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EMPIRE CITY TURF NOTES Jockey J Longden packed his tack and departed for Laurel for a oneday venture at that track trackDr Dr Leo Ryan of Gary Indiana was among the afternoons visitors He is here for the medical convention conventionFrisco Frisco Kid and Betty Jane owned by the Bomar Stable arrived here In charge of Dick Dickman DickmanRaymond Raymond Sonny Workman one of Amer ¬ icas leading riders over a considerable pe ¬ riod of years will be affiliated with the establishment maintained by John Hay Whitney during 1939 An agreement was reached yesterday with the Washington jockey joining the main division of the stable trained by Jim Healy on April 1 1George George Phillips shipped ten of the Mae mere Farms horses to Hialeah Park with the balance of the string heading in that direction next month monthChris Chris Wood Jr an Empire City visitor Friday stated he would ship the filly Book Reader and Stars from Narragansett to Pimlico They will be taken over there by J J Red Board Doc Reynolds the little trainer cigarHarry with the big cigar Harry Acker metropolitan follower of racing for a few decade passed away four years ago Like so many lads who tap out on the next race he was none too well fur ¬ nished in worldly goods when he went away He left a widow and she most un ¬ fortunately suffered a stroke a few weeks back Now she is confined in the York Hospital on East 74th Street and is in need of financial aid Friends who would care to assist Mrs Acker should get in touch with The Dancer M Hyams is the way it reads ringJules on his slate in the ring Jules Wessler reported that he had placed Pastry back in training and would campaign the veteran in Florida this year Jockey yearJockey S Young arrived from Toronto and reported to trainer Tom McCreery for whom he will ride in Florida this winter winterFrank Frank Kearns said that Bull Lea and other horses at Narragansett Park would be returned to Belmont Park and later shipped to Pimlico PimlicoBen Ben Jones will ship the Woolford Farm stable to Pimlico this week The stable will race out the Maryland season seasonDon Don Cameron will ship to California this winter and jockey Longden will accompany the stable stableUpon Upon the close of this meeting Jack Camp ¬ bell will leave for Baltimore to await the opening at Bowie where he serves in an official capacity capacityAl Al Levy of the HavanaAmerican Jockey Club postponed his intended trip to Ha ¬ vana and will confer with general manager James Milton and racing secretary Shelley Among the weekend visitors were Mr and Mrs Dan Mahoney of Miami and Dr L A Gorce of Miami Beach BeachEdwin Edwin J Brown of Seattle Washington president of the National Association of Rac ¬ ing Commissioners was a weekend visitor at Empire City He was accompanied by Mort Carraher a member of the official family at the Seattle race course
