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HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page in C. J. FitzGeralds return as the commission steward. . . . The veteran official had intended completing his book covering his long association with racing during the long vacation he had planned for himself. . . Warren Yarberry is steadily developing into a finished rider. . . . Joseph E. Widener appears to have made a fortunate purchase in the lads contract. . . . The Texas lad and the veteran Wayne Wright give the Philadelphia sportsman a good riding team. . . . George Wallace is another apprentice showing good promise at Keeneland. . . . He comes from a famliy of riders including the Lunsfords. ... In accepting the engagement to ride Ciencia in the Pimlico Oaks. Carroll Bierman will not be available for a Kentucky Derby mount. . . . The two events are staged the same afternoon. . . . His contract employer, Louis B. Mayer, hasnt a candidate for the Churchill Downs classic unless he purchases one. Carl Baird will take the stable of Mrs. John Hertz, now at Keeneland, to Churchill Downs. . . . Don Cameron will make another selection from its members about Derby time to join his New York stable. . . . The others will be offered for sale and Baird will return to the breeding farm being established in the Blue Grass by the Chicago sportswoman. . . . Ed Sproules resignation as presiding steward at Hollywood Park did not come as a surprise in California racing circles. . . . William P. Kyne would not have transferred the Memorial Day program at Bay Meadows to the Inglewood course if the latter meeting did not follow so closely. . . . William A. Quig-ley, Jr., probably will not be in the stand at Del Mar. . . . This will permit him to devote all his time to the management of Bing Crosbys popular track. . . . His return to Santa Anita next winter is doubtful.
