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AVIATION HERO HITCHCOCK AT HOME Belmont Park Stakes Patronized Heavily Richard Dogrgetts Big Estate New York November 15 Lieutenant Thomas Hitchcock Jr who wears the French war cross for air victories and who escaped from Germany after being made a prisoner has returned to his home on Long islandi To say that he was welcomed by his father Major Thomas Hitchcock and every other relative is putting it mildly He was idolized Lieutenant Hitchcock arrived on the steamer Pitts burg and was met by his parents Afterward lie was taken to Westbury tJie home of the Hitch cocks Major Hitchcock is an executive officer of the riving field in Mineola and is well known iu racing circles having raced some of the best steeplechasers in this country It was on March 6 that Lieutenant Hitchcock Jr was wounded and captured in n fight with three German airplanes On August 2S lie arrived in Switzerland after es ¬ caping from his guards and walking 100 miles to the Swiss border It took him eight nights to com ¬ plete the journey journeyEntries Entries for the Westchester stakes closed today and it is safe to say they will be quite as numerous as last year There is a deluge of them said Secretary Earloeker There will be many more in tomorrows mail and Ill guarantee will be the equal of last year if not better All the good horses are being entered in the threeyearold stakes and rapidlyW the twoyearold events are filling rapidly W S Kilmer is the first one of the more notable owners to intimate he may invade France with some race horses including Sun Briar He will not desert this country however according to reports fout will retain a stable on this side of the Atlantic AtlanticThe The late Dick Doggett dying without making a will all the estate which is said to be considerably more than the 800000 reported in probate goes to his immediate family his wife and four children Sam Doggett his brother who was annually in re ¬ ceipt of a percentage of his nice track profits was not provided for in any way He will probably make application for his share of the profits of last seasons transactions which was a part of his recompIlsl that his brother always held until the close of each season seasonJ J L Dempsey left today for Cincinnati His parents in Brooklyn have been victims of the flu for some weeks but are now sufficiently improved for him to return to Ms home
