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SHREVEPORT TURF NOTES In addition to three horses that John Thorwald sent from his farm at Dallas for racing here came L Blankes Dispeller and John Massey Jrs Cablegram CablegramSaliva Saliva tests will be taken at the discre ¬ tion of the track veterinarian Dr Anderson V Young and upon the order of the stew ¬ ards Charles F Henry and Owen E Pons PonsAll All of the licensed trainers and owners of horses registered at the State Jockey Clubs track were assembled Friday morning in the vestibule of the racing secretarys office and were addressed by presiding steward Charles F Henry on matters of vital impor ¬ tance pertaining to the staging of the twentyfive days of racing on schedule scheduleJoe Joe Umensctter has been engaged to direct the training of the large string of thorough ¬ breds that J W Etzler brought here from Detroit The outfit consists of the following horses Two Brooms Baranca Eddies Brother Fast Start Anna V L Tadcaster Imperial Jones Heliostat King of Spades and Gaijcst GaijcstAmong Among the jockeys who made applications this morning for licenses are H Caperton W Gonzales T Corn E Riccard T Sauter W Duncan M Butcher H Gower E J Barnes L Whiting F Rife W McCabe E Gross H Thudium J Wray J Alfonso A F Martinez L Hamilton E Shea and J Juarez JuarezThe The fields embracing the first two races daily which comprises Che Daily Double will be limited to eight horses each it was announced while the limit in other races will be ten starters All starts will be made from the Maxwell barrier by starter Tom J Brown BrownDirector Director of racing E Barnard Weiss an ¬ nounced that post time for the first race each day would be two oclock for the entire period of the meeting meetingW W A Mikcl owner of the largest stable quartered at the Caddo Parish track was an arrival from his thoroughbred nursery in Carlock Illinois and reported that the eleven additional horses now en route here from Sportsmans Park will arrive Saturday morning morningMore More than fifty jockeys have filed appli ¬ cation for licenses to ride at the State Fair Grounds here it was reported by Tom Moran custodian of the jockey quarters quartersTwo Two transactions were reported Friday morning at the Shreveport course when Mrs J T Stewart acquired the plater Blue Heuer from J Oran and R T Reed pur ¬ chased Silk Covering the deals were private in both instances instancesO O R Harrelson a recent arrival from the North registered the three horses that will be campaigned under his banner during the twentyfive days of racing at the Shreveport track The racers are Wise Eddie George and Devilish Nick NickJockey Jockey Tommy Sauter who rode with a good measure of success during the recent Fairmount Park meeting came in from his home in Covington Ky where he spent several days since the close of the Collins ville track trackFloyd Floyd Duncan brought in Air Glide and Ragawood from Omaha where the horses raced at AkSarBen during the past sum ¬ mer merE E B Shipp whose stable of racers are being freshened up at the Louisiana Jockey Clubs track at New Orleans came over to attend the opening of the season at the local course and plans to remain for several days
