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SPRINTERS FURNISH SPORT IN FAIRMOUNT HEADLINER HEADLINERThirteen Thirteen Speedsters to Match Strides in Emerald Handicap HandicapCOLLINSVILLE COLLINSVILLE 111 June 20 Thirteen of the best sprinters quartered at Fairmount Park have been named for the 1200 Emer ¬ ald Handicap sixfurlong feature to be of ¬ fered by the Fairmount Park Jockey Club tomorrow Supporting the headliner is the fifth race a five and onehalf rtirlongs sprint which brings together eight of the better grade claiming horses and the fourth event in which twoyearolds are matched at four and onehalf furlongs furlongsOn On the strength of his two victories scored during the local session racing secretary R A Leigh has assigned top weight of 118 pounds to Frank Campagnas Doublrab The son of Sherab has been to the post three times during the current session and the only time he has failed to earn the headend of the purse was an opening day when he lost a nose verdict to Doubtful Since then however the spedester has a double to his credit creditHALF HALF TIME IN FINE FETTLE FETTLEA A H Sumerlins Future Winning another popular horse in this vicinity and Fred Seroys Three Bangs also a consistent win ner at Fairmount Park are next in line with 116 pounds each while Miss Margie Hodges Half Time gets in under 110 The latter scored an easy victory here Wednesday and in earning his first purse of the spring meet ¬ ing raced the fastest six furlongs of the session sessionDistract Distract from the stable of Mrs James Bronnenberg is assigned 108 while Ed Rachals Bid Up is in with one pound less Mrs L Mitchells Hargram is rated at 106 pounds by Leigh but he like Distract is isContinued Continued on fortieth page SPRINTERS FURNISH SPORT IN FAIRMOUNT HEADLINER HEADLINERThirteen Thirteen Speedsters to Match Strides in Emerald Handicap HandicapContinued Continued from first page pagenot not expected to accept the handicap weights and will probably go postward in the fifth race F E Waldrons Lazarus is asked to carry 105 while Doubtful is asked to shoul ¬ der one pound less the same weight as ¬ signed the Chileanbred Juanita Making up the balance of the field with 103 pounds each are the Le Mar Stock Farm stables Millie M C N Finchs Burman and E K Thomas Nimble NimbleIn In addition to Hargram and Distract prob ¬ able favorites for the cofeature the fifth race also drew TraLaLa a winner here yesterday Borders Boy a triplewinner here Foyot who scored in both his engage ¬ ments My Paf Avesta and Virginette VirginetteWith With cpntinued good weather general manager D C Burnett is making prepara ¬ tions to entertain another large Saturday crowd More than 10000 racing fans have taken in the sport each Saturday during the current session and Burnett is confident the assemblage will be up to expectations for the good program arranged for tomor ¬ row rowAs As an added feature there will be a style show in the clubhouse with the leading clothing houses in St Louis sending their models to the local track to exhibit the latest styles for women
