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: 4 Lincoln Fields Notebook Holiday Started Off as Gala Affair But Then the Big Blow Whistled In By J. J. MURPHY I LINCOLN FIELDS, Crete, 111., June 1. Memorial Day aftermath: Although the ,443,568 wagered here Monday established a new record handle for Lincoln Fields- at-home, business would have been much 00,000 had been wage Daily Double, when the big blow came, and despite the fact that the patrons had an extra 20 minutes in which to bet, the handle on the fourth race fell below that of the third. They tell us that the betting enclosure was so jammed with people seeking shelter that it to get to-the windows. Due to the delay the last event on the nine-race bill did not get to the post until 6:23, and there was naturally a falling off as about half the crowd had departed. Many motorists made the mistake of parking in grassy areas adjacent to the lots and when the rain soaked into the ground their cars were mired. About two dozen still remained bogged down this morning. We know that the farmers welcomed the downpour for their crops, but we are informed that some also did all right financially in pulling the machines with tractors. The attendance was about 1,300 less than that of last Memorial Day when the Lincoln Fields program was staged at Hawthorne. The handle was 71,465 less. The day began in gala style with picnic parties dotting the spacious lawns, but the pleasure of the persons participating was short-lived. AAA Jockey Sherman Armstrong got back from Detroit where he rode on Memorial Day . . . Marion VanBerg was on hand to see Endon run in the Peabody Memorial . . . Ronald Behrens, leading apprentice here, will spend the next 10 days on the ground due to a suspension . . . While here to ride last Saturday, Dennie Green was recounting his first experience in Chicago many years ago. Says his mount stumbled while running in sixth position and he was thrown so high in the air that four horses passed under him before he lit . . . Ivan Parke brought Intelligent, Payne, Sir Goya, Fierce and Miss Olympia over from Arlington Park for racing here. AAA A. B. Karle, Crawfordsville, Ind., owner, is a visitor. His three-year-old Tyner, who was unplaced in his only start here, has been sent to ThistleDown . . . Bud Burke, son of Cliff Burke, of Churchill Downs, was a visitor . . . The track kitchen and recreation hall at Washington Park are, now open. AAA Jockey Johnny Adams success in the Peabody spans 13 years. He won it with Viscounty in 1941, with Pur Sang in 1951 and with Sea O Erin Monday. . . . Jockey Ken Church made it two for two in Garden State stakes when he won Mondayrs Colonial Handicap with Lillal. Previous-week he took a stake with Menolene. Church has been engaged to ride Menolene in an added money race at Delaware Park June 9. . . . Paul Bailey was thrown from Simple Sis when the filly was almost blown off her feet during the Monday storm and canceled his mounts for the rest of the afternoon. . . . Pat Kelly, recently appointed representative of Crown Crest Farm, was a visitor, coming in from New York. Says he learned a great deal about breeding of thoroughbreds after having spent a week at Crown Crest. . . . Arthur Trout and his umbrella hat vied with the lady in the leopard skin shorts and jacket for recognition on Memorial Day. Too bad Diamond Jimmy Moran wasnt on hand to make it a threesome. AAA Charles F. Henry, owner of the Emerald Isle Hotel Stable, is visiting from Miami. . . . 479 Illinois-bred horses were registered with the Illinois Racing Board, as of April 21. . . . William H. Veeneman, chairman of the board of Churchill Downs and whose horses here are in charge of Harold Raines, is expected to visit this week. .. . J. G. Ferrara has purchased Midas Touch from the Jay Kay Stable and the racer will be trained by Sam J. Molay. ... Gracious Heart, owned by Mrs. Betty Levinson, has been sent to Louisville to be turned out. AAA Frank Barnett, former trainer for H. P. Headley and who recently resigned as conditioner for the Cherry-Oca, is an arrival from New England and may take over some horses for racing in the Chicago area. . . . Blue Poppy, owned by W. F. Lucas, has been sent to Kentucky to be turned out. . . . Owner John W. Snider left for New York to meet his son, Lt. Col. Charles Snider, who returned from two years duty in Morocco on Memorial Day. ... Steve Continued on Page Thirty-Nine greater but for the storm. Approximately ;red on the first three races, including the Lincoln Fields Notebook By J. J. MURPHY Continued from Page Thret Birosak, trainer for Howard Jones, Chicago sportsman, got in from Garden State Park where he saddled For Free, who ran fifth in Saturdays Jersey Stakes in which Correlation was sixth. That race earned the Jones colt a shot at the Belmont, and Birosak will go to New York to handle him for that event. . . . We had a muddy track here one morning and trainer J. P. Keezek ordered a groom to shorten up the tails of a couple of horses that were to work. The groom did. He cut them off.
