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List TwentyOne Nominations For 10000 Crete Handicap Delegate Billings Colosal And Fighting Frank Eligible To Lincoln Opening Feature FeatureWASHINGTON WASHINGTON PARK Homewood 111 May 11 Adopting the philosophical atti ¬ tude that local torrential rains that have drenched the local racing strip cant last forever the Lincoln Fields Racing Asso ¬ ciation scheduled to open a 30day session here Monday is looking for a favorable break from the elements as the meeting draws near This mornings training was confined mostly to slow gallops while the main activitiy was the steady arrival of horses from many sections of the country Louisville and Sportsmans Park however will supply most of the competitors for the meeting meetingUpon Upon arriving here from Churchill Downs yesterday racing secretary Law ¬ rence C Bogenschutz gathered the nomi ¬ nations of the 10000 openingday fea ¬ ture the Crete Handicap a sixfurlong test fashioned for threeyearolds and up ¬ ward He was pleasantly surprised to find 21 horses made eligible for the event and today began the tedious task of assigning weights for the field fieldHead Head man of the Crete eligibles and presently regarded as a definite starter is Woolford Farms Delegate who was the accepted spring champion of the Florida season In all likelihood Bogenschutz will burden the chestnut gelded son of Maeda Brides Veil down with the highest impost Delegate has been stabled at Hawthorne since the opening of the Sportsmans Park meeting Trainer Johnny Nerud enter ¬ tained the idea of allowing his star a lengthy fresheningup period after his hard Florida grind during which he raced in eight stakes events but Delegate began to show signs of his old pep and vigor once he discarded his sea legs and Nerud placed him back in heavy training In Florida Delegate captured the Hialeah Inaugural Handicap the Palm Beach Handicap and the Coral Gables Handicap HandicapWinner Winner of Double Event EventThe The Walmac Farm probably will be rep ¬ resented by the threeyearold Billings who in some quarters was regarded as a threat to Citation and Coaltown in the Kentucky Derby Although the colt failed in the Louisville classic he previously had shown superlative form Frederick W Hooper is planning to start his imported gelding Colosal in the dash The Argen tenian competed with much success during his Florida sojourn winning both sections of the Double Event and maintained his good form through a short Kentucky cam ¬ paign He too is regarded as one of the topweights for the Crete CreteAnother Another eligible who can be expected to cut a dominant figure during the running should he start is Mrs Louise S Dono ¬ vans Fighting Frank who has been on the sidelines since October of last year The fiveyearold has been training steadily under the watchful eyes of C C Norman and is reported to be set to resume his winning ways In his final test of last year he defeated Spy Song in the Hawthorne Sprint Handicap HandicapNominations Nominations for the Crete follow Air Rate RateBillings Billings BillingsBlue Blue Seal SealBullish Bullish BullishColosal Colosal ColosalDad Dad DadEternal Eternal Reward RewardDelegate Delegate DelegateFighting Fighting Frank FrankGood Good Turn TurnHot Hot and High Hypostyle Hollyman Jack S L King Bay May Fly Noble One Preoccupy Proud Ruler TreVit Woodford Sir
