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■""■"•"wswjiu. ...Jiiiu.ii Mir---, Miim-f wwmttm CONNORS CORNER *Om#amm AQUEDUCT, L. I., N. Y., June 20.— Along about this time of the year owners and trainers start looking toward the future for racing racing replacements. replacements. racing racing replacements. replacements. The big sources in this respect are the yearling sales held annually at Lexington, Ky., and Saratoga Springs, N. Y. These offerings attract buyers from all sectors with the liberal handed getting the bigger news display. However, later the odds may turn in favor of the bargain hunter hunter for for a a colt colt or or Mir---, Miim-f wwmttm hunter hunter for for a a colt colt or or filly acquired for a small outlay frequently dominates the scene. The book, the American Racing Manual that is, has a raft of statistics on this matter and record prices for yearlings that failed as racing properties is always a topic of conversation with the paddock set. The names most mentioned as failures are New Broom 5,000 , Hustle On 0,000, Pericles 6,000, Broadway Limited 5,000 and Speculation 5,-000 . Last year C. H. Jones, the Calif ornian, laid out 60 grand for a filly by Bull Lea and Lady Lark to be known to the racing legions as Perfection. Today it is a misnomer, the miss faced the starter on three occasions, finished second twice and third once for total earnings of ,425. However, she has time and the breeding prospects are promising. The cheaper ones that turned out to be Cinderellas or Prince Charmings, well, we have a flock of them and the one most talked about is Alsab. You take it from here but dont forget that the yearling sales are a big part of the racing picture and you might be the one to pick up a jewel for a dime store price. AAA Trainer Max Hirsch returned from Delaware Park where he spent the past couple of days supervising the training of the draft that he has there . . . R. J. Kleberg, master of King Ranch, is awaiting further tests on the horse Mazinga. This fellow, a full brother to Assault, in a sterility test showed startling negative tests . . . Trainer Gene Jacobs reported that lightning can play funny tricks. Study Hour who was stalled next to Lode Star at the time of the lightning strike showed no effects whatsoever and came out for the eighth race to turn in probably the best effort of her career. Ring-goldian, who was cooling out when the bolt struck missed being a victim by a photo. He had just turned the corner of the stable when Lode Star went down . . During the absence of Francis P. Dunne at the commission hearings on off -track betting, Jack Campbell substituted. »;.. ... . Time of Year for Yearling Sales i Lightning Can Play Funny Tricks Centime Victim of Stone Bruise Johnny Clark on Aqueduct Scene La Perouse, owned by William Woodward, and a clever graduate from the non-winners ranks in her last start, is named for a famous restaurant. The original is in Paris and the duplicate is in Vancouver, B. C. Well, take your choice as to location. ...Jack Swersey, the candy making man from Long Island City, deserted the toothsome morsels for the afternoon.* Accompanied by his son Bob, they gave the Aqueduct scene a good going over. . .Jockey Ronnie Nash is headed this way to pilot Greek Ship in the Edgemere for the Brook-meade Stable . . . Freddie Fish and Capt. Hitzig, a couple of two-year-olds that "Red" Baker has in his charge, were transfered to Belmont Park. AAA Sherrill Eugene Ward came up from Miami to join his father for the summer months. The youngster, a prep school football star, will enter the University of Kentucky this fall to study veterinary science. . . .Trainer Dolly Byers reported that the speedy juvenile Centime, owned by William Goadby Loew, is on the sidelines. The youngster is a victim of a stone bruise and will be an absentee until the Saratoga season. . .We made a bloomer the other day and tried to turn Bill Winfrey into a miracle man. Native Dancer was fired for a splint and not an osselet. Anyway the colt is coming around nicely. . .Tommy Trotter is busy packing his go-away bag in preparation for his trek to Centennial race course out Denver way. Mrs. Trotter will supervise the chauffering on the way out. . . .Mrs. Esther duPont Weir came up from Wilmington, Del., to witness her fencer Clive of India perform in the Amagansett. AAA When lightning struck the Gene Jacobs barn here during the height of Thursdays storm the paddock gang started reminiscing about other storms. Empire City was a favorite target of the electrical elements while Saratoga Springs never went unscathed. Max Hirsch has vivid memories of the Saratoga Springs electrical display for it was months before some of his charges returned to top racing performances, following the appearance of one of those thunderbolts atop his barn . . . Jim Ryan, who emphatically denies the report that the two-year-old Belfaster was named for him, was on hand yesterday. He saddled a couple of starters, one on the ►flat and the other for the hurdles. Following the races he headed back to Wilmington . . John Clark, tub thumper at Keene-land, horse breeder, traveling ambassador, founder of the America for Kentuckians club and salesman with or without options or down payments, checked in today. The boys rushed for the frigidaires to develop sales resistance when the news of Ms arrival was bruited about. . .Cyrus S. Julli-en, president of Aqueduct, entertained a dozen or so lawyers at a pre-race luncheon yesterday. There were enough devotees of Blackstone on hand to settle any arguments legal or otherwise that could have deevloped . . . Harry Stevens, of the catering clan, returned from a class reunion at Yale up New Haven way. He appeared to have survived the ordeal without aid of medical assistance.
