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t PIMLICO TURF NOTES |l J . — s | | Jockey F. A. Smith, who rode Bunny Baby : for E. K. Bryson in the Jennings Handicap Monday at Pimlico, was fined 0 by the stewards for using profane language when pulling up after the running of the fixture. I He was also suspended three days by starter J. F. Milton for disobedience. f i Mariyah, a starter for Clay Sutphin in the first race, and Close Quarters, a starter for Mrs. C. T. Grayson in the fourth race, had I 1 blinkers added as part of their equipment on Tuesday. V , i James Considine has been appointed manager of the mutuel department for the meet-, ing to be staged at Wheeling Downs, accord-1 I ing to word received here. J Several stables racing at Pimlico have made plans to ship direct to Delaware Park after the close of the meeting to await the. thirty-day session of the Delaware Steeple- | chase and Race Association starting Decora-1 I tion Day. There is a steady movement of smaller I 1 stables to Charles Town, W. Va., to take up ■ accommodations that have been reserved for. the long meeting in the Shenandoah Valley. | Clem McCarthy arrived from New York early Wednesday morning and selected an advantageous position from which to broadcast the running of the Dixie Stakes. Joe Hernandez has been reappointed to handle the public address system for the fall meeting of the Maryland Jockey Club. Hernandez leaves for the West Coast after the present meeting. I ■ Harry Neusteter has made plans to ship I his useful stable to Suffolk Downs at the1 close of the meeting at Pimlico. Mortimer M. Mahony, in charge of the mutuel department at Pimlico, stated that his department will have 127 sellers, 122 cashiers, 30 money room men, 12 messengers 1 j , and a staff of 65 in other units on Preakness I Day. For the convenience of early arrivals I who wish to avoid crowding when the rush! begins late in the afternoon, booths for advance betting on the Preakness will be thrown open at 11 a. m. Fred Littlefield, who has attended every running of the Preakness Stakes, is on hand for the coming renewal.
