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News and Notes From Detroit DETROIT Mich May 27 Jockey Euclid Le Blanc has accepted a position as contract rider for Earl H Beez ley and will begin his new duties with the stable at once Will Crisp will continue to make Le Blancs outside saddle engage ¬ ments mentsDetroit Detroit Fair Grounds stewards have re ¬ quested motorists to drive slowly and care ¬ fully through the track grounds Jim Savarda is back at his old post and a member of the front office staff which is in charge of the veteran Reed Hess HessEmerson Emerson Davis arrived from Churchill Downs with Lady Peepo the property of W J Kennedy Leslie Combs ILs Flag Lily H C Ragans Blue Grass Girl and Knock Glass which will perform here under the silks of J H P Richards RichardsTom Tom Monroe member of racing secretary Charles Henrys staff is on duty again at his post which he has held since racing got under way here in 1933 1933Frank Frank Gabe Thompson came in from Churchill Downs and registered Carlade Strolling Home and Draw Out lor campaign ¬ ing at the Detroit meeting meetingArthur Arthur Dewey who for the past five years has acted as outrider at the Detroit Fair Grounds plans to get back in shape for his favorite sport polo Dewey is rated as one of the top polo players of the nation and has performed with several outstanding teams teamsWill Will Lutz checked in from Beulah Park with Migal Fay Fight On and Double R all of which will race under his wifes colors and Mrs D Hicks Come Home as well as Greenski the property of Mrs S Dunn Cleveland ClevelandJ J Oliver Brown track superintendent at the Fair Grounds who also holds a similar position at Thistle Down announced that Frank Gering has reserved stalls for the Cleveland summer meeting The Gering horses are now being campaigned at Lincoln Fields FieldsJudge Judge C A Bray steward representing the Michigan Racing Commission acted as election judge when the grooms voted to approve the new scale of awards which are to be paid them by the Detroit Racing Asso ¬ ciation ciationJ J L Taylor checked in and registered eight horses which are the property of B M Wilson WilsonWalter Walter Starr arrived with Watercure C C Curtiss and Soon all of which are the prop ¬ erty of Mrs E Oros George Oros is bring ¬ ing Fanfun Bucking Kiev Singer Darby allan Ten Blow and Sweet Sukey from Lin ¬ coln Fields The veteran John Oros will not be at Detroit regularly for he is now busily engaged improving his recently pur ¬ chased farm near Aurora 111 New paddocks and yearling barns are now being construct ¬ ed at Oros nursery nurseryJockey Jockey Jimmy Green arrived from Beulah Park and immediately reported to Al Miller trainer for the I J Collins stable Norman Sudduth will make Greens outside saddle engagements during the Detroit session sessionFrank Frank E Childs who conditions the Peter ¬ son Childs horses announced that Sun Pharos came out of his winning engagement in the Wolverine Handicap Saturday in good condition conditionC C R Clark is an arrival from Lexington Kyi and will condition the four horses which will race here lor B F Clark ClarkJ J A McCracken chief of the admission gate staff at the Detroit Fair Grounds re ¬ ported that he has increased his number of assistants to twentyfive men this year Homer Houston a groom in the employ of Emerson Davis was removed to Highland Park Hospital Monday when he ruptured a varicose vein in his leg legC C L Dodson registered ten horses after their safe arrival from Churchill Downs The unit is the property of S and J Hous ¬ ton tonJockey Jockey Don Scurlock is resting easily at the Highland Park Hospital according to reports from attaches of that infirmary Scurlock broke his left leg last week when thrown from Speedy Squaw during a train ¬ ing move moveJohn John Massey Jr arrived from Washing ¬ ton Park and tooK over the three horses he will condition here for Mrs Massey MasseyGus Gus Simone came in from Erlanger Ky and registered the five horses he will cam ¬ paign at the Detroit meeting meetingWright Wright Gedge and Don Depew are hand ¬ ling the Dual Photo Finish Camera at the Detroit Fair Grounds this season seasonDave Dave Bryant former rider is conditioning five horses here The stable is headed by O D Randolphs useful performer Agracela AgracelaFrank Frank E Ray arrived and took over the training of Traumelus My One Rubaiyat Cheval de Fer Spearover Lawrenceville and Saxam all of which race for John English New England sportsman sportsmanA A L Taylor is well pleased with the man ¬ ner in which the twoyearold Lincoln Haste is training Taylor also has the plater Quicker here for O M Urbain Columbus Ohio patron patronMrs Mrs W R Hoffman is training her own trio of horses here and has Flying Toy Orphan Toy and Brilliant Hope registered registeredFrank Frank Flower arrived from Churchill Downs with his sevenhorse public stable stablePat Pat McCabe is looking after Big Sam Afghan and Giovanno for George K Wil ¬ liams He is also conditioning H Kennedys Lochee S S Smutzkis Incredible and B Goldenbergs Mannerly MannerlyEli Eli Long is an arrival from White Star Farm with four horses he will campaign for himself and the threeyearold Sunrid which will race for Dr L Jentgen JentgenFred Fred Cropper Lexington Ky turfman took over five horses for H G Shoemaker Falmouth Ky owner and breeder and the twoyearold Sporting Goods for Raleigh Dees DeesEarl Earl Taylor agent for jockey Bobby Mor ¬ ris announced that W J Dowling had taken first call on Morris saddle services for the current meeting meetingLou Lou Brown has taken over jockey Sammy Luces outside engagement book Luce is under contract to the Mrs J B Burstein stable stableFrank Frank Childs is training six horses here for A C Potter local sportsman sportsmanJockey Jockey James Weir a Detroit boy signed a contract with S Schmitt Louisville Ky horseman Weir was previously under con ¬ tract to J C Ellis EllisJockeys Jockeys A J Allen and Joe Cavens ac ¬ cepted their first mounts of the Fair Grounds meeting meetingClyde Clyde Smith wellknown special motor ¬ cycle messenger who has served at many of the nations leading tracks is on duty at the Detroit Fair Grounds Smith will remain at the Motor City oval until the close of the 1941 meeting
