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SECRETARY S OFFICE OPEN Owners and Jockeys at Fairmount Park File Papers for Meeting Opening May 10. COLLINSVILLE, 111., May 1. There was a rush for registration and license blanks with the opening of the secretarys office at Fairmount Park, the trainers on the grounds seeming anxious to get the final business end of racing out of the way so they can then patiently await the sounding of the bugle on May 10.. Secretary Julius Reeder, Richard Leigh and Frank Hawley were on the job early and should complete all the work by Saturday at the latest. Frankie Seremba, former jockey, who now campaigns a very useful string of horses, including Judge Dixon and War Instigator, unloaded eight and reported all had shipped well from Maryland and he would have several of his charges in the opening days entries. Steve Judge announced that he would use Clyde Ponce as stable rider during the Fair-mount meeting and expected the veteran to show some of the younger apprentices some of his old-time form. Judge unloaded seven from the same car with Seremba. C. Bunte had three and O. Chaney two. The Blue Star Stable bought the contract of jockey J. Cavens from J. P. Headley of the Paradise Stock Farm. Cavens is the jockey who was hero in the fire at New Orleans, which destroyed several barns and a score of horses at the Fair Grounds. E, E. Major has a young rider in R. Wim-mer, who is to start at this meeting and in whom Major thinks he has great prospects. Charlie Irby is to start a youngster, A. De Camillis, who has already seen action. The two two-year-olds on the grounds bred in Kamuli Island, Hawaii, are Kemoli and Leilele, according to Paul Lycan, who brought them from California. Kemoli is a full brother to Uluniu, bred on the same farm. J. G. Demarest was an arrival, motoring over from Wheeling and stopping en route j in Toledo to see relatives. The stable of Edward R. Cox, St. Louis horseman, will arrive from Kentucky Thursday, according to a wire received by secretary Reeder. Charles Graffagnini will bring Selection to race at Fairmount. His shipment arrives Saturday. Mrs. O. Chaney has reserved stalls for five horses here but only has two on the grounds at present. She was third largest money winner at the Havre de Grace meeting, with a total of 0,500.
