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ROCKINGHAM PARK NOTES 1 j A card of thanks was posted on the bulletin board in the jockeys quarters from jockey Joe Wagner. The officials, jockeys and valets had a radio sent to him at the hospital where he is nursing a broken leg suffered in a fall several days ago. Mort Mahony, head of the mutucls department, reports the daily average handle for the meeting to date at 65,664. Gallant Mae, sturdy campaigner from the string of A. G. Vanderbilt, arrived here from New York to fulfill his engagement in Saturdays 0,000 Rockingham Park Handicap. Jockey J. Jacobs has joined the stable of J. Chesney and plans to go to Detroit at the conclusion of the present meeting. Thirty-seven horses have changed hands by way of the halter route to date at the present meeting. The highest claiming price thus far was ,500, for Dreel. which was taken by D. J. Sullivan III. of San Antonio, Texas. Jockey John "Red" Pollard, favorite of New England racegoers, resumed active campaigning Wednesday as a free-lance rider. He can do 106 pounds.
