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P L GRISSOM Part owner of Sun Herod and Dinner Hour starters in to ¬ days Luke McLuke Handicap at Chur ¬ chill Downs as well as Fertile Lands who is entered in the Hawthorne Handi ¬ cap at Sportsmans Park Fertile Lands Matches Speed With Six Older Horses in Hawthorne Handicap Hollyman and Sir White to Test Three YearOld Over SevenEighths atHalf Miler MilerSPORTSMANS SPORTSMANS PARK Cicero 111 May 7 Grissom Shermans hardhitting threeyearold Fertile Lands will be given an opportunity to match strides with his older rivals tomorrow in the 5000 seven furlong Hawthorne Handicap in which he will be attempting to reverse a narrowly unfavorable decision meted him by Mrs J L Oglesbys mare Late Thread in the May Day Handicap last Friday Despite this spirited rivalry both performers may find themselves futilely following Mrs G H Emicks Hollyman or M H VanBergs Sir White These racers appear to dominate the field of seven with the remaining over ¬ night entrants comprised of Henny Penny coupled with Sir White as the VanBerg entry Mrs O H Marshalls Good Turn and Woolford Farms Sublime SublimeHollyman Hollyman is considered the foremost handicap performer to race at this meet Ing and with this reputation was assigned top weight of the field 120 pounds by rac ¬ ing secretary Horace Wade In his initial effort this spring Hollyman was unable to handle his 122pound impost against the Continued on Page Two JAMES L CHESNEY Will ship his six horse string to Detroit following the close of the Sportsmans Park Parkmeeting meeting Fertile Lands Pits Speed Against Six Older Foes FoesHojlyman Hojlyman and Sir White May Be Ones to Beat at Sportsmans SportsmansContinued Continued from Page One Onelight light weighted Woolford Farms Devastat ¬ ing in the sevenfurlong Gov Dwight H Green Purse although turning in an excel ¬ lent effort finishing three and onehalf lengths behind his speedy female rival rivalLast Last fall Hollyman was without a doubt the star performer asserting his superiority over all comers Sir White was a victim of Hollymans good form during the autumn meeting Iri their only encounter Sir White led most of the distance in an over ¬ night handicap but at the conclusion of the seven furlongs Hollyman was going away by one length and a half Sir White now has the advantage of added age be ¬ coming four at the beginning of this year and is trained to a keen edge The Van Berg racer will be asked to carry 118 pounds s second to Hollyman in the weights but indicated that he is ready to handle his impost by his victory in the fivefurlong Sheraton Hotel Purse Thurs ¬ day Henny Penny may also prove a boon to Sir White with a doubleaction strategy Henny Penny is certain to be racing with Good Turn for early command while Sir White has speed to stay within easy strik ¬ ing distance to take over if his stablemate displays signs of weakening weakeningFertile Fertile Lands will be steadied with 111 pounds in the Hawthorne and will be at ¬ tempting to score his secqnd triumph of the meeting having previously turned back older rivals in the second division of the sevenfurlong Inaugural Handicap The major achievement for th e son of Reaping Reward was at Oaklawn Park in the Ar ¬ kansas Derby The Cameo Purse drew an excellent field as the supporting feature in the fifth posi ¬ tion on the program Also over a distance of seven furlongs the Cameo carries the value of 3000 which was originally desig ¬ nated for the one mile and a sixteenth River Forest Handicap which failed to draw a suitable number of entrants entrantsMrs Mrs F M Harris Diderod and H S Stables Albulil are the most highly re ¬ garded sprinters in the field of seven al ¬ though they will be opposed by such capa ¬ ble performers as J M Hutchins Re warder H D Maggies Patmiboy Miss Lydia Webers Siddbns Mrs D A Ewarts Easy Dough and N L Raffelmans Georgie V
