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TROPICAL PARK TURF NOTES Miss Virginia Hawkins, accompanied by a party of friends, came down from Daytona Beach to witness the races. They were the guests of steward Tom Thorpe. Young Willie Winfrey, son of the well-known trainer Carey Winfrey, was a visitor. He was shown about by his brother-in-law, Dan McAuliffe. Young Winfrey, who has been galloping horses for his father for the past couple of years, has taken out a jockeys license. He will be seen in action at Hialeah Park. Four jockeys registered yesterday. They are: Charles H. Quillin, Robert Albiker, who rides for Al Weston; Ed. Coates, who will work for R. W. Collins, and James King, an apprentice, contracted by J. P. Mayberry. With the bar lifted, many thoroughbreds are being stabled at Tropical Park. They are arriving in groups every morning. Twenty of the best known who are entered in Wednesdays races are: Lady Bracadale, Belle Mystery, The Spaniard, Fair Albert, Please, Discobolus, Don Pablo, Ruffian, On Leave, Ever Faithful, Foreign Play, La Gol-ondrina, Martis, Waterway, Islam, Vesta, Chas. Clarke, and Prince Toy. E. B. Applegate has made application for fourteen stalls at Tropical Park. His horses are coming here from Havana. R. Finnerty, middle west rider, made his Tropical Park debut Tuesday afternoon, riding Mike Carey in the second race. Damon Runyon of the Hearst Service and New York Press, wired his friend E. P. Howard to make reservations for him. Run yon plans to arrive on the scene of action early next week. J. O. Keene wrote from New Orleans that he would leave the Crescent City on Sunday and be on hand for Hialeah Parks opening. Eddie Flynn has taken over jockey A. "Whitey" Abels book and will make the latters engagements. Frank Smith, after spending several days in Cuba, was an arrival. He has a couple of horses at Hialeah, in charge of Joe Snedeker. Secretary Munroe reports that thirty-nine of the horses entered on Wednesdays program, came over from Hialeah. E. P. Applegate was a visitor. Before he left, he made reservations for stabling for the fourteen horses he is racing at Oriental Park. They will be shipped over from Cuba before the opening of Tropical Parks second meeting.
