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tit.— -rr- A— f Lincoln Fields Notebook L By J. J. MURPHY WASHINGTON PARK, Homewood, HI., May 30. — Memorial Day dawned bright and clear in this section of the country and early trains transporting race patrons from Chicago and suburbs to this South Side plant were crowded to capacity, indicating that the attendance for the day would be by far the largest of the season. A temperature of 80 was expected. Among out - of - town arrivals were Mrs. Larry Thompson, who c i tit.— -rr- A— came in from Kansas City, Kan., to visit with her husband, the well-known trainer; Irving Florsheim, who motored from his Libertyville, HI., home to view his three-year-old Stop Gap in action in the Pea-body Memorial; Ray _ Mullen, Jr., part-owner of the good three-year-old filly, Swell Dish, recently third in the Rancocas Stakes at Garden State, who came in from his Paducah, Ky., home, and T. W. Ferguson, of Rockport, Ind., owner of several horses quartered here in charge of William Johnson. Also on hand were Bernard Fallon, former member of the Illinois Racing Board and now president of Washington Park; Rueben Kowall, Detroit hotel owner, who came from the Michigan city to view his Pur Sang in the latter try for the Pea-body, and Mrs. Mabel McCabe, who arrived from Hollywood, Fla., with her son, James. Mrs. McCabe has a number of racers here in charge of trainer J. A. Kroeck. Considerable glamour has been added to the current -meeting through the arrival of friendly Ben Jones and over two dozen of the Calumets. The devil red and blue silks of the Mrs. Warren Wright stable have always been popular with racegoers and thoroughbreds performing under the standard have their own coterie of followers. Matter of fact, "When * in doubt bet Calumet," has become a slogan with many. Ben has a good two-year-old filly in Jennie Lee, a juvenile brother of Citation in Unbelieveable and, of course, the three-year-old Fanfare and the top handicap mare Wistful in the lot. ... Meanwhile, easterners are showing great interest in the progress being made by Citation at Hollywood Park. They are rooting for the champ to reach that million mark in earnings. Jockeys Earl J. Knapp was an arrival from his home in Grove City, Ohio, site of the Beulah Park track. The boys suspension meted out in Kentucky, terminates Thursday. Knapp reported to trainer Larry Thompson. . .Visiting here from New Orleans are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Ferrara, who have several horses in charge of trainer Al Gaal. . . J. D. Mikel, accompanied his latest apprentice development, Earl Van Hook, to Fairmount Park, leaving his son, William A. Mikel, in charge of the Mrs. Nellie Mikel horses here. The elder Mikel will probably be back in the Chicago area for the Arlington Park meeting. . .The three-year-old Mais Boy, joint holder of the worlds five-furlong record with Pan-zareta, was entered for a ,500 claiming price at Washington Park yesterday. Arnold Winnick, a youthful owner and trainer who makes a speciality of breeding Boxer dogs, had the pleasure of seeing his silks hi front for the first time and saddling his first winner when Kathleen R was successful recently. Winnick acquired the filly from William H. Bishop . a few weeks ago, and she numbered among her victims one of Bishops horses ...Had Jimmy Emerys Compare won the second race last Tuesday, the Daily Double would have paid 7,841.80, one of the greatest possible pay-offs ever recorded here. Alas and alack, the filly finished ninth, much to the chagrin of two ticket-holders who had visions of shiny Cadillacs and trips to Bermuda. . . Jess Byrds hew apprentice, Little Dudley Vandenborre, underwent an embarrassing experience when, in accepting the second mount of his career, his charge ran away with him in full view of thou-sonds of people. It was truly a case of "when a feller needs a friend." Edward R. Morris, of Louisville, Ky., who has a string of horses racing at Suffolk Downs, was a visitor Memorial Day . . Jockey Don Scurlock has been engaged to : ride the filly Flying Delia in the Miss America Stakes to be decided one week : from Saturday. Scurlock has also signed to pilot Prop in the Edward Fleming Memorial Handicap Saturday. . .Freeman , Keyes, who races under the nom de course j Continued on Page Thirty-Five ] I LINCOLN FIELDS NOTEBOOK Continued from Page Three of the Reverie Knoll Farm, made the trip from Los Angeles to witness the Peabody, in which his Irish Flare was slated to be a starter. . .Two prominent New Yorkers were expected in, Bill "Mr. Kentucky Derby" Corum and Toots Shor, the well known Boniface. They were in town for the Charles-Maxim championship fight. . . William McCormack, Jr., of New York, was visiting with his father, William J. McCormack, president of Lincoln Fields. The following* horses have been going in consistent fashion of late and may be hard to beat in their respective races tomorrow: FIRST TENET in the second; ROSE BED in the fifth, FINE FETTLE in the seventh.
