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NineRace Closing Program at Limcolti LimcoltiProceeds Proceeds of Extra Event Will Go to War Charities Good Field for Handicap HandicapSTICKNEY STICKNEY 111 June 15 With a nine race program featuring the seventeenth running of the Lincoln Handicap to be presented Saturdays closing day sport of the Lincoln Fields Jockey Clubs meeting may be expected to provide many thrills for those who spendthe afternoon at the popular Hawthorne course courseNot Not since the first Saturday of the meet ¬ ing has the race course been at its best for presentation of a stakes program here and if the weather man can provide dry weather the remainder of the week the track will be extra fast for Saturdays racing racingThe The starred Lincoln Handicap which car ¬ ries a purse of 5000 in added money will bring out an able field to race one mile and a quarter while other of the events will engage better than ordinary performers at shorter distances A handicap for three yearolds and upward and to be decided over six furlongs is among the supporting numbers numbersReady Ready for the Lincoln Handicap are such well known racers as Howard Wells Equi fox John Marschs Valdina Foe David Straus Daily Trouble Circle W Stables Devalue Mrs Marie Evans Shot Put Happy Hour Farms Rosy Brand Mrs Clyde Trbutts Take Wing and others Of those named three are listed among winners of the old stake They are Equifox who has taken two runnings Take Wing and Shot PutMarschs Put Marschs Second Stake Win of Meet MeetOn On Saturday Equifox will have up actual top weight of 118 pounds or a pound more than Valdina Foe who in his last start easily defeated the former along with Para gram and others in the LaSalle Handicap at one mile and threesixteenths Valdina Foes LaSalle victory was the second stakes win of the meeting for the silks of his owner whose Occupation accounted for the Crete Handicap on the first Saturday of the meeting meetingAlthough Although the very outstanding sprinters among the many speedsters quartered at four local tracks will not be among the starters William H Shelley racing secre ¬ tary of the Lincoln Fields Jockey Club is confident that a fast field will start in the 2000 sprint on the final days card En ¬ tries for this race which is for threeyear olds and older campaigners and will bs run at six furlongs were to close late today todayProceeds Proceeds from the extra or ninth race on the program will be turned over to War Charities This contribution is in addition to receipts of almost 105000 from Memo ¬ rial Days racing which were turned over to the American Red Cross War Fund and Chicago Service Mens Center and profits from the one day of the Lincoln Fields Jockey Club provided for the period of War Relief racing to be held by all local tracks at Washington Park early next month
