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j 1 Sportsmans Park Notebook Lincoln Fields Plant All Spruced Up For Return of Racing Next Thursday 1 By J. J. MURPHY SPORTSMANS PARK, Cicero, HI., May 11. We took a trip to the new Lincoln Fields last Sunday and were very much impressed. A year ago this time it was a shambles following a disastrous fire. This year the track is a thing of beauty, as we believe that those journeying to the course for the meeting that opens Thursday, May 20 will agree. Miss Frances P o 1 1 e y , secretary-treasurer of the association, who has personally attended to the .majority .of improvements and decorations, has attempted to fuse the old with the new and has accomplished the task to a fine degree. The womans touch is much in evidence. The huge 200-year-old mirror in the Turf Club, the taste in the blending of colors in lounge seats and draperies, the almost lifelike drawing of the late Col. Matt Winn, founder of the plant in the new and exclusive Winn Room; the green and white color motif at the entrances; and. the rust and cream of the mezzanine floor and even the quality of dishes in the kitchen reflect her taste. A couple of backstretch items that caught our eye were the old paddock building, which has been moved and painted and makes an excellent and spacious race track kitchen just opposite the stretch head and a new brick motel consisting of enough units to house 40 people in homey style with a new recreation room lor exercise boys, young riders, and stable help in the center. AAA Trophies pertaining to thoroughbred racing and imported from foreign countries as well as from many parts of America will embellish the Lincoln Fields clubhouse and turf club; the spacious new grandstand with individual seats will accommodate about 10,000 patrons; and an elevator to the press box and officials quarters will be welcomed by leg-weary members of both bodies. Trains from downtown Chicago equipped with Diesel engines will make the trip to the track in less than one hour. As for motoring, the roads within a radius of 15 miles or more of the track are well marked with signs denoting the shortest route to the course. A A A Expected to arrive in the Chicago area Tuesday were the horses of the powerful Reverie Knoll Stable, owned by Freeman Keyes and trained by Frank Sanders. Twenty-eight head will be in the consignment, including the strong four-year-old Smoke Screen, who was second in the last Hawthorne Gold Cup and second in this years 0,000 New Orleans Handicap. Smoke Screen was a four-time stakes winner last year, taking the Letellier, Le Compte, and New Orleans handicaps at the Fair Grounds and the Bidwell Memorial at Hawthorne. . .Owner John Oglesby, of Pawhuska, Okla., is due to arrive from Kentucky with 15 head. His rider, John Ralph Adams, will be on hand for the opening of the Lincoln Fields meeting . . . W. Wilkerson has taken over the training of Betje and Cockofthewalk for the New England stable. AAA Trainer Norman McMaster has transferred six horses, the property of the Wood-view Stable, to Lincoln Fields. . .O." B. Franklin got into Washington Park from Bowie with seven head. . .R. K. Showalter was an arrival from Lancaster, Ohio, with Agincourt, Corrine Again, and Haps Reward and they are stabled at Washington Park. . .Among the horses in the public stable that trainer O. B. Randolph shipped from Bowie to Washington Park are Tweety Twom, Coliseo, Mama Blackbird, Barfly and Campasino. AAA The following horses, the property of Grace Kosiba, have ben shipped to Detroit by trainer Harold Hoffman: Wolverine, First Greek, Col. Con, Belle Grand, Gypsy Leo, Bblo Boy, Colors, Parkview, and Pak. A number of others in the stable will remain here until the conclusion of the meeting ... Jockey Harold Keene has severed connections with the William Hal Bishop stable and will ride free lance for the remainder of the meeting. This is the fifth time during recent years that Bishop and Keene have agreed to disagree . . . Racing secretary Larry Bogenschutz was an arrival from his home in Cincinnati and has opened his office at Lincoln Fields . . . Robert Laughlin of the TRPB, was an arrival from Churchill Downs . . . Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Frischnett are visiting from Miami Beach, where they own one of the most popular restaurants along the sandy strip. AAA The six-year-old Hurricane and the young apprentice Tommy ONeil were a Continued on Page Forty-Three MARION H. VAN BERG Sportsmans leading owner-trainer, sent out Foxie Jeanie to win the Swing On Purse at the Cicero track. Sportsmans Notebook By J. J. MURPHY Continued from Page Three comeback pair here Monday when they were the winning combination in the second race. The gelding was making his first start in two years, and ONeil was accepting his first mount in 10 days . . . Both were out with injuries . . . Swanees Penny, a six-year-old, was the first horse to win three races at the meeting . . . Ray Bennig-sen, secretary-treasurer of Fairmount Park and one of the officers of Sportsmans, is dividing his time between the two courses. Will return to Fairmount Thursday . . . Eddie Bracken, the actor, who is appearing in a loop show, was a visitor ... Rogers Hornsby, the baseball man, has been seen at the track oh a couple of occasions . . . Speaking of an owner who is mighty tight with a dollar, Gumshoe Gus, our outside man, says, "He is so cheap he dilutes his horses bran mash with sawdust. Perhaps he is figuring on using them as sawhorses when their racing days are over."
