Loftus May Be Allowed To Ride: Hopeful of Being Reinstated by His Employer A. K. Macomber--Latest Track Gossip., Daily Racing Form, 1918-08-03

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LOFTUS MAY BE ALLOWED TO RIDE Hopeful of Bean Reinstated by His Employer A K Macomter latest Track Gossip By J L Dempsey DempseySaratoga Saratoga N Y August 2 It was reported today that jockey Loftus was hopeful of being permitted to ride in the near future by A K Maeomber his contract employer who recently suspended the boy W B Jennings who trains the Maeomber horses said this afternoon however that Mr Maeomber had decided to release Loftus upon the expiration of his contract in November next and that jockey Buxton who is now riding the Ma comber horses will be engaged as contract rider of the stable for next year yearGeo Geo Phillips will return to Kentucky within a day or two to accompany his horses to Havre de Grace where they will be trained for fall campaigning in Maryland MarylandThere There are one hundred and eight flat riders and twenty steeplechase jockeys registered at this track available to take mounts mountsP P M Civill is in quest of several likely racers to add to his present small establishment and will campaign them in Maryland this coming fall fallThere There were many arrivals this afternoon from Kentucky Maryland and Xew York who expect to attend the yearling sale to be conducted tomorrow by the PowersHunter Company for John 1i Mad ¬ den denFrederick Frederick Houseman owner of the sixtime win ¬ ner Lady Gertrude trained by J Garson was among the newcomers and will remain for the meeting meetingSEVERAL SEVERAL HORSES CHANGE HANDS HANDSJames James E Skinker a Washingtonian has pur ¬ chased from J S Tyree King Neptune the three yearold Sweep Up II and his twoyearold brother Sequoya and turned them over to W A Burtt schell schellLeslie Leslie Belt has arrived from his home in San Francisco and plans to patronize the New York circuit for the remainder of the season seasonA A considerable number of Cuban sportsmen were in attendance yesterday Several of them had made the trip from Havana especially to enjoy the racing and the delights of a sojourn here hereKid Kid Becker came from St Louis and J Tighe was a visitor from Kentucky where his horses are at present presentCharles Charles Waltering recently discharged from the Havre de Grace hospital where he had been con ¬ fined since his accident during the spring meeting was a visitor visitorCum Cum Sah is reported to have fallen lame and re ¬ tired from training trainingJames James Auditore has purchased the twoyearold Henry Roberts from M C Moore Jerry Carroll will train him himJolin Jolin Gracie at one time strongly identified with racing as an owner and now a prosperous planter iu Arkansas is the latest addition here and will remain for the entire period of racing


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