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JOCKEY AND GROOM TO BE AIDED AT DELAWARE DELAWAREInsurance Insurance on All Riders Will Be Carried by Track Bonus of 10 for Groom of Each Winning Horse HorseWILMINGTON WILMINGTON Del May 26 In keeping with the trend of the times and carrying out Delaware Parks slogan of The publics race track jockey and exercise boy insur ¬ ance will be carried on all riders during the meeting which opens May 30 and premiums will be paid for by the track In addition the track will pay a 10 fee to the groom of each winning horse horseBoth Both of these matters have come up in knotty fashion at other tracks In some cases trouble developed in others it was threat ¬ ened To avoid any delay or inconvenience to the public all moot points were swept aside by the Delaware executive committees decision to pay all fees and charges from the tracks treasury treasuryIt It is probable that many of the countrys leading riders will be een in action at Dela ¬ ware since topranking stars are in the em ¬ ploy of the big stables which have shipped in and which will race at the track near Wilmington However there will be dozens of other boys more or less obscure and further dozens of exercise boys all of whom will enjoy the same privileges privilegesThe The policies have been taken out with Lloyds of London and include steeplechase riders as well as flat riders The precise terms are of course defined in the policy An additional embellishment is that the boys also are insured on nonracing days After all a boy can fall and hurt himself on a non racing day as easily as on any other otherPAYMENT PAYMENT TO GROOM GROOMIn In the case of the grooms payment will be made at the secretarys office The groom will be given a slip by the paddock judge showing that he is caring for a specific horse After all details are found in order the groom with the slip on the winning horse will get his 10 bonus bonusCliff Cliff Porter trainer of the Dixiana string which includes Sirocco told vicepresident John Bowditch yesterday that Mr and Mrs Charles T Fisher were planning a twoweek visit to Wilmington to watch their color bearers in action They will be accompanied by their young daughter The Dixiana string consists of nineteen head headProud Proud One winner of the Acorn Stakes at Belmont Park is an eligible for Delaware Parks 10000 added New Castle Handicap set for the closing day Saturday July 5 Proud One is a stablemate of Whirlaway in the Calumet Farm The champion threeyear old is an eligible for the 10000 Kent Han ¬ dicap to be run Saturday June 14 Warren Wright owner of the Calumet Farm is the leading twoyearold nominator for this years Delaware Stakes StakesBROTHER BROTHER OF LEE COTTON COTTONW W C Cotton who maintains a public stable and who is a brother of Greentree Stables Lee Cotton has shipped fourteen head His brother aide to John Gaver is expected to be in charge of Greentrees di ¬ vision of a dozen which will compete at Delaware DelawareThe The famous Christmas family of Upper Marlboro Maryland will be represented by approximately half a hundred horses Miss Rhoda Christmas Washington journalist will have three head in charge of R A Johrl son Her four brothers who train their own horses will all be in action Frank is shipping sixteen down from New York Yan cey is sending fifteen from New England while E A anc1 Donald are up from Mary ¬ land with twelve and seven respectively respectivelyJay Jay Jay and General Mowlee two of the better known colorbearers of Marylands Howard Bruce are on the ground having been shipped down from New York Mr Bruce long a leader in state and national political circles was recently elected a mem ¬ ber of The Jockey Club
