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On the Trot 1 By MORRIE KURLANSKY » Outstanding Field in Mile Pace Golden Miss May Rule Favorite Lieut. Ike Puts Record on Line MAYWOOD PARK, Maywood, 111., May 8. — The classiest field of sidewheelers yet assembled at Maywood Park this spring will come out in Saturday nights ninth race, a mile dash for pacers listed in classes A and AA. The impressive line-up of eight swift and successful pacers is headed, and this might be more than mere coincidence, by Copa Stables Chicago-owned Lieut. Mike, undefeated in his five starts this season. The second starting position will be occupied by Mrs. Juanita Borings pet pacer Redwood Boy, the meetings record holder with a 2:04 mile last Saturday. In the third berth will be O. B. Swinfords Indiana-owned Rips Boy, a recent arrival with Harold Snodgrass public stable. In fourth position will be Olaf Andersons amazing W. E. Cash, a winner of four out of his six starts this season and narrowly defeated by Golden Miss in his last outingr two weeks ago. Irish Gallon, C. M. Saunders royally-bred stallion, will get away from the No. 5 post in quest of his first victory of the season though he has been out of1 the money only once in six starts. Next in line behind the mobile starting gate will be the very good Adios daughter Cheri Adios from the successful Ralph H. Kroening stable. Norman C. Townes nine-year-old stalwart Lew MacPherson drew the rough seventh post for his seasonal debut while Dr. J. Howard Youngs splendid Golden Miss will come from the extreme outside position. With the exception of Rips Boy and Lew MacPherson both of whom will be making their seasonal bows, each of the other six starters seem to have a fine chance to capture the lions share * of the ,500 purse as the class edge some of the half dozen contenders have over the others has been equalized by* the more .favorable post positions of those a little bit less gifted with speed and stamina. The role of post favorite most likely will be accorded the Wisconsin-bred chestnut daughter of Ensign Hanover, Golden Miss, whose overall record is better than those of any of her seven foes. In favor of Golden Miss is the terrific early foot possessed by the five-year-old mare that should enable her to find a position somewhere among the first flight before reaching the first quarter pole. Whether she will be able to out-sprint this field like she did in her last two races is doubtful as Lieut. Mike, in spite of his size, is a very fast post horse and will use his rail position to best advantage. Another who can leave faster than most horses is W. E. Cash and Redwood Boy for a long time enjoyed a reputation as a front-racer. The way this race shapes up, the ultimate outcome more likely than not will be decided in the f irst quarter. If either W. E. Cash and Golden Miss will be forced to travel on the outside for the first half mile, the chances of Lieut. Mike to remain undefeated at this meeting are bright, indeed, while a victory by such fast finishers as Irish Gallon and Cheri under those circumstances would not be a surprise at all. There can be only one safe prediction made for this race, namely, that Redwood Boys meeting mark of 2:04 will go by the wayside even if Times Squares track record of 2: 00 y5 will withstand the onslaught of this excellent field. Altogether, Saturday nights 10 - race program with the stress on pacing speed could hardly be topped by any harness track in the country, as in addition to Golden Miss, Lieut. Mike, Cheri Adios, et al., another field of eight ace pacers will vie in tonights secondary feature, and several very promising three-year-old pacers like Prince Qndago, Princess Tass, Abbe Bill, Yankee Chip and Bill Byrd will tackle older rivals in several of the other events carded for fast-class sidewheelers. Golden Miss full brother Plutocrat, an favorable switch in post position from ex-since his three-year-old form, enjoys a very favorable switch in position from the extreme outside to the rail in the co-featured AA-A class pace to be raced as the eighth event. Opposing the seven-year-old stallion will be Cotton Prince, whose full brother, Plantation Chief made harness racing history at Santa Anita with a 1:58 mile a few weeks ago; Gunfighter, May C. Byrd, Jake Rodney, Sea Eagle, Lord Adios and Boom-town. To predict the winner in this race, one almost had to be endowed with a sixth sense, and even TJnivac would be-of little help. /- May C. Byrd, the lone mare in this field, has done extremely well for a ,500 refugee from the claiming ranks and should be a factor in this field, even though moving up a notch in class. Cotton Prince trained very well for conditioner Harold Snodgrass and must be reckoned with. Jake Rodney, if in the proper mood, could go all the way, and if Sea Eagle would be on his best behavior, he would be the strongest kind of a contender. Lord Adios, another freelegged speedster, can beat any mans horse if he stays flat and gets a break through a rapid first half in 1:00 or better. Gunfighter is improving with each succeeding start, and even he was only fourth last week end, and he was beaten only a neck by Lieut. Mike in 2:04%. Boomtown, conqueror of a similar field earlier in the meeting, was third last week, beaten only a head in 2:04%.
