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Sportsmans Park Nash Memorial Cap Saturdays Feature Top Performers Among Early Nominees Rock Pilot Winner Last Year on List ListSPORTSMANS SPORTSMANS PARK Cicero 111 May 2 The Thomas D Nash Memorial Handicap to be featured here Saturday will attract one of the best fields of thoroughbreds ever to go to the post at this course if the nomina ¬ tions in to date are to be taken as a criterion Among those named are several winners of important stakes during the past year as well as numerous handicap win ¬ ners All that is necessary is that the racing strip be fast and as the weather has broken for the better during the current week it appears as if that will be the case Sir Tribal winner of the Stars and Stripes Handicap and Balmoral Turf Handicap last year Tussle Patch hero of the Charles W Bidwill Memorial Speed Rouser winner of the Le Compte Pelleteri and Louisiana Handicaps at the Fair Grounds during the past winter Estacion who took an im ¬ portant stakes in Florida a couple of months ago Good Gesture who triumphed in the opening days Inaugu ¬ ral Rock Pilot who won the Nash Memorial last year Jimmy the One who took the Silver Anniversary Handicap at Sportsmans in 1956 and who also won the AkSarBeri Queens Plate Better Goods winner of the richest race ever staged at Sportsmans the National Jockey Club Handicap decided last fall and mile and onesixteenth track record holder at this course and KopVs Hope stablemate of Tussle Patch Sam Slick King Bebe and Next Page were the nominations on the table of racing secretary Robert McAuliffe this morning morningField Field Will Be Limited to 12 12As As nominations were not due to close until mid ¬ night tonight it seemed probable thata few more might be named In the advent that 12 or less are listed through the entry window Friday morning all will start If over a dozen are designated there will be an alsoeligible list with tl ose outside the first drawn 12 having a chance at the 15000 purse only if one or more of the first 12 are withdrawn This situation prevails due to the fact that the Nash is not aruadded money race If nomination and entrance fees were obligatory then all named would be entitled to a crack at the purse thereby bringing about a situation for as a rule but 10horse fields are permissible at this track trackTwo Two of the leading riders here have announced plans for the immediate future Jockey Job Dean Jessop who at 106 pounds is lighter than he has been for many years will ride the first 10 days of the Balmoral meeting and then go to Detroit Howard Craig will start off the Balmoral session and if he has some success he will remain throughout the entire meeting Close examination revealed that trainer George Stutz who was kicked by a horse the other morning had suffered a cracked bone in his hip is at Loretto hospital Chicago William Fay former member of ofthe the Illinois Racing Board was a visitor Wednesday Jack Travel Man Dempsey arrived with some mem ¬ bers of his California party en route to the Kentucky Derby and they tok in todays program Track Tracksuperintendent superintendent Ed Krumrey and his capable crew did a remarkable job in toiling day and night to bring the racing strip back to normal condition following last weeks heavy rains Trainer Rudy Try on left for forHot Hot Springs on business During his absence the horses in his charge will be saddled by E J Bolser BolserLepman Lepman to Condition Beau Black BlackTrainer Trainer Bud Lepman has taken over the condition ¬ ing of the fiveyearold Beau Black for Mary Perino Trainer Francis Gray received three horses from Florida to add to his stable Pacemaker recently sold to the M G Stable by Olen Sledge took second money in his first outing for his new owners Sledge has purchased the threeyearold Errlana from John F Beck Duncan MacLachlan who formerly raced some useful horses at this course arrived from Florida Has no runners at present Ray Hopton is passing out the ThistleDown condition books Owner Elge Rasberry is a recent arrival from Iota La Eddie Cole left for Churchill Downs to saddle Lady La Rue in Fridays Kentucky Oaks Trainer V J Sovenski brought 20 thoroughbreds owned by Sunny Blue Farm from Florida The good sprinter Supreme Joy is in the lot Trainer Dave Sazer brought a couple from Florida Flaming Rebel is the only horse on the starters schooling list at present Mr and Mrs M B Armer who have some horses here got in from Witchita Kan KanThe The combined lifetime earnings of the entire field of nine maiden threeyearolds competing in the third race Wednesday was 1975 Value to the wrntter of the race was 1885 Prince Joe who won the affair was making his 24th start Bill Wingy Quinlan liaison man between the mutuel department and the press box celebrated his 62nd birthday today Bill says he once witnessed a race at Sheepshead Bay Owner Bobby Tilden is an exjockey who still exercises his own horses The veteran Red Charger was the first horse to win three races at this meeting Gui 3ed 3edContinued Continued on Page FortyThret SPORTSMANS PARK PARKBy By J J MURPHY Continued from Page fire fireBomb Bomb and Best Story owned by C S SHandelman Handelman got in from Florida Marion MarionVanberg Vanberg bought Mocks Fox from Bob Lerner LernerShould Should Round Table win the Kentucky Derby Sportsmans Park publicist Lou Diamond will extend an invitation to the colts rider colorful Ralph Neves to be the guest of honor here next Monday Neves for the past 15 years one of the outstand ¬ ing jockeys on the West Coast has seldom appeared in Chicago He was here a great many years ago with the stable of Cowboy Charlie Irwin and he came to Arlington Park a couple of seasons back to ride in a stakes Howard Hoffman announces that tf the mares owned by W H Goelitz Naperville HI patron Jane Jolly has been bred to Djeddah Janina to The Dude and Virginia Dear to Red Curtice Jack R Johnston vice president of Sportsmans has purchased half interest in Good Ges ¬ ture from Mr and Mrs Dave Feldman owners of the Blossom Stable
