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::::::::fj[! Lincoln Fields Notebook ! By J. J. MURPHY WASHINGTON PARK, Homewood, 111., June 11.— The Lincoln Fields meeting enters its final phase well ahead of last year -— ,, from both a financial and attendance standpoint. On only two days has pari-mutuel j lay dropped below that of the corresponding days of last year. The attendance showed a decrease on four occasions. The figures seem to prove the advisability vof the no pass policy, which was in augurated by general manager Peter ODonnell at this session . . . With just one more stake, Saturdays Lin-con Handicap, on the agenda at this course, horsemen are beginning to shift their star thoroughbreds across town to Arlington Park, where three stakes will be decided the first week. The first of the stellar attractions will be the 5,000 added Myrtle-wood Handicap opening day, then will follow the 5,000 added Cleopatra Stakes for three-year-old fillies on Wednesday and the Equipoise Mile for a 5,000 added purse on Saturday. Visitors for the last week of racing here are Mrs. Lawrence Bogenschultz, wife of [ the racing secretary, with her daughter, Mary Lee, a recent graduate of Our Lady of Cincinnati College, and Mrs. Thelma Ott, who, with daughter Alice Jean, will spend a few days with husband, and father, Bryan Ott ..Jockey Robert L. Baird, who has been one of the most popular riders in this section for several seasons and who a couple of years back won a number of stakes in this territory, has signed to ride for Reverie Knoll Farm . . .Track superintendent Dee Sumpter states the Lincoln Fields track will be closed to horses June 24 . Harry Trotsek has sent Roman Bath, Wine List, Swap Out, and the Miss America Stakes winner, Princess Lygia, to Arlington Park. It is likely Wine List will be vanned back to run in Saturdays Lincoln Handicap ...Fans are awaiting the first meeting between Princess Lygia and Errards Guide, the Joliet Stakes winner. They may clash in the Hyde Park Stakes at Arlington, June 30. As in the past, Arlington Park enthusiasts will be afforded the opportunity of -witnessing the nations more accomplished reinsmen in action. Scheduled to transfer their activities to the Arlington course following the termination of the present session, are such talented saddlemites as Doug podson, Don Scurlock, Gerald Porch, Andy LoTurco. William Garner, William Hanka Henry Schab, H. L. Richardson, Jack Chestnut, Albert Widman, Thearl Williams Donald Wagner, Harold Keene, John Bev Charles Collins, John Adams, Ken Church Joe Boucher, Logan Batcheller, Job Dean Jessop, Tony Skoronski, W/M. Cook, Wendell Eads, Robert Haber, Arlin Bassett, John Allen, William Morrisey, Mike Weiss-man, E. J. Knapp, P. J. Bailey, R. L. Baird Avelino Gomez, C. C. Smith, George South Palmer Domenico, Harold Allgaier, John Matson, Robert Peabody, Leon Grandsart, Melvin Duhon,-and Gilberto Olivera. Joseph Grossman, former owner, is re-. Continued on Page Thirty-Six f LINCOLN FIELDS NOTEBOOK Continued from Page Three ported to be recovering satisfactorily following a recent operation. He will remain in Chicago for some time before leaving for his home at Wenatchee,"Wash. . . . Jockey Paul Bailey received the sad news of the passing of his father at Louisville, Ky., and departed immediately to attend the services and funeral. He is expected back Wednesday or Thursday. . . . Apprentice Hosea Richardson, who made a successful journey to River Downs last week-end, was receiving the congratulations of his fellow reinsmen. on his victory at the Cincinnati course. . . . Owner-trainer C. C. Norman left for his home in Clarkston, Ky., upon receiving notice of the death of his father, William H. Norman, who passed away Sunday in his seventy-eighth year. . . . Frank E. Man-* del, Chicago businessman and former member of the Illinois Racing Board, -was a visitor Saturday. . . . State Senator Joe Kohout is out with a closely typed, four-page bulletin pointing out why he should be elected to the vice-presidency of the Midwestern division of the Horsemens Benevolent and Protective Association. Swell Dish, a starter in the Miss America Stakes, has been shipped to Detroit for a brief spell. She will be returned to this sector for the Arlington meeting. . . . Saturday is the last chance for South Side patrons to take in the races until the latter part of July, unless they wish to make the 40 or more miles trip to the far North Side and Arlington Park. . John Leyland, former owner and trainer, arrived from New Jersey and enjoyed "cutting up a few touchs" with old friends. . . . F. P. Aime has purchased Burgoo Master from the Valenti stable. . . . Tom Gray, who was present to watch his filly Oil Princess run in the Miss America Stakes, has departed for Suffolk Downs where Oil Capitol will be a starter in the Suffolk Handicap Wednesday. . . . Frank Warton, Illinois Racing Board member, was a seasons first-time visitor Saturday. Although no thoroughbred stars will twinkle out this way Tuesday, there must be eight winners. Hope we can pick three of them. Our selections are SWIRLING in the first; MAIL FOR HOME in the second, and JOGGINS, in the eighth.
