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I BOWIE TURF NOTES ] t * E. Potts of Baltimore announced here Thursday, after he had P. Markeys good three-year-old Swinhaven on the track, that he would send the colt to Washington Park, Illinois, for a try at the 5,000 American Derby, providing he continues to improve. Swinhaven, a black son of Swinburne, was a nominee for both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness. After passing up the Derby for the Preakness, Swinhaven became a victim of the coughing epidemic which swept state tracks and had to pass up the three-year-old classic. Bobby Jones, who was carded to ride Sylvester W. Labrots Tred Avon in her match race with C. V. Whitneys Top Flight Decoration Day at Belmont Park, will not have the mount on the Maryland-owned mare. She will be ridden by Earl Steffen, provided the latter shows he can handle her in Thursdays feature. Pari-mutuel employes here are taking up a collection for Jimmy Jones of Baltimore, a veteran employe, who is confined to the Mt. Wilson Sanitarium. "Buck" May and "Speed" Taneybaum are in charge of the committee handling donations. Joseph V. Boyle, hustling general manager of the Southern Maryland Agricultural Association has set aside next Thursday as Mayor Jackson Day. Baltimores chief executive and a big party of friends will be out to witness the all-star card which racing secretary McLennan has arranged for the occasion. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Postmaster General James Farley wrote from Washington thanking general manager Boyle for their passes for this meeting. Farley and James Roosevelt, son of President Roosevelt, will likely attend Saturdays program, which will be headed by the Bowie Kindergarten Stakes. There are thirty-three horses on the schooling list, which were brought over from the recent session at Pimlico. Among the latest to be classed as bad post actors are Dunfern and Open Hearth. The latter was scratched from todays feature. Mexico, owned by Sylvester Labrot, went to a new home following his fourth victory of the season when he was secured by Fred Khan for his entered price of ,500. Jack McCue, trainer for Dr. A. C. Urban, of Chicago, has purchased the two-year-old colt, Rose Cloud, by Reigh Count — Pan of Roses, from Mrs. John D. Hertz at private sale. He has also taken over the horses of Mr. Thomas Gibson of Baltimore and will train a public stable which will race In Canada after the Maryland meetings. Stake blanks, embracing seven fixtures that will be contested during the spring meeting of the Latonia Jockey Club, were available at the secretarys office. Nominations close on June 1. Joe Kahn was an arrival from New York. He will remain a few days to complete a business mission before returning to the metropolitan sector. a
