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On the Trot , l By MORRIE KURLANSKY 1 Dale Wingay Equals Own Record Truman Counsel Cuts Track Mark State Fair Winners to Race Here MAYWOOD PARK, Maywood, 111., Aug. 24. C. F. Rumleys Dale Wingay, for whom a bid by Canadian fanciers was recently rejected, scored his third victory out of his last six starts, equalling his own record of 2:05 made at May-wood earlier in the season, when he won Friday nights free-for-all pace from five fleet sidewheelers. The Princeton, 111., owner-trainer kept his charge in third position for the first half mile and, taking the lead around the clubhouse turn, pulled away on the backstretch to win by two lengths from Missv Shine-A-Mite, who : indicated that she is regaining her best form, which enabled her to score in 2:03 i during the spring meeting here. i Josedale Double Hal, a stablemate of Miss Shine -A-Mite owned by the Shep-ard Farms, Inc., of Chicago, after being dropped down in class, was the best in the BB-class pace and chalked up his third victory of the season. He, as well as Miss Shine-A-Mite, was driven by capable Red Scott, the free-lancing reinsman. . . . After five consecutive second placings, L. L. Blackburns four-year-old pacing gelding, Kings Ale, finally found the way to the winners circle Fri- " day, defeating six B-class opponents in the slow time of 2:11 for the mile trip. With his other two mounts, Adam Tass and Buckie B., Jake Mahoney finished second and third, respectively, although many fans figured the Indianapolis trainer could bring off a triple victory. Truman Counsel, with Jim Kealey at the reins, cut a fifth off R. E. Friscos track mark for 1 1-4 miles in annexing a 24-class early-closing event in 2:44. Mel Har-mening, who has compiled an excellent record in the last two weeks, managed to get Ethel French, a nine-year-old pacing mare owned by Art Berry, of Fort Dodge, Iowa, home first in the C-class pace. It was the first win in 40 starts for Ethel French, whose last visit to the winners enclosure was at Peoria, on August 31, 1950. .. . . Jack Leonard drove Saxon Abbe, a pint-sized pacer owned by O. V. Saxon, of Houston, Miss., to victory the other night, reducing the geldings record by three-fifths of a second, to 2:08, while substituting for Howard Beissinger in the sulky. Saxon Abbe is even smaller than Good Time, the greatest little horse the harness sport has ever known, and with "Jumbo" at the reins, Saxon Abbe looked like a circus pony. Hollis Regur, veteran trainer-driver from Iowa, had signal success in the last three racing nights at Sportsmans Park. On Wednesday, Regur scored a double with Lebo and Lucky Genoa, the first named paying off at better than 40 to 1. On Thursday it was Uncle Buzzand on. Friday John Frederick carried his blue and red colors to victory . . . J. C. Riley was fined 0 for crossing over too quickly when driving Clyde and impeding Elizabeth Day. Most of the winners of the four divisions of the Illinois State Fair Colt Stakes will be seen in action during the Aurora Downs meeting here. Bonnie Tell and Miss Abbe Cash, both money-winners in their respective divisions of the 0,000 Springfield Colt Stakes, started Monday at Maywood, Bonnie Tell in the third race, a C-class trot, and Miss Abbe Cash, in the nights feature, a BB-class pace. Both horses were driven by Jack Leonard, who is currently enjoying th6 best season in his young career. . .Tom Mills, the Hoosier trainer, shipped his stable .to Detroit to compete at the Wolverine . Raceway meeting. The Motor City harness track is within the big mile oval of the Michigan Racing Association running track, using the same homestretch, however, and, apart from the Yonkers Raceway that is built on the site of the former Empire City running track, is the most spacious night track in the country. Stanley Dancer and Billy Haughton both trainers of large public stables and racing almost exclusively at Yonkers and Roosevelt Raceways, New York, are currently heading the national driver standings. Dee Stover, leader on the Chicago circuit, might land among the first ten if he is able to keep up the pace, which made him second leading rider at May-wood Park in the spring and leader at Sportsmans Park, and a score of additional victories at the different fair meetings . . . While night racing harness tracks in Ohio recently were charged with "raiding" the fairs for- horses, the opposite is true in Chicago, where many stables are currently missing due to fair activities in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. Richest money-winning opportunities at the Aurora Downs meeting are for three-year-old trotters and pacers with approximately ,500 offered for sophomores of p?ch gait in the two divisions of the Great, Midwest Stakes. . .Fred Scott, a multiple winner at Maywood and Sportsmans Park this season, proved his inherent class when he finished second in both heats of a Springfield Grand Circuit race on. Friday afternoon, being timed in one heat in better than 2:01,
