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OMAHA TURF NOTES OMAHA Neb May 30 Apprentice W Seaman one of the leading riders at Beulah Park will be in action at Omaha next week He will arrive Sunday and will report to his employer H Wills Seamans engagements will be handled by S F Murphy MurphyJockey Jockey W Root departed for Canada to ride He expects to return to AkSarBen before the conclusion of the meeting meetingWarn Warn sevenyearold gelding in the stable of Noble Tiller pulled up quite lame after a recent workout and will be on the shelf for some time timeNoble Noble Tiller was an arrival from Carthage Texas with a useful stable Tiller transports his horses in one of the most elaborate vans in the country countryBruce Bruce Johnson who raced Lamp Black when that horse made his American record at Tanforan some years ago is at Omaha with a small string stringAkSarBen AkSarBen is one of the few race tracks to boast a public address system in the rac ¬ ing secretarys office over which to page owners during the morning entry hours hoursThe The following older jockeys are registered at Omaha C Bianco W Bazer F Becker R Christensen J C Collins O Etherton H Ferguson H Kees W McCadden W Mor risey H McGahan N L Pierson C Perkins C Shindle W Smolinski L Slape C Staf ¬ ford R Varner C Wagner F Weidaman L Whiting F Wilbourn K Watson F Scheih ing and W Root RootMaurice Maurice Arons is making the engagements of apprentice Paul Glidewell and the older rider W McCadden at this meeting He reports that McCadden can ride at ninety eight pounds poundsH H Clay McConnell veteran midwestern trainer has six horses by Quibbler on the grounds Quibbler raced for McConnell a number of years ago and was noted as a strong mudder The sire has since been sold to a West Coast owner and the half dozen of his get in McConnells barn at present are the last of his crop in the East EastJoe Joe Cooper one of the most noted old timers on the American turf is at AkSar Ben with the string of C T Clifford Cooper who is known as the poet laureate of the turf is at present composing a poem to be dedicated to AkSarBen AkSarBenClarence Clarence Shockley reports that previous to leaving the West Coast he turned out Attor ¬ neys Best and Sir Firefly at a ranch on Rasarito Beach Baja California to undergo the salt water treatments Shockley will handle the engagements of apprentice Wayne Johnson and jockey Charlie Bianco at Omaha OmahaNoel Noel Alfred is in charge of the jockey quarters at Omaha this season He replaces Al Connors who is at present employed at Hollywood Park ParkChicagoans Chicagoans with horses already quartered here include Joe Neel who brought in Rare Thunder and Bombastic
