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CONNORS CORNER iwan BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., June 10. — Its a long cry from the original days of the United Hunts, which started back back at at Morris Morris Park Park back back at at Morris Morris Park Park back in 1905, the year Belmont Park opened its gates, to the present. A decade or so ago, the overnight entries, which were closed anywhere from 48 to 72 hours ahead of the running, listed as many as twenty-one more starters in every race. However, when it came time for the starters to parade postward the fields were cut down by scratches, of course, to a mere handful. This to a certain extent found no favor with the cash customers but was welcomed by the chart callers. These fellows, in case you dont know or are slightly interested, are the men who chart the positions of the horses at specific points in a race. Today it is altogether different, and while the United Hunts is presumed to cater to the horses flying through the air over hurdles, the ones who prefer the flat are in the ascendancy. Fourteen scratches were posted early this morning from an overnight entry of 102. These deflections were, according to those who withdrew, due to the change in track conditions. Certainly times have changed over the years and the alterations are beneficial to the punters. AAA The scene shifts to Aqueduct Thursday, and dont say you were not warned. Cyrus S. Jullien and his associates spent a hectic few hours this morning surveying the results of the storm. The clubhouse awnings and the collapsible wings of the hurdles and jumps went with the wind. The boys searched all over the layout and finally came up with enough plastic lumber or cardboard, whatever they are made from, to give the jockeys a guide to the fences. Barring further storms, Aqueduct will be ready for the big day. The big news for the opening is the flag raising ceremony. A detachment of 20 men will comprise the detail, they are recruited from the Army personnel station there in charge of antiaircraft guns, not to protect the secret figures of the handicappers as some made bold enough to suggest. AAA Trainer Jack Skirvin tested Jubling, owned by the Chicagoan, Charles Wacker III., over that strip this morning for her Gazelle engagement. She acquitted herself* handsomely, or so reported the horse spies in that locale. . .John C. Clark, top man at * Few Scratches at United Hunts * Aqueduct Meet Opens Tomorrow Cousin to Be Trained at Farm Jelke Pilots His Plane East Hialeah, reported that no definite date has been set for the meeting of the directors of that association at Saratoga Springs in August. At the session the stake and overnight program will be decided upon . . Dr. and Mrs. Charles Strub checked out for California and plan to witness a few days racing at Hollywood Park . Belmont Parks track superintendent Boye and the exchequer got one good break during the flash storm of Monday. The rains that followed the high winds kept some of the top soil in place. The boys up on the hill reported that the dust was inches deep in and about the stable area . Amory L. Haskell, president of the United Hunts, entertained racing officials, members and the visiting press at a buffet luncheon before the running of the first race . Chin-chon, a two-year-old by Goya II. from Monsoon, in the C. V. Whitney menage, huddled the fence on the training track while at exercise this morning and wound up with cuts and bruises. The veterinarian will be busy for the next few days. The exercise boy escaped with a shaking up . . . The press box at Belmont Park had a couple of unsolicited visitors yesterday. A couple of squirrels walked in and, believe it or not, their first acts were to trespass over the files of the handicappers. Could there be some coincidence in that? AAA Jockey Eddie Arcaro may fly from Chicago to Hollywood Park to ride Intent, owned by Brookfield Farm, in the 00,000 Gold Cup, Saturday, July 12 . A. G. Van-derbilt and trainer Bill Winfrey have decided to place the strong-minded Cousin back in training. The colt, who was shipped to the farm some three weeks ago in an effort to mend his mannerism, will be trained at the farm and then shipped to Saratoga Springs ahead of the other horses. It is hoped this treatment will bring about a better balance in his thinking apparatus. . . .Ben Isen, comptroller at Gulf stream Park, joined Jimmie Donn of that association yesterday. Donn came up in quest of some cool weather and was greeted by a cloudburst and windstorm. He reported that some six hundred horses owned by Shriners will make a colorful display in the parades attendant to the convention of that body which opens on Sunday in Miami. Charles Reynold reported the arrival ! ►from Chicago of the sprinter Heavenly , Hash. This one is owned by Frank Rand, I I I Jr., of New Mexico, who races under the . nom de course of the El Triumf o Stable . . . i Frank Christmas shipped Some Form to his Monkton, Md., farm to be turned out and j freshened up . . At private terms Col. E. P. Bixer, the New Yorker, acquired from the I sage of Times Square, Jack Amiel, the three-year-old Count Flame. The latter will remain in the care of trainer Sol Ruth- j 1 chick. Count Flame was a highly regarded I j member of that menage and was named for all the big three-year-old events for this summer . . Cliff Carter will enter the Mercy , Hospital, Rockville Center, for a hernia operation next week. AAA Eugene Constantin, the Texan who has a pretentious menage here with Clyde Troutt, j I departed for the Southwest. He plans to be bacl- later in the season, probably at Sara- I I I toga Springs . .Charles Leonard has taken over the racing colors and nom de course I of his late uncle, Charles Leonard, who founded the Newtondale Stable ... Jack Denis decided to train back to Nashville, I I I Tenn., where he hopes the weather will be more liveable than what was on tap during his New York sojourn. . .Charles C. Jelke flew in from Chicago, he pilots his own plane, to accept a few mounts in steeplechase events during the two-day session of j j the United Hunts . Leslie Combs, the Ken- j 1 tuckian, departed for the land of mint juleps to be ready for the Lexington year- l ling vendues . Flirtatious, the winner of the Polly Drummond at Delaware Park for ; j Ogden Phipps, was returned to her Aque- I ! duct stable to await the running of the As- ! toria which is down for decision on Mon- ! 1 day, June 16 . .The flash storm which • swept over the Metropolitan area and later descended on Queens and Nassau counties did little damage at Belmont. A couple of trees lost some branches but the power 1 lines went out and the plant was operated J upon an auxiliary set. This substitute was I not strong enough to move the elevators ! , and the boys and girls came in for some unlooked for exercise when they were forced to scale the stairs leading to the upper floors.
