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Chicago Harness Scene Shifts To Sportsmans Monday Night SPORTSMANS PARK, Cicero, 111., June 4. — The Chicago area harness racing scene shifts to Sportsmans Park Monday night where the Chicago Diwns association will launch a 48-night meeting. With accommodations to seat over 11,000 people and with a purse distribution of over 00,000 being hung up, president Don Burnett and his associates in the operation of Chicago Downs are predicting the best meet in the half-milers standard-bred history. It is confidently expected that the first 00,000 Continued on Page Forty-Seven Chicago Harness Scene Shifts To Sportsmans Monday Night Continued from Page One mutuel handle in local trot history will be recorded during the meeting. Featuring the opening-night card is a 14 class trot stake run in two mile dashes. Express Colby, winner of five races at May-wood Park this spring, engages nine rivals in the headliner. Chuck Rumley will guide the favorite who will be opposed by such -creditable performers as Victor Morris, Fez Oaks, Francis Eton and Sir Boris. Some of the nations best harness stables, including those of Hayes Fair Acres of Du Quoin, Saunders Mills and Castleton Farms have representatives on hand for the various free-for-all features that will be presented. These stables will have representatives in the two 2,000 headliners of the meeting, the Governors Pace on July 16 and the Invitational Trot a week latez
