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1 OMAHA TURF NOTES | $ 4 H. C. Rumage, who is now at Beulah, applied for stalls at Ak-Sar-Ben and was allotted stabling room. Judge George Schilling, nationally known racing official, stopped off for a few hours in Omaha Friday night to renew acquaintances. Schilling, who serves at Winnipeg as presiding steward, was on his way to that city Saturday. Apprentice Charles Colberg, under contract to Z. E. McGregor, rode the first race of his career when he donned the colors to guide Tarping in the Inaugural Handicap at Ak-Sar-Ben Saturday. Joseph Cohen, prominent sportsman of San Francisco, arrived here from his home on the West Coast. Cohen has several horses here which are under the direction of Earl H. Beezley. The performers, which carry the Cohen colors are: Klister, Little Kiev and Much Trouble. Former jocke y"Buddy" Berry is back at Ak-Sar-Ben with his usual quota of horses, just one, which is Molly Greenock. Last season Berry campaigned the mare Lo, which left Omaha with an enviable record, accounting for five firsts, three seconds and two thirds out of ten starts. L. M. Patton checked in with the nine-year-old Clatsop Chief. The horse will be trained by R. C. Prather. Swing Corners and Cute Thing were the performers brought here by J. Johnson, who will do his own training. Judge A. J. Heffernan, associate steward at Ak-Sar-Ben, arrived here late Saturday and took his place in the official pagoda. Heffernan, who will do some missionary work here for the pending Longacres meeting, brought on the condition books for that meeting and distributed them among the horsemen. Apprentice Norman Frasch, under call to W. J. Potter, will become a full fledged jockey after filling his engagements June 3. It will have been one year since he won the first race of his career on a recognized track. L. W. Kidd, one of the most noted among the horse traders, made his first swap of the meeting when he turned over to A. C. Nelson Margaret X., for which he obtained Sun Singer. Lee Cox, veteran owner and trainer, has leased the horses Peace River, Disaster and Masked Clown. The trio will race in the colors of their new owner in their future engagements. Peace River is the first of the three to enter competition and made his first start of the meeting in the Memorial Handicap Monday, Jack Jarvis, inventor of the Jarvis-Waggoner starting gate who abandoned starting to enter the training ranks, is a visitor for a few days. He will return to Chicago to take up the mare Miss Flicker and get her ready for a campaign this fall on the Chicago circuit. Aside from attending to his duties in connection with the stable of Guy Shultz, Lee "Red" Allen will do engaging for apprentice Clyde Williams and jockey Willie Mor-rissey.
