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Illinois News and Notes LINCOLN FIELDS at Hawthorne Stickney 111 June 13 J Phelan purchased Menifel and Road master from C W Kendle and the horses will be shipped to Montreal Trainers of Brolite Farm and several other smaller stables shifted their horses to Washington Park today The Brolite estab ¬ lishment experienced little success here and trainer Dan Cataldo is looking ahead to better fortune at the Homewood track Mrs F P Burrell sold Miss Merit and Sir Mortimer to L W Marks who plans to race them at Winnipeg and other points on the western Canadian circuit Monte Weil local horseman is trans ¬ ferring 14 head including several owned by John M Hutchins to Washington Park Jockey Lee Haskell a recent arrival from New York rode at Hawthorne today and will be active during the remainder of the meeting Jess Higley will be back on Shot Put when the veteran son of Chance Shot fills his engagement in the Lincoln Handicap here Saturday Earl Powells Diamond Shoals arrived here from Lexington consigned to trainer S Griffin The value of the purse in the feature race here tomorrow was increased from 1800 to 2000 Another race also worth 2000 did not receive sufficient entries to be included on the program programFAIRMOUNT FAIRMOUNT PARK Collinsville 111 June 13 13Vinita Vinita Major a twoyearold son of Har ¬ vesting and Off Duty who raced the fastest four and onehalf furlongs at the meeting when he triumphed Saturday is a home ¬ bred Off Duty dam of the juvenile was well known here having won many races over the local track while flaunting the silks of E E Major partowner of the colt Apprentice J Dean Jessop is showing steady improvement in the saddle The westerner scored with four of his mounts on the Saturday program and bids fair to make it interesting for Marcos Pena lead ¬ ing rider Pena has 22 winners so far while young Jessop has been successful with nine of his mounts Leroy Pierce is runner up with 11 triumhs Fergies Count one of the leading handi ¬ cap horses here two years ago is the only horse John Zitnik has here The veteran noted for his mud running ability is trained by A Zitnik ZitnikMiss Miss Virginia Lee Adams daughter of George Adams Colorado breeder is train ¬ ing her own horses here Miss Adams threehorse stable consists of Hot Racket Can B Good and Rationed Goods Several years ago George S Howell Ken ¬ tucky owner and trainer had a large sta ¬ ble racing at Fairmount Park Now that he is in the armed forces his colors will be seen here by the twoyearold Two Score The youngster is a bay gelding by Arabs Arrow Coloratura and is being trained by Frank Clelland George Demarest is back at his old post here serving the wants of horsemen De ¬ marest has been the horsemens bookkeeper at Fairmount Park for many years
