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Crete Inaugural Handicap Will Attract 25 or More MoreRoman Roman Bath Winner of Stake Last Year to Try for Repeat RepeatNominations Nominations for the Crete Inaugural Handicap feature of the Lincoln Fields meeting opening day card next Monday at Hawthorne are expected to run between 25 and 30 according to Peter J ODonnell general manager of the Lincoln Fields Racing Association AssociationTwentyone Twentyone entries had been named by Monday he said adding that nominations postmarked up to midnight last Saturday will be accepted Lawrence C Larry Bogenschutz racing secretary for the meeting will open his of ¬ fice tomorrow at Hawthorne He will be assisted by James T Clark paddock judge in registering horses for the 30day meeting meetingRoman Roman Bath winner of last years Crete heads a delegation of three horses named for the opening day feature by Mrs A E Reubens Hasty House Farm the others being Seaward and Robust RobustRoman Roman Bath now a fiveyearold cap tured the sixfurlong test for threeyear olds and upward in 110 only three fifths of a second slower than Lextowns time in 1950 the fastest ever recorded for the event which began in 1926 with the opening of the Lincoln Fields plant plantThe The 1951 winner is the son of Roman out of War Swept by Man o War Seaward won the Hawthorne Gold Cup last fall and also won the Buckeye Handicap at Randall j Park Robust was in the money three times as a threeyearold in 1951 1951Flyamanita Flyamanita another popular local fa ¬ vorite as a 1951 threeyearold has been entered in the Crete Other entrants pre ¬ viously announced include Oh Leo Ruth red Stop Gap Feudin Fightin Andy B W Blue Square Eagle Eye and Spur On OnOh Oh Leo which makes his first Illinois start as a threeyearold led all th two yearolds in this area last year Oh Leo and Stop Gap were among those working out on the Hawthorne strip Monday
