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I , att£eti£and3tet* O.-wl Hil Jh nflB end ena and aim was was re-established ie-esia,uu5iieu in m 1939 xvov when wneii T W- 1 Lincoln Fields Notebook Arab Actress Rates Good Chance For Honors in La Salle Handicap I By J. J. MURPHY 1 LINCOLN FIELDS, Crete, 111., May 27. — The La Salle Handicap, to be run here Saturday, is a sort of an "added starter" on the stakes agenda at Lincoln Fields this season. It was inaugurated in 1937 when Watersplash, the winner, took down just a trifle iruie over over $ z,uuu ,000 as as his nis end ena and aim was was re-established ie-esia,uu5iieu in m 1939 xvov when wneii I , att£eti£and3tet* O.-wl Her TTf»r "R.iixh Reigh pnrnpH earned just4 inst.# trifle iruie over over $ z,uuu ,000 as as his nis Her TTf»r "R.iixh Reigh pnrnpH earned just4 inst.# 0 more than had Watersplash. ThSrace was then continued until 1949, when Gangway was the winner, and it was then dropped. Perhaps the best remembered winners were Shot Put and Equif ox. Third from the the top top of of the the weight weiSht Hil Jh nflB the the top top of of the the weight weiSht list for Saturdays renewal of the La Salle will be a filly, Arab Actress, owned by Mrs. H. J. Damn. She is a good filly, probably one of the best to appear in Chicago in recent years. As a three-year-old last season she figured prominently in four stakes in this territory, winning two. She also went afield to win and be in the money, in added money races on Kentucky, New York, and New Jersey courses. She may rate a good chance again-t those of the so-called sturdier sex in the La Salle, which will be at six furlongs. AAA Jockey Kenneth Church made a successful trip to Garden State Park Wednesday and rode Menolene to victory in the Ran-cocas Stakes. . . . The running of Wednesdays Peabody Prep failed to prove anything as far as the 5,000-added Pea-body Memorial, to be decided Memorial Day, is concerned. Few concede Endon, the winner, any chance to defeat such as Hasseyampa and Sea O Erin. . . . F~ank Butzow has a colt out of his mare Vindication, by Count Domino, nominated for both the Futurity and. the Breeders Futurity of next year. . . . Dry Run, a triple stakes winner last, has been sent to Wood-view Farm at Palatine, HI., to be rested up until fall. The six-year-old is owned by P. J. McMullen of Detroit. One of his added-money successes last year was in the Crete Inaugural Handicap, in which he finished seventh this season. AAA / Herb Racivitch, former district attorney of New Orleans, is among the visitors. He has some horses in charge of Frank Nugent. ... A committee meeting of the HBPA will be held at this track following the races next Tuesday. . . . Desert Girl, a three-year-old, and Dark Desert, a four-year-old, who are full brother and sister, are stabled here. They are owned by Max Lefler, of Denton, 111., which is the home town of Noble Threewitt, trainer of Correlation. . . . William Hal Bishop sold Black Hands, a half-brother of Fisherman, and Canaan Pass to Thomas M. Pruett, and they have been sent to Fairmount Park. AAA Thomas Powell, owner and breeder, is visiting from Houston, Texas . . . Scratch time for Mondays Memorial Day bill will be 4 p.m. Sunday . . . Mrs. Joseph Goodwin, who breeds a number of good thoroughbreds down Lexington way, was among the recent arrivals . . . Jockey Ronnie Baldwin has been engaged to ride Mrs. W. J. Schmidts Look Out Jeep in Saturdays La Salle Handicap . . . James Padgett came- up from Louisville to watch his colt, Eighty Nine, in action in Wednesdays Peabody Prep. He was accompanied by his father . . . First Cabin, who recently finished third in a division of the Joliet Stakes, was a 7,000 purchase as a yearling last year . . . Dave Stevens, pari-mutuel manager at Arlington and Washington Parks, recently got in from his home in Santa Barbara, Calif., and was a visitor. He was accompanied to the track by Bob Henderson, personnel manager at the Lindheimer tracks. AAA ~Sea Ripple, who staged such a good finish here the other day, is a half-brother of the noted stallion Rippey . . . Johnny Sexton is now serving his second season as a member of the Arlington-Washington publicity staff. Was formerly with Centennial Race Track, Denver . . . Miss Frances Pol-leys brother Bill was a recent visitor. Came up from his home in Nashville, Tenn., to look them over . . . When a jockey was thrown from his mount and lay prone on the ground, one smartie remarked, "Thats a switch: he is taking his nap on the track instead of on a horse." . . . Will See, member of the Juvenile ranks here, broke a 22-year-old five-furlong record at Bowie during that meeting, and that mark was held Continued on Page Twelve JOCKEY DAVID ERB— Rode two more winners on yesterdays Lincoln Fields 1 card with Mental Gymnast and Blue Violin scoring. Lincoln Fields Notebook By J. J. MURPHY Continued from Page Three by Equipoise, a Chicago immortal . . . Look Out Jeep, who has been entered, in Saturdays La Salle Handicap brought 0,000 at the Keeneland sales in 1948 and at the fall sales for older horses in the same Keeneland ring last year was sold for ,000 . . ..Bobby Permane has been engaged in ride Gushing Oil in the La Salle Handicap.
