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CHURCHILL DOWNS NOTES Burgoo King E R Bradleys 1932 Ken ¬ tucky Derby winner this morning demon ¬ strated his readiness for an attempted come ¬ back when he rattled off threequarters in 112 It was one of the outstanding trial speed tests of the spring season seasonLou Lou Smith general manager of the Rock ingham Park and Epsom Downs tracks and Mrs Smith came over from French Lick where they stopped off for a day en route from New York They will remain until Sun ¬ day when they leave for New Hampshire HampshireThe The Rockingham meeting opening June 23 will be one of the biggest of the year according to Smith who has been on the scene directing preparations the past several weeks Forty men are at work installing the big new 250000 totalizer Smith said Stables adding 300 stalls to the capacity of the Salem course also are nearing com ¬ pletion A totalizer also will be installed at Epsom Downs Smiths Texas course in time to be used during the meeting opening there in November NovemberChas Chas H Strube vice president and gen ¬ eral manager of the Los Angeles Turf Club owner and operator of Santa Anita Park now under construction and Felix McGinnis an executive of the Southern Pacific rail ¬ road were present at the Downs today hav ¬ ing arrived this morning from Los Angeles Work on Santa Anita Park is progressing very favorably Strube stated and while here in the East for the Preakness Stakes he will select the more outstanding features of a number of the larger race plants to be included in plans for the new California course Sol Tichener who will do mission ¬ ary work for the inaugural meeting opening Christmas FranciscoP Day came in from San Francisco P A and R J Nash owners of the Shan don Farm and their families also Miss Nan OMalley augmented the rapidly increasing Chicago delegation in time to witness to ¬ days racing racingJockey Jockey Mack Garner Cavalcades pilot ac ¬ companied R A Smith the Brookmeade Stable trainer here arriving late Wednes ¬ day dayJ J L Lurding turned Pat C which he claimed yesterday over to Charles C Nor ¬ man to train
