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JOCKEY F A SMITH Lightweight rider who scored astride Take Wing in the Lincoln Handicap in both 1943 and 1945 pilots Challe Anne in todays re ¬ newal of the mile and a quarter feature Eternal Reward in Lincoln RenewalScattered Renewal r Scattered Has Seven Gazelle Rivals Gives Star Reward Weight Over Route RouteAugustus Augustus Nahm Horse Out For Third Stake Score as Meet Closes at Washington WashingtonWASHINGTON WASHINGTON PARK Homewood HI JUne 18 Augustus Nahms Eternal Re ¬ ward a stretchrunning thoroughbred wha suddenly located his best stride after a series of poor races earlier in the season finds himself on the proverbial spot here tomorrow The brown son of Reaping Re ¬ ward Forever Yours is asked to concede chunks of weight to most of his rivals in the twentyfirst running of the 15000 Lincoln Handicap mile and onequarter event that features the curtainlowering program offered by the Lincoln Fields Rac ¬ ing Association The sport will shift to Arlington Park on Monday MondayEternal Eternal Reward must shoulder the im ¬ posing burden of 123 pounds over the ex ¬ acting distance and his main foe Star Re ¬ ward representing the popular Dixiana stable will carry 121 pounds After this pair there is a wide gap in the weights with Mrs J S Letelliers Jack S L listed to tote 109 Jacob Shers Frere Jacques 109 William Hal Bishops Bodens Pal 105 with F L Flanders filly Challe Anne being the lightweight at 100 100Edward Edward J Fleming head of the host as ¬ sociation is preparing to entertain a I crowd of some 25000 for his closing pro ¬ gram Weather however will be a prima factor in realizing this goal Last Satur ¬ day a tremendous gathering was expected but when rain in the morning was followed by coldness a large number of patrons re ¬ mained away awayChalle Challe Anne Only Newcomer NewcomerEternal Eternal Reward whose fondness for Washington Park traces back to his most glamorous victory conquest of the rich American Derby in 1946 is in the peak of form and in late races has asserted his superiority over all but one of the rivals scheduled to face him tomorrow He has beaten Bodens Pal Frere Jacques Jack S L and Star Reward with Challe Anne being the only newcomer in Lincoln Fields stakes The black daughter of Challedon Victorious Ann has been kept busy com ¬ peting against the best threeyearold fillies in the east her latest achievement being a third to Scattered and Flitabout in the Coaching Club American Oaks at Bel ¬ mont Park She had previously captured the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs following which she finished fourth in the Pimlico Oaks OaksThe The Coaching Club is run at a mile and threeeighths Challe Anne led for the best part of the distance and did not succumb to Scattereds closing bid until late in the stretch Thus it would seem that the mile mileContinued Continued on Page Three Eternal Reword Seeking Lincoln Renewal Today TodayGives Gives Star Reward Four Others OthersWeight Weight as Meet Comes to Close CloseContinued Continued from Page O and onequarter of the Lincoln is well within her scope scopeEternal Eternal Rewards toughest obstacle is the general shift in weights He carried 118 pounds in the mile and oneeighth LaSalle Handicap recently and scored in a bitter drive by a half a length over Colosal A length further away came Star Reward who was making his initial start of the meeting after being on the sidelines for more than a month The Dixiana star car ¬ ried 119 that afternoon Accordingly Eter ¬ nal Reward is penalized by a threepound difference and there are a large number of turfites who are willing to back their opinion that the Augustus Nahm racer isnt capable of repeating his victory victoryAs As a matter of fact it hardly would be surprising if Star Reward reigns the favor ¬ ite at post time Of the others in the small field little can be said Bodens Pal strag ¬ gled some 23 lengths in back of Eternal Reward in the LaSalle and the fact that h benefits by a shift in the weights hardly makes him a contender contenderFrere Frere Jacques one of the better grass course runners of the American turf prob ¬ ably is keeping in trim awaiting the turf races at Arlington and Washington parks His race in the La Salle indicated that he isnt ready to cope with the Lincoln com ¬ petition Jack S L occasionally comes up with a sparkling race against topnotchers but the general belief is that the mile and one quarter is a mite too far to bring out his best effort effortThe The Lincoln is surrounded by one of the bestbalanced programs of the meeting with horses of all ages getting opportuni ¬ ties at varied distances Secondary feature is the 5000 added Aristides Handicap a dash of seven furlongs Six have been named overnight with Air Rate Speedy Lee and Stud Poker looming as the main contenders Others in the field are South ¬ ern Pride Chesty and Hot and High
