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Nine to Go in Lincolns Rock X Purse Futuramatic Seen As Likely Favorite FavoriteLilly Lilly Valenti Tottenham and VanBergs Countess In Miss Bobbin Also Well Regarded RegardedHAWTHORNE HAWTHORNE Cicero 111 May 12 Thoroughbreds who were seen in action in one or more starts during the short Sports ¬ mans Park meeting predominate tomor ¬ rows program at this West Side course With the recent strike considered past his ¬ tory horsemen continued eager to enter their horses notwithstanding the decided possibility of an off strip prevailing for tomorrows card Principal offering on the program is the sixfurlong Rock X Purse which will bring together a group of nine shifty spritners racing in seven interests interestsScores Scores of horses are expected to arrive from Kentucky and Maryland as well as other sectors during the next several days and by the end of the first veek of sport the local colony is expected to be filled to capacity capacityUnder Under the allowance conditions of the Rock X weights assigned the contestants are modest Topweighted member of the field is William Hal Bishops Tattenham who will be asked to shoulder only 109 pounds including the usual allowance for apprentice Robert Willis Scheduled to match strides with the Bishop racer are the Bernard W Landy entry of Asphalt and Grand Sunbeam Marion HVanBergs tandem of Countess In and Miss Bobbin Mrs Emil Denemarks Futuramatic the Valenti Stables Lilly Valenti E C Roths Challcote and Grace Kosibas Is There ThereRan Ran Second to Heres Hoping Hopingfn fn recent engagements can be used as a criterion of his present form Futuramatic most likely will answer the bugle as favor ¬ ite The fiveyearold son of Eight Thirty and Hermitage was unsuccessful in two starts during the early spring at Oaklawn Park but gained considerable prestige more recently when second to Dixianas Heres Hoping in the Churchill Downs Handicap Though unable to cope with the Dixiana star in that encounter Futuramatic in turn defeated several clever speedsters including Sam E Wilson Jrs Air Mail Futuramatic will be ridden by apprentice John Heck marin contract reinsman for the Denemark unit unitLilly Lilly Valenti regained her former form this year in New Orleans arid has been prepped over the local strip for tomorrows engagement One of her better works was recorded last week when she breezed three furlongs in 35 flat for the best trial of the morning Lilly Valenti will have the saddle services of Anthony Ferraiuolo FerraiuoloTattenham Tattenham won one race at Sportsmans Park in which he defeated among others Asphalt and Countess In both of whom again will face him tomorrow Following Jiis victory he was returned to competition but failed to keep his victory skein intact Tattenham should show to better advan ¬ tage here than at the nearby track trackVanBerg VanBerg holds a powerful hand in Count ¬ ess In and Miss Bobbin The former ac ¬ counted for the May Day Purse in her last start at Sportsmans in an impressive fashion Listed among her victims in that fivefurlong essay were Will You Dance and Free and Equal Miss Bobbin her stable mate was among the also rans in the dash and was never a threat Jockey Palmer Domenico handled Countess In last time and most likely again will be in the irons ironsAsphalt Asphalt won two races at Sportsmans Park and possesses the necessary early speed to outrun her rivals in the Rock X The staying ability of the filly however is limited Grand Sunbeam showed a likeness for the Hawthorne track last fall and may be ready to come forth with her best effort The fouryearold daughter of Grand Slam also should benefit from the probable slow strip John Adams will have his choice of mounts mountsChallcote Challcote defeated a capable field in the Hard Tack Purse at Sportsmans and must be regarded as dangerous The gelded son of Challedon prefers a muddy or slow race track and he most likely will catch his strip tomorrow Is There appears slightly over ¬ matched
