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, Lincoln Fields Notebook By J. J. MURPHY WASHINGTON PARK, Homewood, 111., May 15. — With the closing of the Sportsmans Park meeting many of the officials , moved moved over over to to Wash- i ] : ; r t I 3 , ■ , : , | j i i moved moved over over to to Wash- Washington Park while a few will later journey to Fairmount which opens May 25. Among those who will make the trip to the Collins -ville course after spending a few days at at Lincoln Fields meeting are Robert McAuliffe and Jack Klucina. . . . Horsemen not not taking taking part part in in the the | i i J , j 1 j i 1 J [ , ; i ] , ; ! ] 1 , ■ , t , c a i , £ a ■ v i a r e n v i, t t a a j s t a s i Q r h i" t v «j ™ ti , le ™ ii in fi not not taking taking part part in in the the Lincoln Fields session will fan out to Omaha, Beulah Park and Detroit. The leading stable of William H. Bishop will participate in the Lincoln doings. . . . Clar- ence Carl Smith, leading apprentice rider at Sportsmans Park, is the son of a Ken- tucky railroad employee. The boy received his preliminary track education at Churchill Downs where he exercised horses. He rode his first winner at Suffolk Downs last August 1. Despite his brief career he has been under contract to four different owners or trainers namely, Bob Cramer, T. P. Morgan, Sam Wilson, Jr., and at present is in the employ of Enoch Rea. Smith is 19 and calls Corbin, Ky., home. Van after van poured through the gates of Washington Park over the week- end bearing horses to try for the good purses at the Lincoln Fields meeting. In the lot were the racers of Sam E. Wilson and those trained by Tommy Root, Thomas Patrick Fleming, Bennett Creech, Phil Reuter, Del Carroll, R. O. Higdon, Dan Sabath, Johnny Loftus and some in the stable of Marion VanBerg. . . . Expected to arrive Monday are those conditioned by Jack Hodgins, "Babe" Wells and John M. Goode. . . . Lincoln Plaut, who served as official at Sunshine Park during the past winter, was an ar- rival from Kentucky where he witnessed the running of the Derby. . . . Coleman Kelly, authority on Irish thoroughbred bloodlines, is a regular week-end visitor. He now makes his home in Chicago. Trainer Bob McGarvey has in his charge one of the most powerful strings at Wash- mgton Park in the 35 piece set of Mrs Emil Denemark. The three-year-old Ruhe is the star but Red Curtice, winner of the Bash- ford Manor Stakes, is also held in high re- gard. . Charlie Wolfe, one of the directors at Sportsmans Park, left for Rochester Minn., to undergo a check-up at Mayo Brothers . Jockey Gerald Porch came in from Churchill Downs and has given first call on his services to Reverie Knoll Farm . . .Trainer William Resseguet was an ar- rival from Kentucky with nine head Jockey Andy LoTurco reported from the blue grass country.. Bart Dyer, who for several seasons was affiliated with Fair- mount Park, was taken ill at Sportsmans Park recently and is confined to the hos- pital. Bill Crump arrived at Washington Park with 10 head . Added to the jockey colony over the week-end were Johnny Adams, Don Scurlock, Robert Haber and Jack Chesnut. Sid Swanson, the new starter at Holly- Continued on Page Forty t " f r r t 7 F 7 s 1 a 1 - 2 t 1 - i 2 2 2 t i 1 2 / t i 3 2 - 2 t t l 1 s 2 - LINCOLN FIELDS NOTEBOOK Continued from Page Three wood Park, was for several seasons as- sistant to the late Harry Morrisey who presided at the gate on Chicago courses for many years. Another of Morrisey *s former assistants is Frank Carra, Chi- cago Heights man who will soon take up his duties as official at Omaha. He will also officiate at Wheeling. Carra serves as patrol judge during the first part of the Ak-Sar-Ben meeting and as starter when Noel Chilcutt leaves for Seattle. He recently returned from Italy where he purchased two Italian horses for Jimmy Emery, Chicago Heights owner. Carra was an owner a few years back and raced Sun Jesting the dam of Sun David who was disqualified after winning last years Peabody Memorial. Stakes books for the Delaware Park meeting which opens May 29 are being dis- tributed at Washington Park. Delaware is the only race course in the land listing a fillies and mares race as the highlight of the meeting. The richest event at the Wil- mington track is the New Castle Handicap for fillies and mares for a purse of 0,000 added ... Bernard J. Fallon, president of Washington Park and former Illinois Rac- ing Board member, attended the closing days races at Sportsmans Park . . . Despite the fact that the attendance figures for the Cicero meeting were up only 4,829 over that of last year the pari-mutuel handle showed a 80,595 increase for the 14-day meeting. Although winners for tomorrow may be a trifle difficult to locate, the show must go on, so we select REY EL CONEJO in the first race; PAD LOCK in the seventh, and SCOTLAND YARD in the eighth.
