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Purner Stops Oyer Here ARLINGTON PARK, Arlington Heights, HI., Feb. 28. Fred A. Purner, Santa Anita Parks director of public relations and publicity director since it opened in 1934, stopped off at Arlington Park today before going East. Purner is making a tour of the leading race courses in the interest of Santa Anita Maturity, the feature for four-year-olds exclusively that is estimated to have a gross value of around 50,000 for its 1951 and subsequent renewals. Purner, who was in charge of publicity for Arlington and Washington Park Jockey Clubs, in 1944, plans to take in the Keene- land yearling sales next month.