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POTRANCO GETS ACID TEST IN STEGER HANDICAP WILL CARRY 125 POUNDS Lexbrooks Game Racer to Give Joe Schenck Five Pounds Event Sure to Bring Out Bulky Field FieldCRETE CRETE 111 June 4 The Lexbrook Sta ¬ bles Potranco who won the second and most important stakes victory of his career when he accounted for the Crete Handicap at this meeting will be put to the acid test on Saturday when he is asked to carry top weight of 125 pounds and whip some of the outstanding sprinters of the country over the seven furlongs of the 5000 added Steger Handicap Curiously enough it was in the Steger Handicap a year ago that Potranco then a threeyearold left no doubt that he had the speed to hook up with handicap sprinters when he ran third to the Wool ford Farms Joe Schenck and the French Lick Springs Stables Yale o Nine two of the hardest running speedsters in the coun ¬ try tryOff Off that showing Potranco was given an ¬ other chance in good company when he was entered in the Chicago Handicap at Wash ¬ ington Park The gelded son of Judge Hay Essie Wessie filled his engagement in the Steger Handicap under only 104 pounds and subsequently came back with several just as impressive performances wtiri the result that in the Chicago he was asked to tote the flattering burden of 115 pounds He proved however he was up to that kind of an assignment when he finished second to Joseph E Wideners Roman in that race one of the best threeyearold sprinters in the country during the 1940 season He made that crack sprinter step the distance in the exceptional time of 110 110After After those early season promising races Potranco justified the confidence the Kern brothers owners of the Lexbrook stable had in him when he won the Hawthorne Speed Handicap on October 5 at the Stickney track when he picked up 110 pounds and sped the distance in 111 111WOOLF WOOLF HORSE GETS FIVE POUNDS POUNDSThe The story of how the Lexbrook Stable picked up Potranco for 1800 as a twoyear old via the claiming route and how that tough gelding has won over 30000 for the Chicagoans is too well known to need much reviewing here but in Saturdays feature he is asked to give Joe Schenck winner of the 10000 added Tropical Handicap five pounds and that assignment will test his mettle as never before beforeThat That Joe Schenck is being propped for an attempt to make it two in a row in the Steger Handicap is indicated in the fact that he was on the Lincoln Fields racing strip again this morning Hhe son of Insco Stitches was breezed six furlongs in 120 over a deep and muddy track trackTwo Two eligibles who loom as possible start ¬ ers in the Steger were also on the track Hyman Friedbergs Montsin and John Marschs To a Tee The Woolford Farms Unerring who is eligible for the Steger was also worked but her status in regard to this race is indefinite indefiniteMontsin Montsin breezed threeeighths in 37 while Unerring breezed fiveeighths in 105 To a Tee stepped off six furlongs in 119 in handy fashion fashionOthers Others who still remain in the running as possible starters in the Steger Handicap are Miles Ramseys Mucho Gusto Mrs Emil Denemarks Equistar and Court Dance H H Stock Farms Kings Blue Mrs James F Waters Vino Puro and Talked About Woolford Farms Technician French Lick Springs Stables Yale o Nine Frank Gerings Franks Boy Shady Brook Farms Agricole Jake Lowensteins Heartman Stroube Collins Exarch Withers Dunns Sporting Valdina Farms Valdina Myth Mrs G C Whites Mystery Marvel Mrs Charles H Clearys Flying Lill and 1 B McGraths Irish Day
