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I West Virginia : Notes , CHARLES TOWN, Charles Town, West Va., May 28. Irving Anderson, once crack rider, now stationed at Fort Royal, Va., attached to the veterinarian detachment, was a visitor here and renewed acquaintances with racing officials and jockeys. Anderson, weighing considerably more than when he joined the United States forces, is pleased with army life and plans several visits here in the future. Lloyd S. Stewart, of Washington, D. C, became a recruit to racing when he purchased the three-year-old Roman Nose, the half sister of the fleet sprinter Roman Boy. C. H.. Fitzgerald, acting for - P. H. Faulcoher, well known breeder, completed the deal. The horses that were purchased by Juan pedrosa at Belmont Park in a sale held at the fashionable Elmont course on Friday -are being transferred to the Jones farm, located in Charles Town, according to advices reaching here.- R. W. Pierce, West Coast racing enthusiast, reached here with two horses from Pleasanton, Calif., that will be raced here during the balance of the meeting. The shipment included the sprinter Jack Tell and a two-year-old filly. J. Donald Hay, director of the mutuel pavilion at Charles Townreported at Cumberland over the week-end to inspect the betting department at hub city trackin view of making several changes. Harold F. Bester, general manager of the Hagerstown Fair Association, sent word here that work is progressing satisfactorily on several new improvements at the track. The sprinter Sunny Rose, owned by Mrs. M. Reis, was reported to have suffered injuries in her race here last week and is expected to be on the sidelines for a long period.
