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LA SALLE TO ATTRACT ROUTE STARS AT CRETE STRONG FIELD WILL VIE IN SATURDAYS FEATURE FEATUREGood Good Trials by Hopefuls Turned In Over WeekEnd Shot Put and Viscounty Travel Eight Furlongs FurlongsCRETE CRETE 111 June 9 The 5000 added La Salle Handicap the mile and threesixteenths fixture for threeyearolds and upward which will feature Saturdays program at Lincoln Fields looms as one of the best handicap events of the current season Sev ¬ eral of the outstanding route performers in the country have made this event one of their early season objectives and the race is expected to draw a strong field fieldValdina Valdina Farms Viscounty and Mrs Marie Evans Shot Put two of the best of the national handicap brigade when it comes to carrying speed over a distance of ground were on the track over the weekend in workouts which indicated that they are defi ¬ nitely destined for the LaSalle Each horse went an even mile on Sunday in a manner which was more than satisfactory to their connections connectionsViscounty Viscounty who won the Francis S Pea body Memorial Handicap here on Decora ¬ tion Day gave warning that he is again racing in the form which marked his suc ¬ cessful 1940 campaign by breezing the dis ¬ tance in 144 The son of The Porter Trap Star stepped off the first half in 52Vs went the six furlongs in 118 and was finishing out well in hand in completing the distance In 144 144EVANS EVANS RACER IN FINETRIAL FINETRIALShot Shot Puts workout was up to his best morning performances The gelded son of Chance Shot Muzzie IL who finished third to Your Chance and Hash in the suburban Handicap at Belmont Park in his last start turned a mile in 141 The frac ¬ tional times for his workout were 50 for the half 115 for the six furlongs and he finished out in handy fashion in negotiating the distance in 141 141With With all indications pointing to him as a sure starter on Saturday it can be pointed out that it was in the LaSalle Handicap that Shot Put served warning on the handi ¬ cap leaders of what to expect from him dur ¬ ing the remainder of the 1940 campaign In that event he finished second to Miles Ramseys Mucho Gusto but he accounted for the Lincoln Handicap in his next start startTwo Two other LaSalle eligibles were in action this morning W C Stroubes Sirasia and the Woolford Farms Unerring Sirasia was on the track at Washington Park He went to the gate with a twoyearold stablemate Crowning Fox but was pulled up after breaking out of the stalls and going an eighth of a mile mileSIRASIA SIRASIA ENTERED TUESDAY TUESDAYThe The fiveyearold son of Sir Gallahad III will be given a real tightener Tuesday He was seen at the Homewood oval last week in a handy workout when he stepped off a mile in 140 to prove that he was coming to a race of the sort he will have to run if he is to be a factor iri the LaSalle LaSalleThe The Texasowned horse finished second to the Woolford Farms Joe Schenck in the 10000 added Tropical Handicap at Tropical Park in his last start Morning observers report that he is as fit as can be made madeUnerring Unerring was on the track at Lincoln Fields this morning before the rain started and while the oval was still fast The Wool ford Farm mare turned in a handy six fur ¬ longs in 116 116A A better line will be obtained on the prob ¬ able starters for Saturdays LaSalle after Wednesday because there is a race in the program for that day which will be sure to interest the trainers of eligibles for this event It offers a 1500 purse and is a handicap event for threeyearolds and up ¬ ward over a mile and a sixteenth As the conditioners like to prep their horses for a big race in overnight handicap races while shooting for a purse all indications are that the race will draw a good field
