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Nine Route Performers Vie in Fairmount Event EventGourmet Gourmet and Old Smokey to Go Postward in Holiday Feature FeatureCOLLINSVILLE COLLINSVILLE 111 May 29 An eight race program featured by the Memorial Day Handicap will attract a huge throng to Fairmount Park tomorrow The holiday headliner which will be contested over the mile and 70 yards distance drew a field of nine capable performers including two double entries entriesD D C Wilhelm has entered Gourmet who is topweighted under 112 pounds and Old Smokey while E B Shipp will saddle Look ¬ out Blond for R L Oldham and Swing Leader for his own and his wifes account Others in the field include Play Arm Doubtful Paducah Stingy Lady and Marjorie S SThe The Shipp charges go into the head liner with creditable records for this sea ¬ son of sport Lookout Blond was a win ¬ ner here on opening day and came here from Chicago where she proved victori ¬ ous at both Hawthorne and Sportsmans Park Swing Leader who wound up sec ¬ ond to C C Curtiss in the Inaugural Handicap also proved a double winner at the Lincoln Fields at Hawthorne meet ¬ ing now in progress progressJockey Jockey Marcos Pena who become the toast of the track after riding five win ¬ ners on the inaugural program will have the mount on either Lookout Blond or Swing Leader in the feature featureGourmet Gourmet has yet to grace the winners circle this year but in his last race at Sportsmans Park he indicated he had just about came to hand when he was a bang up third to Soverton and Rush Act Old Smokey was a beaten choice here Satur ¬ day He is taking six pounds off that try tomorrow and should Wilhelm send him out with Gourmet they will make for a for ¬ midable entry in the days top offering offeringSupporting Supporting the Memorial Day Handi ¬ cap will be one race at one and onesix ¬ teenth miles four at six furlongs one at five and onehalf furlongs and one at four and onehalf furlongs The latter will be for twoyearold maidens
