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Equifox Tops Lincoln Handicap Field Fifteen to Seek Shevlin at Aqueduct 6 D Widener Duo To Rule Favorite FavoriteLucky Lucky Draw Who Goes There Meet Up With By Jimminy Stir Up in 10000 Feature FeatureAQUEDUCT AQUEDUCT L L N Y June 16 A field of 15 top flight threeyearolds is scheduled to compete in the 10000 Shev ¬ lin Stakes mile and onesixteenth feature of Saturdays program at Aqueduct The only notable absentees are Calumet Farms Pensive winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness who is now in Chicago his conqueror in the Belmont Stakes Bound ¬ ing Home who prefers a bit more distance and G D Wideners Platter who is lame Widener however has named two for the Shevlin who may carry the bulk of the public support They are Lucky Draw and Who Goes There each of whom share the dubious honor of carrying top weight of 122 pounds with Greentree Stables Stir Up The latter will probably draw almost as much support in the machines as the Widener duo if not more moreThe The Shevlin is a comparatively new fix ¬ ture on the Metropolitan racing scene having been inaugurated in 1925 when Roncocas Stables Silver Fox beat Swope no relation to the chairman of the New York State Racing Commission Since the Shevlin has been won by such capable horses as Macaw Sweepster Victorian Jack High Faireno and King Cole Inci ¬ dentally Jack High is the daddy of Lucky Draw and was carrying G D Wideners light and dark blue silks when he scored back in 1929 1929Stir Stir tips First Since Preakness PreaknessThe The stakes record which is also the track mark for a mile and one sixteenth was set by Mrs Elizabeth N Grahams Jacomar in 1940 when he carried 111 pounds in 142 142The The Shevlin is actually a lucrative prep for the 50000 Dwyer Stakes which will be renewed next Saturday when admission will be by War Bonds only Purchasers of 25 and 50 bonds will be given grand ¬ stand admission tickets while buyers of bonds with a face value of 100 or more will get clubhouse tickets June 24 is thus one day in the 1944 season when turf fans fansContinued Continued on Page Three Equifox and Five Others Vie in Lincoln Handicap HandicapMile Mile and OneQuarter Fixture to Bring Meet to End at Hawthorne HawthorneContinued Continued from Page Om OmWing Wing and Devalue while Choppy Sea will have up only 102 pounds poundsIn In the 2000 Au Revoir Handicap specta ¬ tors will witness a six furlongs speed battle between Bolus Ruditaurus Vinum Para sang Bright Willie and My Night while the HeraldAmerican Charities Purse will test a field of eight including Playful Pal Dr Bones Idle Sun Good Play and Way ¬ riel over one mile and 70 yards Net pro ¬ ceeds from the parimutuel betting on the latter race will be donted to War Relief charities charitiesIncluded Included among 14 named for the six furlongs Flossmoor are such speedsters as Lady Liberty Captain Eddie Be Brief Amalka and others and this event could develop one of the liveliest frays of the afternoon afternoonWith With nine races to be run the sport will begin promptly at 2 oclock when the field for the first of the five distance events on the card will reach the starting gate gatePresented Presented under favorable conditions to ¬ morrows Lincoln Fields finale should bring out one of the largest crowds of the season It will mark the last racing at InTown Hawthorne until the thoroughbreds return here early in September for the regular annual meeting of the Chicago Business Mens Racing Association
