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Three Dots Returns to Races Today Heads Eleven Going In Mono1 War Purse PurseRouse Rouse Speedster Takes Up 121 While Meeting Trixie Pad Lock in Lincoln Dash DashWASHINGTON WASHINGTON PARK Homewood 111 May 24 J Howard Rouses Three Dots is scheduled to make his seasonal debut in the Man o War Purse sixfurlong race which headlines the Lincoln Fields pro ¬ gram at Washington Park tomorrow The eightyearold gelding passed a Satur ¬ day engagement and worked instead He breezed six furlongs in 1 14 14ls ls incidentally indicating he still has some of the speed that made him one of the top sprinters in the Middle West a few years ago Three Dots made only two starts in 1947 winning an overnight affair before he was side ¬ lined linedTopweighted Topweighted at 121 pounds under the al ¬ lowance conditions Three Dots will meet plenty of competition in the Man o War A stout contender will be Mrs Jake Lowen steins Trixie who won a sixfurlong sprint here last Tuesday by two and a half lengths El Dorado Farms Pad Lock who set all the pace in that race and then finished second also goes in the Man o War WarEasy Easy Trade Also Carries 121 121Others Others in the 11horse field for tho head liner are Mrs Thelma Otts speedy Easy Trade who shares high weight at 121 pounds Lookout Studs Lookout Dice a winner on opening day John McShanes Gay Secret Shady Brook Farms pair of Duquesne and Gotham E R Morris Duck Berry Michael J Dants Mountain Roar and C E Cones Yesnow YesnowAnother Another good race on tomorrows card is the seventh a one and oneeighth mile event over the turf course for 10000 platers Eight are entered Angelo Ro ¬ manos Gams Mrs A M Creechs Cid Play S Andrews Balheim Kirkpatrick Turners Dots Risk Breezy Crest Stables Alsigal H W Ostles Donna Brand Mrs L H Thompsons Cloy and Henry Tikul skis Bolus Cloy upset Bolus in a mile and a furlong race on the main track last Thursday ThursdayA A shifty field of nine twoyearolds will meet in the third race at five furlongs Brown Hotel Stables Hoot Mon Frederick W Hoopers Best Trick Charles H Clearys Fair Degree and J Wolfes Fair Porter ap ¬ pear to hold an edge for the dash Hoot Mon raced well at Churchill Downs Fair Degree defeated Best Trick in clever style last week while Fair Porter has been meet ¬ ing topnotch company in recent starts startsClelia Clelia Jones Fatally Injured InjuredWASHINGTON WASHINGTON PARK Homewood HI May 24 Clelia Jones 55yearold night watchman for the Cliff Portertrained stable met with a fatal accident early Sunday evening being struck down while attempting to cross the Dixie Highway ad ¬ jacent Washington Park Jones who was from Springfield 111 was accompanied by his son Harry when the accident occurred and the younger Jones also associated with racing as a groom suffered two broken legs and is reported in serious con ¬ dition
