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Count Fleet Seeks Laurels in Withers Crete Handicap Draws Field of Eight Repeat Victory Is Goal of Signator SignatorRegard Regard Wishbone Sales Talk As Top Weights Main Rivals In First Lincoln Fields Stake StakeSTICKNEY STICKNEY HI May 21 Woolford Farms Signator winner of the stake a year ago and seven other threeyearolds and older sprinters are scheduled to tangle in the sixfurlong Crete Handicap which will feature Lincoln Fields first Saturday pro ¬ gram at the Hawthorne course tomorrow The Crete is the first of six 5000 added events which the Lincoln Fields Jockey Club will present here this spring and with eight closely matched speedsters listed among the entries it should be among the most inter ¬ esting Surrounding Signator in the overnight field for the Crete are his stablemate Pig Tails Mrs A M Creechs Sales Talk John M Hutchins Wishbone Eddie Andersons Burnt Cork William C Weants Tlying Easy the Happy Hour Farms Happy Pilot and Ben Endovinas Vinum VinumSignator Signator who downed First of All and Polymelior in last springs renewal of the Crete is top weight and logical favorite for tomorrows running on the strength of his splendid form in New Orleans last winter The son of Insco who has been assigned 117 pounds scored two notable victories in the Crescent City and in one of them he estab ¬ lished a new track record His record breaking performance came in the Robert E Lee Handicap in which he carried his 116pound impost six furlongs in 110 and defeated among others Requested and Riverland A week or so later he accounted for the Lake Providence Handicap and again humbled Riverland who received a pound concession from the Woolford horse horseCoupled Coupled With Pig Tails TailsFreshened Freshened after the New Orleans season Signator resumed training during the Ken ¬ tucky season and his connections look for a top performance from him tomorrow the possibility of a heavy track notwithstand ¬ ing He will be ably supported in the Crete by Pig Tails a fleet miss who earlier this week won the Colleens Purse from a field of fillies and mares maresStanding Standing out among the others named for Saturdays headliner are Wishbone and Sales Talk Wishbone purchased at Churchill Downs by his present owner from the Calumet Farm turned in one of his best performances of the spring when he ran pecond to Best Seller in the Churchill Downs Handicap Earlier he won the Lan ¬ ark Purse at the Downs from a field that included Alohort Three Percent and others othersContinued Continued on Page TwentyThree Eight Named to Contest Crete Handicap Renewal Continued from Page One X XSales Sales Talk gave evidence of his present fit ¬ ness when he won the Grand Crossing Handicap here last Monday the first day of the meeting meetingInterest Interest also will attach to the perform ¬ ance of Burnt Cork who will be making his first public appearance since he took part in the Kentucky Derby Burnt Cork raced with the leaders for a time in the Derby but as a sprinter he found the distance of the Churchill Downs classic too far for him and he faded away The six furlongs of tomorrows race should be more to his lik ¬ ing He will be remembered by Chicagoans as the winner last year of the Prairie State Stakes at Washington Park ParkThe The others in the Crete also might make their presence felt tomorrow if they race to their best performances performancesWith With little hope for a racing strip better than hea y small fields again will be the order tomorrow but most of the other races bring together wellmatched horses and should do their share to hold the interest of the fans
