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Lincoln Next ROTS La Salle Handr HandrSaturdays Saturdays Offering May Clarify Muddled Handicap Situation at Local Track TrackSTICKNEY STICKNEY 111 June 3 The result of the Francis S Peabody Memorial Handicap run on Decoration Day and in which Quiz zle defeated Night Shadow by a nose while Valdina Foe Equifox Brief Sigh Challenge Me and others were completely over ¬ shadowed should not according to some horsemen be considered a true graph of the power and rank of the leading handi ¬ cap horses taking part in the Lincoln Fields meeting at Hawthorne HawthorneDecided Decided on a sloppy track the Peabody running saw Quizzle assume command early and escaping trie flying mud and water that drenched the others he carried on to beat the smarter performing Night Shadow in a photo decision that was a heartbreaker for the backers of the latter classy filly The Peabody distance was one mile and a sixteenth sixteenthAllowing Allowing that the Peabody result did not throw much light on whos who among the Lincoln Fields distance running stars next Saturdays one mile and threesixteenths La Salle Handicap could if staged under conditions better suiting a majority of the eligibles many of whom took part in the Peabody prove one of the most important races of the local season seasonTwentyFour TwentyFour Eligibles EligiblesOf Of 24 entered in the 5000 La Salle probable starters include Howard Wells Equifox who prior to finishing fourth in the Peabody had displayed sharp form in winning two successive engagements Mrs Robert McGarveys Night Shadow John Marschs Valdina Foe who was third in the Memorial Day stake R J Diensts Brief Sigh Brolite Farms Challenge Me Circle W Stables Devalue Mrs Marie Evans Shot Put David Straus Daily Trouble C U Yaegers Parasang T F Devereux Bold Captain H D Ulmers Alaflag Mrs J Ne meceks Rosy Brand Mrs Clyde Troutts Take Wing and Lt Com W Montgomerys Choppy Sea SeaThe The cream of this array almost safely guarantees the key or solution to the tangled situation involving the more capa ¬ ble of the many good route runners taking part in the current meeting If not the result of this stake and the running of the one mile and a quarter 5000 added Lincoln Handicap a week later should combine to place the stars in their rightful order orderEquifox Equifox and Shot Put are listed among previous winners of the La Salle Handicap which last year like the Peabody was won by Aletern recent hero of the Suburban Handicap at Belmont Park
