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LA SALLE HANDICAP ELIGIBLES TO MEET TODAY TRIO OF HOPEFULS IN INDIAN WOODS PURSE PURSEWeekEnd WeekEnd Crete Feature May See Viscounty Shot Put Mucho Gusto and Technician jn Action ActionCRETE CRETE 111 June iO With three horses eligible to start in Saturdays renewal of the La Salle Handicap participating in tomorrows mile Indian Woods Purse the rtsult of the ridweek feature will have some bearing on the final makeup of the starting field for Saturdays 5000 added stake event eventLa La Salle Handicap eligibles listed among nine ready to battle for honors in tomorrows 1000 chief attraction are Mrs Emil Dene marks Blind Eagle Rodney C Groffs For ¬ ever Prince and C Leroy Kings Pari King Not rated among the stronger candidates for Saturdays race what they may or may not accomplish in the Indian Woods will shape their future racing and of course de ¬ termine their La Salle status statusAnd And it may be said that while the La Salle field which is to be headed by Viscounty Shot Put Joe Schenck Mucho Gusto and others rated among the strongest handicap talent on the grounds will widely excel any field of the meeting up to that time those La Salle eligibles out to qualify tomorrow will find a mighty strong band of milers ready to block their path However should one or all of the three La Salle nominees look good in tomorrows race it could only be encouraging to their connections for they will be up against such shifty milers as Yale o Nine Swain Chi and Sky Ball with two others named Anxiety and Chocolate Maid not quite as formidable completing the op ¬ position forces forcesSo So if Blind Eagle or Forever Prince or Pari King can come through impressively in the Indian Woods the result of the mid ¬ week feature may add a starter or two to the La Salle field fieldYALE YALE O NINE STARTS TODAY TODAYOver Over the Indian Woods mile which is threesixteenths of a mile under the route over which Saturdays added money race will be decided Yale o Nine will carry top weight of 116 pounds Blind Eaglo Forever Prince Chi and Sky Ball are in under 113 pounds each while Swainlast years Arling ¬ ton Futurity winner and Pari King will have up 110 pounds Anxiety 108 and Choco ¬ late Maid 105 105Unless Unless more rain develops all of tomor ¬ rows racing will be over a good and possibly fast course and with such an attractive fea ¬ ture along with several other attractive of ¬ ferings on the program of eight the after ¬ noon may see one of the larger weekday crowds of the well patronized meeting in attendance attendanceOnly Only one of the more important LaSalle candidates was asked to work over a heavy track here this morning This was Howard Wells fouryearold Equifox and the son of Equipoise looked well while having an easy trial He breezed one mile in 151 which should keep him on edge for his next effort On Saturday he will have up 109 pounds and will be shooting for his third victory in successive starts startsEmerson Emerson F Woodwards LaSalle Handicap top weight Viscounty winner of the Fran ¬ cis S Peabody Memorial Handicap Mrs Marie Evans great marathon performer Shot Put Herbert M Woolfs Joe Schenck and Technician Miles Ramseys Mucho Gusto and other of the hopefuls are sched ¬ uled to receive their final important training tomorrow morning morningSteel Steel Heels owned by Julius W Bell is expected here from Churchill Downs to start in Saturdays added money feature In his last appearance under colors he finished second to Mucho Gusto in the nine furlongs of the Kentucky Handicap an old Churchill Downs fixture fixtureThe The LaSalle will be followed a week later by the one mile and a quarter Lincoln Handicap and the results of the two stakes will carry the distance handicap champion ¬ ship of the meeting x
