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LAUREL PARK TURF NOTES 4 8 Marshall Cassidy, who served as starter on all tracks affiliated with the Canadian Racing1 Associations, was an arrival from. Canada and will remain in the East until the waning- days of the Laurel meeting. Mr. Cassidy will serve as starter during the three-day meeting at Rose Tree, near Media, Pa., which begins Monday, next Sheltered is the latest addition to the schooling list. Clyde Phillips states that he will keep part of William Ziegler, Jr.s and the Middleburg Stables horses in training until after the Southern Maryland Agricultural meeting next month at Bowie. The racing Wednesday at York, Pa., was called off due to rain. If the weather permits both Wednesdays and Thursdays card will be run as one. The stewards presiding at York chased jockey A. Parker away for rough riding. Tuesday at York, Billie N., with Paul San-ford up, beat Armageddon, with "Skeets" Holland aboard, by a nose. Another nose away finished Charlie Eames, astride Prim-Jin, owned by Bill Shewbridge of Baltimore. The latters horse was bothered by Parker, who was chased from the grounds. Jack Carter, who handles both Bobby Jones and Jimmy Sullivan, has taken over Harvey Elstons book until the latters agent, Jimmy Clair, recovers from his present spell of sickness. Elston is riding in fine style this fall. John Marsch, whose horses are racing here, is due Friday from Chicago. Selby Burch was an arrival from Aqueduct with three horses. He has several yearlings at Benning, where they are being broken and prepared for their trials before being put away for the winter. Burch plans to race a stable at Hialeah this winter. Jack Whyte has three of Willis S. Kilmers horses in the string he shipped down from Canada. They are Sun Archer, Gift Magic and Sun Captor. Whyte has six of his own, including Solace and Dark Mist. Applications for stabling at the Hialeah course will be passed on the early part of next week. The broadcasting of the races will be eliminated at Pimlico this fall. Jockey Eugene James, under contract to E. R. Bradley, departed for his home in Louisville Thursday to recover from an illness.