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Historian, Historian, Tiger Tiger Rebel Rebel Seek Seek Lincoln; Lincoln; Seven Seven Go Go in in 5,000 5,000 Yankee Yankee Handicap Handicap Pair Staged Head Finish in La Salle Woolford Racer Has Impost Of 125 Pounds in Mile and Quarter Event at Hawthorne HAWTHORNE, Cicero, 111., June 7— Already having received rave notices for their stirring performance in the La Salle Handicap, the Woolford Farms Historian and Brent and Talbots Tiger Rebel are slated to renew their rivalry when the Lincoln Handicap, a 5,000 added test at a mile and one quarter, brings to an end the last of six regularly scheduled stakes as the Lincoln Fields Jockey Club prepares to move into its final week of the current 30-day meeting. Given anything that resembles a break in the weather, probably the second largest crowd of the meeting will be in the inclos-ure when the stalwarts match speed and stamina, and there is a chance that the gathering will approach the overflowing Decoration Day throng. Historian and Tiger Rebel are not the only entrants in the gruelling grind, but for all practical purposes, according to keen observers, they stand so far above the others that there are many who regard it as a virtual match race. Mrs. Clyde Troutts Take Wing, who was beaten by almost 20 lengths by Historian and Tiger Rebel last week, is listed as a starter; Late Thread, a plater who has been competing against ,500-,000 company, is another whose connections are accused of wishful thinking for showing the audacity to shoot for the purse, and the other "outclassed" critter is Donna Brand, a mare who was beaten seven and one half lengths by Rockwood Lou in her most recent start. Figures to Be Two-Horse Race Thus, according to the experts, the race boils down to Historian and The Rebel, with the former once again reigning as a slight choice. For sheer consistency and a tenacity to give their very best, there is little to choose between the pair. Historian, a smooth-running thoroughbred who graduated from the obscure plater ranks last year and is now regarded as one of the top handicap horses of the nation, comes up for this test in grand form. He was sharpened up with a pair of sprints, in which he finished third both times, and last week he made the grade in the La Salle after a pulsating melee with Tiger Rebel. He has started nine times this year and four times he won, without finishing any worse than third, while at the turn of the year he held a record of five consecutive victories. As a penalty for his La Salle triumph, he will be forced to carry two additional Continued on Page Four Historian, Tiger Rebel Vie Again in Lincoln Handicap Continued from Page One pounds than he toted in that race, which brings his burden up to 125, while Tiger Rebels impost remains the same — 114. The difference in distances, however, is believed to be in gelded son of Lawrins favor. Although possessed of abundant early speed, Historian is an unusual type of horse who can also "run all day," as the saying goes. This he has proven on many occasions. Tiger Rebel, who gave Historian the run of his life before bowing in the last few jumps of the mile and three-sixteenths journey, is a front-running speedster like his daddy, Tiger, while he probably gets a great deal of his stamina from his dam, the S. James mare, Suellen. In the La Salle he bounded to the front at the start and one time held, a six length advantage. Historian cut down that lead before they had straightened away for the stretch drive, but encountered unexpected opposition when he attempted to breeze by the four-year-old colt. Tiger Rebel dug his feet into the mud and waged a bitter struggle throughout the last eighth, and his adversary was forced to call on his every ounce of energy to hit the wire on top. Andy LoTurco, the hustling rider who handled Tiger Rebel in his last start, will once again be in the saddle, while the veteran, Ovie Scurlock, the Woolford Farms contract Jockey, will handle Historian.
