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GAAL BRINGS HERNANDEZ BAND New Orleans Turf man Ships Fourteen to Fairmount Park. Leading Winning Stable at New Orleans During Past Winter Roidef Ace Sprinter. COLLINSVILLE, 111., April 17. The stable of Norman "Butsey" Hernandez is the latest "big name" establishment to check in at Fairmount Park for the twenty-seven day spring meeting starting Saturday, May 6. With assistant trainer Al Gaal in charge, Hernandez yesterday shipped in fourteen thoroughbreds from New Orleans, headed by his new acquisitions, Roidef, Bad Roll, Arctic Star, Please Doctor and three juveniles, and including the well known local favorites Prince Argo, Bright, Miss Adams, Radio Charm, Triple Play, Mary Senate and Tramway. Zuni, another in the Hernandez stable, which was wintered at a nearby farm, also joined the string. Hernandez, who captured the money-winning owner and trainer titles at last falls local campaign, repeated the feat at New Orleans the past winter in the most brilliant season of his career. He chalked up 18,269 in purse money to lead many nationally known rivals, while in the training department he sent postward twenty-nine winners, thirty-four seconds and twenty-five thirds to also set the pace. Roidef was one of the outstanding sprint stars of the New Orleans meeting. Acquired via the claiming route, the three-year-old son of John P. Grier captured four purses, in addition to finishing second twice and third as many times. A victory in the Spanish Fort Handicap was the biggest surprise of the meeting, for he led home such sterling older horses as Old Rosebush, Fairflax, White Cockade, Bunny Baby and others. Roidef paid off at over 40 to 1 in the mutuels. BEST AT ROUTE RACING. Bad Roll, like Roidef, also is a three-year-old, but his main forte is route racing. Bad Roll won three distance events in the Crescent City arid was so well thought of by Hernandez that he started the son of Eternal in the Louisiana Derby. Bad Roll ran unplaced in that effort. Arctic Star, an eight-year-old, took a new lease on life in the South, winning five purses, in addition to finishing second five times and third on three occasions. Trainer Gaal, on unloading here, said that all the horses stood the trip well, and that he j had been ordered by Hernandez to begin prepping Roidef and Prince Argo for the Inaugural Handicap, feature of the opening program. The race will not only serve for Roidefs debut in these parts, but will be Prince Argos first start of the year. The champion sprinter of last springs local meeting and one of the stars also of last fall, was fired and blistered after leaving here, and was returned to training late during the New Orleans meeting. The ace of the stable won over 0,000 last year for Hernandez. Hernandez sent his new apprentice rider Earl K. Sylvia along with the thoroughbreds, and announced he himself would be on the scene in about a week to take over the stable, which is the biggest on the grounds thus far.
