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€- . - o Latest News and Gossip from American Race Tracks | • ILLINOIS KENTUCKY MARYLAND NEW YORK | | j v AURORA AURORA. 111., May 5. The large stable of fifteen head of racers comprising the Chicago-owned J. J. Coughlin band quartered at Exposition Park, have as yet been unheard from at the current meeting, the pale pink silks of that establishment having failed to appear on the track here this year. However, the Coughlin horses are being brought into shape and representatives of that stable are expected to be seen in action almost any day. Jockey J. Smith is the contract rider for the Coughlin stable. The Sanola Stock Farms recently acquired Sun Altos, which was purchased by them fiom the Crescen stable of O. F. Croissant, arrived here from Txniisville in a private car late Wednesday and shipped in excellent condition. The condition of former jockey Jack May of Louisville, Ky.. who has been lying In St. Charles Hospital at Aurora, suffering from injuries sustained in a recent auto accident, was reported much improved and attending physicians are reported as holding hopes for Mays complete tecovery. B. F. McClain. Jr., represented in the second race by Move on Seth, claimed Kaliko from G. P. McNeill at a cost of ,000. M. Simmons, represented in the first race by Charles Whitney, claimed Pollymara from Aldrich and Winans at a cost of ,000. Jockeys D. Lynch. R. DePrema and E. Graham were each suspended for three days by the starter for disobedience at the post while astride their mounts in the first race. . o PIMLICO PIMLICO. Md.. May 5. Jockey G. Taylor was suspended for three days by the starter for disobedience at the post. The Maryland Racing Commission granted licenses to jockeys A. Ferguson and G. Smoot. A. Mannings application was held up pending investigation. The latter is an apprentice and there is some question who holds the contract on the boy. The Greentree Stable has shipped the jumper Jolly Roger over from Bemont Park to start in the Green Spring Valley Steeplechase. D. Kearney will take a division of the stable that James Boden is handling rrom here to Toronto. Cold Beater will be among the horses. Boden will take Mainspring to New York. The clever apprentice M. Fish-man will accompany Kearney to Canada. The mare Mrs. Finley came out of her race yesterday lame. She spread her foot during the running of the race and will be on the shelf for a time. B. Kleeger came over from Belmont Park to ride Smart Sinner in the Patapsco Steeplechase. T. J. Healey returned to New York last night. Four of the W. J. Salmon horses were sent back to New York. The shipment was made up of Display, Oreat Timber, Postade and Bucephalus. Display will be sent to Toronto to fill his engagement at the Woodbine meeting. P. Walls left for Louisville tonight. He will ride Candy Queen in a race at Churchill Downs on Saturday. Candy May was cut down in her race yesterday. L. A. Cassldy returned to New York today. He plans to leave for Louisville some day next week to be on hand for Derby Day, and on June 1 he will go to Miami. The stewards of the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association held a meeting in the clubhouse at Pimlieo this morning, at which the following attended: K. E. Davis, H. W. Sage, Bayard Warren. C. K. Harrison, H. J. Morris. F. YonStade and Frank J. Bryan. Many applications for licenses from trainers and jockeys were passed en. and H. W. Maxwell was appointed to represent this body at the Aqueduct meeting. Mark Master, winner of the third race, was claimed by J. D. Miller for ,000. CHURCHILL DOWNS LOUISYILLE. Ky.. May 5. Trainer, Kay Spence. in charge of the Aud-ley Farm Stable, announced this morning that Creek Indian is training better than in some time but would probably be deprived of a chance at Derby honors. Creek Indian, one of the leading western two-year-olds of 1926, is rapidly recovering from injuries received when he cast himself in his stall at Lexington a week ago. Preparations for the coming twenty-two day meeting were practically completed today, the picturesque Churchill Downs plant being in proverbial apple pie order with the completion of todays wor«c in the various departments. Racing secretary William Shelley, who came over from Lexington last night, had his assistants completing the issuance of badges and registration of horses. There is an over-abundance of racing material here, both Churchill Downs and Douglas Park being crowded to capacity, making a total of about 1,400 horses available for the meeting, and several stables could not be provided for. The thirty horses that will race here for J. N. Camden are divided equally between trainers D. E. Stewart and Roscoe Goose. Stewarts division includes Hydromel, Mr. Camdens hope for Derby honors. San Utar. which went amiss following his victory in the Clark Handicap of last spring, is expected to return to competition with the running of the same race Saturday. He is the property of J. W. Corrigan and his training is being looked after by T. P. Hayes. He was not raced following his win in the Clark Handicap last year. R. Gilmore shipped his stable from Lexington to Latonia to await the meeting at the Covington track. The combined stable of O. Torrell and C. H. Trotter, a successful establishment during the Lexington meeting, arrived this morning and took quarters at Douglas Park. Jockey R. Barnett. contract rider for the stable, came along. « — JAMAICA NEW YORK, N. Y.. May 5. Complaint was made to the stewards about Hasties riding in the fourth race and he was set down for three days for careless riding j in the back stretch. It was not alleged that he had fouled any other horse. Harold Goodwin has sold Flying Al to A. Contento, but will continue to train him. The price paid for the plater was not disclosed. William Ryan, the Chicago sportsman, who put the historic old Palmer House on the : racing map. made his first appearance of the season at Jamaica yesterday. Lucky Play was claimed out of the Olympic Claiming Stakes for ,000 by Mahopac Stable. . The six-year-old Fair Play gelding , carried the silks of the Arden Farms in the I race. Phidias went back to Bob Smiths stable , Wednesday. He was claimed by Winnie OConner, as agent for W. S. Jobes, but it : developed afterward that the agency had not been recorded with The Jockey Club. Sam Palumbo. who signalized his saddle debut by riding J. J. Murphys Outstep to | victory in the second race Wednesday, is a 17-year-old lad in the employ of Frank Bray. The boy has been with Bray for the past two and a half years and hails from Flushing. L. I., where his father conducts a barber ; shop. Charm was withdrawn from the second race Wednesday. According to trainer Zoel-ler she was kicked while at the post in her last race and the injury was more serious than first supposed. John G. Cavanaugh announced that he was starting a relief fund for the Mississippi sufferers and met with ready response from the racing fraternity.
