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1 I Maryland Notes HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. May 4. Attention of horsemen is being called to the closing of the 1950 Selima Stakes at , Laurel, for which nominations are due no ] later than May 16. This mile and a six- t teenth event, for juvenile fillies, always is f one of the richest races of the season for £ members of this division and is a highlight of the Laurel meeting. t Among stables who shipped to the New l England area are those trained by Clarence Hartwick and Bill Hinphy. Jockey Frank c Zehr will do considerable riding at that s point for trainer Hartwick. Harry Vetal will leave at the conclusion of this meeting for Canada, where he will . handle engagements of jockey Evan Jen- . kins. The latter will do the riding for trainer Freddie Sharpe. . 1 Trainer C. W. Shaw, Jr., probably re- r grets that Halter, a two-year-old colt by 1 Haltal, was not named for the Eastern i Shore Stakes, to be run here on Wednes- 1 a day, May 4. Halter made his first start on 1 Saturday and displayed a fine brand of £ speed and gameness to whip a highly re- 1 garded band of maiden juveniles in the 1 mud. Cedar Farm has two nominees for i the Eastern Shore in Handle and Youre 1 the Top. t . Among the trainers who left Laurel for 1 New England were Mark Harris, Bill Hin- phy and Virgil Oden. Harris string include the good three-year-old, Best Doings, while ! Hinphys string is headed by Shako. I A division of the Rarco Stable, trained by E. G. Porter, shipped out for Garden State Park today, but a large group is re- 1 maining on the local scene to fulfill en- gagements during the last eight days of i this meeting. 1 Fred Colwill, steeplechase racing secre- 1 tary at Pimlico, announced that schooling * over the jump course would be permitted I on Saturday, as well as next Monday and I Wednesday. i ] Trainer C. O. Ferguson, accompanied by ! jockey Herb Claggett, departed for Garden J State Park. The Ferguson string is headed J by On the River. Cedar Farms Mityme, who was altered the latter part of last year, is quartered with the local horses in Charlie Shaws . care, but is progressing rather slowly. So far the piece of plate which goes with 1 victory in the Havre de Grace Breeders 1 Stakes, has kept almost within a stones 1 throw of where it first landed. The race 1 has been run three times. First it was won 1 by Ella K. Bryson of Kingsville; second, 1 by Mrs. R. H. Heighe, of Bel Air, and third, by Mrs. Danny Shea, of Hyde. All three I locations are within about 10 miles of each 1 other. Apprentice Willie Downs, who was Benny Civitellos principal rival before being set down by the stewards for causing a jam at the clubhouse turn, will resume action at Pimlico Friday, according to his agent, Charles Wells. Downs will ride through that eight-day meeting, go to Garden State for the last two weeks and then transfer his activities to Delaware Park for that session. Laran, the five-year-old gelding by Hairan, out of Carolla, who races for E. A. Nicodemus, has certainly come back to the races this season in peak form. In two starts here, he has whipped smart sprinters, both in the mud and on a fast track and looms as a dangerous rival for even the best speed horses in his present condition. Trainer W. J. Hirsch, who has the divi-siqn of the King Ranch horses at the local course, will transfer his stock to Pimlico at the conclusion of this meeting and after that will move on to Delaware Park for the meeting which begins there on May 28. A notice has been posted in the secretarys office calling attention of all owners and trainers to the fact that all racing accounts will be transferred to Pimlico Thursday unless the horsemens bookkeeper is otherwise instructed. Jimmy McGee, trainer of the Shamrock Stable and Larry MacPhails horses, says he will take a portion of his string to Pimlico, leaving the remainder here to be vanned for their engagements during the eight-day meeting of the Maryland Jockey Club. After Pimlico both groups will go to Delaware Park. Jim OBrey has turned out the two racers he had quartered locally and will return to action as a jockeys agent. He will look after young W. J. Passmore for the balance of the Maryland season. The Cedar Farm horses, owned by Mr. and Mrs. John Bromley, will move to Pimlico Thursday, trainer C. W. Shaw said. Trainer D. W. Kerns reports that Brook-1 field Farms Imacomin checked in from I New York to join stablemates quartered here. The good filly, Itsabet. stopped off at Garden State Park to fulfill her engagement in the Colonial Handicap. Mike McGee, son of trainer Jimmy McGee, was an arrival from Florida, where he handled the clever apprentice. J. Phillippi. While in this sector, McGee will look after the engagements of jockey Johnny Breen, who is to return to action following an illness. Jockey Henry Ramirez, just in from Miami, where he vacationed after the close of Gulf stream Park, accepted his first mount of the local meeting Tuesday. Ken Scawthorn packed his tack and departed for Suffolk Downs. He plans to remain there for several weeks, but may return to this section when Delaware Park opens its meeting on May 28. When Market Day scored in the fifth race Monday it marked the fust success of the meeting for the veteran trainer Tom Rodrock. The Virginians horses have been a bit slow coming to hand, but he is expected to have his full share of winners during the Pimlico and Delaware Park meetings. Calumet Farms fleet mare, In the Pink, will be transferred to Garden State Park to compete in the Colonial Handicap, Saturdays filly and mare fixture at that point.
