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: : "I News From Countrys Racing Points Illinois LINCOLN FIELDS, Crete, 111., May 19. Samuel H. McMeekin came up from Louisville over the week-end to take his place in the stewards stand. He is sitting in judgment of the races with C. Bruce Head, presiding steward, and William Hamilton, representing the Illinois Racing Board. John G. Goode is expected momentarily from Kentucky with the horses he trains for various owners. Among others he is bringing the Kentucky Oaks winner, Miss Dogwood, owned by Brownell Combs. Miss Dogwood is a nominee for the Crete Handicap to be run here Saturday. Dave Vititoe has received Valdina Rex and Victory Torch from New Orleans and he will direct their training here. They are owned by P. J. Valenti. Vititoe also is training Lactose, Winkle, Knee Deep, Ada C. and Elmdale for Elmer Waltz. T. D. Grimes arrived at Washington Park with the horses he raced at Churchill Downs. The principal members of the string are With Regards, who finished fourth in the Kentucky Derby, Fillibeg, African Queen, Captain Zac and Our Mat. Richard A. Leigh, racing secretary at Ak-Sar-Ben, returned to Omaha after having spent several days in Chicago in the interest of the meeting at the Nebraska track. A number of stables are being shipped there from Sportsmans Park. The car that takes ten of Mrs. Emil Denemarks horses to Wheeling Downs next Sunday also will include four belonging to Harold White, and one owned by T. F. Maloney. Frank Brewster, owner of the Needmore Stable, has returned to Seattle after a visit here with trainer Don Porter. Brewster also took in the Kentucky Derby while in the Midwest. Apprentice M. J. Haycock, under engagement to A. E. Silver, is ready to resume riding after a brief vacation. He came here recently from the West Coast. J. DeBard will , make his engagements. Trainer Wm. Buck reports that the Oak-meade Stables Tipcat is recovering from shipping fever contracted en route from California. Paul Meredith, trainer of the R C Stable, said that the horses that shipped here from Kentucky slightly ill are well on the way to complete recovery. Jockey Lester Balaski has been engaged to ride Defense in the Crete Handicap for the Northway Stud. Tom Sanford registered four horses he will race on the Chicago circuit for J. Kel Houssels. They are Omelet, Emolument, Vegas Joker and Magnesium. E. B. Shipp brought the horses Remarkable and Happened to Lincoln Fields from Sportsmans Park and sent the remainder of his stable to Fairmount Park. Harry Saladin, trainer of the Arcturus Stable, has placed Boys Pride back in training. Saladin now has seven horses "here for the, Arcturus establishment. J. P. Keezek has taken over the training of Mismark for Mrs. R. Colbow. Keezek also has a division of the Le Mar Stock Farm at Lincoln Fields. Apprentice Stephen Murphy has been released from the Garfield Park Hospital and he hopes to resume riding. He was injured in a fall at Sportsmans Park. One of the largest stables to check in at Lincoln Fields over the week-end was that trained by .Howard Wells. He has 22 horses. Don McEachern reported that the Dixi-ana horses which were ailing at Louisville have recovered enough to resume regular training. L. A. Conner is leaving Wednesday for Fairmount Park with seven horses belonging to the Hilltop Stock Farm. . Jockey R. W. Reeves has departed for Fairmount Park, where he will report to D. C. Wilhelm. J. L. Oglesby has received the horse Blue Forte from Memphis. O. P. Holland is the owner. Robert L. Ramsey registered eight horses he will campaign at Lincoln Fields for various owners. According to word received here, the horses of J. T. Withers HI. and J. H. Dunn will be here from Dallas early next month. E. E. Stinson got in from Louisville with the horses Mucho Gusto, Mad Macaw, Epi- HARRY M. WARNER Denied reports that he intends disposing of any of his j thoroughbred interests. He is now Yis- itinq at Belmont Park. J 1 M cycle, Peter Tokalon and Dodge City. They are owned by Mr. and Mrs, Paul F. Miller. Mucho Gusto is an old favorite at Lincoln , Fields and has several local stake victories to his credit. : Jess Higley, who led the riders at Sports- ; mans Parle, is here and ready to accept mounts. E. J. Hefferon checked -in for the Chicago season with the horses of O. F. Woodward. They came from Louisville. . The horses of S. H. and J. C. Stone came in from Louisville in charge of Henry Louden. There are seven in the stable. W. R. Dahlstrom and R. P. McAuliffe moved over from Sportsmans Park to join the official staff at Lincoln Fields. Jockey N. Jemas left for Fairmount Park, where he. is reporting to W. E. Phillips, trainer of the S. Pershall horses. Bennett Creech has departed for Omaha with the stable of Mrs. A. M. Creech. 4 FAIRMOUNT PARK, Collinsville, 111., May 19. The Decoration Day program at Fair-mount -will consistof eight races, featuring the Memorial Day Handicap, ,200 added, at six furlongs. Five sprints and three distance races make up the program, two races being carded at a mile and a sixteenth and one at a mile and a furlong. The fourth race is a two-year-old allowance event at four and one-half furlongs. A three-year-old allowance dnd three claiming races at ,000, ,800 and ,250, respectively, complete the card. The public is invited to attend Fairmount Park as its guests on Inspection day, Sunday, May 24. A special, program of test races and horses working will be conducted between the hours of 3 and 4 p. m. The track gates will be thrown open from 8 a. m., and fans are invited to inspect the grounds and stable yard. A comic band will play during the afternoon. No admission will be charged. Amos Bonham, manager of the Van-dalia Bus Co., which operates buses to Fairmount Park from Broadway and Lucas Streets, announced he would have ample buses provided for patrons desiring to attend the Inspection Day exercises next Sunday. The program is scheduled for 3:00 p. m., and will be free. Mr. Bonham said ample parking lots are available adjacent to .the bus station in St. Louis for those desiring to park their cars and make the trip by bus. Of the large stables which will race at the 26-day meeting at Fairmount are E. Shipp, with 22 head; J. R. Gregory, 23; Rivermont Ranch, 17; J. C. Ellis, 17; E. E., S. W. and S. Pershall, 22, and Emil Denemark, 12. Several nearby towns will be honored with special days at Fairmount. They include: East St. Louis, Collinsville, Belleville, Edwafrdsville, Alton, Wood River and Centralia. Dark Mary and Stellegate, the property of Marion Haslett, were recent arrivals at Washington Park. The horses are being trained by Charley Ludwig. j J M , : ; New England SUFFOLK DOWNS, Boston, Mass., May 19. W. R. Fleming was an arrival from New York on Saturday. While at Suffolk he arranged to ship Loveday for a local campaign. Loveday was on the sidelines for a considerable period but is staging a comeback. She is a nominee for the 0,000 Hannah Dustin Handicap to be decided at the Downs on July 11. Four horses, the proyerty of Brookmeade Stable, including Bidder and Great Rush, were unloaded at Suffolk Downs Saturday. R. Robertson, Jr., brother of jockey Alfred Robertson, will campaign the Brookmeade string in New England. George Odom sent along a string of half a dozen in the same car. Mort Mahony, mutuel manager at Suffolk Downs, came in from Belmont Park to assume chargeof local mutuel operations. His son, Riggs, now serving with Uncle Sams armed forces, will visit him while on a short furlough later in the month. Fred Hannon registered The Loom, Mere Sir, Amazia, Del Gino, Weaving Thru and Vander Black, the property of Peter Lau dati. Hannon, a World War veteran, has applied for an Army commission, and hopes to again join Uncle Sams armed forces. Sol Rutchick has returned the good sprinter De Kalb to training, and the Nim-koff and Stuart colorbearer will be pointed for his next engagement in the May 30 renewal of the Tomasello Memorial Handi- I cap. The extensive string that trainer Frank Catrone has at Suffolk Downs for Valdina Farms was further increased by the arrival of Valdina Melia. The filly was shipped to the Boston course from Kentucky. Apprentice Hubert Trent, at present riding at Suffolk Downs, is a native of Corsi-cana, Texas. He is 29 years old, and is the ; father of two boys, one seven and the other , four years old. Racing secretary Charles J. McLennan distributed stake blanks among-horsemen for the coming meeting at Garden State Park. The New Jersey season opens on July 18. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Pike, owners of several horses campaigning at Suffolk Downs in charge of trainer H. C Wolfe, arrived from their home in Texas for a lengthy stay. The second issue of the Suffolk Downs condition book, covering racing from May 25 to June 4, have been sent to the printer and will be available for distribution on Wednesday. , A representative of the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles was at Suffolk Downs on Monday to assist horsemen in securing their Massachusetts tags and driving licenses. . Apprentice Mickey Walker accepted his first mount of the meeting on Greenocks Boy in the second race Monday. The boy, a native of Woonsocket, is 17 years old. Jim Mullen arrived with his one-horse , string, Our Grace. Mullen lost his consistent three-year-old, Unbuttoned, via the , claiming route at Narragansett. W. H. Gallagher sent up the four-year-old Grandun from New York. The Grand Time gelding accompanied Master Henry from Belmont Park. Peter Palladino, son of Rocky Palladino, trainer of Little Beans, is now stationed on the U. S. S. Wyoming. Peter, who is 17, enlisted in the Navy several months ago." Spillway has been placed on the stewards . list at Suffolk Downs and will not be permitted to start until passed by the track I veterinarian. The stable of I. K. Mourar arrived over the road from Narragansett Park and was bedded down for a Suffolk Downs campaign. The Lawrence Barker string, in charge of trainer Dick Watts here, will ship to Detroitit was announced today. Dolly Val and Four Eye- have been i placed on the stewards list at Suffolk : Downs. Stanley Devore telegraphed from Louisville - requesting stabling for eight head, the property of E. and W. Janss. Sidney Smith is campaigning a pair of! f juveniles at the Eastern Racing Association i j course, Mose and Borleys Pet. Milton Briggs returned to Suffolk Downs s Monday from Charles Town, CHARLES F. HENRY The genial official will again serve in the capacity of racing secretary at the Detroit meeting which oDens Saturday. I ; , , . I i : - of! f i j s ; New York BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., May 19. Hickory Heads first-out score indicates that the Greentree Stable will have to be reckoned with in the Juvenile and National Stallion, two of the most important juveniles stakes to be run later during the meeting. He is by Jamestown, the sire of Johnstown, andrbeing out of Dabchick, is a half brother to Devil Diver. Jack Howard, trainer of the Coldstream stable, expects the arrival of Elmer Dale Shaffer from Coldstream Farm, Lexington, Ky., in time for the Juvenile Stakes running Saturday. The Coldstream stable has nine two-year-olds eligible for the Juvenile, more than any other patron. Jockey John Longden has been engaged to ride Mrs. E. Mulrenans First Fid-die in the Withers. The Royal Minstrel colt, who .conducted himself so well in the Wood and Kentucky Derby, should be found well suited by Belmonts wide sweeping turns, and its long front stretch. J. Simon Healy, one of the better known veterans of the training profession, at the present time is handling two horses for Mrs. John A. Payne of Woodbury, Long Island, and one for Henry Borchert. He hopes to enlarge the string he has training at Belmont Park. The veteran, Frank Bray, in discussing the Swift Stakes, recalled that he trained La Tosca for the Achuykil Stable, who won the 1891 running. La Tosca was later sold to Stephen Sanford and, as a brood mare, produced Chuctanunda, Mohawk and other noted performers. All trainers carrying workmens compen-. sation insurance in their name are advised to notify the association bookkeeper imme-r diately or it will be assumed that the owner carries such insurance and will be requested to furnish affidavit to this effect. Horsemen were notified that The Jockey Club registration certificate must be filed with the horse identification department. A receipt will be issued and returned before any horse will be permitted to start. The American Trainers Association held their spring meeting at the Whitman Hotel in Jamaica Thursday night. During the meeting business pertaining to the war ef-j fort was taken up. John Stroube, assistant starter for James Milton, was among the arrivals. He re-; cently underwent an appendectomy in Baltimore and will be on the sidelines for the next two weeks. Trainer Vince Mara, of the R. Sterling Clark stable, reported that the fillies, Glowing Rose and Mendriolle, had been shipped to the farm to be turned out for this summer. Ben Lindheimer, of Arlington Park, was among the afternoon visitors. He came East in the interests of an invitational race in which Whirlaway would meet any and all comers under handicap weights. Three claims were filed during the first week at Belmont Park totalling ,700.
