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2:05%, 2:05%, held held joints jointly . , nations nations best best three- I On the Trot I By MORRIE KURLANSKY Trotting Record in Danger Tonight Jamie Headlines Attractive. Line-up Opening-Night Handle Established SPORTSMANS PARK, Cicero, 111., June 23. — Sportsmans Parks trotting record of 2:05%, 2:05%, held held joints jointly i by by Proximity Proximity and and Lady Lady . , Woodworth, Woodworth, is is in in dan- i by by Proximity Proximity and and Lady Lady Woodworth, Woodworth, is is in in dan- danger when a classy field of seven 14-class trotters will contest the two dashes of Thursday nights early-closing event, which carries a purse of ,500. Heading the line-up is Jamie, winner of the recent 0,000 Detroit Trotting Derby in 2:39 for the mile and a quarter, quarter, and and one one of of the the -year-olds last last year. year. The The nations nations best best three- quarter, quarter, and and one one of of the the -year-olds last last year. year. The The three-year-olds son of Darnley, owned and trained by Charles McKinley of Ft. Wayne, Ind., is no stranger in Chicago, for he concluded his 1953 campaign with a splendid victory at Maywood Park, when he defeated, amone others, Marcia D. and Royal Vickie in 2:05%. Jamie, in little over two racing seasons, has earned over 0,000 and trotted to a record of 2:01 last October over the famed Red Mile at Lexington, Ky. Jamies chief opponent will be the Maywood Park track record holder, Daisy Astra, who will be guided by her youthful trainer, Billy Shuter, who has been in the limelight the past two weeks for his rides behind Little Ralp".» in this pacers very fast miles. With the exception of Private Pat, all starters in this double-header have won at least once either at Maywood or Detroit, with William H. Laues Steve Tell showing the most improvement in recent weeks. A banner crowd of 6,920 was on hand for the curtain raiser of the Chicago Downs session here, and a new record handle for an onening night was established when " 94,826 were wagered on the nine-race program, which was preceded by two non-wagering qualifying events for 25-class pacers. The sport presented couldnt have been on a higher level, which is best documented by the fact that five races were timed in 2 : 07 or better. The fast clockings are especially remarkable in that it usually took a week or two before the racing strip here had been settled enough after the conversion from a running track to the billiard table-like surface the sulky pullers need. When horses like Harvest Pilot and Trusty Key in their first outs here acquire new records of 2:06 and 2:05%, respectively, it can be safely assumed that many fast miles are in store at this meeting, and Charming Scots track record of 2:03Vs set in 1951 seems sure not to survive majiy more nights. The outstanding performance of the first night here was put in by the amazing pacing mare, Judy Cash, who won both heats in her division of the featured 16-class pace stake. With trainer Russell Britenfield in the sulky, she continued here where she left off at Maywood. The daughter of William Cash — Neta Frisco again raced in the same come-from-behind style as she did at the westside oval. Britenfield kept her off the pace for the first half-maile in each trip and made his move on the backstretch the second time around. Once Judy got moving there was no denying her tremendous finishing power, and in the first heat, which she won by four lengths, Judy chalked up her third 2:05 mile of the year, a feat which no other horse has accomplished this season in Chicago. The five-year-old mare very likely could have made it four miles in that coveted bracket if the early pace in the second heat had been a little bit faster, for she came home in 2:05%, the last half in 1:00. Among those defeated by Judy Cash were such good ones as Victory Scott, Kings Ale, Easter Bunny -and the speedy invader from Kentucky, Newtown Girl. The first division the feature event, which had been split on account of 17 individual entries, saw two heat winners in Phil Bob and Trigg County, while both dashes were clocked in an identical 2:05%. Phil Bob came to his victory by virtue of Trusty Keys disqualification for running in the stretch but, even so, the five-year-old stallion by The Abbot, driven by his seventeen-year-old owner-tainer, Phil Milburn, Jr., raced very creditably and lost by only a head to Trusty Key. Trigg County, winner of the second heat, made a break at the start in the first heat, but was at his front-going best in the return encounter to hold Lindon safe, while Phil Bob and Trusty Key got the minor awards. The recently concluded Maywood Park meeting was one of the best in the history of night racing in the Chicago area, and if the weather during the first four weeks had been better, all records for a May-wood meeting would have been broken. The total attendance and mutuel handle figures, however, show increases of 5.2 per cent and 7.5 per cent, respectively, nvnr Tagf v»ai-g """-ftsnonding dates. A nights, with five of the scheduled 57 programs rained out, and the total wagering amounted to 1,522,745 for a nightly average of 21,591. . . . May 1 was the best night at Maywood, with an attendance of 8,868 and a mutuel handle of 37,820. . . . Favorites won 32.3 per cent of the 468 races, while post position No. 1 produced the most winners, 82, with 67 winners each coming out of No. 2 and 3. . . . Howard Beissinger was the leading driver, the Ohio teamster starting 128 times and winning 25 races, being second 19 times and third 20 times/. . . Clever Tee won the most Maywood money, the Ohio-owned trotter amassing ,069 in
