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East St. Louis Handicap j Draws Field of Seven King Bebe, Pride of Judea and Little Bookie Vie at 1 Miles By C. A. LINDEMAN Staff Correspondent FAIRMOUNT PARK, Collinsville, 111., May 14 The ,000 East St. Louis Handicap, featured event of the second Saturday nine -race program of the current season, drew a field of seven of the best distance racers now in trainingat the local course. Despite the size of the field, this race has promise of being one of the best that will be presented during the long 60 -day meet. Main contention appears to lie between King Bebe, Pride of Judea and Little Bookie. King Bebe, a three-year-old colt, from the barn of H. H. Rendelman, won his one and only start here at six furlongs the second night of the meeting and, although he was only a length and three-quarters in front at the finish, he had had a five-length advantage a furlong out, thus showing that he has plenty of early foot. The added distance of the East St. Louis may prove a help as most of these sophomore races are at the longer distances. The Bell Acres Farms Little Bookie will be making her second start of the meeting in Saturdays attraction. Her other outing was not too impressive but it was at the shorter distance of six furlongs and her best races are at the increased distances. Her inability to settle into her best stride in sprints make her a poor competitor, but over a route such as the mile and one-sixteenth in the East St. Louis, she becomes a real threat. Coming right back in the featured race of the evening off a winning race is J. Gay-lords Pride of Judea, who accounted for a six-furlong dash in which he won going away by two lengths over the Red Rudolph and Val Vez. Pride of Judea came from behind the field in the last furlong and the added distance will be a distinct help. The field is made up of J. and S. Hanovers Galway Boy, Mrs. T. M. Pruetts Val Vez, Gail R., from the stable of H. H. Schindler, and Doc Wolfe, a recent winner at Churchill Downs, owned by W. G. Reynolds. : ... i Golden City Recent Winner j C. A. Baltimores six-year-old, Golden City, found a track to his liking in the sixth and feature event Thursday night when he romped home a winner in the Webster Groves Purse by a length over Corporal Cal. Golden City had made only one other start here at this meeting and that was over a muddy racing strip in which he was beaten off by a wide margin. In the Webster Groves six-furlong dash he had a fast track and, under the reining of B. Collins, he.was kept close to the pace in the early stages and, being best, responded to pressure entering the final furlong to wear down Corporal Cal, and then drew out slowly, winning under slight urging. Corporal Cal lasted to save the place after having set the pace to midway of the stretch. Skyolater, the second choice, got up to take the show money. Tatten-ham, the even money favorite, lacked enough speed to ever be a factor. In winning the Webster Groves before a week-night crowd of 5,300 Golden City paid his backers 4.80 and ran the six furlongs in the good time of 1:12. Beeston, the even money favorite in the seventh and co-feature gave his backers a very bad time when he took the lead on the far turn then bolted while five lengths in front at the eighth pole. Jockey P. Do-menico got him straightened away in the center of the track then he bolted again a sixteenth out. Domenico had to go to work on him to keep him going and wound up finishing nine lengths in front on the outside fence. Burton Best, who had set the early pace, lasted to save the place, while Bill Green took down the show. The race was marred by an accident when the second choice, Ill Be, broke down on the far turn and was pulled up. It appeared as though he had injured his left fore leg. Beeston paid a .00 mutuel. Jockey L. Grandstart escaped serious injury during the morning workouts when he was thrown from a Mahoney-trained two-year-old. Grandstart was shaken up pretty badly and was taken to the hospital for X-rays which showed no bones broken. Grandstart rode out his mounts on the Friday night card. Ill Be, who suffered a broken right fore leg during the running of the seventh race Thursday night, was ordered destroyed when it was found he could not be saved. Ill Be was a 10-year-old horse, owned by P. Petsch.
