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Equifox Tops Lincoln Handicap Field Fifteen to Seek Shevlin at Aqueduct Meet at Hawthorne Terminates Today TodayValdina Valdina Foe Night Shadow And Three Others Engaged In Mile and Quarter Race RaceSTICKNEY STICKNEY 111 June 16 The success ¬ ful and colorful meeting of the Lincoln Fields Jockey Club will close tomorrow with the running of an interesting program of nine races at the Hawthorne course The program features the seventeenth running of the 5000 added Lincoln Handicap with the Au Revoir Handicap HeraldAmerican Charities Purse and Flossmoor Purse as other good attractions attractionsWhile While only six are named to contest the Lincoln Handicap a test of one mile and a quarter they are able enough to provide one of if not the most hotly contested route tilts of the entire 29day session Seeking honors here are Howard Wells Equifox John Marschs Valdina Foe Mrs Robert McGarveys Night Shadow Lt Commander W Montgomerys Choppy Sea Mrs Clyde Troutts Take Wing and Circle W Stablea Devalue Take Wing finished first in fast years running of the stake while Equifox winner of the event in 1942 and also in 1941 will be shooting for his third triumph in the route fixture fixtureTop Top Trio Has Been Racing Well WellExcellent Excellent form displayed here by Val ¬ dina Foe winner of the one mile and three sixteenths LaSalle Handicap last Saturday Night Shadow who failed of victory by inches in the Francis S Peabody Memo ¬ rial Handicap and Equifox who was placed in both the LaSalle and Peabody brings them to tomorrows engagement with almost equal followings among fans and horsemen But since they will be giving considerable weight to Take Wing Devalue and Choppy Sea and the Lincoln distance in the longest travelled by any of the six hopefuls during the present meeting the race is not entirely at their mercy mercyUnder Under top weight of 118 pounds Equifox will concede one pound to Valdina Foe while the filly Night Shadow will make her bid under 112 pounds Imposts of 108 pounds each will be shouldered by Take TakeContinued Continued on Page Three Fifteen Entered In Shevlin Stakes StakesLucky Lucky DrawWho GoesThera Duo Confronted by Stir Up And By Jimminy at Aqueduct AqueductContinued Continued from Page One Onecan can be winners without making a wager It is estimated that at least 1500000 worth of bonds will be sold assuming an average Saturday crowd of 30000 and a minimum bond purchase by each patron but the chances are that the crowd will be appreciably larger and also that many patrons will purchase far larger bonds than required In addition to most of the Shevlin candidates the Dwyer is expected to lure Bounding Home he will appreciate the mile and onequarter distance There is also a slight possibility that William Helis Olympic Zenith winner of the Lou ¬ isiana Derby may return to the racing wars on War Bond Day DayThe The complete field for tomorrows eighteenth running of the Shevlin consists of Greentrees Stir Up and Wideners Lucky Draw and Who Goes There with 122 pounds each Mrs T Christophers Bel Reigh and A P Parkers By Jimminy 116 each Mrs E duPont Weirs Galactic Samuel Fein bergs Ariel Flight A A Baronis Autocrat and H A Cowards Appleknocker 112 apiece and Wheatley Stables Free Lance A W Wentzels Freezeout Mrs E D Jacobs Stymie R Daniels Onecbill John Bromleys George Case and Erlanger Sta ¬ bles Shut Up with 108 pounds each eachWide Wide Open Race RaceWhile While the three top weights are sure to command most of the support in the wager ¬ ing there are serious threats all the way down the line in this Shevlin which is per ¬ haps as wide open as any in the history of the stake By Jimminy a recent winner over Lucky Draw in a sevenfurlong dash at this track will be fancied by many to repeat that victory though he has a four pound weight shift against him for a mat ¬ ter of three lengths He came from behind the Widener colt in that race and was run ¬ ning away from him at the end in a manner to suggest that the added distance tomor ¬ row wont bother him himWho Who Goes There beat By Jimminy in the Withers then finished far back in the longer Belmont Stakes but it appeared that Eddie Arcaro did not make as much use of his natural speed as he might have done and a better race Can be anticipated in the Shevlin ShevlinStir Stir Up has not been in action since run ¬ ning third in the Preakness behind Pensive and Platter The Greentree colorbearer will doubtless be out there fighting for the early pace with Who Goes There and Bel Reigh Autocrat won his last start con ¬ vincingly but beat comparatively little littleTrainer Trainer John Gaver said that Stir Up will probably start in the Shevlin rather than in the Hermes
