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Calumet to Race At Lincoln Meet Fanfare and Wistful to Head Division That Ben Jones Will Campaign at 29-Day Session The Calumet Farm stable of Mrs. Warren Wright will begin its 1951 Chicago campaign at the Lincoln Fields meeting which opens at Washington Park next Tuesday, May 15. This was revealed yesterday when Peter J. OConnell, general manager of Lincoln Fields, announced that the Calumet trainer, Ben A. Jones, had applied for stalls and said he would be here with a division of the Calumet entourage, including the good mare, Wistful, and her half-brother, Fanfare, who finished fifth to Count Turf in last Saturdays Kentucky Derby. This will be the first time in years that Calumet Farm has begun its Chicago campaign so early, although the Wright establishment formerly raced at Lincoln Fields when the Crete track was in operation. Incidentally, Jones, had high praise for the Crete course, which again will be in operation in future years, following extensive state highway construction and other improvements. Fanfare Peabody Hopeful Fanfare is among the eight Kentucky Derby starters nominated for Lincoln Fields 5,000 Peabody Memorial Stakes, traditional Memorial Day feature and the first of the important three-year-old stakes in Illinois. Among the nominees for the Peabody are the four horses which finished closest to Count Turf in the Derby. These are Sam E. Wilsons Royal Mustang, Dene-mark Stables Ruhe, W. C. Martins Phil D., and Calumets Fanfare. Other Derby horses named for the Peabody include William Peaveys Anyoldtime and Sir Bee Bum, Brown Hotel Stables Snuzzle, and Golden Birch, stablemate of Royal Mustang in the Wilson contingent. Other leading stables who will race at the Lincoln Fields meeting are those of Dixiana, John Marsch, William Veeneman and the several trained by Harry Trotsek, including Hasty House Farm and Tom Gray. Ben Jones stated that the Calumet division he is bringing to the Lincoln Fields meeting consists of "running horses," which implies that the Devil red of Calumet will furnish plenty of action during the meeting.
