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Lincoln Meeting Hearing Peak Period Joliet and Peabody WeekEnd Stakes StakesExpect Expect Top TwoYearOlds To Compete in Former and andHandicap Handicap Stars in Latter LatterSTICKNEY STICKNEY 111 May 27 The high point of the Lincoln Fields meeting will be reached over the weekend with a re ¬ newal of the Joliet Stakes on Saturday and the Francis S Peabody Memorial Handicap on Monday Decoration Day and if the intentions of track officials are ful ¬ filled racegoers will see some of the best horses on the grounds under colors on those two occasions Because of bad track conditions at Hawthorne fans have had few opportunities to see the thoroughbreds of quality in competition at this meeting but the prospect for a fast racing strip by Saturday were much brighter today and in that event owners of star performers will be more disposed to run them themSaturdays Saturdays spotlight event will bring to ¬ gether a promising band of two year olds at five furlongs while Monday when the entire net proceeds will be dedicated to war relief older thoroughbreds will clash at a mile and a sixteenth in the feature And if weather and track conditions are favorable both may draw large fields fieldsTo To Try to Emulate Alsabs Feat FeatThe The Joliet Stakes will hold the interest of fans because of the prospect that it might uncover another such star as Alsab who captured this feature two years ago for the first stakes triumph of his career A stablemate of his Civil Liberty will try to emulate his feat for Mrs Albert Sabath on Saturday and he is considered to have better than an ordinary chance of achiev ¬ ing this object He was one of the young prospects uncovered at Louisville this spring and if he lias lost none of his speed in the meantime he may be hard to beat beatA A few of the other eligibles for the Joliet are Brownell Combs Mr Rabbit Max Marmorsteins Black Swan Mrs Helen Millers Ogham Woolford Farms Leaven worth J D Weils Creepin A C Ernsts Alorter A B Hancocks Whirlabout and John Marschs Occupy all of whom already have shown to advantage either in actual competition or in private drills drillsThe The Peabody Memorial also is shaping up splendidly with the chance that it will bring together such older luminaries as Valdina Farms Valdina Orphan River Di ¬ vide Farms Best Seller Mrs Marie Evans Shot Put A C Ernsts Aletern Mrs Clyde Troutts Take Wing John M Hutchins Wishbone Walmac Farms Bushwhacker and David Straus Daily Trouble TroubleThese These stakes each worth 5000 in added money will be surrounded by suitablesup ¬ porting attractions On Saturday there will be a sixfurlong handicap for threeyear olds for which Eddie Andersons Burnt Cork and other capable ones of his age are pointing while on Monday there will be an allowance test at the same distance for older horses
