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Maryland News and Notes i I • I - J . I r -j 1 s ? y I s v -j t II t I is s _ PIMLICO, Baltimore, Md.. April 12. . Trainer Ed. A. Christmas, of the W. L. Brann forces, reports that last years Dwyer - winner, Vincentive, is coming along nicely , at his owner-breeders Glade Valley farm t at Walkersville, Md., and will be picked up i after this meeting. Ralph "Buddy" Root, who at first planned I to journey to Narragansett Park, changed [ plans and will remain here instead. He will I ride for J. V. "Irish Jimmy" Stewart. Cy f Butler handles the popular riders engagements. Jockey J. R. Layton, affiliated with G. Raymond Bryson, arrived from Miami. He I is expected to pilot Director J. E. in his stake engagements. Jim Obrey will handle the riding engage-[ ments of jockey Danny Scocca and appren-. " tice R. Arduini. The latter is under contract to Mrs. Robert H. Heighe. whose horses are " trained by Joe Mergler. Jockey Nick Coule, from the G. D. Wide- ner school, has given first call on his serv- " ices to trainer Ivan Parke, who has here the horses of F. W. Hooper. Ten horses belonging to Lt. G. H. "Pete" Bostwick, were quartered here this morning * by Frank Slate. They arrived from Aiken, s.c. H. E. Talbotts Brother Jones, voted last t years outstanding steeplechaser, arrived i today from Aiken, S. C. Brookfield Farms two-year-old. In the e Hope, has been returned to his owners farm a at Brookland Wood, Maryland. Charles Russell Fleischmann arrived to-r - day from New York for the opening. Donald Shrewbridge, son of the popular . - , t i I [ I f I " " " racing official. William M. Shrewbridge, sent word that he has been promoted to the rank of sergeant. He is stationed at Camp Robinson, Ark. Ralph "Lefty" Wilhelm will handle jockey Frank Zehrs and apprentice Wilbur Ru-derts riding engagements. Zehr has given first call on his services to trainer Jimmy McGee. Rudert was recently rejected for military duty. Lightweight Porter Roberts was an addition to the riding colony. He arrived from Miami and plans to remain for the meeting. E. E. Russell has a unique combination, a horse, One Link, and a jockey, N. L. Pier-5 son. The latter will attend to the bulk of I | the riding for the Bomar Stable. | j Merpolis and Fighting Mac, both trained1 by Morris H. Dixon, were not as seriously j injured as first expected following their spill during a workout Tuesday. They will remain here. j I Roy "Happy" Gordon, for years outrider at all Maryland tracks, now confines his ! ! activities to the mutuel department. He is a member of Mort Mahonys staff here. j
