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owner owner whose whose horse horses Lincoln Fields Notebook By J. J. MURPHY WASHINGTON PARK, Homewood, 311., May 17. — John Marsch, noted Chicago owner owner whose whose horse horses s have have made made turf turf history history s have have made made turf turf history history on courses in this vicinity in the past, was a visitor here Wednesday. His thoroughbreds arrived from Churchill Downs on that day and he was anxious to look them over. Marsch has two particularly potent threats for the better grade events in Whirling Dough, who upset a long • standing mile track track • • record record at at the the track track • • record record at at the the Kentucky course, and Breyite, a three-year-old candidate for the Peabody Memorial. Also in the barn is Ol Skipper, who was second in last seasons Crete Handicap. In the early forties the Marsch stable provided the winners of both Arlington and Washington Futurities for three consecutive seasons. Occupation won both races in 1942 and Free for All both in 1944. Jezrahel accounted for the Arlington two-year-old classic in 1943 while Occupy won the similar event at Washington the same year. Jockey Bob Baird is in from Belmont Park where he rode Crownlet in Tuesdays Fashion Stakes. He will be free lancing at this meeting:. . .Trainer S. J. Molay was forced to retire temporarily* from his position as trainer for J. J. Ferrara due to ill health and the latters horses Silent Max and Camargo Bill were taken over by the veteran Al Gaal. Molay left for his home in New Orleans . . . Jockey Paul Bailey, recently arrived from Kentucky has obtained excellent mounts for the Joliet Stakes and the Peabody Memorial. He will pilot Royal Mustang in the latter race and Oh Leo in the Joliet. Joe Colombo is making Baileys engagements. . .The lightweight apprentice Charles Collins got in from Churchill. Is under contract to A. W. Mettz, Nebraska turf man ... Trainer J. P. Dupuis has shipped Boxie, Mr. Sig and Ranch Girl to Detroit. . .Johns Joy, seven-furlong track record holder at Churchill Downs and highweight for the Crete Handicap, arrived with others in the stable of J. A. KinaSrd. No doubt many have wondered how come a racing outfit to be known as the Arph Stable. The nom de course of Walter Gher was coined from the first letters of the American Registered Pharmacists Association of which Gher is a member... The public will benefit through the actions of the Lincoln Fields stewards in reviving an old ruling compelling all horses to return to the front of the stand to be unsaddled. It not only permits the patrons to look over all steeds and jockeys, in which many always have an interest, but enables the press to check more accurately on lame horses and bleeders . A couple of more Crete Handicap eligibles have arrived here in Wine List and Roman Bath. Trainer Harry Trotsek sent them along, in charge of assistant trainer Logan Fischer. Wine List has won the Aqueduct Handicap the last two years in succession. Seaward, who won four stakes and over 6,000 in purse money last year, and Inseparable, winner of the Washington Park Handicap and the Continued on Page Thirty-Four P LINCOLN FIELDS | NOTEBOOK Continued from Page Three Stars and Stripes Handicap, are still in Louisville, but expected to check in soon. N The Crete Handicap, which will have its twenty-fourth running: this Saturday, has been won by 23 different horses... Signator, who scored in 1942 and 1943, is the only double winner. . .Supremus and jockey Jack Roberts were the winning: combination in the first running. . . Lawrence McDermott, now a patrol judge on some California tracks and at Caliente, won the second runingwith/ Noreaster and Hurst Philpot, now a sue- cessful western trainer, the third with Blackwood. . .Two previous winners, Delegate and Lextown, are nominated. Delegate is in New York, Lextown here... Enforcer, regarded as the best Illinois-bred since Doublrab, is a nominee. Was second to Delegate two years ago. . .The Crete was not run in 1932 or 1934 . . . Badger, one of those named, is a half-brother of Seabiscuit. . .Only sire with two representatives on the list is Challedon with Shy Guy and Sabaean. Word has been received that William Hamilton, for many years steward representing the Illinois Racing Board, will soon leave his Coral Gables, Pla., home for Wheeling Downs where he will serve as steward. . .General manager Peter ODon-nell reports ticket reservations for Saturday are running far ahead of the corresponding day last season. . .Mike Zeller conducted a poll of about 300 persons, picked at random opening day, to obtain their reaction on the "ho pass" situation. Reports that all but about a dozen interviewed were in favor of the new jolicy. . . The horses owned by former Governor John Stelle of Kentuckey are expected momentarily. They are coming from Churchill Downs... C. C. "Ben" Madsen, patrol judge at Sportsmans Park, departed for Fairmount, where he will serve in an official capacity. . .Art Woods, former inspector for the Illinois Racing Board, is making the engagements of jockey Gerald Porch. Selection of horses for tomorrows bill necessitated a serious huddle with various associates, and we finally chose CASTILE in the fifth; PROVOCATIVE in the sixth, and DUSTY DAYS in the seventh.
