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REEDER SEEKING THE BEST Believes North Randall Will Attract Top Class Horses. May Recommend Special Handicap at Cleveland Track If Proper Material Can Be Secured. , CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 14 Julius Gordon Reeder already has assumed his position as racing secretary of the Cleveland Jockey Club, although the organizations initial meeting at North Randall does not start until May 27. Reeder, who has spent twenty-five of his forty-seven years as a race track official, arrived here Wednesday, marking the first time in a decade that he planted his feet on Cleveland soil. He flew here from California. The youthful yet veteran racing official waxed enthusiastic over North Randalls outlook. He said: "I honestly think the Cleveland Jockey Club has a good chance to make North Randall one of the midwests outstanding tracks," he declared. "In my travel from coast to coast I find horsemen keenly interested in the thirty-three day meeting. Possibility of bringing the top handicap horses of the country to North Randall for a race was discussed. Reeder made this observation: SPECIAL RACE PROBABLE. "If the top handicap division of the nation is at a point where a good contest Would be had, I will recommend to Randall officials that they stage a special race. I am confident that I can secure the best horses in training. However, listing the horses which are apt to be shipped here is extremely hazardous. Horses are delicate animals, you know, and the handicap picture may have changed considerably by the time out meeting starts." Reeder is a native of New Orleans and a protege of the countrys best known racing secretary, Jack Campbell. The latter gave Reeder his first job a quarter of a century ago. j North Randalls racing secretary first appeared on the Cleveland scene in 1923 as assistant racing secretary and placing judge at Maple Heights. He was secretary at Thistle Down in 1929. Reeder is racing secretary at Hawthorne. Reeder was accompanied to Cleveland by his wife. He plans to visit Kentucky tracks in the interest of the North Randall project.
