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- i ! t HAVRE DE GRACE NOTES P. A. Markey, part owner-of the Bomar Stable, which is here in charge of R, E. Potts, is expected here from Detroit to inspect the stable. Jockeys accepting their first mounts of the Havre de Grace meeting Friday were L. Machado, B. Austin, R. Merritt and E. Scott Jockey J. Westrope returned from Jamaica and stated that he would leave Monday for Churchill Downs to assist in the preparation of Gerald, which he will ride In the Kentucky Derby. Six claims have been made at Havre de Grace since the spring meeting was ushered in on Monday for a total of 0,550. John P. Turner, who will serve as racing secretary for the Thorncliffe Breeders and Racing Association in Toronto, Can., stated that he is preparing the condition book for the spring meeting, and hopes to have it ready for distribution shortly. The Thorncliffe Park meeting is scheduled to . open June 1. R. L. Hanna has had the firing irons applied to his useful performer Luculent and has turned the gelding out for a long rest Condition books for the first seven days at Churchill Downs were issued among the horsemen at Havre de Grace by Charles J. McLennan. Stake blanks for the spring meeting of twenty-four days to be staged by the Eastern Racing Association, Inc., at Suffolk Downs, were being distributed by Bob Frend, who serves as starter at the Boston track. Suffolk Downs will have fifty-four days of racing this season, with the 0,000 Massachusetts Handicap to be run during the summer meeting starting July 12 as the main attraction. William Zakoor has turned the plater Wise Advocate out at Clarks farm near Laurel, after having the son of Wise Coun-i sellor fired. Thomas F. Kelly, Chicago sportsman, was host to a party of friends that he enter- tained in the clubhouse during the after- noon. They included Mrs. Samuel Marks and daughter. Miss Grace Marks, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Medway; ..and Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt.
