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DEW EXPECTED AT FA1RM0DNT Crack Apprentice Returning to Scene of Triumphs Last Fall. Fractured Ankle During Early Stages of New Orleans Season Well Now and Anxious to Ride. COLLINSVILLE, HI., April 20. The scintillating apprentice, Earl Dew, whose riding here last fall established him as one of the most popular jockeys ever performing at Fairmount Park, will return to the local scene for the twenty-seven day spring meeting starting May 6. Through his agent, Dave Emery, the Sac City, Iowa, youth, who won the riding championship here last year, then followed this up with titular honors at Sportsmans Park, Chicago, advised general manager D. C. Burnett he would come from Columbus, Ohio, in two weeks, in plenty of time to don colors opening day. Dew booted home thirty-two winners, twenty-nine seconds, and twenty-three thirds in 172 mounts at Fairmount last fall, and received national attention when in one afternoon he drove a quintet past the imaginary wire. What started out to be a spectacular season for Dew at New Orleans, recently ended in a boomerang, after riding four winners in the first three days, the youngster suffered a fractured ankle while astride the horse Birds Eye. After a three-month letup, Dew returned to action, and immediately showed a return to form, booting home nineteen more winners in about three weeks. Then again, the injury jinx caught up with him. He figured in a five-horse spill, and although getting off without serious injury, was so badly shaken up he declined any mounts the remainder of the season. Dew is thoroughly recovered now, and is anxious to resume his saddle career, according to Emery, and since his ability is known by all horsemen, his services are expected to be much in demand during the forthcoming local season. Three more stables checked in yesterday. F. G. Severson brought six, including Larry S. and Katherine G.; F. Speelman unloaded eight, including Parayant, Maria Juliet and Jokester; and J. D. Larkin registered three, headed by Fluke. Fluke was one of the most improved thoroughbreds of the recent New Orleans meeting, having come down in front on five occasions.
