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La Salle Handicap 5000 Three YearOlds Upward Mile and ThreeSixteenths PP Horse Jockey 1 Equifox P Mills 2 Technician K McCombs 3 Shot Put W Garner 4 Sirasia E Pool 5 Viscounty R L Vedder G Forever Prince H Hauer 7 Dog House J Richard 8 War Minstrel K McCombs 9 Shine ONight No Boy NINE RANKING DISTANCtlACERS IN LA SALLE DETROIT OFFERS TWOtOOD HANDICAPS TODAY VISCOUNTY AND SHOT PUT IN 5000 EVENT EVENTWeekEnd WeekEnd Handicap at Lincoln Fields Also Attracts Sirasia Technician and War Minstrel CRETE 111 June 13 With the fourth running of the 5000 added La Salle Handi ¬ cap having drawn a field of nine of the bet ¬ ter distance performers and pleasant weath ¬ er in prospect for the weekend the Lincoln Fields Jockey Club has made arrangements to handle one of the largest crowds of the current meeting tomorrow when that mile and threesixteenths test will feature the rac ¬ ing card cardThe The ninehorse field as named through the entry box this morning consists of Howard Wells Equifox Woolford Farms Technician Mrs Marie Evans Shot Put W C Stroubes Sirasia Valdina Farms Viscounty Rodney C Groffs Forever Prince Huntley Shers Dog House Mrs Emil Denemarks War Min ¬ strel ONightOf and W C Hobsons Shine ONight Of the nine horses named several rank with the best in the country when it comes to carrying speed over a distance of ground The Valdina Farms Viscounty Mrs Marie Evans Shot Put and W C Stroubes Sirasia are capable of competing against almost any sort of opposition in a race of the type they have been named for here And others after the La Salle purse are dangerous at the pre ¬ vailing weights weightsBOTH BOTH IN FINE CONDITION CONDITIONShot Shot Put and Viscounty have come up to the race in fine condition Just which horse will be made the favorite by the public is hard to determine at this time but whichever is the recipient of that honor will take it by a narrow margin as both must be given a real chance of winning off their recent per ¬ formances formancesThe The Valdina Farms representative will be top weight of the starting field at 119 pounds Robert L Vedder who recently resumed his trade after being set down at Churchill Dpwns will be astride the son of The Porter Trap Star in Saturdays engagement The Cimmaron Kansas rider won with the first mount he had at the meeting Palasa show ¬ ing that he hadnt lost his riding form whilo he was on the ground groundContinued Continued on fourth page LA SALLE HANDICAP DRAWS NINE DISTANCE PERFORMERS PERFORMERSViscounty Viscounty and Shot Put Head Field for Crete Attraction AttractionContinued Continued from first page pageViscounty Viscounty won his last start here when he carried 115 pounds to victory in the mile and a sixteenth 5000 added Francis S Peabody Memorial Handicap on Decoration Day The Texasowned campaigner turned the distance in 145 over a fast racing strip while finishingtwo lengths in advance of the Woolford Farms Technician Shot Puts most recent effort was a third behind Your Chance and Hash in the Sub ¬ urban Handicap at Belmont Park The gelded son of Chance Shot Muzzie II is asked to carry 116 pounds and will be in the familiar hands of the veteran Willie Garner who rode him in most of his win ¬ ning efforts last year when he was pro ¬ claimed the distance champion because of his victories in races like the New York Handicap the Exterminator Handicap and the Lincoln Handicap HandicapOTHERS OTHERS iVELL REGARDED REGARDEDChief Chief opposition to the hopes of support ¬ ers of Viscounty and Shot Put is expected to come from W C Stroubes Sirasia How ¬ ard Wells Equifox and Mrs Emil Dene marks War Minstrel W C Hobsons Shine ONight must also be given a chance if she can run back to her races of 1940 in the Arlington Matron Handicap and the New England Oaks Technician also must be given consideration off his second to Viscounty in the Peabody Memorial Handi ¬ cap capSirasia Sirasia made his first start since the Flor ¬ ida campaign when he finished third to Idle Sun and Dog House here Wednesday The Stroube representative gets in with 109 pounds and should improve Sirasia fin ¬ ished second to Joe Schenck in the 10000 Tropical Handicap in his previous outing The veteran Earl Pool will ride him himWinner Winner of two straight at this track Equi ¬ fox is assigned 109 pounds The Wells repre ¬ sentative will be ridden by Preston Mills This Kentuckian has been moving up stead ¬ ily in class classWar War Minstrel who was beaten a nose in the Steger Handicap by Huntley Shers Kings Blue Jast Saturday was on the track this morning and turned in a workout which indicates that he is ready to run his best race Saturday The Royal Minstrel gelding went fiveeighths over a slow track in 104 in handy fashion as a blowout for his en ¬ gagement in the La Salle Assigned 112 pounds War Minstrel has the speed to get to the front and once there he will be hard to beat beatHuntley Huntley Shers Dog House is lightly weighted at 107 pounds The daughter of Bull Dog Lazy Susan will be ridden by Jack Richard and will be the outsider in the field along wtih Rodney C Groffs For ¬ ever Prince Second to J R Nevilles Sky Ball in his last outing Forever Prince gets in with 105 pounds and will be ridden by Henry Hauer
