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News and Notes From Deleware Park STANTON Del June 14 14Jockey Jockey F Kelley packed his tack and left f for Charles Town Scotch Tar and Affianced were shipped to Aqueduct by trainer Hirsch Jacobs The running of the Kent Handicap was broadcast over a coasttocoast hookup with Fred Caposella at the mike mikeSo So as not to conflict with the United Hunts meeting there was no steeplechase race Saturday but this branch of the sport will be resumed Tuesday Corydon a candidate for the Susequehan na to be renewed as the feature of next nextSaturdays Saturdays program accompanied Green trees Swing and Sway from New York and was received by E Leigh Cotton Louis B Mayer movie magnate and own ¬ er of a large division of horses has pur chased the contract of jockey Herb Clag gett from Cy Butler ButlerCrispin Crispin Oglebay who came from his home at Gates Mills Ohio for the running of the Delaware Oaks returned home Friday night He expects to be back before the close of the meeting Jockey Paul Ryan who left for New York after winning the Harrington Purse with Minnelusa checked in Friday morning and will handle the Joe W Brown three yearold in the Kent Handicap Carl Hanford former jockey and brother of Ira Hanford returned from Charles Town where he campaigned three horses for James Stewart Leri Carver reports that his threeyearold Johns Star has fully recovered from the coughing he suffered during the latter part of the Pimlico meeting meetingSidney Sidney Boniface trainer of a public stable will ship to Arlington Park several days be fore the close of this meeting J Bodon was assigned stalls for Tony Weaver I Bid Burnt Bridges and Pridis Ten horses he property of J Yancey Christmas are on the grounds As soon as stalls are available the others of his stable will come from Suffolk Downs Jockey J Harrell left for Aqueduct to report to Pat Dwyer trainer of the A Pel leteriMillsdale Stable Darrell Madden who swung into action here Tuesday loses his apprentice allowance June 21 He rode his first winner at Fair mount Park Jockey Jra Hanford has severed connec tions with the J P Jones stable Arch Hero powerful steeplechaser in the Sanford Stud stable will be shipped here for the 6000 added Georgetown Steeplechase Handicap to be run June 18 18Al Al Shelhamer who has been on the ailing list has fully recovered and is ready to resume riding ridingIsadore Isadore Bieber whose horses are trained by Hirsch Jacobs arrived from New York and will remain for the duration of the meeting meetingAndrew Andrew Jackson Joyner stated today that Eight Thirty would enter the stud at George D Wideners Old Kenney Place which ad ¬ joins Elmendorf Farm The horse will be shipped to Old Kenney late in the summer summerJ J O Keenes War Beauty and Jeanne dArc are training for the Newcastle Handi ¬ cap to be presented on the closing day of the Delaware Park meeting meetingCharles Charles Stevenson who is down to 108 pounds made the trip from New York with Charles Bierman Stevenson plans on re ¬ suming riding in the near future Dr Charles Strub arrived from New York and remained for the running of the Kent Handicap He is a guest of J Simpson Dean president of the Delaware Steeple Steeplei chase and Race Association AssociationAs As there will be no racing Monday en ¬ tries for Tuesdays program will not close until Monday morning This will be the last Monday blackout the thirtyday season be ing so arranged as to close on Saturday July 5 5Norris Norris Royden whose voice was heard over the public address system at Pimlico and Belmont Park arrived from New York and expects to remain for the balance of the meeting While here Royden will do missionary work for the stakes to be pre sented during the fall meetings at Belmont Park and Pimlico PimlicoSydney Sydney Walters Jr who is foremost among Marylands young amateur riders will pilot Bagpipe in the Vicmead Handicap to be run July 2 The Vicmead is for horses which have competed at a recognized hunt meeting and Bagpipe is likely to be the favorite Breckinridge Longs Nasca who was not eligible to the Delaware Oaks had another preparation for the Newcastle Handicap the closing day feature when she worked six furlongs in 116 Thursday morning morningRobert Robert Howell continues to hold a safe lead over the other riders with twelve vic tories to his credit going into Saturdays racing Albert Schmidl is in second place with ten winners and Paul Keiper and Mau rice Peters have ridden eight winners each The leading rider of the meeting will be presented with a gold watch or 500 Leslie Combs II master of Spendthrift Farm was a luncheon guest of Mr and Mrs J Simpson Dean in the Delaware Club Saturday He left for the Llangollen Farm of Mrs Elizabeth Whitney to inspect the brood mares and then will visit W L Branns nursery where he has several mares quar tered before returning to his Lexington home Greentree Stables Swing and Sway came d down from New York for the ride for the son of Equipoise is not a mudder and was si shipped back to Belmont Park Saturday afternoon He was an entry for the Kent Handicap He breezed a mile Saturday morn ¬ in ing in 152 and had as a companion on Jj his return trip none other than Tangled Delaware Oaks winner Tangleds next en ¬ gagement is the Gazelle Stakes at Aqueduct AqueductMax Max Hirsch Jr who came from New y York to saddle King Ranchs Itabo in the K Kent Handicap and John A Bell Jrs Dark Discovery in the Delaware Oaks left for New York Saturday night The horses will bl be shipped to Belmont Park Sunday SundayAfter After the close of this meeting James P rloss Jr will take a short vacation before p roceeding to Narragansett Park where he w will open the racing secretarys office on July 21 Ross will be busy compiling nomi ¬ nations for the stakes to be presented at the Rhode Island late summdr and fall meeting meetingRacing Racing crack steeplechasers is nothing n new to Henry LaMontagne whose recently acquired Lechlade won the Delaware Spring Maiden Handicap In France where he raced from the end of the first World War o the start of the second LaMontagne who i s Americanborn owned among several f irstranking timber toppers Hobby Frank E Bellhouse internationally known steeplechase r rider who piloted the illfated Bladen in the S Spring Maiden remembers Hobby HobbyThe The close cooperation between New York a and Delaware racing was further illustrated v When Jimmy Stewart trainer of a string of t tr Aventyone performers here made arrange ¬ r ments to ship all but five of these perform ¬ e ers to Empire City following the conclusion q of the Delaware Park meeting on July 5 5Hirsch Hirsch Jacobs who may have numerically the largest string of horses in training in t this country added three to his ever increas ¬ i ing flock Thursday at Delaware Park where t twenty of them are stabled Two of the horses Darby Du and Total Eclipse were claimed for the account of Mrs Ethel H j Jacobs and by private sale the New Yorl horseman acquired Affianced from A J Joy ¬ ner for Jerome Fendrick FendrickJ J P Doc Jones mentor of Level Besl A who suffered defeat in the Delaware Park Oaks Thursday has no definite plans for the J filly believing she is entitled to a rest fol ¬ lowing a strenuous spring campaign Equi ¬ poises blonde daughter was shaken up when she broke through the gate before the start of the Oaks It recalled a more serious accident that occurred to Crispin Oglebays 1 filly at Saratoga last August when she smashed her head against the gate in use i there and as a result took third money i in the Spinaway Stakes behind Nasca and Tangled
