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TOM SMITH Trainer of the Mrs Ada L Rice stable Stakes Winner Mystery Lady Tops Rice Unit at Arlington Juvenile Won Her Two Only Starts in East Division of Calumet Stable Due Today TodayARLINGTON ARLINGTON PARK Arlington Heights 111 June 14 Mrs Ada L Rice well known Wheaton 111 sportslady whose colors have been flying with considerable success on the New York circuit this year will be represented by one of the most powerful stables on the grounds during the forthcoming meeting which opens next Monday The Rice unit with 25 thorough ¬ breds and a pair of stable ponies arrived here from New York yesterday and this morning all decks had been cleared for activity on the training track for the lat ¬ ter part of the week weekLike Like the famed Calumet Farm the Rice stable housed near by Warren Wrights barn is supervised by a father and son combination the veteran Tom Smith and Jimmy Developer of Seabiscuit and a galaxy of other fine stakes winners of the past Taciturn Tom as he is sometimes known has sent a large number of win ¬ ners postward for Mrs Rice since assum ¬ ing charge of the stable several months ago Presently the top speedster of his out ¬ fit is the fleet stakeswinning filly Mystery Lady a brown daughter of Bull Dog Ship Ablaze by Man o War WarThe The filly is undefeated in a pair of starts and will be pointed for the rich juvenile fixtures to be offered here and at Wash ¬ ington Park She won Jamaicas 15000 Rosedale Stakes against some of the smartest twoyearold fillies to start in the East this year after which she was given a letup in training trainingSnow Snow Boots in String StringOne One of the older horses under Smiths wing is Snow Boots the sixyearold who formerly specialized in smashing track records The veteran started only once in 1947 and he has been postward three times this year The last came at Belmont Park where he showed signs of returning to his best form Smith hopes to have him ready for middledistance features here although his early work this season has been con I fined to sprints sprintsOthers Others in the Smithtrained stable is Chicub Atom Buster Admiral Lea Red Junior Danada Captain Model Cadet Danada Red Danada Gift Wild Ectasy Ariel Lad Auto Fly Adan Current News Danada Flash Demure Educator Jimikin Lord Bull Our Slogan One Alone Please Do Richmond Jac and Sir Bim BimSmith Smith announced this morning that two jockeys Hedley Woodhouse and Jerry Zubrinic will handle the riding chores for the stable He recently obtained a first call on Woodhouses services Zubrinic will do most of the lightweight riding ridingWhile While Smith and his staff were com ¬ pleting the large amount of toil associated with setting up such a large stable Harold Ward who is in charge of the initial ship ¬ ment of Calumet Farm thoroughbreds that arrived Saturday from Churchill Downs is making preparations to handle the main division Presently there are 15 Calumet horses bedded down here They include Precession Happiness Whirl Top Justa Whirl Yesme Right Angle Whirling Girl Whirler De Luxe Ponder Hoyden Whirl aBit Lake Success Wistful and Fine Fettle FettleHoyden Hoyden a brown twoyearold daughter of Blenheim II Potheen is a halfsister to both Pot O Luck and Bewitch Whirl aBit a chestnut twoyearold daughter of Whirlaway Hug Again is a threequarters brother to Fervent and a half brother to Sun Again Wistful a chestnut twoyear old daughter of Sun Again Easy Lass is a half sister to the star threeyearold Coaltown CoaltownWard Ward who serves as stable agent for Calumet said that the first shipment of the main division from New York is due in tomorrow This lot will be headed by Bewitch and Coaltown while Citation brilliant Triple Crown winner will not be shipped until Wednesday his arrival here being scheduled for Thursday ThursdayWard Ward also stated that N Leroy Pierson who will be the first string rider for Calu ¬ met during the meeting Arcaro of course has been engaged to ride Citation in all of his stakes this year will be here Wednes ¬ day to begin breezing horses in morning trials General manager and trainer Ben A Jones is due here tomorrow morning while his son Jimmy will remain in New York until the last horse has been shipped
