view raw text
? AGAWAM TURF NOTES t $ $ The secretarys office here received word from Tom Thorp at Rockingham that A. E. Silver had been reinstated to good standing. William Martin and Elmer Sachs checked in from Belmont Park to look over the three head that the former is racing at this point. Mr. Martin plans to send two more head along at a later date. Edward Haughton shipped eight head from Rockingham Park to trainer Lou Williams, who will condition them during the Agawam meeting. Racing secretary Edward C. Brennan arrived from Hagerstown, Md., and immediately took over his duties as secretary. John Purcell Turner, Jr., accompanied Mr. Brennan. Mr. Turner will replace his father, who left for Thorncliffe Park. Horsemen quartered at Agawam Park are loud in their praise of the riding ability of the clever apprentice Arthur Cooper. Some of the older trainers claim that he is the brightest prospect that has flashed in the jockeys ranks since Johnny Gilbert was blazing the trail to stardom. The largest shipment of horses to arrive at Agawam Park, was unloaded Monday morning, when carloads arrived from Hagerstown, which closed Saturday. Among the seventy-two horses that arrived from that point were the strings of H. C. Vaughn and M. J. Cremen of Maryland. Eddie Haughton, who has been racing at Agawam, shipped eight horses from Rockingham Park for the Agawam meeting, and they will be handled by trainer Lou Williams. T. J. Donohue arrived from Rockingham Park with tnree horses. Agawam Park officials were highly pleased over the large turnout Saturday, which kept every "tote" machine busy to roll up a handle of 59,104, which came within reach of the record handle made last fall.
