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1 HAWTHORNE TURF NOTES 4 S : : Albert Sabath, vice-president of the Chicago Business Mens Racing Association and who races a large stable, has engaged B. S. Michell to train his racers. Michell developed and raced the champion, Reigh Count, and many other good horses and in taking over the Sabath horses he succeeds L. Cahn. Jockey Ray Heigle made his first appearance in colors in a long time when he rode Naval Cadet in the first Tace Saturday. D. A. Wood, owner of Indian Runner, dined a number of Illinois owners in the Hawthorne clubhouse following the racing Saturday. The dinner was in celebration of Indian Runners victory in the Illinois Handicap. Acting for the Lone Star Stable, J. B. Theall purchased Play Ball from Mrs. R. L. Rogers and entered the veteran for one of tomorrows events. Frank Grand is shipping his small stable, headed by Justice B., to Dade Park. John Marsch, who returned Saturday from a business trip East, will be a regular visitor at Hawthorne during the remainder of the meeting. Reports from Kentucky, where the Marsch yearlings are receiving their early lessons, are that a number of the youngsters are unusually fine prospects. With more than thirty horses in training here and over two score yearlings ready for breaking and early preparation at the farm J. F. Patterson, the Audley Farm trainer, will be kept on the jump between Chicago, Lexington and Berryyille, Va., the next six weeks. While a majority of the yearlings will have their first training at the farm a number of the youngsters will go through elementary paces at Lexington. The F. L. B. Stables Ding Bin, a stake winner at Latonia and one of the best of the western juvenile colts, is expected here from Coney Island to fill his engagement in the Hawthorne Juvenile Handicap Saturday. Stall application blanks for the Fairmount Park fall meeting are being distributed by John Carey. Wild Cress, owned by Charles W. Bidwill, was so badly injured in a fall while working over the Hawthorne track Saturday morning that she had to be destroyed. She fractured a shoulder. M. Wimmer, who was astride the filly escaped with a few superficial cuts about the face. Jockey Lefoy Cunningham was called to his home in Paul, Idaho, where his sister is critically ill. He left Friday night and upon leaving stated that he doubted very much if he would make any further attempt to ride as he had found it impossible to get down to a satisfactory weight. The horses Mrs. J. Grossman has at Hawthorne have been taken over by J. Grossman to train. C. Hainesworth formerly was in charge. Apprentice C. Stafford, under contract to T. C. Worden, left for the Worden Farm, where he will assist in breaking yearlings. He expects to resume riding at Riverside Park. Julius Meyer took out a jockeys license and will do some of the riding for the E. Denemark stable. Donald McEachern, nephew of D. E. Stewart, trainer of the Calumet Farm Stable, is branching out as a full fledged trainer and has taken over Vox Pop to train for Martin Cunnane. McEachern had his training under J. J. Greeley, Sr., the Shandon Farm trainer. C. Bruce Head, general manager and steward of the Lincoln Fields Jockey Club, was a visitor at Hawthorne Saturday. He reports the Lincoln Fields stakes, which close Tuesday, filling nicely and predicts having a very successful run of sport at the beautiful Will County course. The Sylvester W. Labrot string, numbering fifteen, will leave Hawthorne for Maryland early tomorrow. Trainer W. Irvine is anxious to get back to the Old Line state so that he may direct the early training of Labrots yearlings at their owners Holly Beach Farm, near Annapolis.
