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ALSAB PROVES EASY W OF JOLIET STAKES BELLE ISLE HANDICAP QUIRED BY WISE MOSS SABATH YOUNGSTER IN GREAT STRETCH DRIVE DRIVEEarl Earl Poo Brings ChicagoOwned Colt Home in Van of Kirwin and Valdina Orphan McCombs Stars StarsCRETE CRETE 111 May 31 The fourteenth run ¬ ning of the 5000 added Joliet Stakes five furlong event for twoyearolds which fea ¬ tured the program at Lincoln Fields today produced what may be a fair kind of a two yearold in Alsab a bay son of Good Goods Winds Chant who races for Mrs Al Sabath wife of the Hawthorne race track official Overcoming several obstacles which might have prevented a lesser colt from entering the winners circle Alsab raced to an im ¬ pressive and easy victory here today in the good time of 101 over a racing strip which had been dulled by the recent rains and rewarded those who made him second choice to Royal Martha with the good return of 980 A crowd of close to 20000 witnessed the popular triumph of the Chicagoowned colt and applauded Alsab when the veteran Earl Pool cantered him back to the winners ring ringWhile While there was no question about Alsabs victory the battle for the place award was a fierce one as W D Butch Covingtons Kirwin drove to the wire a head in advance t of Valdina Farms Valdina Orphan Far ¬ ther back Mrs A B Karles K Dorko fin ¬ ished fourth During the early running Pool took his mount back as Sergeant Bill was out front setting a stiff early pace and Kirwin was being rated along in second place Rounding the final bend Sergeant Bill began to short ¬ en his stride and Kirwin went into the lead as Alsab was called upon for his best bestOPENING OPENING AIDS WINNER WINNERStraightening Straightening into the front lane the Sab ¬ ath colt got a break when Valdina Orphan went wide Pool shot him through the open ¬ ing and the Good Goods colt quickly dis ¬ posed of Kirwin in spite of the impressive manner in which that gelding had assumed command Once he overhauled the Coving ton representative there was no doubt about the decision and he finished out like a good colt with his ears forward and his stride eating up the ground in an easy wideopen gallop gallopRoyal Royal Martha who was made the favorite on the strength of her victory in the Debu ¬ tante Stakes last outing made a run at the leaders on the turn but that was all she could do doAll All sorts of weather prevailed here During the morning hours there was a heavy fog but about noon the sun broke through the clouds and it was bright and warm Later in the afternoon it clouded over again and there was a cool breeze out of the northwest but in the meantime a large crowd arrived for the second of the two big programs of the Memorial Day weekend The mutuel play was brisk and indications were that the handle would be over 400000 which means a play of over a million dollars for forContinued Continued on fourth page ALSAB WINS JOLIET STAKES WITH EA E ESabath Sabath Youngsters Great Stretch Run Sees Him Home Five Lengths Before Kirwin McCombs Stars StarsContinued Continued from first page pagethe the two days as close to 640000 was poured through the machines here on the holiday holidayKen Ken McCombs was the riding star of the weekend program Going into the feature event he had a triple to his credit The ex ¬ perienced youngster from Detioit won the opening event on Mrs Jake Lowensteins Hermina B accounted for the second event on Mrs Emil Denemarks Modulator and came right back to win the secondary fea ¬ ture of the program a six furlongs allow ¬ ance test for threeyearolds which was known as the Lincolnshire Country Club Purse and occupied the fourth spot on the program with Jake Lowensteins Heartman HeartmanIn In the latter event Heartman was made the favorite and won by three lengths but McCombs had to go to a drive on him to insure his score in advance of Mrs W R Reids Aljack In victory the son of Ladys man Morheart was qualifying for the 5000 added Steger Handicap a sevenfur ¬ long test which will feature next Saturdays program here The Lowenstein gelding who was accountingfor his second purse in four starts this year completed the six furlongs he was asked to go today in l14f and paid 5 to those who made him the public choice choiceHeartman Heartman was reserved off the pace estab ¬ lished by War Tower arid Aljack but when War Tower weakened in the front lane Heartman overtook Aljack just after he as ¬ sumed command Through the stretch Mc ¬ Combs continued to ask his mount for his best Behind Aljack came Valdina Farms Valdina Dude while Thomas Piatts Epiget wound up fourth fourthDRIVING DRIVING FINISH FINISHMrs Mrs Jake Lowensteins Hermina B took the lead soon after the start and hung on stubbornly to win the opener of the day a sixfurlong claiming race for older horses of the 16001800 bracket Through the stretch King Cotton who went to the post the fa ¬ vorite was tucked in on the rail and lacked racing room as Valdina Joe was moving up on the outside of him When the Royal Min ¬ strel gelding did find racing rootai however he could only get to within a length of the winner as that daughter of Cohort flashed by the final marker in 115 Hermina B paid 880 in the mutuels after annexing her first victory of the year yearKen Ken McCombs who accounted for the first race on Hermina B made it two in a row when he sent Mrs Emil Denemarks Modu ¬ lator to the lead out of the gate and that Blackwood gelding accounted for the second race in handy fashion as he went six fur ¬ longs in the ordinary time of 116 Three lengths in the wake of the Denemark repre ¬ sentative came the Lexbrook Stables Mexi cana who made a stout move around horses to earn the place award after having been forced to pull up and take to the outside while in tight quarters at the threeeighths post Again after going across the finish line Mexicana stumbled and nearly fell G Gilberts Quarterback finished third a head away from the Lexbrook gelding and three and a half lengths clear of Mrs F Bartons Sweet Pease after racing close up most of the way wayLIVES LIVES UP TO HIS NAME NAMEJ J D Rogers Cant Lose was much the best of the field of juveniles who contested the five furlongs of the third race known as the Denemark Stock Farm Purse Warren Yarberry sent the Carlaris gelding into the lead going to the threeeighths post and he was racing along in easy fashion as he com ¬ pleted the distance in 102 three lengths in advance of Valdina Valet That chestnut son of Osculator was all put under a hard drive from McCombs to annex second money a head in advance of the favored Miss Shop ¬ per These two were bearing out through the stretch while finishing well in front of Quick Tool Accounting for the second straight victory of his career in as many starts Cant Lose paid a 1560 mutuel mutuelThe The Hilltop Stock Farms Ballinderry just lasted to win the fifth race a sixfurlong event for 25003000 platers after leading all the way A nose off the winner at the wire was Mrs J D Craigs Torch Gleam who made a stout bid through the final fur ¬ long and led the favorite Mattie J by two and onehalf lengths Clarence E Davisons Weisenheimer finished fourth after making a bid at the head of the stretch The winner turned the distance in 114 and paid the good price of 1920 to those who supported her in her second victory of the year
