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ir irSilvery Silvery Moon Choice for Fair Play Lincoln Feature Attracts Eleven ElevenFighting Fighting Pete and Magnolia Oppose Lowenstein Gelding Torella Seeking Mad Hatter HatterWASHINGTON WASHINGTON PARK Homewood 111 June 12 Jake Lowensteins Silvery Moon one of the major disappointments of the current meeting of the Lincoln Fields Rac ¬ ing Association will attempt to make amends when he faces a fairly evenly matched field of sprinters in the Fair Play Purse seven furlongs event that headlines the final Monday program of this session The sixyearold gelded son of Brevity Mothers Love has started three times over this course each time being a pronounced favorite He failed to enter the picture the first outing then finished third and last Thursday he finished second to the im ¬ proved Chesty ChestyBecause Because he obviously has improved with every start it is quite likely that once again he will attract heavy support Silvery Moon was on the inactive list last year while undergoing repairs from a training acci ¬ dent sustained in 1946 At that time he was regarded as one of the leading hand ¬ icap horses in this area His opposition Monday will be furnished by Mrs Thelma Otts Shut Eye River Di ¬ vide Farms Patrimony H D Maggios Patmiboy S Karr and MrsL Visans Pla quemine Shady Brook Farms Upstate M Mormorsteins Royal Chap Jacob Shers Magnolia Woolford Farms Hasty Sun Mrs Louise Donovans Fighting Pete and J C Ellis Quintero QuinteroFighting Fighting Pete Won Last LastPossibly Possibly the most formidable factors in the Fair Play against Silvery Moon are Fighting Pete and Magnolia Fighting Pete is a handsome son of Fighting Fox Pom peian Way who may ultimately develop into a stakes horse He is a fouryearold who has started but twice in his career The first time was last year at Delaware Park and he failed to display speed He was brought back to competition over this course on June 4 and mainly because of flattering reports by the clocking frater ¬ nity he was installed a 7to5 favorite Georgie South hustled him to the front at the start and he widened out on his field with every stride finally passing the line eight lengths to the good and with much speed in reserve His foes though were maidens on that occasion and Monday he is asked to move a large number of notches up the class ladder ladderMagnolia Magnolia showed good promise in her most recent test when she finished third to Good Turn ahd Miss Tartan She raced on the pace for the best part of the dis ¬ tance and did not show signs of faltering until well into the stretch It was her sec ¬ ond start of the meeting During the Flor ¬ ida season she showed several keen per ¬ formances against good opposition Eldon Nelson popular youngster who is the lead ¬ ing apprentice of the meeting will handle the daughter of He Did or Eight Thirty Queen Finite FiniteSupporting Supporting the feature will be a mile and oneeighth grind fashioned the Mad Hat ¬ ter that is carded exclusively for three yearolds Seven are listed to face the bar ¬ rier John Marsch will be ably represented in his Bull Lea colt Torello who comes off an excellent performance over the same distance After winning a one mile and oneeighth test his most recent start found him finishing third to Bold King and Tri Step StepBaby Baby Blue showed signs of considerable promise Wednesday when she breezed to a rather ordinary field at one mile She bounded down to the finish several lengths to the good and performed as if she com ¬ pletely outclassed her field Others in the race are Elkhorn a winner at this meeting Singh Tri Step St Louisan and Wash burn
