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! ARLINGTON TURF NOTES ! • 9 ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, 111., June 19. The T,e Mar Stock Farms Morsel, a two-year-old black colt by Vulcain — Sweet Bun, which scored an impressive victory over nine other good juveniles in the Harold Stakes at Ijatonia, running five and one-half furlongs over a "good" track in the time of 1:06%, is a potential aspirant for the Post and Paddock Handicap, the most valuable of the Arlington juvenile stakes, which has no less than 24S eligibles, and is to be run the first Saturday of the season, July 6. The colt is also eligible to the Hyde Park Stakes, another rich event for two-year-olds. A. B. Hancock, who will act as one of the stewards at the Arlington meeting, is one of the countrys leading producers of thoroughbreds, and owner of one of the representative stables racing in Kentucky. He is owner of the Claiborne Stud in Kentucky, and the Ellerslie Stud in Virginia, at which places some of the countrys most noted thoroughbreds have been produced. Galahad II., noted stallion that Mr. Hancock imported a few years ago from England, is head of the Claiborne Stud. Des Dressen, for many years a trusted employe in the mutuel departments on the Kentucky and other tracks, has been appointed assistant to George H. Doll, who is in chnrge of the mutuel department at Arlington. Dressen, whose home is in Covington, Ky.. has a host of friends among horsemen and racing patrons in general. Joseph McLennan, racing secretary at Arlington, has the reputation of being without a peer in his particular line in this country. His capability combined with his good nature and fairness have made him popular with horsemen at every track where he has been employed. "Little Joe," as he is affectionately referred to, is a product of Chicago. Coming here from Scotland at a tender age, he secured employment as a Western Union messenger and was employed in that capacity at Hawthorne and other tracks in Chicago. This was the beginning of Ma connection with racing. Later on he secured employment In the radcjl secretarys office, and by diligence rose rapidly, and it was not long before he took a joo M racing secretary. Since then he has filled positions at numerous tracks, and his services have always been in great demand. This spring he had to relinquish all of his work on the Canadian tracks in order to devote all of his time to the Chicago tracks. John B. McKee, agent for the Chaffee Earl stable, reported that the stables gGod threo-year-old Naishapur, as a result of the injuries he sustained while at the post for the American Derby, would not be able to fill nis next engagement, which was the Latoni i Derby, to be run Saturday. McKee stated that the colt would shortly be transferred to Arlington, and if sufficiently recovered from his injuries that he would be a starter in the American Classic. The colors of Jefferson Livingston will be carried for the first time on any Chicago race track during the approaching meeting at Arlington by a well-balanced band of borm that trainer Bob Smith will bring here from New York. Included in the number will be Kecrc-ation and Le Bey. both eligibles to the Stars and Stripes, Arlington and City ami Suburban Handicaps. Sam C. 1ildreth has announced his intention of racing the entire Itancocas stable at Arlington in July, and will come here to p.-rsoiially train the horses. It will mark j the first time since the days of old Washington Park for this noted trainer to patronize any race meeting in the Chicago district. The string will embrace all of the stars of the stable, including the juveniles that have been showing winning form. Among the number is ;rattan. a colt by Lucullite — Durbar, a winner in the recent running of the Hudson Stakes at Aqueduct, and which is an intended starter in the Post and Paddock and Hyde-Park Stakes at Arlington. Laverne Fator, one of the countrys leading joe-keys, will accompany Hildreth for the western campaign. Charles H. Hughes, who will serve as official timer at Arlington, L* otij of the real veteran trainers of the country, and thirty years ago handled one of the best stables in the United States. Hughes chi.f claim to fame was through the success of Lieutenant Doson, owned by Charles Head Smith of Chicago, and the best horse ever trained by Hughes. This horse was one of the star three-year-olds of the year 1900. He won the Kentucky Derby and a short time after had a walke»ver in the Latonia Derby, there being no other starters in the race. Then he was shipiwd to Chicago and ran third to Sidney Lucas and James in tho American Derby.
