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1 JAMAICA TURF NOTES | S 0 A division of the Hal Price Headley stable arrived from Maryland, and is at Belmont Park. Stake blanks for the. Hollywood Jockey Club at Los Angeles were distributed among horsemen. Bee Bright was claimed out of the first race Tuesday from M. Van Beuren by A. Schwarz for ,500. Jockey Wayne Wright left for Pimlico to ride Pompoon for J. H. Louchheim in the Gittings Handicap. He will "also ride the colt in the Dixie. Jockey B. James will leave for Kentucky to ride Heather Broom for J. H. Whitney in the Derby. J. M. Gaver arrived from Keeneland Park with the main division of the Greentree Stable. Albert "Spec" Dunn was among Tuesday afternoons arrivals. John Moore, veteran clerk and bookmaker, is at Bellevue Hospital, New York City, in a precarious condition. He fell Saturday evening and examining doctors pronounced the injuries as a concussion. Later X-ray photographs were ordered and a possible fracture was suspected. Jockey Nick Wall will leave for Kentucky Wednesday to ride El Chico for W. J. Ziegler in the Derby. A division of the stable owned by W. F. Morgan, Texas breeder, arrived at Belmont Park Tuesday morning in charge of trainer Whitehill. In the fourteen days of racing at Jamaica, in which ninety-one races were held, 740 entries were made and 657 starters paraded postward. This left eighty-three scratches for the two weeks. The following horses are on the barred list from April 29: Shuchor, Watch Over, Grey Gold, Jolly Tar and Virginia Boy. They are. according to local rules, permitted to start ten days after the date of posting. Trainer Jimmie Fitzsimmons and his son, Jim, will leave for Kentucky Thursday. Fitzsimmons will supervise the saddling of the favorite, Johnstown, for the Belair Stud in the race. Benny Davis resumed his stand in the clubhouse enclosure following a one-day layoff.
