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Traffic Court Faces Occupation In Steger Handicap on WeekEnd Many Outstanding Sprinters Will Compete at Hawthorne For Lincoln Fields Fixture FixtureSTICKNEY STICKNEY 111 May 31 Without excep ¬ tion all of the better sprinters four years old or older together with one or two of the 1 several threeyearolds among the 37 nom ¬ inees will appear under colors to contest Saturdays renewal of the Steger Handicap at Hawthorne And bringing to the post a field including Occupation Traffic Court Roman Sox Burgoo Maid Chipamink Bright Willie Night Shadow Daily Trouble Martian Bobs Dream Cabin Creek Cor ¬ ona Corona Sales Talk Putitthere Top nard Bold Captain Sis Baker Zacapet Sirius and perhaps others this old Lincoln Fields Jockey Club event could be one of the outstanding sprints of the entire season seasonIn In Saturdays race which will be con ¬ tested over six and onehalf furlongs Oc ¬ cupation unbeaten this year and winner of the Crete Handicap on the first Satur ¬ day of the current meeting will perform under top weight of 127 pounds His im ¬ post two pounds lighter than that which Misstep carried when successful in the same stake back in 1929 is one of the high ¬ est ever assigned for the race But he has demonstrated that he can carry on ef ¬ fectively under high weight and as his Steger package is but three pounds more than he shouldered in the Crete the star of the John Marsch Stable may be expected to prove a stout if not successful choice for top award in the Saturday feature featureWhile While many of his Steger rivals are highly held by their connections and recent performances of the principal contenders indicate that they are ready to show to best advantage Saturday the one many believe will give Occupation no small amount if not the most trouble is the im ¬ proved mare Traffic Court CourtVictress Victress in Two Stakes at Downs DownsOwned Owned by Mrs M E Miller and Nick Burger this daughter of Discovery per ¬ formed in near sensational fashion at Churchill Downs where she accounted for renewals of the Kentucky and Churchill Downs Handicaps HandicapsThe The Steger will mark Traffic Courts first appearance before Chicago racegoers and if she continues to disport herself as she did at the Louisville track she may be ¬ come an outstanding local favorite favoriteThe The form displayed by the Silver Star Stock Farms Chipamink and C U Yaegers Corona Corona in yesterdays Memories Purse in which they finished first and second as named is sufficient proof that these fouryearolds will be strong bidders for Steger prize money moneyTodays Todays featured Kankakee Handicap brought together the Steger hopefuls Bur ¬ goo Maid Martian Cabin Creek and Bobs Dream while Sis Baker and the threeyear old Zacapet are scheduled to take part in the six furlongs Chicago Heights Purse the best number on tomorrows program programSaturdays Saturdays Steger card will close the big ¬ gest week of the meeting and one of the most important and heavily patronized sixday periods of the season and with favorable weather and a fast track prevail ¬ ing the days attendance and betting could produce record Saturday figures figuresYesterdays Yesterdays War ReliefMemorial Day racing drew a throng of more than 34000 with a parimutuel turnover of 1229087 while on the preceding day 23339 patrons who wagered 953928 were entertained Stuyvesant Peabody and Col M J Winn heads of the Lincoln Fields Jockey Club are contributing to the American Red Cross War Fund and Chicago Servicemens Centers the entire net proceeds from yes ¬ terdays racing In addition to this con ¬ tribution which will exceed the 102000 which the same association gave to the same charities on Decoration Day a year ago the Lincoln Fields Jockey Club has turned over one of its alloted days to the week of War Relief racing to be held at Washington Park in July
