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HONOR IMPOST IN STEGER HANDICAP TO POTRANCO ASSIGNED 125 POUNDS FOR SATURDAY STAKE STAKECrete Crete Handicap Winner Rated Five Pounds Over Joe Schenck for SevenFurlong Attraction AttractionCRETE CRETE 111 June 2 The Lexbrook Sta ¬ bles Potranco winner of the 5000 added Crete Handicap will be called upon to de ¬ fend the laurels he won at Lincoln Fields as a sprinter in the second dash event of the stakes program in the 5000 added Ste ger Handicap which will be contested over seven furlongs to feature next Saturdays racing racingAs As the result of his victory in the Crete Potranco picks up five pounds more in the Steger than he carried to victory in the aforementioned sixfurlong stake In that race Potranco shared top weight honors at 120 pounds with Joe Schenck who was a late withdrawal from the Crete CreteShould Should the Woolf ord Farms son of Insco Stitches start in the Steger and it seems more than likely that he will because he has been given a vigorous prep here he will carry 120 pounds His stablemate Technician who finished second to Vis county in the Peabody Memorial Handicap last Friday gets in with 111 pounds The other Woolf ord Farm representative Un ¬ erring is also assigned 111 pounds poundsMiles Miles and Ramseys Mucho Gusto who had compiled a winning streak of five straight before he finished out of the money in the Peabody Memorial here on the holi ¬ day is asked to carry 115 pounds Mrs Emil Denemarks Equistar and War Min ¬ strel are bracketed at 112 pounds along with Huntley Shers Kings Blue Walmac Farms Olney and Mrs James F Waters Vino Puro PuroBE BE BLUE GETS 111 POUNDS POUNDSTom Tom Heard Jrs Be Blue was assigned 111 pounds along with Technician and Un ¬ erring Mrs Emil Denemarks Prairie Dog French Lick Springs Stables Yale o Nine Paul L Kelleys Float Away Mrs James F Waters Talked About and Mrs Wesley Sears Dusky Duke get in with 110 pounds poundsThe The Steger Handicap is the fourth stake event of the meeting and will be the last chance the sprinters have to contest the is ¬ sue for important money at this session The two remaining events on the stakes program which follow the Steger are 5000 added events the LaSalle Handicap and the Lin ¬ coln Handicap The LaSalle is at a mile and threesixteenths while the Lincoln is at a mile and a quarter quarterThe The complete list of nominations for the Steger together with their weight assign ¬ ments follows Horse Potranco Joe Schenck Mucho Gusto Equistar War Minstrel Kings Blue Olney Vino Puro Be Blue Technician Unerring Prairie Dog Yale o Nine Float Away Dusky Duke Talked About Franks Boy ChiDolly Chi Dolly Val Unselfish Montsin Highscope Agricole Court Dance Horse Wt WtHeartman Heartman 107 107Exarch Exarch 107 107Sporting Sporting 106 106Anxiety Anxiety 106 106Commencement Commencement 106 106Forever Forever Prince 105 105Bettys Bettys Bobby 105 105Swift Swift Light 105 105Bucking Bucking 105 105Valdina Valdina Myth 105 105De De Kalb 104 104Mystery Mystery Marvel 103 103Flying Flying Lill 102 102Irish Irish Day 102 102Pari Pari King 102 102To To a Tee 102 102Valdina Valdina Groom 102 102Uncle Uncle Walter 102 102St St Croix 100 100Hoptown Hoptown Lass 100 100Uncle Uncle Mose f1 f1Pink Pink Gal Rose Tint 98
