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SIRS MAUDE EVANS Owner of the 1940 distance champion Shot Put who whowill will try for his second straight victory victoryin in the Lincoln Handicap today Lincoln ThreeYearOlds Handicap 5000 ThreeYear Olds and Upward One Mile and a aQuarter Quarter PP Horse Jockey Wt 1 Forever Prince S Brooks 102 2 War Minstrel W Yarberry 108 3 Mucho Gusto No boy US 4 Sirasia J Richard 108 5 Idle Sun D MacAndrew 105 6 Equifox P Mills 112 7 Shot Put W Garner 123 123Mrs Mrs E Denemark entry War Min ¬ strel Idle Sun LINCOLN HANDICAP HEADS FINAL CRETE CARD FIVE LISTED TO OPPOSE WHIRLAWAY IN DWYER SHOT PUT TO SHOULDER 123 POUNDS IN STAKE STAKESix Six to Vie With Mrs M Evans Star Router for Distance Honors of Meeting Sirasia in Fixture CRETE 111 June 20 With the weather man predicting a continuation of the pleas ¬ ant weather which has prevailed all week the thirtyday season of the Lincoln Fields Jockey Club will come to a close here to ¬ morrow with the largest Saturday crowd of the season witnessing the fourteenth run ¬ ning of the 5000 added Lincoln Handicap and other events on the final program Seven programSeven of the leading distance performers in the country were named through the en ¬ try box this morning for that mile and a quarter distance test which will climax the three stakes series of events which racing secretary Wm H Shelley scheduled to de ¬ cide the championship among the route horses at the meeting It is the sixth added money race of the season seasonThe The only horse who was not named for the race who was expected to be in the field was the Valdina Farms Viscounty How ¬ ever it is understood that the son of The Portre Trapstar has not been doing so well since his exhausting effort through the heavy and holding mud which prevailed last Saturday for the mile and threesixteenths La Salle Handicap in which he carried top weight of 119 pounds and finished last lastMUCHO MUCHO GUSTO WONT START STARTThe The field includes however Mrs Marie Evans Shot Put Mrs Emil Denemarks en ¬ try of Idle Sun and War Minstrel William C Stroubes Sirasia Howard Wells Equi fox and Miles and Ramseys Mucho Gusto While Mucho Gusto appears in the entries he will not be in the field when this race goes to the post postShot Shot Put will be made the favorite as the result of his fine record and victory In the La Salle Handicap last week in spite of the fact that he is picking up seven more pounds than the 116 pounds he carried in that event The Chance Shot gelding will be ridden by Willie Garner and he will be at ¬ tempting to repeat the victory he scored in this handicap last year yearContinued Continued on thirtyseventh page LINCOLN HANDICAP HEADS FINAL PROGRAM AT CRETE CRETEContinued Continued from first page pageMrs Mrs Denemark holds a strong hand In this race in War Minstrel and Idle Sun The Royal Minstrel gelding set the pace to the stretch in the La Salle Handicap and then found that effort had taken too much for him to continue in the battle for honors Idle Sun has won two straight allowance races at the meeting and is an improving sort War ¬ ren Yarberry will ride War Minstrel MinstrelAnother Another stout contender for top money will be Wm C Stroubes Sirasia who fin ¬ ished third in the La Salle Handicap last week The fiveyearold son of Sir Gallahad III is slated to carry 108 pounds and Jack Richard will have the mount mountRodney Rodney C Groffs Forever Prince whose recent races suggest improvement gets in light with 102 pounds and could provide an upset Steve Brooks will ride the Michigan owned campaigner campaignerHoward Howard Wells Equifox rounds the field The son of Equipoise Catherine Fox lg partial to the distance and will be handled by Preston Mills MillsIn In addition to the Lincoln Handicap rac ¬ ing secretary Shelley has arranged a good supporting card of races Five are sprint events three at six furlongs and one each at five and seven furlongs The Lincoln Is a mile and a quarter test and the other dis ¬ tance races include a mile and oneeighth event for older horses and a mile and a six teenth contest for threeyearolds and up ¬ ward
