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OOD RIDING TALENT FOR FAIRMOUNT PARK PARKPaul Paul Keiper and Andy Bomar Are Among Those Who Intend to Ply Trade at Meeting MeetingCOLLINSVILLE COLLINSVILLE in May 10 Paul PaulKeiper Keiper who several years ago turned his back on a circus act of eating razor blades to concentrate on booting home race horse winners will once again sport silks at Fair i mount Park during the twentysevenday meeting starting Decoration Day May 30 30Keiper Keiper wired general manager D C Bur ¬ nett that he will accompany his contract employer F E Waldron when the latter ships his formidable fivehorse stable from Sportsmans Park in two weeks and that he most likely would handle Waldrons star runner Lazarus In the Decoration Day Handicap HandicapKeiper Keiper who has led many meetings in the last few years added the recent Hot Springs diadem to his collection At the Spa season Keiper booted home a total of twenty win ¬ ners in addition to fifteen seconds and eleven thirds in 122 pounds His figures i j topped by four the next high mark of Georgie King and left far behind the current Maryland apprentice sensation Darrell Mad ¬ den and other talented saddlesmiths as Kenney McCombs Jack Richard and others othersLEADERS LEADERS DURING FALL SEASON SEASONKeiper Keiper actually was the leader of last falls Fairmount Park campaign too but disqualified himself from the prize wriat watch emblematic of the honors when he left with Waldron for another track before the local campaign Terminated Keiper booted home twentythree winners in addi ¬ tion to fifteen seconds and fourteen thirds in 115 mounts here last fall Receiving the honors here last fall was Andy Bomar the East St Louis lad who kicked across the mythical wire a total of twenty winners winnersIncidentally Incidentally Bomar as well as Keiper has made known his intentions of returning here this spring so the duel between the leaders will be picked up where it left off last fall Keiper who was born in Eustes Neb twentyone years ago rode the first winner t of his career at Omaha June 11 1938 on the horse War Flight which paid a 59 mutuel He was introduced to racing by the horse ¬ man L R Gilchrist who picked up Keiper I while the latter was working around a circus and fair at Julesberg Colo General manager Burnett expects approxi ¬ mately fifty jockeys to be hero for the meet ¬ ing and besides Keiper and Bomar among those listed to ply their trade are Roberto Gonzalez Bobby Montgomery Steve Brooks Joe Dyer Ray J Jones Don Scurlock and others Among the apprentices due to be here and who is highly regarded is R Hid algo attached to the stable of Woodcock and King Hidalgo rode the first winner of his career last February at Havana and is said to be a wonderful riding prospect Hidalgo is now riding at Beulah Park
