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Sprinters to Seek Steger on Saturday Errard Expected To Head LineUp LineUpThreeYearOId ThreeYearOId Fillies to Match Speed in Top Flight Purse at Hawthorne Today TodayHAWTHORNE HAWTHORNE Cicero 111 May 18 Having been hampered by inclement weath ¬ er off tracks and an ordinary grade of horses for the most part during the first week of Lincoln Fields 30day meeting which is being conducted here the sport is expected to shift into high gear next week when a large contingent of thoroughbreds who have been racing at Churchill Downs will be seen under colors colorsTopping Topping the list of attractions during the week will be the 10000 Steger Handicap six and onehalf furlong dash that will give local fans another looksee at John Marschs brilliant sprinter Errard who im ¬ pressively captured the Crete Handicap on opening day dayWhile While Mondays program leaves some ¬ thing to be desired from a class standpoint the eight races filled fairly well despite the sloppy condition of the course that pre ¬ vailed this morning and taking the spot ¬ light will be the Top Flight purse a six and onehalf furlong sprint for threeyear old fillies who have never won two races racesDinner Dinner Guest One to Fear FearOne One of the most feared of competitors in this test is the Walmac Farms Dinner Guest a daughter of Stagehand Big Din ¬ ner who was given a pair of races in Ken ¬ tucky before coming here It was over this strip last year that she showed two of her finest performances She finished second in both tries and on each occasion was beaten after tough stretch battles with Haley OMar With those conditioning Ken ¬ tucky efforts under her belt she can be ex ¬ pected to display smart speed over the track which she obviously likes the most She Is trained by the veteran Howard Wells and was a recent arrival at this track trackM M A Waldheims Cut the Cards a daugh ¬ ter of Sickle may prove something of a dark horse against Dinner Guest for she is reported to have shown impressive speed in her morning gallops and is said to be a sharpie on an off track This miss has started only once last November at Churchill Downs and she failed to work up any steam steamAlthough Although her recent performances have been over the Sportsmans Park halfmiler Lady Welch will be among the more highly regarded sprinters in the race Owned by Mrs C E Dale she turned in a fine effort in her last outing by finishing a bangup second to Static Chaser in a fivefurlong race during which she came from far in the rear to put up a whale of a fight for top money In the first race of her career which came on March 29 at Oaklawn Park she stepped briskly over a slow track to score by a wide margin There is a chance that she will be among the most heavily backed fillies in the dash dashMrs Mrs L H Thompsons Cloy who will run coupled with Sable Star is another who obtained her conditioning at Churchill Downs and in her only start under colors there she uncorked a fine burst of stretch speed after being among the early trailers to finish in the thick of the battle It is assumed that she will show some improve ¬ ment here Monday
