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EDWIN C. MOON— General manager of the Fairmount Park track, which begins its third season of night thoroughbred racing at its Collinsvilie course this evening. Sport Returns to Fairmount Tonight Seven-Horse Field Vies in Inaugural Senecas Pesty, Mad Saint And Loutey Match Strides; See Highly Successful Meet By C. A. LINDEMAN Staff Correspondent FAIRMOUNT PARK, Collinsvilie, 111., May 22. — The sport returns to Fairmounts Park tomorrow night when the first program of a 32-night spring season will be offered. Officials of the local mile course predict the session will be one of the most successful-seen in this area in several years. They point to the upsurge in business at all American tracks plus the better quality of thoroughbreds that will see action at the session. Many improvements have been made to the plant over the winter .months and no few of these have been made in the stable area, with stall accommodation increased considerably and many other changes made. All nine events on the opening-night program bring out well-balanced fields. With the exception of the feature, the Inaugural Purse, and a two-year-old maiden event, the remainder of the card is made up of claiming races. The Inaugural Purse is fashioned for three-year-olds and older horses at five and one half furlongs for a purse of ,5.00, and brings together a field of seven. Senecas Pesty, from the stable Of Mrs. A. Roth, appears to have a slight edge in the headliner off his recent races at Sunshine Park. This five-year-old son of Curious Coin and Miss Seneca was returned the winner of two fast sprints at the Florida track and since arriving here has turned in several good workouts. The Roth color-bearer won his last race at the Oldsmar track with such ease that he appears the one they will have to catch. Senecas Pesty has plenty of early foot and is capable of taking the lead at the start and never being headed. Jockey James Cassity will handle the reins on the Roth sprinter. Back in Sprint Today Regarded next best of the short field that will compete in the Inaugural, is Mad Saint owned by Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hill. — Mad Saint is coming back to a sprint race after two tries at the longer routes in which he was unsuccessful. His best races appear to be at the shorter distances as he won a six-furlong dash at Oaklawn Park on March 10, wirxhing by a half length over other top sprinters such as Hustle Gal and Blue Music. The track was sloppy for that test, which shows that Mad Saint is capable of going at his best in any type of going. Apprentice Edward Joyce who comes here from the Fort Miami meeting with a good record, will be up on the Hill sprinter. Loutey, a fast sprinter from the stable of C. Milroy, looms as the most dangerous of the other five starters. Loutey was a good second in a six-furlong dash at Oaklawn Park last March. In that defeat he was beaten only by a short head by First Trial in 1:11%. Loutey set all the pace in that sterling try and just gave way under pressure near the end. The Milroy sprinter will carry 107 pounds tomorrow and will have jockey Leon Grandsart in the saddle. Others making up the field in the main attraction will be Dandy G. from the Silver Creek Stable with 107 pounds, Silver Val-jean, 107, Leo P Mcl, 109, and Mr. Dink with the light impost of 100 pounds. Juveniles will see action when a field of. 11 maidens meet; in the third event to battle it out over the four and one-half furlongs. Most of the contestants are making their first starts this season and a real battle is bound to ensue if the morning trials are to be taken into account as many have turned in very fast efforts. If all who have been named in the overnight entries start there will be one two-horse entry of Naomi and Nix which will race as the M. H. Adams entry.
