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SHREVEPORT TURF NOTES 5 r-Z Q John Oliver is contemplating shipment of his quartette of thoroughbreds he has quartered here to Oriental Park at the conclusion of the Shreveport meeting. Jockey R. Connor will accompany the shipment to the Cuban isle. George Ury, trainer for the Corn Husker Stable, announced that he will winter his charges at the Caddo Parish track until the opening of Oaklawn Park at Hot Springs next spring. The Corn Husker Stable horses include Our Reigh, Toneys Tomboy, Easy Sailing, Transfun and Servant Sue. Montaris and Imperial Nick are the newest additions to starter Tom J. Browns schooling list, which is the smallest of any time since the opening of the meeting. Jockey A. F. Martinez drew a suspension of five days from the State Jockey Club stewards for rough riding while astride Polite Ann in the eighth race on Wednesday afternoons program. The extent of the injuries suffered by apprentice Mike Pantone was a fractured collar-bone, according to attending physicians at the Tri-State Sanitarium. Mrs. Raymond R. Russell, wife of the president of Alamo Downs, at San Antonio, Texas, was a visitor at the Fair Grounds course Thursday and plans to remain here for several days. Mrs. Russell is owner of the Cactus Stable. The suspension of five days meted out to jockey Lloyd Whiting having expired, the Nebraskan made his return to the saddle, and will sport the silks for the remainder of the current Shreveport meeting. Al Pettingill, former bantamweight ring hope of several years ago, returned to New Orleans after a visit of two days at the Caddo Parish track. The popularity of ladies day at the course has been definitely established and the members of the fair sex have been attending the sport in large numbers. Georges Heir and War Dimes, owned by the partnership of J. Hudson and M. Bailus, were registered with racing secretary E. A. Hileman and will be campaigned here during the remainder of the twenty-five-day meeting, which reaches its climax on November 19. The four horses that G. H. Coyle had at the local course have been transferred to Fair Grounds in New Orleans to be prepared for racing at that point. They are Porta Manes, Caath, Oil Boom, and an unnamed yearling.
