Sprinter in Spotlight At Collinsville Course: Numerous Winners at Fairmount Dot Card Arranged for Platers, Daily Racing Form, 1944-06-20

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Sprinter in Spotlight At Collinsville Course CourseNumerous Numerous Winners at Fairmount Dot Card Arranged for Platers PlatersCOLLINSVILLE COLLINSVILLE 111 June 19 Average size fields including seven sprint races headed by the sixth event a sixfurlong dash make up the eightrace program at Fairmount Park tomorrow afternoon Two of the races are at five and onehalf fur ¬ longs five over the six furlongs distance and the seventh the only race over a route is to be contested over the one mile and 70 yards distance distanceThe The main offering brings together half a dozen betterthanaverage sprinters and among the probable starters are three horses who have won at the meeting Street Arab Predictable and Ballinderry are those who scored victories here while their opponents are Tyro Lad Baltee and Squaw Jane The nonwinners have been knocking at the door and threatening to enter the winners circle and the winner in this affair may come from one of them who has not scored a victory during the current season Street Arab Predictable and Ballinderry have been consistent win ¬ ners here in past seasons with the last named two just failing to win their last races Skagway came from behind to de ¬ feat Ballinderry last week while Predict ¬ able winner of a sprint event nearly two weeks ago attempted to go over a dis ¬ tance of ground in her last race and after holding a long lead to the last sixteenth of a mile was downed by The Cloud in the last few yards of that one mile and 70 yards event Street Arab has been tiring in his last races racesA A field of 10 meets in the one mile and 70 yards seventh race Among the probable starters are Des Grieux Rolls Fast Marcharl Dusky Maid Tidy Peter Rolls Day Deline Bank Fairlet Bond Hill and Baron Omar OmarA A pair of twotime winners at the meet ¬ ing is scheduled td match strides in the sixfurlong fifth race Janaluska and Pan disco who are equally weighed at 113 pounds each will be trying for their third victory here while Lookout Rascal winner of one race during the local season will attempt to take down his second purse The latter drew 118 pounds for his engage ¬ ment Others making up the balance of the field are Drake Keen Gloaming High Bunita and Leap Year Lady


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