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Little NembTops Cahokia Bella Villa Purse Field FieldEight Eight Entered in Tuesday Night Feature as Third Week Begins BeginsBy By PAT CAUDILL CAUDILLCAHOKIA CAHOKIA DOWNS East St Louis 111 May 12 The Bella Villa Purse a starter allowance affair for threeyearolds and upward attracted eight performers and heads the ninerace program to be pre ¬ sented here Tuesday night as this meeting enters its third week The headliner of ¬ fers a purse of 1200 and will be con ¬ tested at 61A furlongs furlongsIncluded Included in the lineup for the Bella Villa are several winners at this meeting and the probable posttime favorite is Elbert L Suttles Little Nemo romping 414length winner in his last outing here when he de ¬ feated a band of 3000 company on May 3 at 7 furlongs A sevenyearold son of the speedy Mafosta once holder of the worlds record for 6 furlongs Little Nemo has accounted for three victories this year He will again be ridden by John Wells who handled him in his recent triumph and he gets in the affair with 115 pounds poundsLooming Looming a strong threat to Little Nemo is J C Mattingley and Ralph Hardicks Kleestep a fouryearold daughter of Fighting Step Kietrance who willvstrive for her second victory here This filly scored by six lengths in a 5furlong 2000 claiming event here May 3 when racing over a muddy strip stripD D L Shirey handled her in her last ef ¬ fort and has again been assigned the mount for tomorrow nights engagement engagementTrainer Trainer Horace G Knott has entered a pair Jeep Flyer and Lady Alibi compris ¬ ing an entry to represent Mrs E B Shipp and while neither have visited the win ¬ ners circle here they are likely to come in for a good share of support supportGene Gene Garcia has been named as the rider for each of the pair and it is very likely he will be astride Jeep Flyer in the event both go postward Jeep Flyer was a winner of two at the Fair Grounds meeting in New Orleans and appears the stronger of the pair pairLady Lady Alibi a winner of three last year also accounted for two winning efforts at the Fair Grounds but is generally regarded a route runner runnerJeep Jeep Flyer is weighted at 112 pounds while his stablemate gets in with five pounds less Mr and Mrs G B Holmans A Toute Force with 115 pounds and J A Dailey as her rider is another who has won here having acocunted for a 5furlong allowance affair last Tuesday night Prior to that she was second in a 2500 claiming event April 30 and must be considered a strong threat
