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On the Trot B By MOBRIE KURLANSKY 1 Huber Stable Now at Louisville Six Best Times Established Here Harness Season Swings Into High MAYWOOD PARK, Maywood, 111., May 26.— When the Lou Huber, Jr.. stable left Saturday for Fairgrounds Speedway at Louisville, Louisville, where where Bomb Bomb Louisville, Louisville, where where Bomb Bomb Sight has his next engagement on June 11, the happiest member of the Ohio outfit was the stable mascot, a tiny chimpanzee. Huber picked him up last year at Columbus, Ohio, and the little monkey became a fast friend of Bomb Sight and the other horses in the stable. stable. Since Since the the stable stable stable. stable. Since Since the the stable stable came back from Florida, "Chimp" was more in the stable than outside; he didnt like the cold Chicago weather at all. Trainers are often inclined to claim a track record or even a world record for one of their charges when they relate the j * feats of seasons past. A check in the year books, however, often reveals that time must have dimmed the memories of some horsemen, because some other horse is credited with that particular fast mile. So when we were told that Bomb Sight was the co-holder of the Louisville track record with the 1950 Hambletonian winner, Lusty Song, we looked up the books and found out that Col. Bakers Greyhound is still the proud possessor of the Kentucky tracks trotting record. The grey "ghost" sped the mile in 2:00% with the late Sep Palin in the sulky way back in 1938, and that record may well stand for another 15 years. Bomb Sight, however, trotted the mile in 2:06V5, which is a mark for three-year-olds. Speaking of records, six of the seasons best times were established at Maywood Park and as of this writing, they still 1 stand. Bomb Sight appears again here with his mile in 2:05% four-year-old trotting colts; Emelita 2:10% four -year-old trotting fillies ; Tiger Shine 2 : 13 two-year-old pacing colts ; and Easter Flowers 2:08 three-year-old pacing fillies. The latter two are full brother and sister. Doctor Coopers mile in 2:04% is a standard for aged pacing geldings and Miss Shine-A -Mite is credited with the fastest mile for an aged pacing mare with 2:03%. The harness racing season is now in full swing from coast to coast. At Bay Meadows in Northern California, a mixed meeting harness horses and quarter horses is being conducted. Yonkers Raceway at New York closed last Saturday night, the most successful harness meet ever staged anywhere. On closing night a new betting record for a night track was set when the handle reached the astonishing sum of ,727,000. Roosevelt Raceway, New York, opened its gates Monday night. The first trotting meet at the five-eighths oval of Hazel Park, Detroit, apparently is smashing attendance and wagering marks for the Motor City, and Rosecraft Raceway near Washington, D. C, has played to banner crowds since the May 18 premiere. Buffalo Raceway near Hamburg, N.Y., also enjoys increased popularity, while Lebanon and Painesville Raceways, located in Ohio, report increases in all departments over the corresponding figures of last year. Little Danny, the good trotter in Edgar Leonards barn, again showed signs of bowing a tendon and has been turned out. He will be taken up in time for the Sportsmans Park meeting. . .Mrs. B. J. Benfield, wife of the well-known horseman of Morris, Minn., is a patient at St. Josephs hospital, Rochester, Minn., where she will receive treatment for high blood pressure. . Benfield recently sold two high class race i prospects due to the demands of his Dakota oil operations and inability to see his ; horses race. He sold Tommy Frost to Bob Paige of Gainesborough, Sask., Canada. . This is a three-year-old by Adios — Nadia i Hanover by Billy Direct. The other became : the property of Ed Duffy of Fairmont, , Minn., at a price of ,000, that one being I Victory Scott, a three-year-old pacer by r Victory Song — Aggie Scott, by Scotland. . Victory Scott is trained by Clarence Curtis and, in his two starts here this year, won i in 2:08% and was second in his other race. . Average time for the nine races last Saturday night was 2:08%, the fastest mile being timed in 2:03% and the slowest in 2:11%. Seems that track superintendent Joe Harbutt and his crew deserve another pat on the back for their work in keeping the River Road oval in tip-top shape in spite of the many rainfalls encountered last week . . . The race for leading driver honors here is the tightest in years. Including Saturdays racing, Billy Rouse held sway with 11 victories, followed by Clarence Curtis, Earl Roush and Frank Taylor with 10 wins each, Stan Stucker with nine, and Ralph Ayou, Russell Britenfield. Dee . i ; . i : , I r . i . Stover, Mel Harmening, Red Ross and Tom Wilburn with eight winners. After Bomb Sight met his Waterloo last Friday night, another highly favored steed had to relinquish his leading position in a thrill-packed race Saturday. The surprise winner of the free-for-all pace, Miss Shine- A-Mite, kept in the second spot behind the leading Doctor Cooper for nine-tenths of the way,, downed the popular gelding by a neck in the fastest time of the meeting, 2:03%. Doctor Cooper opened up with a tremendous burst of speed right from the start and paced the initial quarter* in a sensational 29% seconds to get the half mile in 1:01% and the three-quarters in 1:32%, but was nipped at the wire by the hardy Volomite mare, a winner of 13 races and over 2,000 last year. Jimmy Peter gave a very good account of himself in that race and, but for the fact that the Rouse-driven gelding was in close quarters going into the last turn, might have finished in a better spot than third, beaten one and one-quarter lengths for all of it. Dale Wingay, although racing creditably could not menace the three horses in front of him, while Gay Order is always handicapped by his slow starting in a field of shifty sidewheelers like these. Gene Hayes was a disappointment and never threatened during any part of the race. The time of 2:03% is a new record for Miss Shine -A-Mite, and her forthcoming encounters with Doctor Cooper and H. D. Hanover of the Edgar Leonard stable should be among the highlights of this meeting.
