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Tar Heel and Solicitor Arrive at Roosevelt Oval OvalWill Will Be Prepared for Their 1952 Campaign at Westbury WestburyWESTBURY WESTBURY N Y May 7 Tar Heel and Solicitor who brought the record sale price of 225000 at Harrisburg Pa last fall arrived yesterday at Boosevelt Bace way to prepare for their 1952 campaign starting May 26 at the Westbury oval ovalTar Tar Heel last years Little Brown Jug winner and Solicitor both fouryearolds were purchased by Lawrence B Sheppard owner of the Hanover Shoe Farm from the estate of W N Reynolds the tobacco ty ¬ coon whose death resulted in the dispersal of his vast standardbred holdings John Simpson 1950 Boosevelt driving I champion is training and will drive the two champion pacers starting with the Grand Circuit meet the opening week at Westbury The pair are staked in the rich ¬ est earlyTclosing events at Boosevelt in ¬ cluding the 50000 Nassau TwoMile Pace on July 31 and the new fouryearold con ¬ test created this year the 10000 Massa pequa Pace August 22 22Simpson Simpson who trained the largest mod ¬ ern stable of trotters and pacers in 1951 numbering 72 head is now training ex clusively for the Hanover Shoe Farm This year the 32yearold Carolina reinsman will have 42 horses under his supervision