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Seven Vie for Honors In Lincoln Park Purse PurseHunch Hunch Bar Willow and Princess Pine Go in Cranwood Park Dash DashCRANWOOD CRANWOOD PARK Warrensville Heights Ohio May 17 Tomorrows pro ¬ gram at this attractive halfmile plant has a pair of allowance contests listed among the eight races The seventh race is the nominal feature and it bears the title of the Lincoln Park Seven horses are entered to vie for a prize of 1200 at six furlongs The preceding race is also a sixfurlong test and a limit field of nine horses is scheduled to start startEntrants Entrants in the Lincoln Park are De Latour owned jointly by Hall and Fetzer Roses Hunch F H Swaims Tipook Mrs Mi E Sprys Toneys Ruler S Utz Prin ¬ cess Pine Bean Pot belonging to the partnership of Van Cura and Hudlik and Bar Willow owned in the combined in ¬ terest of Pond and Grant GrantHunch Hunch an eightyearold Chance Play gelding makes his first start of the 1948 season but with an off track a certainty he will probably reign as choice in the wagering He performs best when the underfooting is deep and training moves for the effort indicate he is near peak condition conditionBar Bar Willow failed to threaten seriously in his race on Saturday and appeared a trifle sore but this footing should also be to his liking The eightyearold Bargello gelding is campaigned chiefly over an off strip and gained a set of brackets this spring at Oaklawn Park competing on a muddy track trackPrincess Princess Pine the lone threeyearold among the groupr receives poundage from her older foes under only 99 pounds and might prove dSngerous although her ability to handle an off strip is yet to be proven She is a full sister to the i handicap performer King Pine and last year won three races but appeared under silks only once when the track was other than fast fastAnother Another among the field who sees action usually when an off track is presented is De Latour The sevenyearold High Cloud product disappointed his many fol ¬ lowers on opening day here but should show some improvement over that effort Last season he scored apair of tallies In nine starts and both of these were regis ¬ tered when the footing was wet
