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I FAIR GROUNDS TURF NOTES I $ N. J. Scallon, Texas owner and trainer, departed for his home in Houston, where he will remain until after the Christmas holidays. In his absence his horses are being looked after by his brother, G- B. Scallon. J. B. Theall, head trainer for the preten- : tious Joe W. Brown stable, is confined to his apartment with a severe cold. Nellie Mc and Solitary, which were injured en route from Narragansett Park, are vastly improved, according to O. L. Foster, in w.hose stable the racers are at the Fair Grounds. Melvin Knight, who has been riding iri nice form at the meeting, was at the track for the first time since Thursday. The 1929 national champion had an attack of the flu, but is ready to don silks. General manager R. S. Eddy, Jr., announced that delegates to the baseball convention will be admitted to the grounds free of charge during the length of their parley. Display of convention badges is all that will be necessary to be passed through the gates. Dr. L. C. Pike, of Dallas, Texas, was an arrival from Bowie, Md., and will remain ii New Orleans a few days before departing for his home. The three horses owned by Dr. Pike are turned out for the winter in Detroit. The ten-day suspension meted out to jockey Eugene Rodriguez for rough riding on the second day of the current Louisiana Jockey Club meeting, expires Wednesday. The second issue of the Louisiana Jockey Club condition books are off the press and were distributed to horsemen over the weekend. John H. Harmon, inspector for the Ohio State Racing Commission, is a visitor in New Orleans and will remain here for several weeks before returning to his home in Columbus, Ohio. Jockey Dunice Dubois, who has been visiting with relatives in Kaplan, La., since his discharge from Hotel Dieu, where he underwent treatment for a stomach ailment, returned to New Orleans today. He is attached to the stable of Joe W. Brown. Dominick Yuse, prominent in catering circles in San Antonio, Texas, and an owner of several horses, is visiting in New Orleans for a few days. Apprentice Frank Early, under contract to B. B. Rice, made his first appearance in colors before his home town folk Wednesday afternoon when he had the mount on Ellabee in the second race. Early is a maiden jockey and has been with Rice for the past two years. - .
