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1 AURORA TURF NOTES j s Four carloads of thoroughbreds arrived from New Orleans Tuesday in excellent condition and were immediately put away in their barns. In the shipment were the charges of C. Fuehring, A. J. Schuetze, L. McClymon and P. Rando. The C. Fuehring horses coming from New Orleans were Swift Lad, Servant Pride, Red Aril and Sun Image. Four others, owned by Fuehring, came in from St. Louis. They were Lonquil, Desert Call, Gabriel and Identical. Eddie Seremba, younger brother of Frankie, will do the training of the eight head. Racing secretary, Dick Leigh announced that many stables would ship here directly upon conclusion of the Keeneland meeting on April 28, therefore arriving here in plenty of time for opening day. Stall applications from owners at Keeneland have been exceedingly heavy. Two carloads are due in from Hot Springs Thursday, which will complete the shipments from that point. Included in the incoming shipment are the charges of W. H. and C. Vanscoy, headed by Nervous Lady and Mint Box. J. F. Millen will ship three head from Houston, Texas, the latter part of the week; the car being scheduled to arrive here not later than Sunday. Tony Graffagnini is shipping five head from New Orleans today under the care of Dave Vititoe. "Butsy" Hernandez is also pulling out from Orleans today with his large string of twenty, all of which have been in training during the winter in New Orleans and will be ready for the opening bugle. Heading the popular New Orleans horsemans string are Prince Argo, the promising three-year-old son of Happy Argo, and the veteran handicap star, Woodlander. Hernandez has two promising two-year-olds in Denim and Tell. Jockeys R. Morris and W. McCadden will do the riding for the prominent establishment. H. H. Fausett has Leading Article, Royal Palace and Busse Trumpet here for B. P. Woodson. Leading Article, one of the leading sprinters of the past winter season, is scheduled to go postward in the ,500 added six furlongs Inaugural Handicap on May 2. . The formidable stable of James Emery was an arrival, headed by the classy three-year-old filly, Dolly Val, and the veteran plater, Arctic Star, one of the most active horses in training. Starter Johnny Morrissey and his ground crew will be busy from morn till night starting today, schooling horses from the new Bahr gate. Three jockey valets to put in an appearance were Jerome Amond, Jack Pierce and Jim Marron. Frankie Seremba has nineteen quartered here, and the former jockey is helping his trainer, W. Sallee, in conditioning the large string. The stable is headed by the promising three-year-old Sweep All gelding Fair-flax, which has been named for the 2,000 added Illinois Derby and also for the Kentucky Derby. There are eight juveniles in the lot, namely, Domanio, Abmeres, Tra La La, Once in a While, Sunny Time, Lucky Jewel, Grecian Time and Kindly Act. The latter six are by the successful young sire Playtime and were purchased at, the Southland Stable dispersal sale last winter. The remaining members of the establishment are Pin Money, Pegging Away, Real Play, Pedant, My Feng, Nor Feng, Rosselli, Lucky Ducky and Gumption. Nelson Ings, popular horseman, has three at the top of their form that will .be seen under colors here during the twenty-four day meeting. They are the good sprinter Epernay, Dancing Boy and the useful router M. J. Brennan. D. C. Burnett, resident manager, announced that the paving of the principal automobile roadway leading to the two large parking lots is now under way. Pouring of the concrete has started and this marks one of the major improvements to the course this season. An additional auto parking lot directly adjacent to the main lot also has been pro- vided, making ample parking facilities for record-breaking attendances which are anticipated on each of the four Saturdays of the meeting. Joe Cattarinich, treasurer of the Fox Valley Jockey Club, is pushing his front office force at top speed and they would be ready if the meeting opened tomorrow. E. E. Russell will have seven head ready in time for the first bugle, headed by the eight-year-old Golden Fate. The others are Hymarque, King Ruler, Goldkin, Umasee, Van Reveille and King Relief. Jack Thomas, whose Thomas Speed-X camera will snap the photograph finishes, was an arrival, as was Jack Stubbs of the racing secretarys office.
