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iimu m.k. ..... ....... m _..... ..m. ► Pimlico Memos I By FRED GALIANI Horsemen Enjoy Pimlico Crabfeasr Small Field for Black-Eyed Susan HaightSucceedsSon on Microphone PIMLICO, Baltimore, Md., May 27.— All that hammering and banging going on under the deserted grandstand yesterday wasnt wasnt an an army army of of car- iimu m.k. ..... ....... m _..... ..m. wasnt wasnt an an army army of of car- carpenters at work, but a herd of hungry horsemen belting away with wooden mallets on Maryland steamed crabs. Always one to do things up right, the H. M. Stevens Co. furnished each crab eater a paper apron that went over the neck and tied in the back, it looked looked like like a a butchers butchers 1 j , , [ looked looked like like a a butchers butchers convention. Alan Clarke, the dyed-in-the-wool Marylander, obviously neglected his knowledge of opening crabs; that or else he was merely feigning ignorance and duped blonde Norma Lee, secretary in the publicity office, into opening them up for him. Trainer Watt Elliott found a new type of spot remover — beer. When he got a stain on his clothes he dipped a napkin in some brew and scrubbed away. J. P. "Doc" Jones was having a tough fight in opening his crustaceans, judging by the grimaces on his face, but he won out in the end. Chick Lang beat out his fellow jocks agent, Charley Wells, the latter pulling up with two cut fingers to Chicks one. One chap was downing beer by the pitchers under the impression they were just very large glasses. All in all, the Maryland Jockey club furnished a pleasant afternoon for the idle horsemen. Some wag has been staying up late at nights and dredging his memory to come up with a notice pasted on the racing secretarys wall. Entitled "Famous Bush-ers from the Maryland Half-Milers" it lists 40 or so horses, a sample of which follows: Island Creek shouldve been drowned. Primlin ran second at Graw paid 6 . Fnande Helen won at Havana. Overlook correctly named. Secrecy no secret. Curator why pay jock mounts? Speedy Prince where is he? Ruban Rouge oldest horse in training. The perpetrator of the paper is not known although the betting in the office has a chap, whose initials are C. L., tabbed as the likely culprit. Eddie Litzenberger has taken over apprentice Willie Hartacks book for the rest of the meeting. Willies former agent, Calvin Bowling, leaves for Waterford Park where he serves as an official . . . The first division of Alan T. Clarkes string, headed by the stakes-winning Senator Joe and Jeannie C, left for Delaware this morning... Racing secretary Fred Colwill expects a field of six or seven for Saturdays Black-Eyed Susan Stakes, although the pick of the crop is in Delawares Oaks. Pat Farrell was back on the job this morning after spending a busmans holiday at Garden State . . . George Mohr will ship his string to Delaware tomorrow . . . Trainer Bernie Bond sent the crack sprinting filly, Cinda, to Garden State Park where she will run in the Colonial on Saturday. The remainder of his 19-horse stable will move to Monmouth Park after the close of this meeting . . . Cecil Locklear has leased the contract of apprentice Dixie Mitchell from Dixies father. Dixie, the younger brother of jockey Bobby Mitchell, is 17 years old and is a maiden rider. Before coming to the thoroughbred tracks he rode in eight quarter horse races in his native Oklahoma and won seven of them — the only time he lost was when he was pitted against his brother Bobby. The bill in Florida calling for the rotation of the racing dates among the three tracks in the Miami area, now before the governor, is being carefully watched among the racing gentry, especially by racing officials. Many of them are employed at the different tracks and a change in dates every year would cause numerous compli-, cations for them, and the many other problems . . . Father succeeds son tomorrow when Walter Haight replaces Raymond on the Pimlico mike, while the latter goes to Delaware Park to man the horns at the Stanton track. Daily during this session, Continued on Page Forty-Four » 1 1 • L s • t r s -i 1 1 i — 1 ] Id • nt *e not [0t on on -i Pimlico Memos By FRED GALIANI _ Continued from Page Two Raymond announced a Civil Defense message that in the event the sirens blow, all people are to drop to their hands 5 and knees between the seats, or wherever r they are, on the concourse or in the infield and cover their heads. Don Reed 1 suggested to Raymond that they sound 1 the red alert while father Walter, the I [ original Mr. Five-By-Five, was in the infield and have him fall flat on his face, whereupon Raymond replied, "My father p cant faU flat on his face. He would just I j lie there and rock back and forth." ] Owner-trainer Richard Douglas suffered ed J a broken collarbone at Timonium yesterday ay while galloping one of his horses. He was as treated at the Union Memorial Hospital. ai. i Apprentice Willie Hartack has a corking ag chance to wind up the leading rider of the he ! Pimlico meeting. Going into todays racing ng I he had 17 winners to Nick Shuks 18, but ut Shuk is riding in New York today, at Delaware »1_ Friday and Garden State Saturday, [y giving him just tomorrow to add to his lis total, while Hartack will be in demand Qd here the remainder of the week. As a a matter of fact, there are only about five apprentices left on the grounds . . . The first rst 17 days of the meeting has seen 7,316,096 i96 wagered, making a daily average of ,018,-rm 8,- 593. . Tommy Carr, of the publicity staff, ff leaves for Charles Town in his new car ir after Saturdays close.
