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_ r1 On the Trot ! By MORRIE KURLANSKT Top Quality Pacers in Feature Roxburgh Carmen, Jake Rodney Go Abbeyup Scores Repeat Victory SPORTSMANS PARK, Cicero, 111., June 21. — Pacing horse enthusiasts will get another chance Saturday night to see top caliber caliber performers performers in in _ caliber caliber performers performers in in action in a double-dash affair and with the Transamerica stars most likely to have set a new track record the night before, these older aces will have an additional incentive that they are just as good and_fast as their four- and five -year-old brethren engaged in the the HT HTA A feature. feature. In In the the HT HTA A feature. feature. In In fact, Saturdays attraction is headed by such two-minute stars as Frisco Creed and Plutocrat, while Jake Rodney, Hi Los Peppy, Roxburgh Carmen, Sherrys Honor, Easy Adios and Selkas King have many important victories to their credit to make this one of the best fields assembled at this meeting. Edward Moodys six-year-old Goose Bay mare Roxburgh Carmen, handled by capable Glen Kidwell, was an impressive winner last week in a handicap event. The rugged mare came from off the pace to outfinish the favored Sea Eagle and Minnie Jean in 2:05%, the best time registered that night. Altogether Roxburgh Carmen has won five out of her 11 races -this season and once again rates a fine chance to add to her laurels. A very fast early-pace can be expected in both heats, as Lou Meggitt, an ambitious man apparently able to convey his will to win to his charges, is out to avenge Jake Rodneys defeat of last Saturday. The rangy Ohio stallion, however, had a valid excuse in that he didnt get a race for two weeks and in between missed vital workouts on account of the bad weather prevailing at that time. He needs plenty of work between races to be tight and he will be much tougher this week end. Hi Los Peppy, one of the stars of last years Sportsmans Park meeting when he was first or second in eight consecutive starts, after a slow beginning, now is rounding into his best f orm«as indicated by his third place to Phil Bob and Easy Adios in an early closer last week. An extremely strong finisher the chestnut stallion, trained and driven by Gene Sears, can be counted on to make his presence felt in the final eighth. Hayes Fair Acres Stables season champion of 55 and 56, Frisco Creed, was a disappointment in his last start. The "Jimmy Creed gelding was unable to un-track himself over a heavy Sportsmans Park strip and finished far back in both heats won by Phil Bob and Sherrys Honor, respectively. What he will show on Saturday night, over a fast track, remains a big question. Plutocrat also has to improve con-siderably over his last race. The Ensign Hanover stallion, too, did not care for the- tiring going that night but a return to his Maywood Park form would make him a contender. Sherrys Honors performances this spring either have been excellent or mediocre. When at best this black speedster can beat the best as her 2:02S victory at Maywood Park last month proved conclusively. Another one who can be either formidable or something less than flashy is Jerry Baiers Selkas King. A splendid winner at Santa Anita this spring Selkas King triumphed at Maywood Park in 2:04% an then followed up with a series of substandard _ races at Yonkers Raceway. Returning io Maywood Selkas King played havoc with a very good field to win in 2:02 but in three races since then bitterly disappointed his connections as well as the wagering public. Easy Adios, a five-year-old chestnut stallion owned by Ransom G. Yeager of Akron, Ohio, and trained by Earl Roush, looks like the solid horse in Saturdays double-dash event. In 12 starts this year at Yonkers and her, Easy Adios was only twice out of the money. Impartial to track conditions, Easy Adios won over a muddy track and a fast strip, his best win time of the season an appreciable 2:03%. Actually, Easy Adios went much faster in several other races when beaten and it took the like of Irish, Mac Primrose and Dale Frost to do it. The Adios stallion is sure to give a good account of himself and he is clearly the one to beat on Saturday night. Thursdays featured trot handicap for A-AA class campaigners was marred by an accident in the final turn of the mile dash when Lady Iosola Miller, on a break, stepped into Bold Rodneys sulky to eliminate herself and the Brightside Farm colt, who was making a strong bid for the lead at that moment, from the race. Additionally, the even-money favorite Empress Rodney made a bad mistake soon after the start to trail throughout. With these two horses out of the way the much improved Abbeyup, driven by Ken Maurer, scored a repeat victory in 2:051. It is a moot question, whether Abbeyup would have been able to beat Bold Rodney if the accident hadnt occurred but the Guy Abbey gelding once again emphasized his current, excellent form. Otherwise Thursdays racing was highlighted by another double victory for Lou Huber Jr., who guided Mrs. Samuel Huttenbauers Cincinnati-owned colt, Fleet Hal, to an easy triumph in a money-class pace and took a 15 class event with Willowwood Farms pacing filly Morning Song. The talented Ohio trainer is compiling an outstanding driving record at this meeting. Starting only 23 times Huber won 10 races, finished second six times and was twice third. While he has by far the best in-the-money percentage of all drivers here, he is tied in first, place with Howard Beissinger according to winners . . . Harry Fitzpatrick was suspended for five days from driving only, June 21 through June 26. The stewards ruled that "in the 7th race, Thursday,-June 20, driver Harry Fitzpatrick, trotting on the outside of horses in the first turn, passed Gladys Volo, carelessly dropped in too quickly causing Gladys Volo to hit his wheel making a break. Harry Fitzpatrick drove Elby Hanover."
