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Market Tip Topweight For Illinois Handicap HandicapTakes Takes Up 120 While Engaging Lancaster Lady Laughing Fox FoxBy By C A LINDEMAN Staff Correspondent CorrespondentFAIRMOUNT FAIRMOUNT PARK Collinsville 111 June 5 The Illinois Handicap a sixfur ¬ long dash will headline tomorrow nights ninerace card and a small but select field of seven topnotch sprinters will vie for the 3000 purse Of the seven starters there will be only six interests as Mrs T M Pruett will be starting back heir winning combination of Market Tip and Ida C CTop Top impost of 120 pounds has been as ¬ signed to the sixyearold Market Tip by racing secretary J J Klucina off his last and winning race here when he romped home a fivelength winner to take the winners share of the Decoration Day Handicap This speedy son of Market Wise took the lead in the opening stages of the Memorial Day feature and just romped along as he pleased to win in hand This was the first start here this year for the Pruett performer and from the way he accounted for his initial out ¬ ing he will be hard to beat despite the fact that he is picking up 10 pounds off that victory His stablemate Ida C who fin ¬ ished a bangup third in the same event drops one pound getting in the Illinois with 112 pounds This fleet mare was clos ¬ ing fast to get the show money moneyLancaster Lancaster Lady from the stable of W Tabbytite which split the Pruett entry in their last meeting again appears as the one they will have to watch out for in the Saturday night main attraction Lancaster Lady has a real impressive victory chalked up here the early part of the meeting when she turned back Sir Dakota and Fabulous South to win the Prevue Club Purse on May 22 In that winning effort the daugh ¬ ter of Quick Reward went the six furlongs in 112 with 112 pounds up one more than she will be required to pack tomor ¬ row night nightThe The partners J H Hejna will send their fleet fouryearold Laughing Fox out in the Illinois Handicap to try for their second win of the season Laughing Fox will shoulder 112 pounds for this test but from the way she performed in winning the Pine Lawn Purse going the six fur ¬ longs in 111 flat to win over Lucky Lable and HarryLou she rates better than an outside chance to garner part of the 3000 purse offered as the prize prizeMaking Making up the field for the Illinois Handicap will be three other top flight sprinters all of whom have won one 6r more races here at the Fairmount Park meeting so far this season Texas Rain owned by L Mistrot accounted for the St Louis Handicap on May 23 winning the sixfurlong dash in 1 12 over a rac ¬ ing strip labeled good The Mistrot sprin ¬ ter finished second in his only other start of this meeting With his weight of 113 this son of Nedayr may prove the upset Obstinate Si winner of two sixfurlong races here this meeting will have 110 up and with his real fast speed away from the gate he may be hard to catch Hehad 120 up in his last winning race and won by five in 111 Longden from the stable of T F Ryan also a winner here this year will make up the speedy field in the Illinois Handicap
