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• : — CONNORS CORNER BfOmCmmn AQUEDUCT, L. I., N. Y., June 25.— Whatt f a difference a few months make? No doubt you have heard that bromide more times • than than you you care care to to re- than than you you care care to to re- remember, but it cropped up again yesterday. The ups and downs, slumps or what have you are common among athletes and i race riders are no ex- 1 ceptions. A couple of 1 jockeys Willie Boland, j from Texas and no stranger to these parts, and Ray York, from i out out California California way way via via : — out out California California way way via via his birthplace, Gloucester, Mass., are staging 1 birthplace, Gloucester, Mass., are staging 1 a hectic race for jockey winning honors at 1 this meeting. When it comes to a matter i of ages there is hardly any difference for 3 they are both 20 years old. This time last 1 year Boland was no ball of fire and en- 1 countered troubles in getting a mount. Everything the youth from Corpus Christi, t Texas, did on a horse was wrong. Max 1 Hirsch, a patient man with horses, men f and boys, never gave up on the youngster, c Hirsch entertained hopes that the youngster would return to the form that he enjoyed the year previous when as an ap- a prentice he guided Middleground to victory in the Derby and rode his way into a high 1 regard with hard-boiled Eastern horse s players. Despite Hirschs pleas to friends in the training profession when he went c seeking outside mounts for the youngster j he encountered a blank wall. Matters went from bad to worse and later in the summer r. Boland asked permission to try his luck t elsewhere. The permission was granted and j Boland went off to the what appeared 8 greener pastures of New Jersey and Mary- c land. The story from those sectors was a c repeat of the New York edition. Florida r was the same and then this spring Boland t reported at Columbia, S. C, where the s King Ranch and other horses that Hirsch 8 has in his care were undergoing spring training for the New York campign. The looked for miracle transpired and Boland c for the present is riding good, he is by no y means, a Fator, McAtee, Schilling or a I Sande, but turns in a workmanlike job de- s spite the fact that he meets what appears t like avoidable interference in some races, d * * * I York on the other hand was compara- r tively unknown to New Yorkers when he I headed this way from the tracks beyond b the Rockies. He has no explanation as to how he took up racing, he just gravitated towards the track after a tour of the rodeo ... .. . . n -i •■ ■ f i 1 1 j i 1 1 1 i 3 1 1 t 1 f c a 1 s c j r. t j 8 c c r t s 8 c y I s t d I r I b Boland, York Staging Hectic Race t* Both Riders Have Ups r and Downs * 1 Feustel Postpones His Trip East 1 t Combest Ready to Ride Saturday j 1 circuit where he was condemned as too 1 small to handle the "broncos" that furnish £ that entertainment. Here he is under call 1 to the Cain Hoy Stables of Harry F. Gug- genheim with a retainer from A. G. Van- i derbilt for second call. The two veterans of the New York area, Eric Guerin and Ted i Atkinson are third and fourth on the list * of leading riders here, two and five be- t hind the two leaders, who were tied for i honors as of this morning. From here it 1 looks like that no rider this year will pilot * more than 388 winners, the record for one t year held jointly by Walter Miller, Joe Cul- s mone and Willie Shoemaker, but you can s never tell whatll happen from now on * with racing on Sundays at Oriental Park s and Agua Caliente. Culmone and Shoe- * maker owe a lot to these racing grounds F for had they been closed, Millers 1006 rec- £ ord would be intact. C AAA C. T. Chenery was on hand yesterday and reported that so far no trainer had t been named to succeed J. H. "Casey" Hayes, a During the afternoon, he served as a stew- t ard, the visiting member of The Jockey d Club ... A. G. Vanderbilts three-year-old s Cousin is galloping daily at Sagamore Farm. He is showing some improvement in s his disposition. . Nat E. Herzfeld, the top J man at Tropical Park, came out to welcome 1 the return of summer . Louis Bandel, the a Miamian, was among the clubhouse visitors It and encountered quite a few folks from c down home Freddie "Fish" Lansburgh, I came back from Monmouth Park with a e raspy set of vocal chords. Despite his sten- u torian pleas, the best the colt, his name- d sake, could do was to finish second . . . Mr. b and Mrs. E. B. Benjamin, of New Orleans, J were on hand during the afternoon. He r was enthused over the recuperation of his j colt, Primate, and holds out hopes that he F will return to the racing wars next spring. . Dr. Southard recently reported that the a sesamoid bone, judging from X-ray pic- a tures, is knitting nicely . Stephen "Lad- 1 die" Sanford came over from the Westbury t polo fields and led the rooting section for 1 his starter Roll Call II. in the hurdle race, a a His efforts proved successful as his color- * bearer prevailed. p A * t: Louis Feustel, who developed Man o 0 War and others, relays word from Tulsa, c el. 1 . - • t* * 1 1 t j 1 1 £ 1 i i * t i 1 * t s s * s * F £ C t a t d s s J 1 a It c I e u d b J r j F . a a 1 t 1 a a * p t: 0 c • fOkla., that for the present he has postponed his trip to this area. He will probably return to the Pacific Coast. At Tulsa he encountered the old jockey Everett Haynes and between them cut up a few touches including the International Special in which Ladkin whipped Epinard at the mile distance at this track. . .Joe Williams, accompanied by his son Ray, a midshipman at Annapolis, came on from Los Angeles. He is associated with the Harry Curland Catering Co., and they plan to remain over c for several days . . . Judge Dunellen, retired, i was on hand yesterday. He underwent sur- v gery recently . . . Fred Harvey is fully con- j verted to belief in that old saw, about c biting the hand that feeds you. He is nurs- 1 ing a bum mit and who do you think bit | him? None other than that old reprobate t Andys Glory. The latter, by the way, is r being freshened up for the Jamaica season y and probably the enforced idleness does not f set well with the old fellow . . . Where You t At is the name of a two-year-old who / started in the first race on Tuesday. The n name bestowed by Louis Prima is appro- t priate for the youngster is by Alabama from c Sunny Spain and she by the English-bred a Golden Boss. a a A couple of the younger generation of trainers, that is they were young along " about the turn of the century, were putting • the rib on each other in the paddock yester- be D day, in which they were represented by *; starters. Power Plant, racing for the t] Wheatley Stable and trained by Jim Fitz- d Simmons, was returned the winner while h Max Hirschs charge finished unplaced. n he The ribbing between the two centered around a pair of bandages on the front legs of the winner . . . Trainer John Gaver ordered Tom Fool back from Monmouth Park where he had been shipped for an engagement. Tom Fool will be seen here under colors tomorrow providing track conditions are suitable. The Greentree color-bearer is adverse to an "off" track ... Jockey Nick Combest reported that he will resume riding on Saturday. Due to injuries suffered in a tumble at Belmont Park, he has been an absentee for a month . Tommy Costello was on hand yesterday and helped Phil Bieber study the P.P.s and hoped . . The local jockey colony sent Eddie Arcaro congratulatory messages when they learned he piloted his 3,000 winner. ! However, the boys decided against baking cake, the weather was too hot, and any- 1 way he is on a diet. Aqueduct officials had ] planned an Arcaro day here to celebrate the occasion, but the Cincinnatian took off for Arlington Park and the proposed 1 celebration went kaput.
