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Lincoln Fields Notebook By J J MURPHY Lincoln Fields Handle Up 6 Per Cent Natchez Girl to Seek Tomboy Stakes Report Play Increase at Fairmount FairmountHAWTHORNE HAWTHORNE Cicero HI June 9 Although Lincoln Fields lost a Saturday when Memorial Day fell on that day pari mutuei nanoie going into the last two weeks of the meeting was up about 6 per cent over last year However the overall distribution of purse money greatly exceeded that of 1952 and with that taken into consideration the session can be placed on about a par with last season as far as profits are concerned e attendance iigures are also aoout even The track has been unfortunate in catch irig uncertain weather with difficult track conditions prevailing on many days Jockey Doug Dodson will remain home this Saturday to accept the mount on George A Cavanaughs Blue Violin in the Miss America Stakes Dave Erb will ride Neal Elyse in the same race Many fillies named for the Miss America have raced impressively In the list of 45 eligibles but three stallions are represented by more than one of their progeny They are Re ¬ voked who sired Resplendent and Lady Elliott both winners of their first starts First Fiddle who has Hats Fiddle and Blue Violin a pair of maidens in the race and Preoccupy who lias Sophisticate and Red Primrose nominated nominatedDoug Doug Davis Jr will ship Natchez Girl to Detroit to run in the Tomboy Stakes at that track Saturday Porter Roberts will ride Trainer Joe Bollero is back on the job following a bout with pneu ¬ monia The Army did not want appren ¬ tice Ronnie Wilson so he is back with Harry Trotsek The boy was rejected by his Brooklyn draft board as being under ¬ weight Mrs J A Goodwin who has some horses in training here was an arrival from Lexington She was accom ¬ panied by William Clark At the 1951 Keeneland yearling sales Mrs Herbert Herff of Memphis Tenn spent 15000 for two horses One was Mimi Mine who cost 4500 and became a stakes winner The other was Udo Reinach who cost 10500 and won a cheap maiden race here Monday Some of the riders here seem to be afraid of the cars when the racing strip is rough There are mud jockeys just the same as mud horses but with the jockeys it seems to be all in the mind while with the horses it is in the legs legsRay Ray Bennigsen Fairmount Park execu ¬ tive who has been visiting here will leave for St Louis Wednesday He reports busi ¬ ness at the Collinsville course is showing a substantial increase over last season and is especially pleased with the enthusiasm being shown on weekday evenings Last year on a few such occasions Bennigsen said the track failed to meet expenses This year every weekday evening has been over the hill Jockey Gerald Porch who has been resting in Florida following his spill at Gulf stream Park is expected to arrive here in about three weeks and resume rid ¬ ing at Arlington Park A number of the more prominent riders here may journey to Cranwood Park in Ohio June 15 to take part in the Jockeys Guild racing program Adams Dodson and Bailey are among those who may make the trip according to Ike Bassett Jockeys Guild representative The Cranwood Park management stages a raceon that day in which a 3500 purse will be split among the riders ridersWilliam William Graffagnini son of owner Anthony Graffagnini is ah arrival from New Orleans and has taken out a train ¬ ers license He will serve as assistant to his father Melviri Sunshine Calvert the pintsized trainer who saddled Rough n Tumble for a Santa Anita Derby vic ¬ tory is expected to arrive from Kenutcky this week with six horses They will be stabled at Arlington Park Another shipment headed for Arlington is 16 horses in the Duntreath Farm stable They will come in charge of trainer Har ¬ old O Simmons Admiral Porter a two yearold colt who graduated here the other day was a 8100 purchase by Sunny Blue Farm at the Keeneland Sales Baseball player Ferris Fain visiting with starter Ruby White who was a friend of his fathers Fain was escorted about the plant by George Swain Frank Studlows boy Billy recently graduated from high school Frank has visions of the lad becoming a big league ball player He recently attempted to catch one of Billys inshoots and suffered a smashed finger fingerJockey Jockey Forrest Kaelin who was badly injured here earlier in the meeting is rest restConfrnutt Confrnutt on Page FortfOitt Lincoln Fields Notebook Notebooks s By J J MURPHY Continued from Page Three Threeng ng easily at MacNeal Memorial Hospital nd is now regarded as being out of danger Have had many explanations as to why he horsemen are not bombarding the entry vindows here Among them are the fact hat many do not like the claiming rule he racing strip it too uncertain following he rains and that their horses are not eady One Kentucky owner suggested hat the racing secretary put on a 2500 laiming race for Kentuckyowned horses Delusively Said a field of 5000 horses ould be drawn to race for 2500 as no Centuckian would claim 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