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jSANTA ANITA TURF NOTES Apiong the belated arrivals from Agua Callente was the string of L. E. Redmon of Los Angeles. There were five head in the consignment in charge of trainer F. R. Doyle, who unloaded Sheerness, Goole, Mam Lindy, Easy Pickings and Charlotte Ann. Apprentice I R. "Robby" Robinson, who is under call I to the Redmon establishment, also arrived 1 Thursday morning from the Mexican "course i by motor. Apprentice Victor Bovine, who suffered an attack of stomach trouble at Tanforan, is . fully recovered from his illness and will be ready to accept mounts opening day. Bovine ; is under contract to E. F. "Smiling Frank" Fitzgerald. Answer True, which was successful in several engagements at Agua Caliente, arrived i at Santa Anita Thursday and was turned L over to trainer Thomas E. Cummings. The ! five-year-old son of Wildair races for Mrs. E. Bennett. Former jockey C. Ralph West, agent for the Silver State Stable, maintained by A. A. . "Bert" Baroni, will book the engagements i for jockey Charles Corbett, who is under call to Baroni for the meeting here. The final check, which included the shipments . of horses which reached Santa Anita L Wednesday, reveals there are 1,146 horses 5 housed at the Arcadia course. This information . was obtained from Barry Whitehead, , a member of the official staff at Santa Anita. Jockey Oren Laidley, who rode with a good measure of success in the New England region last summer, is an arrival and has 3 joined the stable of F. W. Walker. Trainer R. T. "Dick" Watts, who took over p the horses of Lawrence Barker, prominent Los Angeles business man during the waning , days of the Chicago season, reports the I Barker horses in fine fettle after an absence : ; of over two months and they are ready to fill J. early engagements. Watts is conditioning Sumatra HI., Vespasiano, Decuria and Gandhi II. Senator D. J. Metzger, one of Californias s starichest racing supporters, checked in from 1 his home at Red Bluff, Calif. The senator r has several horses here in charge of trainer r E. J. Hefferon. Apprentice R. Adair, contract boy for the p Rosedale Stable, has been leased by O. C. Rasch. 4
