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I HKfli Lincoln Fields ~ Notebook By J. J. MURPHY WASHINGTON PARK, Homewood, HI.. May 23. — Those two-year-olds out Washington Park way are not foolin in their . preparations for Sat- I urdays urdays Joliet Joliet Stakes. Stakes. urdays urdays Joliet Joliet Stakes. Stakes. The candidates for the event are stepping right along in their training moves and one of the most impressive is Errards Guide, who is conditioned by Johnny Loftus, the old Man o Wars man. The colt, who was- a ,000 yearling lin£ buy, buy does does half half HKfli lin£ buy, buy does does half half miles in around :47 like breaking sticks. The Denemark stable seems to have the bulge, however, what with Red Curtice and Hudgens having proven themselves and Cullertoh and Robert shading :36 for three-eighths just about each-time out. Cullerton was a ,800 purchase; Robert cost about 2,000. . . . Ruhe and Royal Mustang shooting for the Peabody Memorial were seen galloping around the track Tuesday a. m. and appeared to be in the pink of condition. . . . H. C. "Clay" McConnell, who raced a string of thoroughbreds on Chicago tracks for years, is visiting. Now makes his home in Cres-ton, Iowa, where he operates a cigar store. Word has been received of the marriage of Mrs. Helen Foley, widow of Joe Foley, former Arlington and Washington Park publicity man, to William Bliss, Jr., an Indiana pharmaceutical salesman. . . . Ike Bassett of- the Jockeys Guild reports the recent controversy, which held up one of the races for a few minutes, was between the valets and the association and not the valets and jockeys as at first reported.* . . . Little Captain, who is here in the Emerald Hill Stable of Maurice White, Chicago sportsman, is holder of a track record at Havana, Cuba. . . . We have it on good authority that the Lincoln Fields management is mighty pleased with the manner in which the "no pass" policy is working out. Upwards of 17,000 attended the races last Saturday which was about 500 more than the first Saturday of last year, when admission tickets could be hadj for the asking at your neighborhood delicatessen. In the news: From New York Eddie Arcaro, leading Preakness and Derby rider says, "Bold is certainly the best three-year-old of the season." . . . From Los Angeles, trainer Jimmy Jones says, "I am going along with Citation the best I can, but I am almost ready to bet that, when I get him good and fit for a distance race, his old ankle trouble will come back on him." . . . From San Diego comes word that Cali-ente continues to draw large crowds, as many as 600 persons making the 250-mile round-trip from Los Angeles by bus each Sunday Also from Los Angeles we hear that Webb Everett, breeder of Gold Capitol, was disappointed because the colt was not shipped for the Derby. . . . John Hertz has a half-brother of Gold Capitol named Speed edition. Trainer John Goode has a total of 18 Worses in his care here. He recently arrived from Churchill Downs. . .Tony Continued on Page Thirty LINCOLN FIELDS NOTEBOOK Continued from Page Three Skoronski, leading rider at Sportsmans Park, has his pick of two mounts in the Joliet Stakes. He will be astride either Amafox or Nanchang, both of whom are owned by Louis J. Hollenbach. . .Agent Paul Blair has taken over the engagement book of apprentice Robert Lynch, up and coming young reinsman who has ridden 16 winners to date. Lynch put up an excellent exhibition to ride Like A Breeze* to victory Monday, skimming the rail with his mount on the stretch turn to take the money. . .Robert Ramsey checked in from Louisville with five head. They are owned by W. G. Reynolds... Harold Simmons, who is conditioning the horses of Woolford Farm here, reports the good filly Pearl W. has been turned out on the Herbert Woolf farm near Kansas City. The miss is a three-year-old by Bleu DOr out of a Lawrin mare. It will be remembered that Lawrin gained fame in the Woolf silks. Martin "Duke" Penter, superintendent of stalls at Washington and Arlington Park, is busy distributing stall applications to horsemen. All owners and trainers contemplating racing at the two plants would do well to contact Penter as soon as possible . . .Among the visitors Tuesday was B. Zack Millett of Edinburg, Ind. Millett has several horses quartered here in • charge of trainer Lee Niles. . .C. E. Perrin, representative of the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau, came in from Churchill Downs and joined Keith Carter, representative in charge of the midwestern division. Perrin will remain for several days before departing for Detroit. . .New Orleans sportsman Felix Rando has" decided on a Fairmount Park campaign for his horses and has instructed trainer A. J. Tusa to ship them to Collinsville. They are six in number, namely Camps First, Genie Fox, Papa Felix, Kap-inisca. This High and Frank Bandel. . . Anthony Rupelt has arrived from Louisville. He has for many years been assistant trainer to John M. Goode. The selections are: CONNIES BOY, in the sixth; ROYAL MUSTANG, in the seventh, and OBSTINATE SI, in the eighth.
