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H On the Trot 1 By MORRIE KURLANSKY 1 Trotters Take Limelight Tonight Bomb Sight to Meet Steve Tell Earls Pied Piper on Good Card MAYWOOD PARK, Mftywood, 111., May 21. — Tomorrow night the trotters will be in the limelight at this half-mile track. The The Arthur Arthur T. T. Gait Gait The The Arthur Arthur T. T. Gait Gait Trot Stake, purse ,-960, and a ,500 free-for-all will bring out the best diagonally-gaited performers currently stabled here. While few people may doubt that Bomb Sight will add to his laurels in the firs t-named race, the Cincinnati-owned cojt, who will give give his his farewell farewell per- give give his his farewell farewell per- performance at this meeting, will clash with an opponent he has not met before. This is Steve Tell, a three-year-old trotter owned by William H. Laue of Hinsdale, 111., and trained by Dale Ainsworth. This gelded son of Spencer Tell won his last nine races in 1952 and amassed earnings of 6,741 during his juvenile campaign. Steve Tell will have the No. 1 post, while Bomb Sight will start from the No. 3 spot. Altogether, nine trotters will oppose Lou Hubers charge, who won his last start in the mud as easily as the one before over a fast surface. Earls Pied Piper, undefeated this year in four starts, will defend his lofty position against five aged trotters, two of which, Little Steve and Hal Tass, were winners the last time out. The one most to fear in this race, however, is Lingo Direct, a 13-year-old gelding by True Yolo, with lifetime earnings of more than 5,000. Al Benson, the popular disc jockey from the southside, was gust of the management the other night and posed for pictures with prexy Bob Johnson in the winners circle after the fifth race. It must have been the first encounter of the "Swing King" with a live horse for he flinched repeatedly back from the playful winner and finally wound up well behind the sulky, where the horse could not reach him. The name of the horse, by the way, was Flying Tarter. Mrs. Vera Shine, the Alabama patron, was immensely gratified when the very feminine - looking and smoothly - gaited filly, Easter Flowers, accomplished the rare feat of winning her fifth race in a row with Frank Taylor in the sulky. This capable teamster a few years ago was in a serious accident, when he lost all fingers except the thumb of his right hand and sustained a leg injury, which makes him limp. His reinsmanship, however, does not seem to have suffered the least for he is always among the leading drivers here as well as at Louisville and other night tracks. Two lady drivers are presently competing here. They are Verna Gillespie and Joyce Hankins. The former usually is seen behind the Frank L. Hafner-owned pacer, Baker Patch, while Joyce Hankins guides her own horse, the 10-year-old Spud Hanover gelding, Kinny Wyn. In the morning hours, sometimes as many as a dozen girls, mostly the wives or daughters of trainers, are exercising horses. How about putting on a glamor race exclusively for the sulky beauties? Since were on the subject of ladies, Joe Wilson, the telecaster, had Charlene Ordahl, clerk of the course, on his program Tuesday night. Working for several years in the racing secretarys office at the various Chicagoland harness meets, the young lady as much admired for her good looks as her accurate work, was promoted last year to her present official capacity and has been lauded for her performance of important duties by visiting USTA dignitaries. James Speaker, associate judge, is very brave these days — wears only a belt. Discarded the suspenders after a marathon hedge trimming at his home in Wilmette, 111. Positions among the first ten leading drivers change practically nightly, sometimes from one race to the next. Including Tuesday nights racing, three drivers have nine wins each — Clarence Curtis, Frank Taylor, and Billy Rouse. Russell Britenfield and Earl Roush follow with eight vicotories apiece. Tied in third place are Dee Stover, Red Ross, Stan Stucker and Tom Wilburn with seven winners, and Ralph Ayou, Mel Harmen-ing, Jim Kealey, L. N. Meggitt and C. F. Rumley the father and C. J. Rumley the son have six wins each. Since there was a lot of publicity about the Adams father-and-son act at Hawthorne, harness racing can boast of dozens of these combinations. Some that come to mind are Ben White and Gib White, Roy and Gene Riegle, C. F. and C. J. Rumley, the Lou Hubers, the Flemings, the Parkinsons, the Friedleys, the Wagners, the Bur- rights, the Houslets, the Niles, the Pitz-patricks. There is of course, virtually no age limit in harness racing. A man can be active as long as he is healthy and weight doesnt make any difference. Earl McMillen, who recently resigned from his position as assistant trainer to Everett Osborn, found a new job with the stable of Don Hayes, DuQuoin, HI. Hayes, brother, Gene, is the Illinois Harness Racing Commission chairman. . . Charles Stuart, chief of the Maywood Park police, became a grandfather this week. His only daughter, Mrs. Virginia Goldcamp, gave birth to a strapping boy, seven and one-half pounds. The youngster will be named Robert Christopher. Harold Warner, youthful Minnesota reinsman, resigned his position with the Sunny Hill Stable of Boonville, Ind., owned and operated by Sam Kennedy, and will free-lance for the remainder of the season. Hes likely to "catch-drive" for the California stable of M. P. Coronado. . .Billy Rouse received a 5 reprimand by the stewards for backing off the field after taking the top with Jimmy Peter Monday. Jimmy Peter went on to win the race in 2:09%, a comparative easy mile after witnessing the consistent pacer finishing second in 2:07y5 and 2:08%.
