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1 BOWIE TURF NOTES t s 4 Jockey R. L. Vedder arrived from Hot Springs prepai-ed to ride here. He will sign up with G. R. Bryson. Woods Garth checked in from his Virginia home and will remain for the season. Walter Campbell, one of the old guard, arrived from Philadelphia and will remain for the season. Richard Crashley, mutuel manager at the Thorncliffe Park track, Toronto, arrived for a few days of racing. Matt L. Daiger, general manager of Pim-lico, was among Tuesdays visitors. He reported that the work on the infield is near-ing completion. Walter Kenny was among the New Yorkers on hand. He was in Washigton on business and stopped off en route home. Jockey L. Haas arrived from Hot Springs, accompanied by his agent, "Goldie" Mitchell. At the conclusion of this meeting Haas will leave for New York to ride. Louis Schaffer reported that Annino was cut and bruised during an escapade Monday and will be on the shelf for a brief period. Jockey H. Le Blanc signed up with Mrs. John Bosley, Jr., for the year and will ride the horses trained by that horsewoman. Nominations for the various stakes at Pimlico were distributed in book form. John Farrell will show his Derby candidate, Brown Moth, in the fourth race Wednesday. Col. E. Swelter and J. E. Alley schooled the horses owned by W. J. Ziegler, Jr., and trained by Matt Brady at Pimlico Tuesday morning. Wednesday they will go to the Laurel Stock Farm near Laurel and break and school the horses trained by J. P. Jones. Jockey R. Workman will leave Friday for Tropical Park to ride Infantry in a stake engagement there, returning to Maryland following the running of the race. The starters stand at Pimlico will be . fashioned in the style in use at Bowie. The guard rails for the starter will be movable and thus afford a clear view for the patrons, who may stand back of one of the structures. Trainer R. E. Potts of the Bomar Stable said Tuesday that jockey L. Turner had severed his connection with the establishment. Jockey Herb Simmons, who was injured at Hialeah Park, will resume riding at Havre de Grace and do the bulk of the saddle work for the stable. J. B. Belk, Virginia owner and breeder, reports twins at his Charlbtteville nursery. A chestnut filly and a bay colt resulted from the mating of Sir Walter and Madam Snob. Belk spends the best part of his spare time watching the antics of the playful pair, of which the filly is the leader in all pranks and mischief. Pat Brady arrived from Florida and took up Bright Prince and Scout On, which were wintered in Maryland. They are to be raced over the Maryland tracks. The horses owned by Mrs. R. H. Heighe arrived at Havre de Grace to await that meeting. Worth Johnson, agent for jockey W. Wright, arrived and will handle that riders engagements. Pineapple and Riotous, owned by J. H. C. Forbes, arrived here from winter quarters in Falston, Md. Galon Boy and Zowie were the first barrier offenders and were placed on the schooling list by starter James Milton. Jockey E. Porter arrived here from Florida and his engagements will be made by Al Davis. H. L. Emrich, owner of the Millsdale Stable, left for New York before returning to his home in Chicago. Earl Walden will supervise the mutuel department for the first two weeks of the Suffolk Downs meeting, preceding the arrival of M. M. Mahony. Condition books for the Jamaica meeting were distributed by Francis Dunne. Marshall Cassidy said that for the New York season, effective at Jamaica, the gallop to the post as used at Hialeah Park would prevail. The horses, after leaving the paddock, gallop at a slow pace, fifty to sixty feet apart to the turn and then parade back to the starting post.
