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Heres Me Strives For Fourth in Row RowMoves Moves Up In Class Today While Facing Henny Penny Mrs Vale nil and Georgie V VSPORTSMANS SPORTSMANS PARK Cicero 111 May 12 William H Bishops Roman sired filly Heres Me continues to challenge more competent racers and in highly competent fashion herself proves equal to the task as she has convincingly done in her three performances here Tomorrow she will be required to sprint five furlongs against 11 speedy opponents in the fivefurlong Illinois Childrens Home and Aid Society Purse As recently as yesterday Heres Me proved superior over 7500 claimers in a game triumph at a distance of seven fur ¬ longs Only last Friday she was victorious for the same claiming tag in a fivefurlong race and with her previous wins has com ¬ piled more victories than any racer dur ¬ ing this meeting Heres Me has proved versatile and game with her recently stringent campaign winning her latest race over a muddy racing strip which will probably be in order again tomorrow tomorrowMaking Making the task more difficult for Heres Me will be three of the foremost quick striding performers here M H VanBergs Henny Penny Valenti Stables Mrs Va lenti and N L Raffelmans Georgie V Each of these named have asserted them ¬ selves at the meeting Mrs Valenti and Georgie V entering tomorrows contest with a victory to their credit their last time postward postwardRan Ran Fast Five Furlongs FurlongsM M H VanBergs Henny Penny turned in one of the fastest fivefurlong efforts of the meeting in winning the Illinois Valley Purse on May 1 Henny Penny that after ¬ noon appeared to be jetpropelled from the starting gate and won with speed in re ¬ serve five lengths separating her from Mrs Valenti and the remainder of the field Henny Pennys next and last performance to date saw her narrowly suffering defeat over the abbreviated distance by her steadier stablemate Sir White In way of suppressing enthusiasm for her rivals tomorrow Henny Penny also led the way to Georgie V that afternoon while encountering interference from Good Turn from which it might be inferred that she was best Track conditions should make little difference in her performance as the daughter of Reaping Reward is capable of handling a wet or dry racing surface surfaceAlthough Although both were unable to catch Henny Penny when they were matched against her Mrs Valenti and Georgie V gave notice of improvement with their winning efforts in the fivefurlong Martie Flynn Purse and sevenfurlong Cameo Purse respectively respectivelyOf Of the remainder Valley View Farms Technicolor has also turned in an easy score at the fivefurlong distance but will be meeting horses older than his three yearolds tomorrow Mrs J L Oglesby and H Dreschlers Sly Tigress must be given consideration finishing second to Heres Me encountering numerous difficulties in her fivefurlong seasonal debut