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Heart Trust Has All Female Rivals Tonight Smith Runner Likely Favorite; Holiday Bill Viewed by 14,500 By C A. LINDEMAN Staff Correspondent FAIRMOUNT PARK, Collinsville, 111., June 1. The Bel Nor, for ,000 claiming, will take over as the headliner for the Wednesday night card of nine races. This event drew a field of seven sprinters of which six are of the fair sex against the lone gelding Heart Trust. Heart Trust, recently acquired via the claiming route by F. V. Smith, looms the most logical choice and, taking his winning race here over a muddy racing strip on May 19 into consideration he should have little trouble in repeating "that winning performance. The racing strip here was in muddy condition at entry time and, with more rain in the offing, the Smith sprinter should find another track to his. liking. Heart Trust will have 119 pounds up for this test. Mrs. T. M. Pruetts six-year-old mare, R. U. There, figures best of the others named in the Bel Nor off her recent race, in which she finished ..second to Gerties Last, over a fast racing strip in 1:06. R. TJ. There is capable of racing over "off" tracks and with her speed she may prove troublesome in this test. Rounding out the field for the Bel Nor are Etruria, owned by H. White; Price-Is-Rite, from the Mrs. W. J. Zur Stable; Teddys Chick, owned by E. C. Bunting; Miss Crossbow, whinh mpps for n Jand tt VoopIi and Kissable, from the barn of D. and G. Reffa. Harry -Lou carried the silks of A. Schroeder to his second victory in a row when he was just got up to win the Memorial Handicap by a short head before a crowd of 14,500 fans, the largest crowd to assemble here at the Collinsville course in more than four years. The five-year-old son of Half Crown was a bit slow in getting into his best stride, but, under the handling of jockey R. Sanabria, slipped through an opening in the stretch when the leaders swung slightly wide and just did manage to hold Fiesta W?" In winning the ,000 Memorial Day Handicap, Harry-Lou enriched his owners oy ,250. Fiesta Way, who raced coupled with Val Vez as the Mrs. T. M. Pruett entry, rushed out fast at the start to take a good lead rounding the first turn, set the pace to the stretch, then bore out badly despite the handling of C. Daigrepont to keep him in. The Pruett four-year-old filly came again in the center of the track, but was not good enough to regain the lead. Galway Boy forced the pace to the stretch, then had to take up when Fiesta Way bore out. Jockey J. Orosco tried to urge his mount to the front, but just didnt have enough left, and was just able to save the show end of the ,000 purse. Time for the race was 1:45 flat. In a ceremony after the race, general manager Edwin C. Moon presented the winning owner, A. Schroeder, with a trophy. Pat Mahbney, son of the well-known trainer, E. G. Mahoney, is making plans for expanding his stable now that he has had his first winner in the two-year-old, Sooner Time. The youthful Mahoney does leathercraft work for horsemen, along with running his one-horse stable. Pat says he is satisfied with his dads training and will keep him on. ! H. J. Haugh, Chicago sportsman, was a visitor over the holiday week end to watch his horse. Hope" Hull, perform. Unfortu- nately, the horse had won his race last week before his owner arrived. W. E. Story, assistant trainer to William Hal Bishop, is a visitor for tonights racing. Story will depart for Chicago to take up his duties after the nights racing.
