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Force Forge Handicap. Handicap. Garden State Memos I By FRED GALI AM Fans Arrive by Bus From New York Monmouth Delegation at Camden Low Blood Pressure Hits Publicitor GARDEN STATE PARK, Camden, N. J., May 18. — Saturdays swarming turnout was swelled by the arrival of 837 bus patrons from New York who used 17 of them, a record number of such conveyances from New York. Could it be the extra 3 per cent in New York has something to do with it? . . . Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords, along with their trainer Oscar White, were out to watch Yil-diz and Post Card perform in the Valley The The dav day nrevious previous Mr. Mr. Force Forge Handicap. Handicap. The The dav day nrevious previous Mr. Mr. Jeffords accepted the painting of his wifes One Count at Belmont for being chosen Horse of the Year for 1952...Cal Rainey left for Delaware Park where he will pass upon applications for that coming meeting and Fred Parks will fill in here as steward for the next two weeks of this session . . . Dick McKenna, who was the leading bug rider around Monmouth in 1948, is back galloping horses after being discharged from the Army three weeks ago. The Riverside, R. I., lad expects to get back into action again at the Monmouth Park meeting. He is currently mulling over a couple of offers from various stables. Dick was injured by shrapnel in the shoulder while serving a year in Korea. A delegation from Monmouth Park in persons of Edward Brennan, Horace Wade, and Tommy Engleman were out for the Valley Forge. Wade reported that the paths across the infield from the stable area have been eliminated, thus offering a turf course without any breaks, as was current in recent years. Horses will now be walked around the track to the paddock insetead of cutting across the infield. Turf and hurdle horses were known to leap and change stride when they hit the section of the track where the paths cut across the turf course. Grass racing will be accented and a new . hurdle stake will be added to the program as the Monmouth Jockey Club has taken over the Spring Maiden renewal, formerly held at Aqueduct ...Jimmy Donn, president of Gulfstream Park, is expected here next week and one of the objectives of his visit will be an inspection of the new paddock in front of the stands." John B. Kelly, president of the Atlwntic City course,, and one of his daughters, Liz-Ann, were out for the races. . . . Mrs. Charles Sheehan, wife of the secretary to the racing commission, made her first appearance of the season. . . . Ralph Cornell, of the Delaware Bridge Commission, was the guest of racing commission chairman Hugh Mehorter. . . . Every possible window was open Saturday and there were 236 sellers and 196 cashiers on the go. . . . Eddie Bracken, the movie star, accompanied by Olivia Colleen and Bill Noonan eschewed the clubhouse and got in some horse playing from the reserved grand stand section. Eddie and Miss Colleen start rehearsals for a new revue, "High Time," next week. Incidentally, Miss Colleen proved a better handicapper. Robert J. Keleberg, owner of the King Ranch, delayed his return from New York to Texas, shuttling over in his private plane to see High Scud fail as the choice in the Valley Forge. Max Hirsch, trainer for the fabulous Texas establishment, came down from New York to saddle the colt. . . . Harry Vetal, agent for Frank Zehr, made a last minute decision and grabbed a plane in Boston and got to the track in time to see the Valley Forge. He and Zehr, who rode Grover B., returned to Suffolk after the race. . . . Six of the 14 riders in the Valley Forge returned to Belmont after the races. . . . Sam Lewin, of the Carolyn K Stable, left for Pimlico where he will remain for the rest of the week and the Preakness. He reports that the good sprinter, Hi Billee, who broke a bone in his foot last faU, has made a remarkable recovery and is galloping sound, due to return to the races shortly. Tom Price, an exercise boy for Duke Mc-Cue, broke a leg Saturday morning when his horse reared over in back of the gate and rolled on him. He was taken directly Cfitfjmiptf °" ffeff WflNPfjl M09V 6 Garden State Memos By FRED GALIANI Continued from Page Four to Cooper Hospital in Camden. . . . Ernie Myatt, foreman for Darby Dan Farm, left here early Saturday morning for Pimlico where he worked a horse, returning by noon for the afternoons races. He would have made it earlier but he got lost in Baltimore. . . . Jockey Leo Jones, who was suspended for the rest of the meeting for his ride on Del Tex Maid, left for his home in New Orleans. He plans to ride in Chicago when his ban is completed. . . . Delaware Parks annual pre-opening press party will be held next Sunday at president Donald Ross Brandywine Farm. . . . Stake blanks for the Monmouth Park meeting are available in the racing secretarys office. Eighteen stakes, headed by the 0,000 Monmouth Oaks, will be offered at the North Jersey track. Nominations close June 1. Loug Cunningham, the ballyhoo man for Atlantic City, has been felled with an attack of low blood pressure. Would like to be around his house when he gets a package from Mars Bainbridge — a pound of liver . . Harold "Fats" Wiseman, agent for Ira Hanford, is a confirmed New Yorker now. Spent Saturday shaking hands and telling the boys of his latest adventures. . . . Saturdays total handle of ,726,179 came close to the all-time record of ,791,956 set on September 2, 1946.
