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..... 1 Here and There on the Turf Hollywood to Run Forty-Four Days Will Distribute 80,000 Pimlico Stakes Close Tonight McLennan s Contract Highest Hollywood is contemplating a forty-four day meeting the second year of its operation. . . . June 8 has been set as the opening and August 5 for the closing. ... As usual, there will be no racing on Mondays. ... A distribution of 80,000 is planned with the minimum purse ,200. If better horses can be attracted, the outlay will be increased. . . . Heading the stakes programs is a pair of 0,000 events. . . . Probably a - renewal of the Hollywood Gold Cup and an affair for three-year-olds. . . . Two other features will be endowed with 5,000 each and a half dozen stakes each will have 0,000 purses. . . . Numerous other ,000 and ,500 events are planned. . . . The Woolford Farm stable is expected to be in full force at Hollywood Park next summer. ... Strong efforts will be made to lure other powerful establishments there from the East and Middle West. Nominations to all of Pimlicos autumn features except the Futurity close tonight at midnight. ... As was the case last fall, a stake-a-day program will be offered. . . . Most important of the late closing events are the Riggs and Bowie Handicaps each with 0,000 added and the ,500 added Walden Handicap. . . . Seabiscuit is expected among the Riggs and Bowie nominations. . . . Plans for War Admiral havent been mentioned. . . . Hal Price Headley might have pitted Menow against any horse in the country, at a mile and one urlong as a feature of the forthcoming Keeneland meeting but for the colts serious injury suffered while he was setting the pace in the Havre de Grace Handicap. ... He hopes for a strong Eastern representation in the revival of the Breeders Futurity. . . . This feature was inherited from the old Kentucky Association track. Eddie Arcaros new contract with the Continued on thirty-fifth page. " HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page. Greentree Stable continues the Kentucky Italian as the highest paid jockey in the country. . . . "Red" Pollard, will do his recuperating at the California ranch of Chas. S. Howard. . . . Seabiscuits regular pilot will, soon be discharged from the hospital where he has been confined since suffering a fractured leg at Suffolk Downs in June. ... Eddie Litzenberger finally has recovered sufficiently so that he can step along without crutches. . . . He expects to throw away his cane shortly but will not attempt to resume riding until the surgeon approves. . . . Probably not until next summer. . . . Joe Renick and F. A. Smith are likely to do the riding for E. R. Bradley if he sends out a division of his stable this winter. . . . They are with the establishment now and trainer Wm. Hurley is well pleased with their work. . . . Renick has been with Hurley for several years. Despite much inclement weather during the first half of the meeting, Belmont Parks attendance compared very favorably with that of last autumn. . . . The crowds picked up amazingly when the sun came out of hiding. . . . Improvements at Hialeah include better stairways into the grandstand. . . . Louis B., Mayer has a pair of Santa Anita Handicap candidates now in Perifox and Main Man. . . . Both are prospects for the stud he is assembling, but the former was purchased primarily for that purpose. . . . His representative tried to get Flares from the chairman of The Jockey Club but had to be content with Perifox. . . . Both are sons of Gallant Fox and well bred on the dams side. . . . They also raced smartly in England. . . . The Mayer yearlings are now at Hollywood Park learning the rudiments of racing. . . . Don Cameron will take active charge of them with the conclusion of the New York season. Chas. J. McLennan will receive 5,000 annually under his new contract with Suffolk Downs. With his other commitments, he is easily the highest paid racing official in the country. . . . The capable official undoubtedly will advise Charles F. Adams in matters other than racing in the operation of the big plant. . . . Pimlicos directors will go into a huddle immediately after the close of the meeting to discuss improvement in the outmoded plant. . . . When its new leased is signed, Pimlico may be ready to begin construction of its new clubhouse and grandstand. . . . The greatest crowd yet to attend the Thoroughbred Clubs annual dinners is booked for this years when Mrs. Payne Whitney will be honored. . . . Keene-lands racing and the autumn sales will attract the largest number of visitors yet to Lexington, according to advance reservations.
