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1 PIMLICO TURF NOTES | j ty Elmer Trueman, who is shipping the horses of Major Ral Parr to Belmont Park, has been informed that a draft of the H. McGehee and Everett McGehee horses would i be delivered to him at the Nassau County track to be raced on the Metropolitan tracks. There will be seven members in the combined stables of the Virginia patrons. Herman P. Conkling, who will serve as steward during the meeting at Suffolk Downs, was among the turf officials that witnessed the Preakness and other events. Practically every news reel company had photographers stationed upon the top deck of the clubhouse and grandstand shooting from all angles. Hearst Metrotone, Paramount, Pathe and other companies covered proceedings and the running of the Preakness. Members of the press were entertained at a dinner given by the Maryland Jockey Club after the last race at Pimlico Fri- day evening. Following the dinner all were guests of the Preakness Ball committee in the Fifth Regiment Armory. Extra ticket sellers for general admission tickets were placed at prominent locations to speed up the sale of pasteboards when the crowd began to concentrate in large droves shortly before noon. The famous Woodlawn vase, which has been the trophy of the Preakness Stakes since 1917, drew the attention of early arrivals. This masterpiece of silver was atop a pedestal approximate to the stewards stand and large ques formed to inspect the magnificent designing. More than 200 horses were vanned from Pimlico to Hagerstown, Md., where the ten- ] day session at the Hub city will commence : Tuesday. The stables of Miss Ethel Hill and Robert Riskin were shipped by trainer L. G. Bed-well to Rockingham Park. There were nine horses in the consignment. C. R. Fleischmann has leased the platers Bally Bay and Hoops from H. Kerr for the balance of the year. Jockeys Eddie Smith and W. Horn departed for Belmont Park Saturday morning. First to arrive to witness the Preakness was an aged couple, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Connors, from Philadelphia. They entered the track shortly after 6 a. m. E. R. Bradley was seen on the track in the early hours Saturday morning. Jockey Tommy Luther arrived from Nar-ragansett Park to pilot Hal Price Headleys Hollyrood in the Preakness. Other jockeys who came from New York to ride in the feature were Litzenberger, G. Woolf, S. Coucci, C. Kurtsinger, E. Arcaro and M. Peters. Mutuels manager Mortimer M. Mahoney opened every available sellers wicket and cashiers booth on the grounds. In addition to the grandstand and clubhouse, the recently erected infield booths were in operation long before post time for the first race. The heavy demand for luncheon and dinner parties Saturday taxed the available space in the clubhouse, and Mr. and Mrs. Mathias L. Daiger were hard pressed to handle the overflow. Charles M. Waite, whose "camera eye" has been used throughout the meeting, departed for Agawam Park to supervise the installation of his camera at that point. The Waite camera will also be used at Rockingham Park. Unless complications set in William Rick-er, Negro clocker, injured in an automobile accident Friday morning, will recover, it was stated at the hospital Saturday. He suffered three fractured ribs and lacerations. Herbert W. Hausman, of Philadelphia, suffered cuts on the forehead when a window pane of the broadcast booth here was broken and glass fell on him.
