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1 KEENELAND TURF NOTES I s- In addition to Jay Heart, a Kentucky Derby eligible, R. L. Mitchell has in training Great Smoke, Becoming, Try Flight, Hi Brea and My Thought for Dr. John S. Mc-Ginnis. Arriving from Hot Springs, Max Sussman took over the field glass concession stand. Sussman goes to California after the running of the Kentucky Derby. The third race in the book for Wednesday, April 19, should read for three-year-olds and upward, instead of strictly for three-year-olds. The race is at one mile and one-sixteenth. Cancelling his engagements Friday due to illness, Silvio Coucci resumed riding again Saturday. April 17 will be the first "dark" Monday at Keeneland. Entries will be taken Monday morning at the usual time for the Tuesday program. The division of the Bomar Stable of C. A. Bohn and Peter Markey has here in charge of Eddie Barnes, embraces ten horses. Detroit Bull, Biscayne Blue, Noble Boy, Bill-mar, Hazel Nut, Fancy That, Gold Band and Little Shaver are the more seasoned per- formers, while Colonial Maid and Ten Caret are three-year-olds. Tom Moran, who has charge of assigning the stalls at Keeneland, leaves Monday for Beulah Park, where he will have charge of the jockeys quarters. Fred Burton, clerk of the scales here, will depart for the same track after the completion of Wednesdays program. Burton will serve as racing secretary at the Grove City track. After working Tiger Saturday morning, Roy Waldron departed for Louisville to inspect the main division of the Milky Way Farm stable. The condition of Mrs. Samuel C. Nuckols, Sr., who is seriously ill at her Versailles, Ky., home, was reported as unimproved Saturday. She is the mother of judge S. C. Nuckols, Charles Nuckols and Horace Nuckols. Due to her illness, Charles Nuckols, one of Keenelands honorary stewards, will be unable to fulfill his duties. Shining Heels was shipped to North Randall to join a division of the Mrs. A. M. Creech stable which was shipped to that point from New Orleans.
