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— ■ ti Lincoln Fields Notebook By J. J. MURPHY WASHINGTON PARK, Homewood, HI., May 31. — Plain Ben Jones was sitting in his tack room on the backstretch and talkiner of horses and people. "You know" said the Missouri philosopher "rough riding to my way of thinking is one evil of racing that should not be tolerated and those guilty should be punished severely. Many jockeys are quick to blame their horses by explaining they either core in or ouv, du« most horses will go where, they are steered which puts the blame where it belongs, on the jockey. Most riders either know or are told of horses that bear in or out and they make allowances for this when they are in races. The boys should not get too much consideration when they try to go around with a lugging in horse or to the inside with a horse that has a habit of bearing , out." Incidentally, Jones is feeling fine these days. It was but a short time ago that physicians ordered him to rest which he liked all right, but also put him on a diet which he didnt like at all. "Guess I get enough to eat" he explains, "but it seems that I always leave the table hungry. Its not much fun pushing that chair away." The veteran isnt too much enthused over Fanfare. Says the three-/ year-old is a good hard-hitting colt who stands a fair chance against most of the sophomores providing he catches a fast racing strip." But he does not impress me as being a colt who likes the mud. He is what I might call a second rate horse. But there does not seem to be any real top-notchers around this year so I guess he is entitled to take a crack at the big stakes." A number of persons prominently connected with Gulfstream Park visited Memorial Day and enjoyed luncheon in the clubhouse . .Nothing could prevent Tony Barrett, veteran Chicago handicapper, from journeying to the track for the running of the Peabody. He has been on hand for the stake ever since its inception . . Peter J. ONeill and Vince Buckley, of the Fleming Coal Co., are regular visitors. . .Your Hostess, baby sister of Your Host, was unplaced in Hollywood Parks Lassie Stakes, but her running mate Thataway won the event. . .William Hal Bishop recently claimed Woodstone for ,000 and ran her back for ,500 with no takers . . . And Lady Indian, claimed during the winter for 000, won for ,500 . .Two former Daily Racing Form chartmakers, R. Norman Charlton and Carlyle Johnson, are among the officials at Waterf ord Downs . . Two of our readers, Mrs. Susan Begley and Willie Pickel, have written that Water-ford is very popular with the citizens of that area. Many of his former associates, now employed in the Chicago area, were saddened to learn of the demise of James F. Gallagher, who passed away on the West Coast recently following a rather lengthy illness. Gallagher was one of the most efficient racing men of the last Continued on Page Nine - LINCOLN FIELDS I . NOTEBOOK Continued from Page Three half century. At one time when appearing: as witness in a racing: inquiry at Sacramento, Gallagher was asked what position he filled on the tracks and the veterans answer was, "I can work in any capacity," And that was true. He had been a jockey of sorts, a jockeys valet, jockeys agent, supervisor of jockey quarters, trainer, assistant starter, pari-mutuel clerk, patrol judge, entry clerk,-paddock judge, placing judge and steward and, on occasions, had filled in as a starter and racing secretary. In late years the silver-haired official had confined, his activities to California where he served as steward of the fair circuit last summer and as paddock judge at Santa Anita during the winter. Gallagher was a cheerful, friendly person who will be missed by a host of oldtimers. Martin "Duke" Penter, .track superintendent at Arlington and Washington Park, reports the Arlington racing strip will be opened for horses sometime next week. Penter, who spends his winters conducting a saddlery business in New Orleans, will make a trip to Detroit June 7 to collect stake fees for the coming meeting at Arlington.. Warren Gale Douglass, of Lexington, recently arrived with the runners Easy Play, Easy Pay and Tiger Sir. . . .John Conway has been engaged to train the horses of Augustus and Nahm. He replaces Chester Hall who recently resigned the position. . O. and L. Spitzer, of Chicago, have purchased the two-year-old Nikohs Baby from L. Aaron and B. Hokins. Clifford Scott will do the training John Adams, Jr., son of the noted jockey, is visiting with his parents. Young Adams, who reached the age of 17 Memorial Day, attends school at Iola, Kan., his fathers home town. Wednesdays Daily Double pool of 15,906 was the largest of the meeting. If the rain will only stay away the following horses might make hay tomorrow: TOWN SHEIK in the fourth, PNUT VENDOR in the sixth, and MARK ONIGHT in the eighth.
