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, ; i : . TROPICAL PARK TURF NOTES s Leslie Pichon, who rode in California last winter has joined the riding colony here and is ready to accept mounts during the balance of the Florida racing season. Sherrill Ward has four yearlings in his barn that he is preparing for the two-year-old races at Hialeah Park. The youngsters, two colts and a pair of fillies, are by the successful sires Stimulus,. Happy Argo and Gino. Viewing the racing at Tropical Park Wednesday from a motor car parked near the bleacher enclosure were Earl Sande and Maxwell Howard. The Maxwell Howard horses, including Stagehand, are in winter quarters at Columbia, S. C. Starter G. R. Wingfield has started schooling yearlings that are leing made ready for racing at Hialeah Park. Three coming two-year-olds were given barrier education Thursday morning. The clerical staff at Tropical Park has completed; work on registration of horses that have been listed to the present time. Jockey R. Nash, who fell for the second time in as many days when he was thrown from the sprinter Worthing in the first race Wednesday, suffered another shaking up and a sprained back. He was removed to University Hospital for treatment. His mount came back to the paddock .bleeding at the nostrils. Mike Jacobs, promoter of many of the leading prize fights and manager of Madison Square Garden, who arrived here late; Wednesday, was present for the racing at! Tropical Park Thursday. Tom Wingfield, son of starter G. R. Wing-field, arrived from Cincinnati, Ohio, to spend the Christmas holidays with his parents. A ruling of the stewards at Tropical Park states: "Not more than one horse trained by the same trainer shall be entered in any claiming race unless the race be split." Louis Maul sent word here that a carload of horses embracing sixteen head pulled out of the loading chute at the Fair Grounds New Orleans, for Oriental Park in Havana, Cuba, on Wednesday. The shipment included a draft of the J. Hill stable. Racing secretary R. S. Shelley has begun work on the condition book that will embrace the final ten days of the meeting of the Gables Racing Association. Jockey Ronnie Nash, who was thrown from the plater Nabob in the seventh race Wednesday, was slightly shaken up by the1 fall. The lad filled his Thursday engagements and was none the worse for the spill Ben A. Jones, trainer of the Woolford Farm horses, has Lawrin, winner of the Kentucky Derby, under saddle almost daily at Hialeah Park. The brown three-year-old son of Insco is training soundly and is roundinir into racing condition.
