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„ ™ta-M™ r~r Connors 111 L Corner By "CHUCK" CONNORS ■ Tea-Makers Soundness Expounded Faces All-Comers as Ten-Year-Old Saraceno to Veterinary Hospital BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y. May 22. — "Old Tea-Maker, what a sweet- ] heart he is," said Jimmy Smith who trains i the the W. W. J. J. Ziegler Ziegler i j „ the the W. W. J. J. Ziegler Ziegler i j horses, the other morn- ing as he watched the old campaigner owned ] by P. Ambrose Clark , walk off the racing strip following a morn- ing trial. "And further- more he is a standout example in the argu- ment against racing thorough breds too 1 young and too often." The The remarks remarks by by the the j ™ta-M™ The The remarks remarks by by the the j veteran brought nods of approval from sev- . eral other trainers standing around and quickly the subject of comparable examples was broached. The boys went back over j memory lane, probing for a comparable ex- i ample who at 10 raced against top stake | company and more than held his own. The « names of some of the veterans of years ; gone by, such as Logan, Blitzen, Barnum, | Borrow, Tippity Witchet and a couple of others were mentioned but discarded due to | the contention they met in the late stages ; of their careers or were discarded due to , being younger than the son of Only One « and Tea Leaves. The nearest that the boys 1 1 could recall with any degree of certainty ; was Delegate, who is here in the menage of Herbert M. Woolf, the Kansas Citian, who races under the nom de course of Woolford Farm. Delegate is nine and is by Maeda from Brides Veil and has in his own way something of a record. This year to date is the only season that the old fellow, who by the way can be called junior by the veteran in charge •f Dolly Byers, has failed to win a stake or handicap offering. He accounted for stakes or handicaps, at least one in the seven years that preceded this one. Tea-Maker, the boys readily admitted, is as sound as the proverbial bell of brass, but they quickly pointed out that he was well on when he came to the races. He made Continued on Page Forty-Eight Connors Corner *T By C. J. CONNORS Jd Continued from Page Six his debut as a five-year-old in a hurdle ! race at Saratoga Springs and finished up the track. Then a few days later, trainer Byers started him on the flat. He whipped a representative field and hi; score is still recalled by Saratogians, for when the "tote" pay-off was posted, it was the largest of that meeting. , Since then Tea-Maker has moved along with the best, and one thing in his favor is I that you do not have to have a track made j to order. Mud, slop, drying out, holding or I fast — they are all alike to this fellow and when it comes to picking up weight, well -it seems that it dont bother him in the least. Trainer Dolly Byers, in a joking fashiqn the other day, pointed out that he was bet- J ter than a bank when it comes to earnings and always does his best. How long wfll j the old gelding stand up under the rigors of racing and training? That is a questiqn that perplexes the paddock gang and* brings a smile to the pleasant face of his , trainer. "He is just as good now as he ever j was" said the one-time star of the steeple- I chase jockey ranks, "and I believe to talce I him away from the race track could shorten his life. He enjoys racing and the hustle and bustle of the stable and what f more could you ask?" Chester Dale, of the Turf and Field Club, returned from a European trip and made his first appearance yesterday ... Frank Rand, who has a draft of horses with Charley Reynolds, left for his Net Mexico home on a business mission but will be back for the Belmont. . Joe Met Kee, who served a term as mayor of New York, was a clubhouse guest yesterday m afternoon. . John DeBois Wack, of Cali| fornia, was a visitor yesterday and his | horses will be seen under colors shortly I . . . George Brook III. of Maryland came up for a look-see and then hurried back to Baltimore to witness the Preakness . . . Tim Mara came out for the afternoon and wished that he had "stood home." Trainer Jim Conway hightailed for Baltimore to saddle Tahitian King in the Preakness. He was enthused over the final trial of the colt. He also interrupted his eulogy for a few minutes to report that Hitex, owned by the Texan, Ben F. Whic-aker, would likely be a starter in the Rose.-ben Handicap . . . Ed. McDavitt, of Bing-hamton, N. Y., who confines his racing tp Saratoga Springs and Hialeah, was a surprise visitor during the afternoon . . . Sam Ellis, one of the veterans of racing, a bookf- makers clerk for many years, passed away"" at the Florence Crittenden Hospital follov.*-ing a lengthy illness. Funeral services were conducted today with interment private . . . Jockey Eddie Arcaro returned to the saddfe ranks during the afternoon, following a stomach upset. He leaves for Pimlico tomorrow morning to ride in the Preakness j . . . Steeplechase jockey Jim Smiley will be discharged from the Mary Immaculate Hospital tomorrow. He suffered injuries in j a fall during a steeplechase race. , ; Bill Dunkinson, who rode for several 1 decades on the minor tracks here and in d Canada, was on hand yesterday. He » I attached to the official staff at Arling-, ton and Washington Parks . . . Lester Angarola, known to legions of racing men as Roxey, has been a program* 4 seller for 63 years. He started at old J Monmouth Park in 1890 and has some, ? vivid memories of the glories of the past i ...Saraceno, the six-year-old Argentine J bred, owned by Mrs. John Payson »1 Adams, was shipped to the veterinary l hospital attached to the University ofj Pennsylvania. The invader from below j the equator is a victim of a hip disease and upon the suggestion of attending vets was sent there for further treat- I ment. The horse will be out of training, for the remainder of the season. R. J. Kleberg, master of King Ranch, will head back this way from Texas for the latter stages of the Belmont Park meeting . . . H. P. Headley, who is here on a visit, will prolong his stay for another week . . . Trainer Gene Jacobs plans to do some commuting between here and Boston and" Camden, N. J., in the next week. He ha* horses at Suffolk Downs and Garden State awaiting stake engagements . . . Belmont! Park officials reported that Bubbley wiii be the sole representative of Calumet in stakes engagements here. This miss 1* a Coaching Club American OakG nominee i ■
