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I 1 CONEY ISLAND TURF NOTES $ : s Roy Carruthers, general manager of the Arlington Park track, was a visitor here en, route to Chicago, after a visit to his home at "Versailles, Ky. After disposing of .Like Sweep, C- R. Valentine returned to Lexington, where he is breaking twenty-one yearlings. T. L. Pierce, who has ten horses here for W. E. Hupp and his own account, has been engaged to break the Shandon Farm yearlings. Pierce will also break three yearlings for W. E. Hupp. He will leave for Lexington after the close of this meeting. J. V. Pons arrived from Bedford, Ohio. He will go to Lexington tomorrow where he will take over several horses. J. W. Frye will bring three horses from Cleveland and Pat Murnan intends shipping ten here from Columbus: Apprentice G. Hardy, under contract to Milton Rieser, accepted his first mount today. Lon Jones and Sons Fair Rochester, failed to stand training and was shipped to Jones Stock Farm, near Louisville, to be turned out for the year. E. J. OConnell and C. H Ferguson shipped their stables to Dade Park. Apprentice Herbert Bagur arrived from Saratoga Springs and reported to F. C. Mc-Atee. Wm. Hamilton, who will dispatch the fields at Dade Park, left for that point. Jack Hodgins, who will take his place at the barrier here announced his assistants as Bob Steele, Thomas Ryan, Robert Con-stantine and John Highaus. Horace N. Davis, owner of the Blue Grass Stock Farm, was a visitor. Edward Haughton added Black Comet to the sale of the Herbert Gardner horses to be sold at auction in the Coney Island paddock at 12:30 P. M. Saturday. The Gardner sale comprises Sunshine Boy, Chilla Lee, Ebony Torch, Seidrah and Bubbling Sixty. Mr. Gardner, who bred and raced Clyde Van Dusen, 1929 Kentucky Derby winner, and other good performers, has decided to withdraw from the racing end of the game. He will continue to maintain his breeding establishment at Clyde Van Dusens Few Acres Farm. H. A. Hathaway arrived from Thistle Down with Goodyear and Red Note while C. Rodriguez, the Cuban trainer, unloaded Dr. Alber Inclans Ninera and Canonazo. The latter, a son of Broadside and Refine, was bred at Brownell Coombs farm, near Lexington, while Ninera, a. five-year-old son of Leteo and Ninive was purchased in Chile last summer by Dr. Inclan. With the son of Leteo, Dr. Inclan had hopes of winning the Cuban Grand National Handicap, but the horse became ill while training for the 0,000 added stakes. Mrs. Ruben Varwig, wife of the well known owner, whose horses are trained by R. T. Runnels, died at her home at Mt. Healthy, Ohio Thursday afternoon.
