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I | ] i _ /m K ■K . 1 si ™s£a ■ ibsvT i • , I ! . ; ; ►- ■ . Arlington Notebook By J. J. MURPHY I ARLINGTON PARK, Arlington Heights, 111., June 22.— The Warren Wright Me- morial Stakes, which will have its in- augural augural running running here here _ ; ; ; ! ; i [ i i • ; ! augural augural running running here here next Wednesday, will honor a man who en- tered the sport in a modest manner and built a great racing organization. In his first season, 1932, the master of Calumet ac- rued earnings of but ,500 with his run-j ners. Calumet is nowl the greatest money-j winning winning stable stable of of all all i £ j e i i i ] 1 . 1 • 1 t * ■ • c € £ t t I I t 1 1 t c t i t t 1 t 1 I i fc c 1 t t t 1 ! ; i ; I | I , winning winning stable stable of of all all time, its representatives having amassed a total of almost eight million dollars in purse money. It produced four Kentucky Derby winners, Whirlaway, Pensive, Cita- tion, and Ponder; two "Triple Crown" winners, and 18 thoroughbreds have earned over 00,000 each. Over 50 stakes-winning horses have come from the stable. Warren Wright led all American thoroughbred horse breeders in five seasons and headed the winning owners list in seven seasons. His first stakes winner was Hadagal, who won the Champagne Stakes of 1933, and the following year the great filly, Nellie Flag, reputed to be the late owners favor- ite horse, won the Arlington Matron, the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes, and the Selima. Trainer Ben Jones has nominated Fanfare and Jennie Lee for the stake in hopes of winning the first running for Mrs. Wright. John M. Grace, of Chicago, who is known in these parts as the can opener king, due to the fact that he manufactures those gadgets, recently returned from a trip to New York, where he took in the Belmont races. Has some horses here in charge of Roy Adams . . Jockey Andy LoTurco, who has been flitting between here and Omaha, has decided to settle down, and will spend the re- mainder of the season at Arlington ... The stable of E. Barry Ryan, which arrived in this area not so long ago, is being shipped to Aqueduct. Lost one of their best horses, Big Story, through ac- cident on opening day . . . Jockey Job Jessop has been engaged to ride Mrs. A. M. Creechs Lincoln Handicap winner, Kosadus, in the Stars and Stripes Handi- cap. . Keith Carter, TRPB representa- tive, will travel to Centennial Park, Den- ver, for the opening of that meeting June 30 and will return to Chicago the following day . . Agent Dan Broic re- ceived word that Bob Wingfeld, son of trainer R. E. "Red" Wingfield, is now stationed at Fort Meade, Ga. He is a member of the artillery. A pair of Denemark aces, Ruhe and Red Curtice, have been showing fine form in morning trials for coming engagements. Ruhe is due to start in the Warren Wright k Memorial Stakes next Wednesday, and the two-year-old Bashford Manor winner in the Hyde Park Stakes one week from Sat- p Continued on Page Fifteen c £ ARLINGTON PARK NOTEBOOK 1 Continued from Page Three urday. . Bernwood, training for the Warren Wright, recently went three-eighths in :34.Vj over an "off" track... John A. Kin-ard, owner of Johns Joy, was a 2,500 yearling buy. . Learn from the West Coast that Citation ran his best race since his San Juan Capistrano duel with Noor, when he scored his recent victory. "Cy" is now shooting strictly for the 00,000 Hollywood Gold Cup and the million mark in earnings . . .Asknowledge receipt of a beautiful catalogue from Hal Price Headley listing the stock on his Beaumont Farm and containing valuable statistical information. During the years 1921-1950, inclusive, Headley-bred horses won ,372,012, and the winnings of the racing stable during a like period was ,466,243. Trainer C. C. Caudle has shipped all the horses in his care to the farm near Del Mar, Calif., where they will be rested up until the Del Mar meeting. . Jack Hodgins states The Jockey Club recently approved the name Practise for a chestnut colt by Devil Diver — Study Period. The youngster is owned by Dixiana . . . Eddie Hayward has taken first call on the services of jockey Francis Thacker, who recently arrived from New York. . . Learn that the filly Aunt Jinny has been adopted as a mascot by a national working girls sorority . . . General manager John D. Jackson reports a large crew of painters have started work brightening up the Washington Park plant, and, barring a major catastrophe, the buildings will be spic and span for the opening of the meeting The eighth race Thursday was the longest event staged here since 1942. In inaugurated a proposed series of marathon events, which will be culminated by a two and one-quarter mile affair nearing the close of the meeting. The long distance events will be staged every Thursday. Stuyvesant Peabody, Jr., has the following to say regarding the proposed bill for the appropriation of an additional one per cent from the pari-mutuel handle in Illinois: At present the take on our major tracks around Chicago totals 13 per cent plus breaks, which results in the actual take of approximately 14.4 per cent. Down-state the take is one per cent greater. An additional one per cent take obviously discriminates against the race-going public, making it even more difficult than it is now for the average racegoer to beat the races. In addition, this type of tax will tend to stimulate illegal bookmaking, as it will give illegal operators a margin of over 15 per cent to work on. It is difficult to estimate whether this additional tax will result in decreased betting as the public becomes aware of it, but any tax of this type will tend to reduce the racegoers enthusiasm and eventually the law of diminishing returns will become effective." "Horses for courses" the wise men say. Heres the runners we like tomorrow: GREYTOWN in the fifth; CADLLOU ROUGE in the eighth, and DA DO in the ninth.
