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Handicap Hopefuls At Fairmount Park Book Plate, Espino Gold, Last Call and Boss Hoss Among Recent Arrivals COLLINSVILLE, 111., May 21. The, handicap division was further strengthened at Fairmount Park this morning with the arrival of Mrs. G. H. Emicks Book Plate and Last Call, Carl Grahams Boss Hoss and Mrs. Frank Nugents Espino Gold. Book Plate and Last Call arrived from Lincoln Fields under the direction of E. E. Major, Sr., while the Graham representative came from Churchill Downs in charge of trainer P. H. Tower. Espino Gold is fresh from a successful campaign at Beulah Park and, according to trainer Frank Nugent, who hails from nearby East St. Louis, the five-year-old son of Espino and Off Gold was never in better racing condition. Book Plate probably is the better trained of the Emick pair as he showed excellent form in the running of the Grand Crossing Handicap, opening day feature at Lincoln Fields when he finished second to Pig Tails in that six-furlong dash. The six-year-old son of Cohort will, no doubt, be the chief reliance of trainer Major to take the major part of the Memorial Day Handicap Saturday. Major is undecided as to whether Last Call will contest as a running mate to Book Plate, and he will not make up his mind until Last Call shows enough over the Fairmount Park track when he blows him out Friday. Ran Second to Aonbarr As to Boss Hoss, the Carl Graham racer has performed here on several occasions, and he is quite a favorite with local racing fans. The Bradley-bred son of Black Servant and Blossom Time is training well and finished second in his last two engage-, ments. In the Kentucky Handicap, final feature of the Churchill Downs meeting, Boss Hoss was second to Aonbarr and previous to that outing was a close second to Equifox after taking a brief lead in the stretch and just failed to stall off the son of Equipoise, losing the decision in the last few strides. The Nugent star won three straight victories at Beulah Park, and, should the course be other than fast on opening day, the East St. Louis-owned colt is likely to be one of the choices for the ,200 purse. King Cotton and Black Mark were the other Emick horses making the trip from Lincoln Fields. Also trained by Major and included in the shipment were Lady Prospect and Lord Prospect, owned bv Ri"---d Jacobs of Kansas City, and Madam HighP the property of Fern Sanders, also of i.un-sas City. Rounding out the Major-trained stable is the three-year-old Yankee Notion, who is owned by Jake Lowenstein. In addition to Boss Hoss, Tower also brought Sabra and Ackwell for the Terre Haute sportsman. The Byrum Brothers representatives, which are scheduled for campaigning at Fairmount, and also making the trip with the Graham horses, were Fair Rhine, Tiptolate, Bobbin and Success Story. The Hilltown, Ind., horsemen have been regulars here the past few seasons and have met with much success with their modest stable. Dovie Lou, Merrily San and Blossom Queen were the other Nugent horses to arrive with Espino Gold. Albert "Speck" Dunne, popular western trainer, unloaded his five-horse stable this morning, shipping his charges from Churchill Downs. In the outfit were Nicabe, Witch Wins and Janes Patsy, owned jointly by T. F. Ryan HI.. and D. MacLean, and Frank L-. and Miss Monarch, the colorbear-ers of W. J. Reynolds of Louisville.
