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Lincoln Attraction to Engage Eight Provident in First Start Since Winter WinterDixiana Dixiana Homebred Opposed By Navy Cross Proud Ruler And Merrymarch in Sprint SprintWASHINGTON WASHINGTON PARK Homewood 111 June 16 The Nickel Plate Purse a six furlong sprint for fouryearolds and up ¬ ward is to headline the attractive program arranged for presentation here tomorrow by the Lincoln Fields Racing Association The feature attracted a field of eight horses and those entered appear rather evenly matched presaging good sport One of the better supporting events on the card is the Chicago Coal Merchants Purse a six furlongs test for threeyearolds and a capacity field is expected to contest that offering offeringIncluded Included in the band that will vie for major honors in the Nickel Plate are such useful performers as Dixianas Provident John McShanes Navy Cross Shady Brook Farms Merrymarch and John M Hutch ins Proud Ruler While the aforementioned quartet is expected to play a prominent role in the headliner the balance of the field also boasts some class H S Stables Poignancy E N Bissos Captain Joe I J Collins Beau Nash and Mrs Thelma Otts Easy Trade are dangerous when ready and they are capable of upsetting some of the better regarded entrants entrantsProvident Provident a Charles T Fisher homebred is a son of Benefactor and he is scheduled to make his first start of the present meet ¬ ing tomorrow He made six appearances at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans this winter and turned in three frontrunning races while in the other three he finished in the runnerup spot Steve Brooks who rode him in five of his six races at the Louisiana course will again attempt to rate him on the front end in tomorrows engagement engagementFast Fast HalfMile Move MoveProud Proud Ruler a quick fouryearold filly had a mishap at the starting gate last week and she was excused by the stewards when it was apparent that she had suf ¬ fered a slight injury Completely recov ¬ ered the Hutchins miss recently worked a halfmile in 47 handily then followed that snappy speed drill with a threeeighths mile speed test in 34 indicating that she is in top shape shapeNavy Navy Cross a hardhitting eightyear old gelding is meeting lesser company than that which he engaged in the El Rio Rey Purse Navy Cross however was good enough to lead a fast field in the El Rio Rey for a halfmile and he worked that distance the other morning in 46 handi ¬ ly The McShane stalwart ran fifth behind Air Rate in his last outing after his dis ¬ play of early foot footNeither Neither Merrymarch or Easy Trade have won at the current Lincoln Fields meeting but both have shown occasional flashes of good form and they are rated stout con ¬ tenders for the Nickel Plate Easy Trade finished fourth in a sevenfurlongs event last time out while Merrymarch was fourth in his most recent appearance to Afton Villas Noble One in the Indian Runner Handicap HandicapPoignancy Poignancy also will be under silk for the first time this season at this local course He ran some rather sharp races during his Florida campaign last winter Beau Nash and Captain Joe are rank outsiders in the Nickel Plate probable starting band bandThe The Coal Merchants matches several sophomores that have shown decided im ¬ provement in their Lincoln Fields races DeBaby Weedyone Mad Guard Stepinfox Biffema and Tweets Girl are expected to go rather well in the sprint sprintSome Some fair juvenile fillies will try to earn their graduation diplomas in the Countess Time purse Among those named for the five furlongs dash are Bennet Parkes Cul ¬ ver CoEd Afton Villa Farms Black Lulu Mrs Fred R W Stolps Too Sunny A M Durschs Lees Rose Clifford Lusskys Studying and E R Morris Betethel who has been working in impressive fashion
