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I .,._»__ !_ — 4ft *■ : nM ♦ ♦ Connors Corner By CHUCK" CONNORS _ Chief of Chart Correspondents MONMOUTH PARK, Oceanport, N. J., June 28. — Wednesday, July 11, will be a red letter day for the New Jersey breeders * The fifth annual year- .,._»__ I ling ling show, show, sponsored sponsored by by ling ling show, show, sponsored sponsored by by the thoroughbred horse breeders of this state, 1 will be staged in the walking ring of this track, and from present indications the presentation will exceed those of the past. ■ A total of 79 colts and fillies have been entered and should all show show up, up, which which they they no no 1 — show show up, up, which which they they no no 1 doubt will, the morning will be a hectic one for Max Hirsch, who will serve as judge. • Hirsch is no stranger to judging the qualities of budding racing material, for a search 1 through the records reveals that he has an 1 uncanny sense in selecting youngsters that ; will eventually make their way through the ; racing wars. The colts and fillies on display are the offspring of topline stallions 1 such as Attention, Case Ace, Chicuelo. Easton. Flushing II., First Fiddle, Knave ■ High. Pavot, Piping Rock, Neddie, Rounders and War Relic. They represent the out- • , standing breeding farms of the state and | I included in the lot are representatives from 1 David O. Evans Evandel Farm, the Estate - of William G. Helis, the Short Brook Farm 1 of Alfred De Cozen, the Meadowview Farm. , I Joseph Roebling, Mrs. W. W. Vaughan and 1 others. The yearling: show committee is headed by Mrs. James Purdel of Holmdale. One rule that will be enforced to the hilt is that pertaining- to the starting time. The show will start at 10 a. m. and no late show-ring entrants will be permitted once the judging has started. Another recommendation from the committee is that all entries be shown rigged with chifney bits. This measure is advanced as a precautionary one to forestall any possible injury to the yearlings while being shown. Suitable prizes will be awarded to the owners of the best colt, best filly, and topping all is one of the best in the show. Take it away Max and dont go to thinking of how one of those youngsters might bounce down the Wi-dener chute some afternoon and put in a bid for him. Nominations for the Midsummer Hurdle e i Handicap with ,000 added clcse on July J 27. The race is to be run on August 3 and 1 is the sole handicap offering for that type 5 i of thoroughbred . Horace Wade, who does s a good job of tub thumping for this track, • | and trainer Dave Emery planed to New J ! York. They turned tevee performers and showed up on Jimmy Powers sports program " Trainer George M. Odom shipped 1 Versify, owned by Colin MacLeod, back to 3 Belmont Park following her engagement in 1 the Regret Handicap . Odom and Wallace e Gilroy will leave early next month for a • trip to Kentucky . John F. Curry, New Yorks racing enthusiast extraordinary, deserted " Aqueduct for the afternoon. He e promises to make frequent trips during the e next few weeks Edward Clarke, mayoi of • Bayonne, N. J., deserted his municipal 1 Continued on Page Thirty-Nine g g g g S I i i 1 1 1 1 J , t t an n E J. t. ly f ly j l , i — ir "« id i- in in in in th k. a a Id se as as i- es at at ae rs H. H. id 3d this lis Connors Corner | Continued from Page Five duties and entertained a party of friends B during the afternoon. Joe Stevens, of the Catering Clan, kept one eye glued to the local scene and an ear in the direction of the Polo Grounds . . . Miss Anne Collins, noted painter, will display several oils next week. In the quintet which will be hung in the clubhouse gallery is one of Three Rings . . . The Elmcrest Farms Navy Chief will be shipped to Leslie Combs II.s Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky next week. The horse broke a bone in his foot during the running of the Queens County Handicap at Aqueduct and next spring will enter the stud. Virgil "Buddy" Raines, who trains the e horses owned by the Brandywine Stable, reported that Greek Song will be shipped I to Charles Asburys farm in Kentucky. The e good stakgs winner will launch his stud d career in that nursery . . . Vince Milrick " is among the regulars and reported that it the weather in Miami is op the warm side. e. ... Commissioner U. J. Strong, of the New w Jersey Racing Commission, came over from n his Butler, N. J., home, chaperoning a party y of guests . . . Bert Mulholland and Doug ,f Campbell motored down from Belmont Park for a look-see at the Regret. Mulholland _ ,1 had more than a passing interest in the showing of Roman Wise", owned by F. Eugene Dixon, Jr. . . . Marshall Lilley, 7 I I who exercised the best of the thorough-i , breds trained by the late Jimmy Rowe — these included Sysonby, Colin. Regret and d others — came over from his Red Bank, J N. J., home for a visit. He reported that 2 the old Brookdale Farm, once the pride and joy of the Whitney family, is rapidly , y deteriorating. Trainer Frank Catrone reported that he will pick up some additional horses, now turned out at the Helis Farm, to be ; readied for a later summer and fall cam- paign . . . Colin "Sandy" MacLeod flew ! up from his Virginia acres, saw a few races and then flew right back again . . . Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Schneider, they have several horses in training in New York, stopped en route to their Houston, Texas, home. They plan to return north for a few weeks at Saratoga Springs . . . Elliott [ Burch, who has the Brookmeade Stable j division in his care here, reported that t jockey A. Vasil will be aboard Chains in the Long Branch Handicap on the | week-end. He also reported that his i father, Preston, will be down from New York for the day. Bertan S. Mott, county clerk of Morris *s County, guided a party of friends about 1 the grounds during the day . . . Dave Wilentz, former Attorney General of New w Jersey, who was identified with the Iind-er J- bergh kidnapping case, was on hand during land the afternoon . . . Bill Warmer, a decade or so ago prominent in the pugilistic arenas is as a welterweight, was granted a trainers ,.s license. He has a one-horse stable, and the ie equine is named Bronx Bomber . . . Jockey -y Joe Reaick is a frequent commuter beer l~ tween here and the New York tracks. He le has earned the sobriquet of "here again ■m and gone again" . . . Trainer Woody jv Stephens shipped Marta, owned by the le Woodvale Farm of Royce Martin, back to kQ Belmont Park following her engagement in m the Regret Handicap . . . Trainer Leonard rd Hunt reported that Passemson, owned by jy | Mrs. B. L. Williams, is back in training. g. rd by jy g. j The colt suffered a quarter crack during I the Garden State meeting.
