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r *■ On the Trot By MORRIE KURLANSKY Presenf North Shore Pace Friday i* Kroening Stable May Start Three - Kidwell Drives Home Black Brook - MAYWOOD PARK, Maywood, 111., May - 12. — Top event of the week here will be X. Fridays ,000 North Shore Pace, an early- £ closing event for 12-j- class pacers with non-£ winners of 5,000 that a started four or more 3 times in 58 also eligi-I ble. When entries closed on March 15, a £ total of 18 fleet side-wheelers were nomi-£ nated for the race. As * usual, training acci-D dents and other cir-** cumstances eliminated D some of the nominees, Zj such as Buckeye, Greedy Creed, Cheyenne J Goose and Highland Creed, while other eligibles like Trusty Chip, Wildwood Scott and Cash Adios must be considered as doubtful starters. Though the defection of j these horses will prevent split in two divi-q sions, the list of probable starters is quite impressive. I Although Cash Adios, who injured .himself earlier in the meeting, most likely will seek an overnight race to resume his campaign, the Ralph H. Kroening stable possibly might be represented by three starters in Fridays stake, namely Meadow Ballad, Cheri Adios and Lord Adios, all of whom should have an excellent chance to garner a major portion of the ,000 purse. Meadow Ballad, if she starts would again go out of her age class to tackle older rivals. So far at this meeting, the filly has established herself as the undisputed leader of the three-year-old pacers racing in the Midwest to win six straight races while getting a mark of 2:06. Cheri Adios lias been successful in fast-class overnights and the filly additionally won a division of the Illinois Breeders Pace. Trainer Dick Williams will confer with Kroening to decide how many and which of the four stable eligibles will go in the North Shore on Friday. Dr. J. Howard Youngs Plutocrat, co-holder of the meetings record of 2:04, produced an excellent effort last Saturday and looms as the most dangerous rival of the Kroening representatives. Redwood Boy, the first horse at this meeting to go in 2:04; Ned Rosecroft, Boomtown and Ne-oga Jester are others that must be given serious consideration, especially if they should be favored by an inside post position in the expected bulky field of 10 or more pacers. While Lieut. Mike continued to dominate the local pacing elite Saturday, Rosecroft Raceway offered the first mile -dash in the H. T. A. Pace series. Esquire Direct, driven by his trainer, William Haughton, outfinished another New England-owned horse, Clearview Stable Win-— now, in the good time of 2:03%. Virginia-owned Prudence Adios, in spite of a break caused by interference, finished third, while Messenger stake victor, OBrien Hanover, garnered fourth place from R. L. Craigs S. W. Terry C, owned by D. R. Chambers of Unadilla, N. Y., was fifth, while Chicago-owned Bye Bye Byrd indulged in a break to last in the seven-horse field. Esquire Direct, as might be remembered by Chicagoland fans, made- one start in Chicago last season. In the valuable Chi-cagoan Pace, the stablemate to Belle Acton, after being parked out, finished a narrowly beaten fourth to O. F. Brady, another H. T. A. candidate who might be seen in action in the Maywood Park edition of this great series for the nations leading four-year-old pacers on Friday, May 29. Jim Maupins good pacing mare, Bonnie Will, a full sister to the equally accomplished Bonnie Time, by Wilmington — Bernice Siskiyou, prevailed, after a hard-fought stretch battle, by a head over George Tuckers Don Adios filly, Nan Reed, and the one-time free-for-all star, Chuckie Scot. Diminutive Jim Maupin, a 29-year-old ex-jockey from Campbellsville, Ky., has done a fine job with the two free-legged sisters, as well as with the good trotter, Silver Pat, to win six races at this meeting. Virginia Hensons pacing gelding. Black Brook, with Glen Kidwell at the reins, scored a popular victory Monday, though only second choice to Roy Gentrys Homer Creed in the wagering. Rated off the pace set by Roxburgh Mary, who made a standstill break while still having a short lead at the sixteenth pole, Black Brook gamely outfinished Homer Creed and Madona- to get a new record of 2:05.1. It might be more than a coincidence that Black Brook, a 00 purchase at a Chicago auction two years ago, shows such great improvement. For one, Kidwell, who lias done an amazing job with Lieut. Mike whose career seemed to have come to an end last summer only to return in better shape than- ever this spring-, applied his almost magic touch to Black Brook. Another factor for Black Brooks fine showing must be the inheritance from his parents, the brilliant sire, Darnley, and the outstanding broodmare, June Mite, whose other son, Black Lite, one year younger than Black Brook and racing on the trot, already has won two races here and lowered his record to 2:06.1. Trainer-driver Tom Wilburn chalked up three more victories Monday to climb to third position in the driver standings behind Del Insko and Kidwell. The capable teamster guided William H. Laues young trotter, Queens Hawk, to a repeat win in the first race and also scored with Glen Eyre Farms pacing colt, Eyre Hal, in the third.*
