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1 , —■■■■■■ ; ..l!"1111 ■***™ Lincoln Fields I Notebook — — By J. J. MURPHY Winningkoff Developed by Mikel Kosiba Stable Going to Detroit Mr. Prosecutor Arrival for Joliet HAWTHORNE, Cicero, HI., May 20.— Sportsmans Park, at their recent combined charity and regular meetings, were 1,471 customers customers down down in in 1 , —■■■■■■ ; customers customers down down in in daily average attendance, but 4,219 up in daily average mutuel handle. The difference seems to be that while free passes were available in quantity in 1952, but few were issued this season. The 1952 meeting was suspended after 12 days due to a strike of the horsemen horsemen over over purses purses horsemen horsemen over over purses purses ■***™ . . .Bob Wingfield, who is handling the engagement book of jockey Doug Dodson here, is a graduate of Notre Dame and also a graduate of the U. S. Army. He is a son of trainer R. A. Wingfield. . .Jack Hodgins says that John Adams, Jr. is going to make a good rider. The boy has had but few mounts and has yet to win his first race. Almost got there on Lock Out Tuesday . . . The Mikel stable, which has introduced a number of apprentice riders to Chicago racing in the past few years, including Robert Peabody, Earl VanHook, and Willie Cox, has a new one this season in Dan Winningkoff, who rode the first winner of his career here Tuesday. Winningkoff is an 18-year-old from New Orleans. . .That ,338.40 Daily Double here Tuesday was the largest at a Lincoln Fields meeting for a couple of seasons. The record for a Lincoln Fields meeting was ,774.00 in 1935. That was the year that a Double at Tropical Park paid ,205.40, the fifth largest of all time. The tops was the 0,772.40 at Washington Park in 1939. The lone ticket was held by a merchant of Anna, 111., which is the home town of leading turfman, William H. Bishop. Apprentice Forrest Kaelin, regarded as one of the best "bug boys" in the business, will be here Monday to accept mounts. His engagement book will be handled by Walter Hal jean, who was in a measure responsible for the success of Al Widman and Ronnie Baldwin when they were top boys in this sector. Kaelin will lose the five-pound allowance soon after his Hawthorne debut, having won his first race at Waterford Park May 28 of last year. Kaelin finished out 1952 with 134 winners. . .Harold Hoffman, secretary-treasurer of the midwestern division of the HBPA, will take the Grace Kosiba horses to Detroit. At present writing he has not decided whether or not he will return to the Chicago area . . . Ray Bennigsen, one of the leading lights of the Fairmount Park meeting, left for that track after taking in the opening of the Lincoln Fields season. Money, a 10-year-old son of Invermark, who finished second here the other day, made his previous start in October of 1951 and was a winner. Prior to that he had not started since September of 1950 and was successful that time also. The old boy is in clover if he just has to start once or twice every season. . .Mr. Prosecutor, winner of the Bashford Manor Stakes, will be here this evening to fill his engagement in Saturdays Joliet Stakes in which he will once again meet Everett Jr. The colt will be ridden in the Joliet by Johnny "Evergreen" Adams. . .Trainer Ivan Parke has taken a call on the services of jockey Doug Dodson for the Joliet. Parke has named Appliable and Hoop Ring for Fred W. Hooper. , . Jockey Steve Brooks, one-time leading rider on this circuit, checked in from his Dallas, Texas, home. . .Jockey Lois C. Cook has departed for Detroit where he will ride free lance... Joe Bollero, who trains for Fairway Farms, has announced that Dave Erb has been engaged to ride OSystem in the Joliet Stakes. OSystem was winner of the first juvenile race held in Chicago this year. Bollero will resign as trainer for Fairway Farms at the end of this month. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Gibson are visiting from Sydney, Australia, where Mr. Gibson is in the food purveying business. They are having their first glimpse of American racing. . . . Forty-one tickets were sold on Tuesdays big Daily Double. . . Prior to the opening of the New Orleans season last faU, trainer Harold Raines brought oat a gray colt who won a cup for the best looking yearling shown on annual open house day. However, Raines stated at the time that a brown youngster in his Continued on Page Fortf l. Lincoln Fields Notebook By J. J. MURPHY Continued from Page Three barn was the better conformed of the two. That colts name is Dicks Future and he is nominated for Saturdays Joliet Stakes. . . . Track superintendent Chuck Miller has the turf course in good shape. Look for some thrilling races over the greensward. . . . Big Question and Ming Toi, full brother and sister, recently met in the same race here, while The Gizeh and Graces Lady, half brother and sister, and Anxious and Absolute, half brothers, were on the same card. In addition to Dan Winningkoff, who won the first race of his career Tuesday, the Mikel stable has another apprentice on the grounds in Donald Holmes. The boy has yet to graduate. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Howard Harvey came over from Peoria, HI., to take in the races during the first part of the week. . . . The entries for Wednesdays nine-race bill did not close until 5:15 p. m., Tuesday. Twas a long day for racing secretary Bogenschutz, and he rode the boys so severely that the entries for Thursday closed on schedule. . . . Clifford Mooers, the Texas turfman who has a habit of racing horses on several fronts and is known as the man of many trainers, has 10 head here in charge of J. W. Clark. They recently checked in from Louisville.
