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JOHN A. MORRIS — President of the Thoroughbred Racing Associations of the United States, will be guest of honor today at Hawthorne. — , — ___ — , i Albemarle Faces Five Lincoln Foes in John A. Morris Purse President of TRA Will See t Bishop Sprinter Vie With Screemin Jack, Fine Fiddle HAWTHORNE. Cicero, 111., May 23.— The feature race on Mondays Lincoln Fields program at Hawthorne will be named the John A. Morris in honor of the president of the Thoroughbred Racing Associations of the United States, who will make an official visit to this historic track in his capacity as head of TRA. Mr. Morris also is president of the Metropolitan Jockey Club, operators of the Jamaica race track on Long Island, and since 1928 has been a member of The Jockey Club, parent body of the American turf. He is the third generation of his family to hold membership in The Jockey Club, and his father, A. H. Morris, is the only surviving founder of that ruling body, which is custodian of the American Stud Book. The John A. Morris Purse is a six-furlong event for four-year-olds and older horses. Top weight, with 118 pounds, is W. H. Bishops Albemarle, winner of three races this season. The four -year-old gelding by Requested — Dorothy B., will have five opponents. They include two gray geldings, Torch of Iran, 114, and Screemin Jack, 116. The latter won on May 1, but the French-bred Torch of Iran is just beginning his 1953 campaign. Now six, he won four races last year. He is by Tehran, sire of the 1952 Epsom Derby and St. Leger winner, Tulyar. which the Aga Khan sold to the Irish government for 00,000 last winter to head the Irish National Stud. Torch of Iran is owned by Charles F. Henry, of Miami, Florida, who races under the name of Emerald Isle Stable. Sreemin Jack, a five-year-old, is owned by Mrs. Herbert Herff, of Memphis, Term. Red Curtice Goes in Feature Completing the small field are M. H. VanBergs four-year-old chestnut filly, Fine Fiddle, 108: T. G. Bensons four-year-old gelding. Foxy Wager, 108, by Fighting Fox — Big Wager: and Emil Denemarks brown colt, Red Curtice, 114, now four. The latter has been raced lightly since his juvenile campaign when he won the Bash-ford Manor Stakes. He won one race in four starts last year. Fine Fiddle had a good season last year and won her first victory of the current season on May 13. Foxy Wagers latest essay was on May 20 at this meeting when he finished second, beaten only a head by Elevenpoint in a seven-furlong event on the grass course. T. G. Bensons Neverlator will try for his second win of the meeting when he opposes seven others in the TRA Purse, a seven-furlong even on the grass course. His opponents include three he beat in the Berwyn Purse here last Tuesday, Mrs. J. L. Oglesbys Lock Out, Mrs. E. M. Hansons Princess Ann, and Everett Lowrances Shane. Neverlator beat Lock Out a neck in their last meeting. The other four in the TRA Purse are Can Locate, Black Stream, Victoria Cross, and Golden Birch.
