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! . La Salle Handicap Has 22 Nominees Pot o Luck, Jack S. L. and Tiger Rebel on Roster; Six Juveniles in Feature Today HAWTHORNE, Cicero, 111., May 26. The 1947 Lincoln Fields meeting went into its third week today and excellent sport is in prospect for Chicago turf followers during the next six-day period. With the renewal of the 5,000 Francis S. Peabody Memorial Handicap, one mile and one- ; sixteenth test for three-year-olds, scheduled for decision on Memorial Day, Friday, ; May 30, and the tenth running of the 0,000 La Salle Handicap, one mile and three-sixteenth for three-year-olds and up-ward, set for Saturday, May 31, the current Lincoln Fields season will reach its climax : during the latter part of this week. Racing secretary and handicapper Lawrence C. Bogenschutz announced today that 22 better-than-average middle distance performers were nominated for the La Salle and a top flight field is expected to answer the bugle in the week-end feature. Weights for the La Salle will be posted tomorrow. Calumet Farms lone nominee for the La Salle, is the very useful and consistent homebred, Pot o Luck, five-year-old son of Chance Play and Potheen. Pot o Luck visited the winners circle on four occasions during his Florida campaign, and after his shipment to Kentucky, turned in a splendid effort to achieve major honors in the eleventh running of the 0,000 Ben Ali Handicap at Keeneland. Away very slowly in the Lexington mile and one-sixteenth stake, the Calumet star made up ground steadily and was up in the last strides to defeat Mrs. John S. Letelliers Jack S. L., by a scant nose. Let-Up in Training After Ciark Pot o Luck raced disappointingly in the Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs, but he suffered an injury in that stake, which necessitated a let-up in his training. After a brief respite, Pot o Luck came out of his mishap and he may be shipped from Louisville for the La Salle. The Calumet stars presence in the Saturday attraction would add considerable color to the 1947 renewal of the local stake. Jack S. L., who won the seventy-third running of the Clark Handicap before he was sent to Chicago from Kentucky, has proven that he is one of the outstanding performers of the present season. In his initial appearance here, the Letellier gelding, a son of Jack High and Burgee, defeated a fair band in the twentieth running of the 0,000 added Crete Handicap, while shouldering 119 pounds. Another old favorite with Windy City patrons and nominated for the La Salle, is Brent and Talbots fleet Tiger Rebel, who turned in several sharp efforts on Illinois tracks last year. Meeting high class company, Tiger Rebel ran second in the La Salle, Lincoln and Hawthorne sprint handicaps, then topped off his 1946 campaign with a brilliant triumph in the 5,000 added Churchill Downs Special. Completing the list of nominees for the 1 La Salle Handicap are Mrs. Emil Dene-marks Fire Dust, Fire Works and Kara-korum; F. L. Flanders Casey Jones; Mary and John J. Gregorys Isolationist; A. B. Karles K. Doe Doe; H. G. Knotts Dots j Risk; Uncle Mac, who is from the Letellier barn; Jacob Lowensteins Porterfield; John Marschs Mighty Story; R. W. Mcllvains 1 Old Kentuck; Rouden Farms Peraptera; Shady Brook Farms Sandslinger; C. Shockleys Tapon; Henry Tikulskis Bobs Pick; A. Trouts Toy-Quay; Mrs. Clyde ; Troutts Take Wing; Valley View Farms Superwold, and Woolford Farms Sublime. ; Tomorrows program will be headlined by the Exterminator Purse, a five-furlong dash which matches a small but select field of six juveniles. Woolford Farm is to be represented in the feature by Emphasis, a ; winner at Gulf stream Park; Roy Slomer r will start his recently acquired Valley Trouble, who won here, and Lexbrook Stables hope is Showdown, a victor on inaugural day at the Lincoln Fields meeting; , Circle M Farms Minutes, A. H. Burrus Sway Again, and Gleeson and Litwins Fore Caddy, round out the Exterminator overnight field. N. L. Rafflemans Coley Bay, who accounted " for the Chicago Handicap, closing ; day feature at Sportmans Park, meets 10 I other useful routers in the seventh race at one mile and one-sixteenth.
