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ARLINGTON DOWNS NOTES f $ 2 Lee Erb, who has been here for several days, returned to his home at Kansas City. H. W. Steele arrived from Hot Springs with Grand Rock, Brilliant Rose, King Bonny, Hasty Rock, Cohort Girl and Duckie Rose, which race under J. E. Masons Spring Valley Farm colors. With the departure of Charles McLennan for Maryland, a board of handicappers, composed of judge J. A. Murphy, Charles F. Henry, Sidney S. Brown and Charles A. Kenny, took over the duties of assigning the weights for the handicaps. Jockey Charles Kurtsinger, who suffered a broken collar bone when Speed Girl fell with him at Santa Anita, accepted his first mount since the accident when he rode J. Tommy Taylors Planetoid in the first race Thursday. Incidentally, it was six weeks to the day since Kurtsinger had his fall. Apprentice Tommy Meloche, who was injured last week, resumed riding Thursday. Little Pattie Ann ODell, 4-year-old Fort Worth charmer, who is said to be able to outshine Shirley Temple herself, has been named by Billy Rose to represent the Fort Worth Frontier Centennial celebration during the running of the handicap Saturday at Arlington Downs. Pattie will be pictured with the wininng horse and owner right after the feature. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. ODell, 1426 College Avenue, Fort Worth, and is said to be headed for Hollywood. R. A. Cowards Reelon was excused from filling her engagement in the fifth race Thursday when it was reported that the filly was bitten by a spider. Pillow Fight, six-year-old Australian gelding, acquired by E. Paul Waggoner for the Three Ds Stock Farm in a trade for Little Wichita, has been turned out for the rest of the year. He will be brought back to the races late in the fall and prepared for th fall meeting at Arlington Downs, when many long distance races will be incorporated in the books for the Centennial meeting. The Australian horse is a router of the finest type and has won over the two-mile distance. Good Cheer, Gray Porte and Southern Way were added to starter Roy Djckersons schooling list. Dan Brammer, leading American rider at the start of Thursdays program with seventy-three victories to his credit, will become a full-fledged rider Friday. Brammer rode his first winner. Fair Time, at Bay Meadows, April 10, 1935. Astute horsemen say the five-pound allowance will make no difference to the Iowa lad and that he will continue to boot home winners.
