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♦ i Lincoln Fields Notebook I By J. J. MURPHY » HAWTHORNE, Cicero, HI., June 10.— While the Lincoln Handicap, to be run here Saturday, plays second string to the Pea- ; ; ; j body Memorial as far as purse money is con-] cerned, it was ence the kingpin of all Lincoln Fields stakes. Back in 1927, when Chance Play took it, the Lincoln was worth over 5,000 to the winner, and when the Peabody was first run for 0,000 in 1929 the Lincoln was worth 0,000. Aside from Chance Play, the win- ! , ! ners in those days numbered three great thoroughbreds in Toro, Lady Broadcast and Sun Beau. The 1933 running marked the end of big purses for .the Lincoln as that season Esseff, the winner, got less than ,000 and. a few subsequent victors, but little over ,000. The Lincoln was top-bracketed again in 1946, and for the next three years each winner took over 1,000 The last two have earned something over ,000. Both Mucho Gusto, Take Wing and Equifox won. the race twice, the latter in successive years, Mucho Gusto with two seasons intervening, and Take Wing with one season in between. Kosadus was a sur-! prise winner last season. He was ridden by Job Dean Jesson, who also scored in the 1950 version with Dinner Hour. The late jockey, F. A. Smith, won the event four times. Volcanic, the fine turf runner and a prime favorite with racing patrons of this vicinity, will make his first appearance of the season in tbe Lincoln, while Pur Sang, winner of last years Peabody Memorial and recent conqueror of Sickles Image at Detroit, is another who is expected to make his 1952 bow to the Chicago public. R. W. Mcllvain, owner of Volcanic, was at the track this morning to view his seven-year-old in a trial spin in preparation for the Lincoln. Volcanic, breezing well in hand, went a mile and a quarter in 2:08. He turned the three-quarters in 1:15 Vs. the mile in 1:39%, and the mile and an eighth in 1:53%. . Next engagement for Oh Leo will be the seven -furlong Warren Wright Memorial Handicap at Arlington, June 21... Harold C. Hoffman, former secretary -treasurer of the midwestern division of the HBPA, is in town to attend the annual meeting of the Illinois Breeders Association. . Jockey Robert Haber was an arrival from Fair-mount Park . Starter Ruby White, who has had one of his very best meetings here, will depart for Dade Park at the conclusion of the session . . Paddock judge James Tranter Clark and placing judge Ray Hoertz will leave for Louisville Saturday evening. C. C. Caudle has purchased Honest Injun from W. H. Bishop . . Jockey Anthony Fer-raiuolo has been engaged to ride Paytu for Knollwood Farm in the Primer Stakes at Arlington. . Arab Actress, who ran a good third back of Biddy Jane and Sweet Pa-tootie in the Miss America Stakes, will start in both the Pollyanna Stakes and Arlington Lassie, and Paul Bailey has been engaged to do the riding . Sky Ranger and Luce Change, the property of W. J. Schmidt, got in from Fairmount Park. . Eddie Ambrose, old-time jockey, is reported to be working on a railroad . . The North Shore Farm, Continued on Page Thirty-Seven Lincoln Fields Notebook By J. J. MURPHY Continued from Page Three which is situated about seven miles from the Arlington course, is open for the boarding of horses. Those interested are requested to contact trainer L. J. Wilson . . . The Artful Stakes for fillies and mares to be run at Arlington June 28 and the Equipoise Mile, to be run three days later, will close Saturday. Turf historians tells us that one of the first of the most important races in Chicago was run in 1845. It was for a purse of 00 and was run in three mile heats. Only two started, one being a filly by Langford, which was unnamed. That filly led for a mile and a half, then col- lapsed and died on the track and the event went to Blue Bonnet, a six-year-old mare which was owned by T. E. Moore. Blue Bonnet became a noted broodmare in Kentucky, producing five foals by Glencoe and five by Lexington. . .Freddie Merimee, old-time jockey, is a regular visitor at the track . . . Charles Dougherty, who serves in an official capacity on some West Coast tracks, will be one of racing secretary Ivan Thomas assistants at the Arlington - Washington meetings . . Mr. and Mrs. Donald Campbell, of Los Angeles, were recent visitors, passing through en route to New York. Ed Shannon, of Lexington, Ky., who will serve as an assistant to Harry Sheer and Jack Drees in the publicity department at Arlington, is an arrival ... Agnes Bingem, who is secretary to the racing secretaries working on the Chicago circuit, has received word that her son Richard suffered a broken wrist while vacationing in Wisconsin . . Tracy Bougon has shipped Lucky Ned, Specific, Some Town, South Covert, and Count-A-Bit to Detroit.
