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1 SUFFOLK DOWNS NOTES $ * R. Scott, an apprentice boy under contract to J. V. Stewart, arrived from Maryland. The string of Le Mar Stock Farm horses Willie Booth has at Suffolk Downs comprises Manyatime, Minedda, Molest, Minurba, Must Be, Midair, Mutinous, Miamba Girl, Mismark, Millie M., Many Stings, Merry-mood and Marmara. Samuel D. Riddle, owner of War Admiral, and Louis B. Mayer, motion picture executive who recently purchased a large stable, were the luncheon guests of Bruce Wctmore and John Lambert, Suffolk Downs directors, in the paddock club before the races Tuesday. The newspapers reported represented at the Suffolk Downs opening included the Hartford Times, Hartford Cpurant, Meriden, Conn. News, Portland Maine Express, Lewiston Maine Journal, Lowell Courier-Citizen, Lawrence Sunday Sun, Quincy Patriot Ledger, Worcester Telegram-Gazette, Providence Journal-Bulletin, Springfield Union, New York Sunday Enquirer, Lynn Item, Lynn Telegram, Manchester Union and Nashua Telegraph. Sheldon H. Fairbanks, local owner and trainer, is recovering from a severe attack of grippe. The Milton sportsman has some fourteen head of horses at Suffolk Downs. Work on the new stables at the west end of the stable area is progressing rapidly. Tommy Waller, training for the Brandon Farm, arrived with a string of ten. R. MacDonald, apprentice who will ride for J. Yancey Christmas, arrived Tuesday morning. Mrs. R. H. Heighes stable of four head arrived from Pimlico. Jack Boniface is the trainer. Earl Maloney, Pawtucket boy, becomes a full-fledged jockey after fulfilling Tuesdays engagements. Jockey Andy LoTurco returned here from New York, where he attended the funeral of his grandfather. Jockey Eddie Smith joined the Suffolk Downs riders colony. He rides free lance and had the mount on Pumpgun in the sixth. Bob Frend and his crew of assistant starters schooled forty-two juveniles at the barrier Tuesday morning. They were all non-starters in New England. Suffolk Downs policy of getting the daily races off close to schedule, was evidenced on opening day, when only seventeen and one-half minutes were lost in the entire card. Short post parades and prompt starting wili be welcomed by horsemen and patrons alike.
