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Gossip and Turf Notes From Fairmount Park COLLINSVILLE 111 May 31 31Jockey Jockey B Pool enjoyed a field day Satur ¬ day for in addition to riding Captain Hal in the feature race he piloted Morehead in the sixth race and won by a nose from Geo Groom in one of the most spectacular fin ¬ ishes witnessed at this track He had pre ¬ viously won on his contract employers Candy Light LightRacing Racing enthusiasts of southern Illinois were afforded opportunity Saturday afternoon to witness a brand of sport that equalled any in this country and over a plant that in time will rank with the best in the land landNo No apology need be offered for this mas ¬ sive racing ground even if the ornate club ¬ house lacked minor furnishings that will be supplied later The magnificent structure served its purpose splendidly and had as its occupants for the opening a notable congre ¬ gation consisting of the more prominent in St l ouis social circles as well as from near ¬ by territory territoryPersons Persons of note from New York Cincinnati Chicago and Louisville were also conspicuous and took a keen interest in the racing and complimented general manager C Bruce Head Col Matt J Winn and president Ly man T Hay on their thorough constructive planning planningProbably Probably at no former time has there been a bigger crowd at a racing plant since the running of the St Louis Worlds Fair Han ¬ dicap at the Fair Grounds when Colonial Girl triumphed over Hermis and annexed the major portion of the 50000 purse the first of its kind in this country for horses over two years old oldSeldom Seldom has the enthusiasm for the sport been equalled The actions of the visitors were at times hysterical and even swayed the most blase blaseThe The racing of last fall over this track was overshadowed and the great throng entered into the spirit of the occasion on a scale that augurs much for the sport in this part of the great middle western states as well as for racing in all parts of the country countryStonewall Stonewall Jackson Nugent Brothers useful sprinter was so badly cut down Saturday in the running of the Collinsville Handicap as to necessitate his destruction His tendon above the hock was completely severed severedA A number of horses now at Churchill Downs will be shipped to Fairmount Wednes ¬ day dayThe The hard rains of Monday morning while converting the track into a heavy condition served to test out the new draining system recently installed The result was a satis ¬ factory one the excess moisture was imme ¬ diately carried away dispelling the fears that the grounds would again be flooded floodedG G Ranna who purchased the twoyearold Thaddeus halfbrother to Nocturnal at the Williams dispersal sale at Louisville from Hawkins Ferguson has him in training at Fairmount along with four other horses j The racers are under the care of W J Foley FoleyG G P Fought has only three horses in training at Fairmount They are Long Point Jewell V D and St Donard DonardS S Louis has at present eight horses quar ¬ tered here under the care of J L Burtschell The stable includes the handicap horse Lounger LoungerMrs Mrs G IT Abbott who campaigned a string at Tijuana last winter has sent to Fairmount four horses under the care of F Wright including The World WorldE E E Major has nine horses here including Dantes Inferno Slow Time Street Liz and Torcher TorcherThos Thos Lynn also has a shifty band quart ¬ ered at Fairmount of which Wellfinder New Hampshire and Mark Master appear the best bestH H Cavanaugh arrived with Cross Village the property of Dr F A Wehle He brought four others along alongC C W Moore brought over six horses from Lexington LexingtonJ J O Keene whose horses race under the nom de course of the Keeneland Stable sent eight horses from Louisville including Prin ¬ cess Pan PanJ J B Cloher will campaign his string at Fairmount having at the local course four horses under the care of J Robson RobsonJ J O Keene arrived at Fairmount Monday morning SundayA and will remain until Sunday A L Kirby whoses horses have been here for some time arrived from New Orleans and will remain for the remainder of the meeting Bud Gentry whose horses are in charge of trainer Arthur Goldblatt was an arrival today from Chicago ChicagoJoseph Joseph L Rhinock who is extensively in ¬ terested in the Fairmount track came from New York to attend the opening and will remain for several days daysCharles Charles Cella who formerly was exten ¬ sively interested in ownership of many tracks and still holds vast interest in the Fort Erie track and the Oaklawn course was among the visitors He was taken with the magnitude of the plant and congratulated Mr Winn and Bruce Head on their thorough building achievement
