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Teddy Reigh Gets Call For Cornhusker Purse Double Winner at Ak-Sar-Ben Has Only Four Rivals to Beat Today By J. SWEENEY GRANT Staff Correspondent AK-SAR-BEN, Omaha, Nebr., June 24 — Following the failure of the originally scheduled Cornhusker Handicap to attract a sufficient number of entrants, director of racing R. A. "Dick" Leigh was compelled to shuffle his program considerably. As a substitute for the assigned weight feature he drafted a formidable group of five intermediate distance stars to contest the mile and 70 yards of the Cornhusker Purse. Under the claiming conditions of the main event. R. J. Hulses First Lite has the top impost of 119 pounds but actually will parade postward under a five-pound lighter , burden including the usual allowance for j an apprentice rider. First Lites rivals include Mrs. Sayde Folleys De Ville. Oren j Couchs Teddy Reigh. Alice Likins Flying Vtle, and AC. Supes Trarab. First Lite, who finished second to Tipster ! in the recent edition of the Count Fleet ! Purse, should have literally "walked in" in that essay. Apprentice J. Casey, who was accepting his first mount of the Omaha season and possibly the initial mount of his i career on a recognized race track, did not do First lite justice. As it was he was beaten a scant head by the highly regarded Tipster and with an experienced reinsman j First Lite undoubtedly would have been much the best. Casey of course rode his | mount to the best of his ability, but did not ! possess the necessary adeptness when it BUM time to place First Lite io the ultimate test II is possible that Casey again will be in I lie .Middle. TlM usually consistent Teddy Reigh. winner of seven straight here last year and who has chalked up two successes thus far dining this meeting, did not find the muddy utuii i footing and a 1 ..1 -pound import to his liking in the Count Fleet lie finished firih and last in that issue With a five-pound drop in weight and the invisibility of n fast track prevailing tomorrow Tlddy Heigh is expected to make a bctlci Hhnwing Toddy Heigh is our of the liioi | pronounced favorites of the oniaha*ru thusitisl: and nut withstanding hli previous showinp most likely will br Installed hr favorite. LftWMBOt Jones will be in the saddle. Dc Ville recently was claimed from Ber. Fogclson by Mrs Folloy. While racing under the colors of her former owner. De Ville annexed her first victory of the meeting in a sprint event, then came back tc show her versatility by trouncing a capable group of routers In her outing over a distance of ground IV Vilie displayed courage seldom 1MB when she relinquished an early lead entering the stretch of the test only tti regain command during the final •-ti ules FlyniK Vale placed second to Hand Salute in the Sundowner Purse in his last st*rt The four-year-old son of Piping Rook ha."* earned one purse during I he meeting and has been close up in other starts. Since his las defeat he has been training saUtfoc toiily Trarab. winner of one i ace over the local strip, has been campaigned llghth ulncc hi* arrival heir and from all tndkw lions in In the peak of condition
