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I BELMONT PARK TURF NOTES I Gene Austin made his first appearance in some time He fell and broke his hip during the Fair Grounds New Orleans meeting and improvementSilvio is showing steady improvement Silvio Coucci was a visitor and stated that he will attempt a comeback this week Mrs weekMrs C K G Billings widow of the late owner of Omar Khayyam died at her Cali ¬ fornia home ten days after the death of her husband husbandJockey Jockey J Longden has received an offer from Ryland H New of Toronto to ride one of his starters in the Kings Plate Longden may be forced to forego the assignment due to the fact that Melodist is an eligible for the Withers run the same day Among dayAmong the arrivals from Baltimore who rode in the Preakness at that point were H Richards W Wright D Dubois and J Gilbert Terry GilbertTerry Farley custodian of the jockeys room reported that 112 jockeys are on hand to accept mounts mountsTrainer Trainer Louis Feustel arrived from Balti ¬ more with Dark Hope and several others owned by J W Y Martin Leonard MartinLeonard Hayman bookmakers clerk was stricken ill at the Pennsylvania station awaiting the race train Tuesday He was removed to a nearby doctors office who stated indigestionThe that the attack was indigestion The annual meeting of the Turf Employes Association was held Monday night at the Turf and Gridiron Club Election of officers arid other business was transacted transactedSeveral Several horses trained by A G Blakely arrived MarylandTrainer from Maryland Trainer C F Clarke reported this morning that his charge Pompoon showed decided improvement overnight and that he had every confidence that the colt would be ready for his Belmont engagement Pom ¬ poon was grazed in a private paddock during the morning and showed but slight traces of lameness The bruise and cut on his foot is healing rapidly and no puss or for ¬ eign matter was discernible upon examina ¬ tion tionA A G Vanderbilt arrived from Baltimore and will remain for the season The seasonThe W M Jeffords stable in charge of trainer Preston Burch checked in from Pimlico PimlicoGeorge George Bull and Frank Stevens returned from an inspection trip to Saratoga Springs and reported that the improvements were nearing completion
