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Good Call in Easy, Popular Triumph Leads Throughout At Lincoln Fields Passes Finish Four Lengths Before Tuonine in Lansing; : J. D. Jessop Rides Double LINCOLN FIELDS, Crete, 111., May 28.— Good Call, a shifty daughter of Case Ace, who races for Fairway Farm, toyed with a small band of rivals in the featured Lansing Purse here this afternoon to win by four lengths. Hers was a popular success as she was the most heavily backed racer of the afternoon, and paid but .20. Her chief opponent throughout was Tuonine, owned by Clifford Lussky, and that miss finished second one length in advance of Living Doll. The feature, as were all races this afternoon, was decided over a heavy track as the winners time of 1:15% for six furlongs would indicate. Al Popara rode Good Call. The Fairway Farm miss was making her second start at the meeting and her third of the year. In her previous outing here she was beaten 11 lengths in a division of the Crete Inaugural Handicap. There were no stakes runners opposed to her this afternoon, however, and she "walked her beat." She raced a couple of lengths in front and under wraps to the stretch turn, then drew out when Popara whacked her withthe whip and the boy was sitting chilly at the end. A heavy rain of last night had rendered the Lincoln Fields racing strip muddy this morning, but the moisture had soaked in by race time and it was heavy to start off the day. The first race, a sixfurlong dash, was run in 1:18%. A crowd of 6,960 turned out, but the wagering was comparatively light. Momo Fan Surprises The opening race was for three-year-old maidens. Twelve contested the issue with the winner" being Momo Fan, an utsider, who bested the favored Baby Tucky by a head. Baby Tucky, an Illinois-bred, set the pace and had a good lead into the stretch, but was unable to hold it. Momo Fan, making her fourth start and her first this year, paid 7:20. She was ridden by Job Jessop. Gefion, owned by Harry Rosset, of Chicago, took the second race by three lengths from Bracero, who was the public choice. Jockey Paul Bailey had Gefion well up from the start of the six-furlong contest in which ten took part. The Daily Double paid 22.60. Twelve two-year-olds battled for supremacy in the third race, and Count Domingo, an Illinois-bred son of Count Domino-Feather Stitch, by Upstream, was the winner. Count Domingo, who was bred by and races for Mrs. W. J. Nolan, was making his third start, his two prior showings having been made at Gulfstream Park. Jockey Ken Church had the colt off quickly from the inside position and he led alj the way, but was being challenged at the end by Charles A., one of the choices who had been off slowly. Count Domingo paid 2.60. A half-dozen route runners staggered one and one-eighth miles in the difficult going in the fourth race, and Oak River was always in the van. Jockey Jessop, riding his second winner of the afternoon, had Oak River open up a wide margin on the backstretch and the gelding took it by three lengths to pay 4.60. Marvins Tip, the favorite, was unplaced. Re-shuffle carried the Bishop silks to success in the fifth. The four-year-old was ridden by Leslie Wickel in the six-furlong affair and was never headed after getting to the front early. He won by five lengths from the favored Hi Sky and paid 1.80.
