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j j I I , I I i I ! I Connors Corner By C. J. CONNORS I Continued from Page Three trek later to witness the Preakness and then return for the running of the Belmont John Hertz yesterday reported that 14 foals arrived at his Amarillo, Calif., nursery and 20 at his Stoner Creek, Ky., farm. Mr. Hertz also reported that he will dispose of some of his broodmares this summer at public vendue and retain 30 mares at each farm. This means that five in California will go under the hammer while 12 will be sold from Kentucky. . Dark Star, th~ Cain Hoy stables Derby winner, was shipped to Pimlico this morning by trainer Eddie Hay ward for his Preakness engagement. The colt will be started in Mondays Preakness Prep. Jockey Hank Moreno will remain here to ride engagements tomorrow and then leave for Baltimore. Colin "Sandy" MacLeod was a surprise visitor yesterday and following the running of the featured offering checked out for his Virginia acreage. He will be back later, he said, which prompted Charlie Shaw to crack, "And dont come back empty handed. . Mrs. Hank Greenberg represented the baseball domain yesterday. The visit was her first of the season Mrs. Charles Thierrot, whose late husband raced some good ones a couple of decades back, was a clubhouse visitor . . Mrs. Roy Car- ruthers joined the clubhouse delegation and promised to be a regular at the meeting. R. N. Webster, the New Yorker, who has a draft of horses with Lucien Laurin, came out for a look-see . . Walter Home, who is one of Bill Posts patrons, was a paddock student during the afternoon . . . Mrs. Josephine Segura, who is associated in the ownership of the Pin Oak Stable and niece of Frank Abercrombie, the Texan, was on hand to root for Themis in the days opener. The score was the first for the menage at Belmont. Mrs. Segura discarded the plaster cast that bound up a broken leg, suffered in a skiing accident a couple of months ago . . . Reports from the Mary Immaculate Hospital are to the effect that steeplechase jockey R. Smiley passed a good night and that his condition is showing some improvement. Jockey Nick Wall packed his boots and saddles and hied himself over to Garden State. He wiJ ride, among others at that track, Golden Gloves owned by the Bolair Stable. . .Jockey Ira Hanford will go to Garden State to ride High Scud and La Corredora in engagements there. . . Jess Higley left for Pimlico to ride Hyphasis in a sprint at that park. . . Neil Boyle, the track superintendent here, was discharged from a New York hospital where he underwent a check up. . Trainer Max Hirsch said that To Market, owned by the King Ranch, had been named for the Brooklyn and a couple of other engagements at Aqueduct. "Whats the use of running him at Belmont, he can work like the wind over the track in the morning but just wont run in the afternoons, but shows to better advantage at Aqueduct." To Market has never won a race over a New York track and Hirsch agreed that he had just about given up hopes that he will.
