sergeant Bill is a son of Chance Play Norado who campaigns in the Huntley Sher silks silksThose Those in the field who have won at the meeting are Valdina Farms Valdina Alpha Vasen Laurys Chicago Dr Mrs A B Karles K Dorko Cleaveland Putnams Mans Man C E Hagyards Emolument and W D Butch Covingtons Kirwin Valdina Alpha a bay son of Osculator Aphoana turned in the fastest five furlongs effort in two years over this oval when he covered the distance in 100 flat flatALSAB ALSAB PROBABLE FAVORITE FAVORITETwo Two other juveniles have been named by the Texas establishment Valdina Orphan and Valdina Melia Valdina Orphan whipped a fjeld which included Sergeant Bill at Louisville right after that one had displayed good form winning there Valdina Melia finished second to Royal Martha as she won the Debutante DebutanteDespite Despite the fact that he was beaten by Valdina Alpha in his only start here Mrs Al Sabaths Alsab will probably go to the post the favorite The bay son of Good Goods Wind Chant made the Texasbred race the fastest fiveeighths of the meeting and was beaten only a half length while un ¬ corking a terrific drive through the stretch after lacking racing room during the first part of the dash dashThe The veteran Earl Pool will ride the Chica ¬ goowned juvenile juvenileThe The only maidens entered are the Kin Farms Memphis and the Long Ridge Sta ¬ bles Bayridge both excellent prospects however In addition to those mentioned above the field includes Owens Hcddes James Quest and Farrell and Devereaux Omathon OmathonIn In addition to the feature race there is the Bedford Stock Farm Purse which will be run as the seventh race This claiming event brings together a field of the older platers of the better class with the issue to be set ¬ tled over a mile Another promising race on the card is the Lincolnshire Country Club Purse which will be run as the fourth event This is an allowance test for threeyearold sprinters There is also a twoyearold race on the program the Denemark Stock Farm Purse which will be run as the third event Eleven juveniles were named for this five furlongs contest
