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Juke Box Has Ten Rivals in Bien Fait Joenace Star Has 117-Pound Impost To Concede Bubbling Easy, Sandslinger and Bull Play Weight at Hawthorne Oyal HAWTHORNE, Cicero, 111., May 27. The Bien Fait Handicap, six-furlong sprint for three-year-olds and upward, is to headline an attractive mid-week program tomorrow at this rambling and historic racing grounds. The feature attraction drew 11 entrants and shapes up as one of the better shorter-distance- offerings of the current Lincoln Fields meeting. Other than the Bien Fait, racing secretary and handicapper Lawrence C. Bogenschutz arranged some excellent supporting events, chief of which are the Princeton Purse, six furlongs for three-year-olds, and the First of All Purse, a one and one-sixteenth mile test for thoroughbreds from the same age division. Juke Box, Joenace Stables six-year-old gelded son of Maedic and Lina Clark, drew top weight for the Bien Fait and will shoulder 117 pounds. Victor in eight of his 20 engagements last year, Juke. Box, a versatile performer, won on all types of tracks, fast to heavy. During the latter part of his 1946 campaign, Juke Box visited the winners circle at Sportsmans Park on five straight occasions. The Joenace star won but one race thus far this season, but he is in good shape and breezed a half-mile this morning over the nearby Sportsmans Park strip in :52, going quite easily over the fast footing. Quick Daughter of Ted Easy D. C. Wilhelm is to be represented in tomorrows headliner by his consistent Bubbling Easy, who is assigned 114 pounds. Bubbling Easy, quick daughter of Ted Easy and Bubbling Sixty, defeated a crack field here one week ago in the Holly Leaves Purse, such useful mares and fillies as Chapel Bells, May Fly, Enchanting, and Mrs. Valenti following her to the wire in the six-furlong dash. Previous to that outing, the Wilhelm miss won four of her seven 1946 starts. Shouldering 119 pounds in the Holly Leaves, Bubbling Easy gave a commendable performance and she is rated quite dangerous in the Bien Fait. The very successful Shady Brook Farm Stable, maintained by Theodore E. Mueller of Louisville and trained by Harold White, is to depend on Sandslinger in the feature. Sandslinger is to take up 112 pounds, and he recently defeated a top field in the three-quarter Blue Delight Handicap while carrying 111 pounds. Walter W. Jones hard-hitting Bull Play, who holds a decision over Jack S. L. this year, finished second to Sandslinger in the Blue Delight, and the pair is to renew its duel in the Bien Fait. Completing the probable starting band for the Bien Fait are Mrs. A. M. Creechs Cid Play, 106 pounds, and Mrs. Reid Lugin-buels Sugar Beet, 108, which pair is to be saddled by Bennett Creech; Benjamin Fo-gelsons Petsome, 110, and Willis E., 108; Clyde Troutts Take Wing, 112; Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Scallons Buck Rake, 102, and Mrs. V. Guercia and Mrs. J. Ruttners In-vercork, 107 pounds. Invercork recently won the Drury Lane Purse here, Petsome is a very useful filly, Take Wing has a touch of class and is a former stakes win-, ner, while Sugar Beet and Cid Play have been working satisfactorily Strong Denemark Entry The Princeton, which is the fifth race : on the Wednesday card, drew 10 three-, year-olds, and Mrs. Emil Denemarks entry, Bullish and Last Stride, may come in for the major share of public support. The ; Denemark entry will be opposed by such . formidable performers as Circle M Farms ; Seaton Pippin, Thomas Piatts home-bred Evident, and the Foursome Stables Col-, laborate and Convalescent, among others. Bellbrook, Busy Pony, Liteco, and the quick . Big Wig, complete the field. The First of All field does not boast of too much class, but the three-year-olds engaged appear evenly matched and good ; sport should result. Included, in the group of nine possible starters are W. A. Moore, Casa Libre, Hay Voy, Hasty Sun, Flying Ben, Phil Town, the improved Chicle Red, Big A., and Bowstring. Phil Town, Hasty Sun and Chicle Red may draw the bulk of the play in the supporting event.
