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CONNORS CORNER By Chuck1 Connors BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y.,1 May 28. Jimmy Donn, the old Scot from Lanark which, in case you are interested, is somewhere near Glasgow in that part of the Queens Scottish domain.gave the boys something to chew over last week-end. Jimmy, always spectacular in his methods when it comes to Gulfstream Park, phoned up that he had tilted the added money for the Florida Derby to 00,000, which is a tidy sum in I any mans pocket to go out and buy dinner, including a few baked potatoes. The news was a surprise to the boys north of the Mason-Dixon Line, although there were some inklings last spring that the pot would be upped, but no one expected that kind of a raise. Now the boys in the stable area are wondering what moves Hialeah and Santa Anita will make. The talk last winter was that when the directors of the Hialeah course sit down at their annual gabfest, held at Saratoga Springs, raises in the stakes would be the big item on the agenda. From here it looks like that is a must to hold the center of the limelight during the lush mid-winter season. As far as Santa Anita is concerned, "Doc" Strub and his associates may tilt their three-year-old offerings just as a spur to keep the "name" sophomores trekking across the Rocky Mountains to the Arcadia course. Santa Anita gives away a lot of money during the winter months and, as one prominent New York owner stated, they force you to go out in self preservation of the bankroll. One hundred grand stakes today are not novelties in the racing scene. Last "year, for example, eight offerings carried that amount in added monies, namely the Arlington Handicap, Belmont, Hollywood Gold Cup, Kentucky Derby, Santa Anita Handicap, Santa Anita Derby, Santa Anita Maturity and the Washington Park Handicap. AAA Thirty years or so back, when officials of a track announced a 00,000 special there was a great todo on the part of every one. The first International Special in 1923 which brought the English Derby winner, Papyrus, to these shores to meet Zev from the Rancocas Stable carried that amount. Tijuana, situated in Mexico just across the line from California, staged the Coffroth Jimmy Donns Spectacular Methods Florida Derby in 00,000 Class Conn Errico Disowns Coffee Pot Ivan Thomas Visiting at Belmont Handicap with that magical amount. Well, whats the difference. Its only money, but it comes in handy once in a while to buy a couple tons of hay or a few sacks of oats, not to mention paying off the hired help. Its a tough poker game the boys are playing, and well wait and see what the next raises will be. AAA Johnnie Clark, master of Tattenham Corners, which, by the way, is part of the Keeneland race track where he doubles in brass as a tub thumper, -relays word that the mare, Les Abeilles, will be bred today to I Will. The mare will be kept in training for a while. . .1. G. Skarbrevik, a prominent owner and breeder from Havana, Cuba, was on hand yesterday for a few days. He will remain in this area for some three weeks. He has 20 mares at his farm not far from the Cuban capital. . .Ben F. Whitaker reported that his good two-year-old, Tahitian King, was nursed by a coldblooded mare. His dam, Carolyn A., a week or so after foaling the colt, reared up and fell breaking her neck. The loss was a severe one to the Texan. Carolyn A. was named for Eddie Arcaros daughter... Trainer Preston Burch reported that County Clare, a smart two-year-old in the Brookmeade menage, is back in training fully recovered from the cough and will be ready for the Aqueduct session. AAA Trainer Jim Ryan shipped 25 flat horses i owned by Mrs. Esther duPont Weir and the Rokeby Stable to Delaware Park. The jumpers in the menage will be shipped following the Aqueduct meeting. . .Trainer Burt Mulholland reported that George D. Wideners Battlefield will be here from Erdenheim Farm on Thursday. The colt is a Suburban starter. . .Jockey Conn Errico is on the sidelines for a couple of days with burns on his hands and arms. He was fooling around with a new f angled type coffee pot and from now on promised to leave the kitchen duties to those who know... Fred W. Hooper, the Coral Gables, Fla., owner and breeder, came in from the southern city. The visit is his first of the year and he spent the better part of the day inspecting the horses that Ivan Parke has in training for him... Luke OBrien deserted Jamaica for the afternoon. . .Max Hirsch reported that the final draft of the King Ranch horses, eight two-year-olds, are due in from the Texas empire of owner Bob Kleberg tomorrow;. AAA Dr. Alberto Inclan, one of Cubas leading breeders, relayed word that his juvenile Susie I. was a clever winner of the Juvenile Stakes at Oriental Park. The well known physician also reported that he will arrive at Saratoga Springs for the racing season and the yearling vendues about August 10 ...A. G Vanderbilts Native Dancer is on the ailing list with bucked shins which accounted for his non-appearance in the National Stallion. The colt will be reserved for the Saratoga season. . .Mannie Walker joined Morris Bernstein as deserters from the haute couture, for the afternoon. The weather was too nice outdoors, they pointed out. . .Trainer George Strate reported that Star-Enf in, owned by the Brae Burn Stable, is back in training following illness, that old debbil cough. AAA Mrs. Charles H. Theriot, whose late husband raced a well balanced stable a decade or so back, made her first appearance of the season. . .Trainer H. Crouch reported that he had shipped five horses to the farm in Virginia and is in a position to take over an equal number or more to train for outsiders. . .Ivan Thomas, racing secretary and handicapper at Arlington Park, arrived today on missionary work and plans to remain over for the Suburban and the Peter Pan. Hirsch Jacobs returned from a trip to Garden State and pronounced it an easy one. . .Belmont Park officials completed plans to entertain the largest crowd of the meeting on Decoration Day. The roundup will be at 9:30 and the turnstiles manned at the same time.
