Suffolk Downs Notebook, Daily Racing Form, 1953-05-15

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SuffolkDownsNotebook By FRED GALIANI Continued from Page Fire the superintendent there. That makes I Sam a Jersey-bred. t Native Boston jockey Jimmy Brennan 8 had a good day for himself yesterday, win- i ning with Montenegrin and Belluno and i finishing fourth on Eabani for C. T. Chen- s ery. The first named horse set a new course record over the grass. Brennan has i been with Casey for three years and is the s first string rider for the Chenery unit here. 1 Casey has a maiden jockey in Floyd Green, 1 for whom he envisions a good future. Wil- i lie Robinson handles the engagements for c both of the boys . . . Jack Brennan, of the t TRPB, spent the afternoon at the races 1 today . . My New Hampshire agent reported 1 that Lutza Smith gave a mothers day party at the Joseph Memorial Hospital last Sunday, one of the many such affairs she stages throughout the year . . Dave Hicks, of East Providence, R. I., foreman for trainer George Handy, will take a division of the string to Scarborough Downs in Maine when that sessions opens in July. Will the guy who sends gullible ones to the press box to ask for the key to the eighth pole cut it out? . It disturbs the card players. . .Trainer George Curies sold Cherry Caper to Jimmy Larkin, of New York . . . There are about 250 horses at Rockingham who van over to race at Suffolk and whenever one of them wins, Dominic LoBraico, stall superintendent at The Rock who is a frequent visitor, lets the fact be widely known. Claims its the New Hampshire air that makes them run so well . . . Jimmy Durante makes his first appearance at a Boston night club starting tomorrow night and since the Arcaro of the air waves is not a stranger to the horses, he m?ght also pop up for a first visit to Suffolk Downs . . Phil Reimer, the clothier and haberdasher around the Downs, discovered a new way to fix clocks. His wrist watch wasnt working lately and yesterday he inadvertently ran over it with his car. Since then, despite its broken crystal and battered case its keeping perfect time. Winding Way Farms Sagittarius is on the grounds awaiting Saturdays 16th running of the Governors Handicap and trainer W. G. Williams will arrive Saturday morning to saddle the sprinter . Florence Dellarias Harpes has been shipped in from Jamaica for a couple of stakes and will be handled by Don McCoy . . . Dick McLaughlin has been engaged to handle H. A. Kimballs Algasir in the Governors Handicap i . . Trainer Johnny Leyland has purchased . the contract of apprentice Richard La-Monte. The youngster has been galloping horses for two years for R. W. Collins and will be seen in action shortly . Thomas McGovern, a bug boy from Roxbury, rode his first mount at the Downs on Ber Mar Boy in the first race. . .Owner G. Gordon i Paton, of the Copaut Stable, who hails ; from Lambertville, N. J., is a visitor for the ! next few days.


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