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Six Named for Belleville On Cahokia Downs Card CardChief Chief Fanelli Shoulders 123 Pounds in Sprint Handicap HandicapBy By J J HAHN HAHNCAHOKIA CAHOKIA DOWNS East St Louis 111 May 3 The first handicap offering of the current meeting of the East St Louis Jock ¬ ey Club is down for decision here Saturday night when the Belleville Handicap a six and onehalf furlong dash for threeyear olds and upward headlines a ninerace weekend program Because of the cancel ¬ lation of the opening night program when the Inaugural Handicap was to be decided racing secretary L H Van Zandt was un ¬ able to bring together a formidable handi ¬ cap during the week and was fortunate in bringing together half a dozen for tomor ¬ rows feature featureHeading Heading the Belleville is the Stelle Farms sevenyearold horse Chief Fanelli who draws the post of honor being as ¬ signed 123 pounds by Van Zandt Sched ¬ uled to go postward against the son of Our Boots Lady Olea are Raymond R Thomas Bumper Crop Mr and Mrs E C Logsdons Herb S J L Clevelands Chic Bettyann the Bar None Stables Mr Will mes and Mr and Mrs J Martins Miss Kirkwood KirkwoodWhile While Chief Fanelli has failed to win this year he did manage to eke out two sec ¬ onds in Florida but he seems to be a stand ¬ out on his 1956 performances winning more than 28000 The full horse was claimed this past winter by his present presentContinued Continued on Page FortyFive Six Named for Belleville On Cahokia Downs Card CardChief Chief Fanelli Shoulders 123 Pounds in Sprint Handicap Continued from Page Two Twoowners owners and most likely will go postward the public choice choiceChief Chief Fanelli is spotting his opponents from six to 14 pounds and in the estima ¬ tion of Van Zandt Bumper Crop is the one most likely to take the measure of the Stelle representative Bumper Crop was the most improved horse last summer dur ¬ ing the Failmount Park meeting and either won or was close up in some of the larger handicaps at the Collinsville track In fact he left Fairmount Park to campaign in the Chicago area and met with much success He is assigned 117 pounds for his seasonal debut debutHerb Herb S one of the most consistent ones in this area last year is to pick up 113 pounds while Chic Bettyann who also per ¬ formed well in this vicinity last year is next at 110 pounds one more than the lightly weighted Mr Willmes and Miss Kirkwood who drew the same impost of 109 pounds
