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J HAWTHORNE TURF NOTES f 8 g Mr. and Mrs. George Ross, Miss Nan OMalley, Miss Eileen Nangle and Thomas Nash, brother of Mrs. Ross, the former Mary Nash, comprised one of the brighter clubhouse groups at Hawthorne Tuesday. Trainer E. G. Hoffman reported that he blistered Benediction and King Belgian and sent the two horses to his farm at Sham-burg, 111., where they will remain for several months. C. M. Feltner, a recent arrival from Charles Town, W. Va., applied to the Illinois Racing Commission for a trainers license. Jockey Willie Moran had his initial mount of the meeting when he was astride Tranquillity Farm Stables Dark Friend in the opening race on Wednesday afternoons program. Former jockey W. Taylor came in from Texas and plans to remain here throughout the summer. Joe Stephen, trainer for the Graceland Stock Farm Stable, moved the thoroughbreds in his charge from Aurora to Hawthorne, Wednesday morning. The outfit included Mechanics Gold, Gold Thorn, Worm Glow, Star Dixie, Nancy Nan, Jane Forest and Royal Thurston. With the departure of practically all of the horses that raced at Aurora, racing secretary Julius G. Reeder deemed it unnecessary to have a member of his staff accept entries from that point, and George Swain transferred his activities to the Hawthorne office. Joe Nelson, who dispatched the fields during the last three weeks of the Bay Meadows meeting, is an arrival from the Pacific Coast and will remain here for a few weeks before leaving for New England, where he will join the ground crew of starter Harry Morrissey. Jockey F. Faust checked in from Maryland, but will not be eligible to ride until Saturday at Hawthorne. A ten days suspension meted out to him in the Old Line State expires Friday. J. J. OByrne was an arrival at Hawthorne, Tuesday morning, with the thoroughbreds he is handling for Mrs. J. J. OByrne. The shipment came from Belmont Park and included the two-year-olds, Ann Joy and Vici, and the other horses, Impunity, Chryso-stom, Fleeting Just, Jokester and Beaver Lake. Clyde Troutt left for a few days visit at his home in Benton, 111., and during his absence T. Troutt is looking after the horses quartered at Hawthorne. Mark T. Cox, wealthy Wyoming sportsman, shipped his stable of twelve horses to Ak-Sar-Ben, Thursday morning, where they will be campaigned during the thirty-one days meeting at the Omaha track. M. Haller reported that he has taken up the three-year-old maiden King Relief, which was running out on a Lexington, Ky., farm for several months, and put the racer back in training. He also has Jay Vee. Howard Mann, sports editor of the Chicago Daily News, was reported as doing well following a major operation, which was performed Tuesday. His many friends among the turf writers and the racing fraternity are hoping for a speedy and .complete recovery. He is in Augustana Hospital. The first regular meeting of the Horsemens Social and Educational Club of Illinois, fostering social and educational work among horsemen and stable employes, will be held Friday morning at Hawthorne. The I general plan of conduct and operation of the club will be fully discussed and outlined at the meeting which will be open to all horsemen and their employes. A general scheme of the organization is to hold short meetings about three mornings a week of about thirty minutes duration each. Special instruction in educational sub- ! I ! jects may be arranged and it is the hope of the sponsors that the club will become a permanent organization, with club quarters at each track in Illinois. Otto W. Lehmann, Richard J. Nash, C. J. FitzGerald and George H. Foster, as the board of relief for horsemen, are sponsoring the new organization.
