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Seven Speedsters In Old Ironsides IronsidesSir Sir Date Caillou Rouge And Jessies Beau Compete In Sportsmans Main Event EventSPORTSMANS SPORTSMANS PARK Cicero 111 May 11 The Old Ironsides Purse holds the fea ¬ ture position on tomorrows program at Sportsmans Park with an overnight field of seven being named for the sevenfurlong allowance event to be run over a racing strip which is expected to remain muddy with a continuation of the present In ¬ clement weather conditions conditionsThe The field in the Old Ironsides consists of Mrs C T Peters Jessies Beau P J Va lentis Caillou Rouge T Manganos Be A Bee William H Bishops Sir Date E R Moulders Happy Joan Paul L Kelleys Dry Belt and Mrs James L Chesneys Hi Bob BobWith With the exclusion of two Dry Belt and Hi Bob the contestants appear especially closely matched William H Bishops Sir Date must be considered to have the most impressive record having won four con ¬ secutive races during his campaign at Oak lawn Park previous to shipping here Over this abbreviated oval Sir Date made an inauspicious debut but returned triumph ¬ antly in the Traemoor Purse in which he defeated Happy Joan one of his rivals in tomorrows feature The Sirasia racer has never shown any compunction about racing to his best ability over an off surface and has the distinction of coming from a stable of runners runnersWon Won by Nine Lengths LengthsThe The threeyearold Caillou Rouge scored most impressively his last trip postward in the sevenfurlong Deerfield Purse last week revealing in the slow condition of the track Nine lengths was his margin of triumph over the good filly Madgescarlett and an emulation of this performance would place him as a definite threat threatJessies Jessies Beau had the misfortune of being narrowly defeated over a sloppy track by Valenti Stables good mare Mrs Valenti in the fivefurlong Martie Flynn Purse last Wednesday The Phoenix Ariz cam ¬ paigned racer is highly recommended by the railbirds and definitely displayed signs of promise in the Martie Flynn although being defeated Jessies Beau came from behind in the test as an indication that she will approve of tomorrows sevenfur ¬ long distance In his initial outing here Jessies Beau also raced well behind D C Wilhelms Bubbling Easy but appeared to have been short for his effort effortHappy Happy Joan is a consistently honest sort although she has raised no eyebrows with her efforts here this spring The Yellow Tulip mare follows the lineage of her family in preferring a muddy track and this may prove to her advantage Be A Bee although showing no signs of the spectac ¬ ular turned in a very good effort his last trip postward and may have been best The Mangano racer had little opportunity to run till the stretch and moved forward as if going into command but suddenly weakened and can be expected to improve from that performance
