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News and Notes From Fairmount Park COLLINSVILLE 111 May 24 There will be no lack of good veterinarians at Fairmount Park this spring The well known vets C N Finch and E E Watson have announced that they will race their horses here hereFreddie Freddie Crafton the dapper placing judge who last week got in from New Orleans is giving racing secretary Leigh valuable aid in registering horses for the coming meeting meetingHerman Herman Johnson who has a quartet on the grounds headed by Yondell E awaits the arrival of the recent long shot winner Gold jack to round out his stable Goldjack paid 57 for 2 in a triumph at Sportsmans Park last week weekThere There seems to have been a mistake made in the name of the juvenile colt which will race for the noted St Louis sportsman and socialite August A Busch Jr Instead of it being called Color Brigade it is named Brigade Colors He is one of the handsomest juveniles on the grounds groundsThe The jockey club has set inspection day for Sunday May 25 Three distance races will be run for the entertainment of visitors and there will also be a jumping exhibition by leading women steeplechase riders of St Louis The Vandalia Bus Co will again convey fans from St Louis to the track with the station in St Louis located at Broadway and Lucas Streets Round trip tickets will be fifty cents and buses will run at five minute intervals during the peak hour of traffic Alfie Irwin of the mutuel department is a daily visitor at the track and helping shape the details for the meeting Irwin has an ¬ nounced roll call for Sunday May 25 25Glen Glen Gorbet shipped in four horses from j Sportsmans Park Towson Janepola Speedy Valley Johnnie Dear and announced two more Imperial Jones and Connie Sue would be here Monday His father Sam Gorbet will soon transfer four here AnnaaVish Royal Put Mere Blaze and Grandmas Boy BoyEnoch Enoch Rea came in with a sextet of horses from Sportsmans Park Maiden Dream Geologist Red Magic Preco Forcible and Buff Ryan Rea has been a regular in these parts for many years yearsGeorge George Howell wired he will be in Tues ¬ day from Churchill Downs with nine run ¬ ners Absent from Howells string this spring will be his former popular horses here Hollywood Ace and Ishkoodah both of whom died from shipping fever in a trip to the West Coast last winter winterE E E Major brought in a quartet of horses from Sportsmans Park Parlor Trick Match Ship Panikit and Bilkan and announced another division of the stable would come in following the close of the Cicero cam ¬ paign paignThe The Rivermont Ranch stable sixteen strong and now racing at Suffolk Downs will be unloaded over the weekend accord ¬ ing to word received by racing secretary Leigh The establishment is St Louisowned Mickey Keefe trainer of the classy filly Swift Light revealed he has nominated his star to stakes totaling 30000 this summer Two of the stakes are 10000 events for fillies and mares the Matron Stakes at Arlington and Hannah Dustin Handicap at Suffolk Downs DownsKeefe Keefe is here for Lie first time but the San Francisco turfman is well known in racing circles throughout the country He developed the star jockey Tommy Luther years ago agoBill Bill Stock drove in from Churchill Downs to arrange for the transferring of four horses from that point then returned to the Kentucky oval Stock was accompanied by jockey Bobby Montgomery the stables contract rider Stock is training Cross Ruff My Day and two juveniles juvenilesApprentice Apprentice Andy Bomar one of the leading riders at the spring and fall meetings last year is here with the E B Shipp establish ¬ ment Bomar rode the first winner of his career at the local track last June 15 15Announcing Announcing himself as fit for the coming season Warren Cornay veteran New Or ¬ leans reinsmah signed Wednesday morning to ride during the local meeting for Milton Resseguet who also hails from the Crescent City CityApprentice Apprentice Don Paternoster Fairbury 111 youngster under engagement to P C James arrived from Chicago ChicagoGeorge George Demarest attached to the clerical department under Charles Eddy who acts as the horsemens bookkeeper arrived from his home in New Orleans J W Frye will do the heavyweight riding for H S Johnson who has a public stable quartered here Apprentice Paul Driscoll is also available availableApprentice Apprentice E M Johnson under contract to V H McMullen and one of the leading riders at Oriental Park last winter arrived from his home in New Orleans and reported to his contract employer employerA A regular for many years Julius Goe decke Jr moved his useful stable here re ¬ cently from his farm in St Louis County Goedecke who trains his own horses regis ¬ tered Lynxholm Brilliant Glow Bobby D Wise Princess Good Penny High Polish and Toms Party The latter was acquired sev ¬ eral days ago from Bert Bagley BagleyPercy Percy C James whose horses arrived this morning from Chicago in charge of H K Barren stopped off at his farm near Fair bury 111 to inspect his stallion Rejuvena ¬ tion brood mares and sucklings on his plo James is expected before the opening openingJockey Jockey R J Jones who handled Fred Seroys consistent Three Bangs in all his handicap engagements here last season ar ¬ rived from Chicago and reported to Seroy Jones announced he has given second call on his services to F E Waldron WaldronA A carload of horses from Cuba making up the stables of A G Dunlap J H Hall M Katz and B Gardner are scheduled to unload this week
