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I 1 SHREVEP0RT TURF NOTES : G. McClellan reported the purchase of the nine-year-old gray gelding Skidmore from C. C. Harrell. Terms of the transaction were private. Jockey Gus Dye, who was shaken up and bruised but not seriously injured when unseated from Dessie May in the third race Thursday, decided to cancel his riding engagements Friday. Henry T. Batcheler, who retired from active racing of horses a few years ago but still has a keen interest in thoroughbreds, came over from his home in Texas to view the sport Friday afternoon. Presiding steward Charles F. Henry of the ; State Jockey Club, who is still convalescing from an automobile accident, will leave for j Santa Barbara, Calif , next week, at which i point he will spend the winter. ! John Oros came over from New Orleans I for the last two days of racing at the Shreve-j port track. Oros wife, Mrs. Edna Oros, has . one horse racing here. E. H. Moody, Marshall, Texas, sportsman, announced the purchase of the three-time . winner Charles J. from Penprase and Padgett for a private consideration, and the undefeated performer here was turned oyer to S. Fausett to train. Port Girl and Busse Trumpet, the property of Dave Hum, and Tartarus, which he is training for J. H. Taylor, were transferred to Hot Springs, Ark., Friday morning, where they will be rested until the opening of Oaklawn Park. According to the report of L. D. Moore, the plater Potion fractured a small bone in a hoof and -ill be out of competition for an indefinite period. Walter Richey, who does the starting on many of the Canadian tracks and who is serving as patrol judge at the State Fair t grounds, will motor to Florida at the close i of the meeting here. i Apprentice Billy Joe Cassity, who has come to" the fore rapidly during the Shreveport meeting, will make his departure for New Orleans Sunday and will accept mounts on opening day.
