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: 1 . : 1 ! 1 1 i j j 1 f i i i i i t i j i t LAUREL PARK TURF NOTES f - s Jockey D. West was suspended five days for reckless riding in the sixth Friday astride Teddys Star. Jockey Lee Hardy, who rode The Serf for H. W. Jackson in the fourth race on Thursday, was fined 00 for striking jockey R. Merritt with his whip during the running of the race. Merritt rode Chance Watch. The ruling was given out Friday. Dave Wood, publicity director of the Maryland Jockey Club, was an interested spectator Saturday to watch Seabiscuit perform. Jockey Albert Schmidl, who rode for the Parkwood Stable in Canada and Detroit throughout the summer, arrived from the Dominion. Trainer Tom Smith received permission from the stewards to have spurs as part of the equipment on Seabiscuit in the Laurel Stakes. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt occupied his box in the clubhouse section after attending the luncheon of the Maryland Breeders Association held before the racing began. Jockey Jack Westrope came from New York to ride The Chief for Maxwell Howard in the Laurel Stakes. Jockey Charles Kurtsinger accepted his first mount since a recent leg injury. J. P. Turner, Sr., is distributing stake blanks for the winter meeting of the Miami Jockey Club to the hundreds of horsemen racing at Laurel. Jockey Leon Garrett celebrated his twenty-third birthday on Saturday and was congratulated by his fellow riders. Sixteen claims were filed during the first half of the meeting at Laurel, according to a check made by the clerical staff. The total amount for the claims was 2,750. Jockey E. Tucker, after riding at Laurel on Friday, packed his riding equipment and departed for New England to ride at Nar-ragansett Park. The platers Millie O. and Vickson were the latest pupils to join the schooling classes at Laurel. Jockey R. Merritt, who has been commuting between New York and Maryland, stated that he would return here for Mondays racing. His engagements are being made by Ed. Parks. Charles J. McLennan, who will serve as racing secretary at Pimlico, notified officials of the Maryland Jockey Club that he would be at the Hilltopless course on Sunday to look over the plant and complete some detail work. Joe Stevens, Jr., arrived from New York to assist Homer Rose in looking after the various units of the H. M. Stevens Co., Inc. Jockey Harry Richards stated before leaving here to ride Hants at Jamaica that he would return here to accept mounts on Monday. General manager Frank Brady of the Laurel State Fair, Inc., left late Saturday for New York on a business mission and is due back at his desk early Monday morning. Humphrey Finney was a visitor Saturday and announced that 188 nominations have been made for the sales to be conducted in the armory at Pikesville November 7-8-9. The sale promises to be the biggest ever staged in Maryland and breeders are coming from all parts of the country to attend the vendue. A draft of the Hal Price Headley Stable is expected to reach Laurel on Monday from Jamaica,
