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1 LATONIA TURF NOTES S Sazerac, one of the outstanding candidates for the Thanksgiving Handicap, to be run ! at Jefferson Park Thanksgiving Day, headed a shipment of horses that pulled out of the snow covered Latonia siding for New Orleans Saturday morning. Sazerac, owned by August B. Letellier, New Orleans enthusiast, was accompanied by Dixie Lad and Green Wave. In the same car F. P. Letellier had eight and C. A. Bidencope four. With the departure of his older horses, F. P. Letellier left for I misville, where he will prepare the yearlings he has at Douglas Park for shipment to the Fair Grounds. He and his brother, August, are attending the yearling sales at Lexington this week and any stock acquired there will be shipped to Louisville, thence south with the yearlings at Douglas Park. Jockey James McCoy is spending a week or ten days at his home in Lexington before proceeding to New Orleans, where he will ride through the winter. With the close of the meeting W. H. Shelley returned to his home in Louisville, where he will spend a month before going to Agua Caliente, where he serves as racing secretary. Chris Fitz Gerald left for Lexington. He returns to New York soon and will go on to Agua Caliente, where he is in charge of the racing early next month. J. A. Wallace will winter Phaeldale, Eleanor Jane, Buddy Apolis, Contort and two yearlings at Lexington. The Wallace yearlings are very highly regarded. One, a daughter of Whiskaway Vision, is a sister to Patricia Ann, a good winner under the Wallace colors and for other patrons, and the other is a filly by In Memoriam, from the good mare Legotal. Burley Parke shipped Portcodine, Whip-per Cracker and Altmark to New Orleans, where he will race them for Benny Creech. Parke was accompanied by his young brother, Monte Parke, one of the best of younger rders heading for the Crescent City this season. Jake Lowenstein is sending Flying, Hopu-likit, Curly Head, Bianoz, Colonel Sam, Doris Jean, Rusty, Aladdins Dream and others over to Churchill Downs, where they will rest for a month before being put on the cars for. New Orleans. A. Swenke was a visitor. He stopped off on his way from Chicago to Lexington, where he will attend the sale. The horses Swenke is handling were shipped to New Orleans from Chicago ten days ago. Plumage and Nituma, owned by S. S. Combs, were in a car that got away for Bowie. G. H. Neal shipped Seths Ballot and Santa Sophia to Jefferson Park and with L. Can-trell, apprentice, leaves for New Orleans by motor Monday. Jockey C. Corbett is going to Lexington with his employer, Jack Howard, and will assist in working Howards winter string into shape at the Kentucky Association track. Corbetts riding was one of the big features of the Latonia meeting. Jockey H. W. Fisher is going to Maryland with Collis Ormsby, and they got away Sunday morning. Ormsby will race Plumage and Nituma at Bowie for S. S. Combs. La Feria and Journeys End, good winners under the F. A. Wehle colors this year, will be turned out for about two months. Following the extended and well earned rest they will be put into training at Lexington. John T. Ireland stopped over Saturday on his way from Lexington to Chicago, where he will attend the special meeting of the Illinois Turf Association set for Tuesday. C. J. Fitzgerald left for Lexington, where he will attend the sales. Following a short stay at Lexington, Fitzgerald will return to New York, whence he will leave for Agua Caliente in time to reach the latter winter sports center by December 1. While here he had word of the arrival in San Diego of Martie Nathanson, who will serve with him in the Agua Caliente stand. Erwin A. Weidekamp, who is in charge of the pari-mutuels at all of the tracks operated by the American Turf Association, is leaving for the East. He will spend several days in Baltimore as the guest of Mort Ma-honey, supervisor of the mutuels department at Bowie and other tracks. Two cars of horses left here Saturday evening for Bowie. The horses of H. C. Hatch, S. S. Combs and others comprised the shipment. James McGee had three, and S. C. Hunt the filly, Englewood, aboard. From Bowie L. Gentry ships the Hatch horses to Hialeah Park, where he may also race a division of E. R. Bradleys stable. Jockeys W. Carroll, G. Riley and E. McLaughlin also left for Maryland. Bert B. Williams is transferring his stable to Lexington Wednesday. After shipping Star Play, Sabina H. and Dizzy to New Orleans, Ed Snyder left for his home in Lima, Ohio. He has scheduled a little holiday for himself and after a hunting trip of ten days will head for New Orleans. Jockey D. McAuliffe got away for Louisville and Tuesday entrains for Maryland to ride through the remainder of the Bowie meeting. A. B. Letellier, accompanied by Mrs. Letellier and their daughter, motored to Lexington. Following the sales they return to their home in New Orleans. Parnell Bound, winner of four races here this fall, and Cassinette were sent to Lexington by R. L. Stivers. John Fay, Cincinnati commissioner, and Mrs. Fay leave for their winter home in California in about ten days. Jockey Frank Chiavetta, who had a close escape when he went down with Tadcaster in the first race Saturday, leaves Tuesday for New Orleans. Tadcaster also came out of the accident with nothing more than a few superficial scratches, and W. Hinphy is shipping him and two others to New Orleans. J. E. Wright changed plans for the future racing of the two platers he had here and, instead of shipping direct to Oriental Park, he will take in the Jefferson Park season before going to the Island Park course. G. Bury, well known racing official, left for the East in the interest of the coming meeting at Oriental Park. He will spend a week at Bowie and is leaving for Havana early in December.
