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Aqueduct Turf Notes NEW YORK N Y June 11 11Dr Dr Charles Strub accompanied by Al Jol Jolson son watched the races from a clubhouse box boxWilliam William Woodward chairman of The Jockey Club was on hand handMrs Mrs Isabel Dodge Sloane was an early visitor here for the afternoons program programOgden Ogden Phipps was in attendance to view the running of the races from the clubhouse clubhouseFred Fred Hammer formerly of starter George Cassidys crew is here on an eightday fur ¬ lough from Camp Blanding Fla FlaJohn John Lockwood who worked in the mutuel department in recent years is here on leave from Camp Stewart Ga GaLeo I Leo Spitz is a visitor at Aqueduct AqueductJockey Jockey Eddie Arcaro will go to Delaware Park Thursday to ride Tangled owned by the Greentree Stable The filly will fulfill her engagement in the Oaks and then be returned to the main division in charge of trainer John Gaver at Belmont Park ParkThe The softball league schedule was inaugu ¬ rated at Aqueduct Monday night when the WheatleyBelair stable forces downed the mutuel clerks team teamJockey Jockey G Moore who piloted Little Beans in both the Kentucky Derby and his recent win at Suffolk Downs has again been en ¬ gaged to ride the Palladino colt in the Com ¬ monwealth Handicap HandicapGeorge George Burke took over the engagement book of jockey Wayne Wright contract rider for J E Widener He will make the boys engagements for the remainder of the season seasonJockey Jockey J Gilbert will return from Dela ¬ ware Park to ride King Cole in his Wednes ¬ day stake engagement engagementAppientice Appientice R Oliver will lose his allow ¬ ance June 20 He is under lease to Frank Kearns KearnsJockey Jockey A Robertson who canceled his mounts Monday due to illness resumed rid ¬ ing here today Apprentice L Arcaro who is riding at Toronto is scheduled to arrive here next week to ride He may go with Frank Kearns KearnsW W F Morgan Texas owner applied for stalls at Empire City and plans to race there during that meeting meetingTrainer Trainer J B Theall shipped a draft of the J E Brown horses to Delaware Park for steeplechase and flat engagements Theall will commute between here and the Stanton track trackJockey Jockey Alfred Robertson has been engaged to ride Crispin Oglebays Level Best and J F Byers Robert Morris whenever his con tractural relations with the Brookmeade Sta ¬ ble permit permitSeveral Several public drinking fountains stud the Aqueduct grounds groundsSalford Salford II raced himself into new impor ¬ tance by his Queens County score The Frenchbreds third straight American vic ¬ tory leaves his domestic record flawless and and indicates that he is better suited by our dirt course than he was over the turf in Eng ¬ land and France He finished far back in the Epsom Derby of 1939 although he did beat Hypnotist II and was among the also rans in the Gran Prix of the same year He ran a game race to defeat Cant Wait and raced himself into grade A classification classificationThe The legislature was well represented here on opening day when Senators John J Dun nigan William F Condon and W A Craw ¬ ford were on hand to witness the running of the days program programJames James Butler Jr and Luke OBrien of the Empire City Racing Association executive staff were at Aqueduct on business pertain ¬ ing to the Empire City meeting They were joined by George H Bull president of the Empire City Racing Association AssociationJohn John Russo was extended the sympathy of racing men upon the news of the death of his daughter in a Brooklyn hospital fol ¬ lowing a brief illness illnessJack Jack Mahony will be inducted into the U S Army June 19 and Saturday was pre ¬ sented by his fellow workers in the mutuel department with a handsome traveling bag
