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1 MARYLAND TURF NOTES e ยป Not since racing was revived in the fall of 1929 at Hagerstown have prospects for a successful meeting been as bright as they are for the spring season which opens June 1. Such stables as Sylvester W. Labrot of Annapolis, Ral Parr of Baltimore, Dr. Fred Adams of Cottonsville and E. Grogan who heretofore ducked the upstate season, htive all applied to racing secretary Edward J. Brennan for stalls. These sportsmen will ship to Hagerstown at the conclusion of tho Bowie meeting. Ex-jockey "Bobby" Ingersoll has taken over the book of "Sonny" Workman. The latter has been commissioned by head trainer Thomas J. Healy to be at Bowie and ride anything that Jack Healey saddles for Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. Workman is in grand form this spring and his services should be much sought after during the Southern Maryland Agricultural meeting. Jockey Johnny Gilbert says that the "Les" Dye who was ruled off the turf at Sportsmans Park is not his brother. Gilbert says the westerners are confusing Dye with his brother Joe Dyer and that Dye is no relation of his. H. C. Cox, who successfully handled Gilbert since last fall left today for New York where he will take up the horses he has at Jamaica. Gilbert leaves Friday with the Glen Riddles horses for Belmont Park. While in New York, Gilbert will be handled by Cox who piloted him to the top of Americas list of winning riders last year. John P. Turner, who will serve as racing secretary for the meeting of the Hamilton Jockey Club, will include in his book of conditions a race or two that will be entirely for horses owned by Canadians. This is a new departure and, should the innovation prove popular, more events of that sort will be programmed.
