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i " 1 r BOWIE TURF NOTES 4 Senator Earl Smith of West Virginia, who succeeded in passing the bill permitting horse racing with pari-mutuel wagering, was a visitor. He is now endeavoring to have the clause, whereby winning tickets are taxed five per cent, eliminated from his bill. If he succeeds in eliminating this tax, it will be a big aid to West Virginia racing. Entries close June 8 for the four stakes to be run during the summer session at Empire City, 1ST. Y. R. E. Potts of Baltimore, who handles the horses of P. A. Markey, will ship to Washington Park Wednesday. The stable will be accompanied by jockey Eddie Barnes and the latters agent, Whitey Dananhauer. James V. Stewart shipped the horses of Jay Hartman and Ray Tubbs to Belmont Park today. Jockey Joe Renick, who has been showing nice form this spring, went along with the shipment. Charley Slade, who saddled W. R. Coes Osculator for his winning effort in the Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs, came on from New York to saddle the horse in Tuesdays feature. He sent Osculator back to Belmont Park immediately after the race. Mose Lowenstein, who handles the horses for Cary T. Grayson and others, plans to ship later in the week to Rockingham Park. Joseph McLennan, race secretary of the Southern Maryland Agricultural Association, left after the seventh race Tuesday for New York, where he will get things ship-shape for the forthcoming Aqueduct meeting. The popular Jack Healey did excellent work this spring with the Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney string. Jack saddled seven winners with Capsheaf, Clotho, Redress, Banderlog, Lynx Eye and Piety scoring twice. Trainer E. J. Bennett shipped the Anall stables Larranaga back to Belmont Park after the running of the Decoration Day Handicap. Charlie Kurtsinger who came down to ride the horse, also returned to New York. The Maryland Racing Commission is sending auditor H. L. Callis, inspector Johnny Nixon and steward H: T. Blunt to Hagers-town to represent it during the spring meeting, which opens Thursday. Trainer Cook sent the horses of Mrs. E. Smith and C. W. Kolb to Hagerstown late Tuesday. The consistent Squeeze Play was included in the shipment. Jockeys Johnny Bejshak and Willie Nertney, both Baltimoreans, left for New York. The Greentree Stables Curacao and Parry failed to arrive from New York and were therefore scratched from the Tuesdays feature. Hilton Dabson, the best apprentice rider to show in Maryland this spring, is now resting at his home at Greensboro, Md. He plans to resume riding during the forthcoming session at Rockingham Park. Henry Erickson, of Laurel, leaves for Canada on Friday, where he will ride free lance. He will jater go to Rockingham Park, N. H. The horses of Mrs. F. A. Carreaud were placed aboard an express car bound for Rockingham Park. Trainer Frank Hackett is sending twelve of Mrs. Hertz stable to Arlington Park, Illinois. Earl Steffen, the stables contract rider, and agent Goldie Mitchell head for Washington Park before reporting to trainer Hackett. Frank C. Munden, leading winning rider during the session, which ended Tuesday, leaves for Canada. He will later go to Rockingham Park, N. H., where he will be under contract to Bill Norton, who handles a division of Mrs. John Hay Whitneys stable. Munden had eleven winners, prior to Tuesdays racing. Nine claims were made during the first ten days racing here with the sum of 515,500 changing hands. The sum of 6,700 changed hands as the result of fourteen claims during the Pimlico and Bowie meet ings.
