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STEEL HEELS STEEL HEELS ARRIVES FOR LINCOLN HANDICAP PREPPING FOR CRETE STAKE AT ARLINGTON ARLINGTONShot Shot Put Will Have to Concede Bell Racer Fifteen Pounds in Final Route Event of Meeting MeetingCRETE CRETE 111 June 17 Junius W Bells Steel Heels a brown son of Harry Baker Fast Heels who is a prominent candidate for the 5000 added Lincoln Handicap at Lincoln Fields on Saturday has arrived at Arlington Park and is being prepped for the fourteenth running of the mile and a quarter test which will feature Saturdays closing program of the local meeting meetingThe The Bell campaigner arrived from Louis ¬ ville where he was freshened following the Churchill Downs meeting In his last outing at that track Steel Heels finished a bang up second to Miles and Ramseys Mucho Gusto while carrying 111 pounds and was beaten only a half length in 152 over a mile and oneeighth Prior to that he ac ¬ counted for the Shawnee Park Purse at a mile and a sixteenth at the same track under 111 pounds while negotiating the dis ¬ tance in 145 over a fast racing strip Steel Heels is nicely placed in the Lincoln Handicap at 108 pounds poundsMost Most of the eligibles for the Lincoln Hand ¬ icap are expected to take the track tomor ¬ row morning for workouts which will fit them for the exacting test they will be given in the mile and a quarter race Top weight of course will be Mrs Marie Evans Shot Put at 12 pounds The Chance Shot geld ¬ ing won this stake last year and carried 116 pounds to victory in the mile and three sixteenths LaSalle Handicap in heavy and holding mud last Saturday SaturdayFAST FAST TRACK TO LIKING OF VISCOUNTY VISCOUNTYWhereas Whereas Shot Put was receiving a three lound concession from the Valdina Farms Viscounty in the LaSalle Handicap he will be asked to give that son of The Porter Trap Star five pounds in the Lincoln Vis county finished last in the LaSalle while obviously displaying a dislike foiv the going which prevailed A fast track for Saturdays race would be to the liking of Viscounty and the 118 pounds he has been assigned is not too heavy a burden for him to carry effectively with this company companyWilliam William C Stroubes Sirasia is another highly regarded probable starter in Satur ¬ days feature The fiveyearold son of Sir Gallahad III ran a nice race in finishing third to Shot Put and Shine ONight in the LaSalle He will carry 108 pounds in the Lincoln two less than he toted last Sat ¬ urday urdayOther Other Lincoln eligibles who will be drop ¬ ping weight in that mile and a quarter stake from what they carried in the LaSalle are Valdina Farms Viscounty and Mrs Emil Denemarks War Minstrel Viscounty drops off only a pound but War Minstrel at 108 pounds will be carrying four less than he toted in setting the pace in last weeks fea ¬ ture tureHoward Howard Wells Equifox who carried 109 pounds in the mile and threesixteenths race is the only starter in the LaSalle besides Shot Put who will be asked to pick up weight The Kentuckian will have to carry 112 pounds in the Lincoln three more than the 109 he carried when finishing fourth last Saturday SaturdayTHREE THREE ELIGIBLES ENTERED TODAY TODAYThree Three other eligibles for the Lincoln will prepare for that engagement by running in the mile and a sixteenth Beverly Hills Purse on tomorrows program at Lincoln Fields Mrs Denemarks Idle Sun Huntley Shers Dog House and Valdina Farms Valdina Paul are the eligibles for the mile and a quarter test who are in this midweek fea ¬ ture And a good effort in that event means undoubtedly a chance at the money on Sat ¬ urday as all thiee have been assigned com paratively light burdens Idle Sun and Dog House get in with 105 pounds while Valdina Paul poundsThere would carry 101 pounds There are at least two other nominees for the Lincoln who may start in that race Rodney C Groffs Forever Prince and the French Lick Springs Stables Yale o Nine who finished second to Shot Put in the 1940 running Forever Prince was entered in the LaSalle but was a late scratch on account of track conditions His workout program this week will reveal whether or not Yale o Nine will be in Saturdays starting field Racing secretary Wm H Shelley assigned Forever Prince 102 pounds and Yale o Nine 107 pounds poundsFollowing Following tomorrows training program a more definite line on Saturdays starting field will be possible
