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Connors Corner By CHUCK CONNORS Racing Records Appear in Offing Shoemaker May Set Riding Feat Shoot at Citations Money Mark MarkBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y June 5 This year gives promise of being something extraordinary in racing and if the signs that are now on display live up to expectations something new in records may be established California racing centers Los Angeles and San Fran ¬ cisco are a long way from New York but they appear to be the bases from which a hitherto unbelievable record in jockey win ingsmay be set Willie hoemaker the quiet competent crafts ¬ man who in his brief so jurn in the East with the fashionable Brookmeade Stable dispelled all doubts among the eastern critics relative to his ability has set his sights on amassing a total of 400 winners for the year This figure is well within the realm of possibility for he rides on an average of six or seven races daily and triumphs in a goodly number At the pace he is progressing and barring accidents or suspensions when the waning days of December are just around the corner he could not be far from the mark Shoe ¬ maker tied with Joe Culmone for national riding honors in 1950 with 338 but in 1951 dropped to 257 while Culmone came up with 152 Last year Shoemaker drove home 315 winners while Culmore all but faded from the limelight with but 93 gleaned from 614 mounts They say that records are made to be broken and this could be the year yearAlso Also on the West Coast is the veteran Johnny Longden who steadily adds to his mark over the years to artomatically set a new standard every time he rides one home The horses tht the boys ride are important and in this respect two names stand out vividly as potential rec ¬ ord breakers They are Alfred Vander bilts gray ghost Native Dancer and Tom Fool from the Greentree Stable StableNative Native Dancer could threaten the three yearold gleanings amassed by Citation of 709420 piled up by 19 victories in 20 starts There are still a lot of 100 grand pots left to be decided before New Years Day shows up Then there is Tom Fool This fellow could develop and many are so predicting that he will into a standout handicap performer weights and all and come up with greater earnings than Armed Noor or Crafty Admiral Tom Fool has a busy season ahead of him and ac ¬ cording to close observers he is as sound as a bell of brass and should race on for a long time Well the omens are promising and added to those there is a little matter of twoyearold winnings which are by no means to be overlooked later in the season seasonTommy Tommy Rogan an exercise boy with Steve Judge was admitted to the Mary Immaculate Hospital Jamaica this morn ¬ ing The boy was injured at the starting gate He was astride My Shoemaker when the colt lunged unseating him A track examination showed no severe injuries Trainer R Dickman arrived here with 10 horses the property of the Bomar Stable that are to be disposed of at the sales on June 1011 to wind up the estate of the Detroiter Charles Bonn Jack Skinner returned from a business trip to his farm in Virginia and reported everything in good condition Bob Cramer this morn ¬ ing succeeded George Riola as trainer of the horses owned by the Putnam Stable and Mrs Sara Chait Riola and his former clients parted on amicable terms termsFrank Frank Ryder of the detective bureau of that name arrived from Miami destined for Monmouth Park Trainer Harry Wein stein shipped a brace of horses Count Turf andMr Turf to Suffolk Downs for engage ments there Trainer Cyl Veitch shipped Cold Command owned by C V Whitney to Delaware Park to start in the Brandywine Handicap Dave Gorman has been assigned the mount Jockey Conn McCreary will ride the Jack Amiel starter in the Massa ¬ chusetts Handicap to be decided next Wednesday Humphrey Finney showed up to straighten out the final minute details of the sale of horses to be conducted by the FasigTipton Company next week Mr and Mrs Spencer Eddy came down from Saratoga Springs for a refresher course be ¬ fore the opening of the Saratoga at home season Joe Bauer the veteran of many years came on from Miami and plans to toContinued Continued on Page FortyFive Connors Corner CornerBy By C J CONNORS Continued from Page Four frfffz frf ffz return to the training ranks He was a vjc tim of bursitis that sidelined him for sev ¬ eral months Mrs Andrea Lawrence Olympic ski champion and daughterinlaw of the international owner and breeder took out an owners license and her colors will be seen in action next week G P Maje Odom will train her horses Charley Reynolds reported that upon the return of Frank FrSnkel from Europe he is due next week that he will turn over the horses that he has for him Reynolds will in the future confine his activities to training the horses owned by Frank Rand the Santa Fe New Mexico patron Andy LoTurco the former jockey who is train ¬ ing somewhere in the Middle West is wanted at home in a hurry The big occa sion is the marriage of his sister Mitzi on Saturday June 6 and she expressed the wish that he fly home for the big event eventTrainer Trainer Tom Waller will ship Arcave owned by the Cockfeild Stable to Suffolk Downs for the Massachusetts Handicap Francis Patrick Dunn will be among the missing on Monday He takes off to attend the graduation of his daughter Kathleen Kathleenat at Manhattanville N Y William C CLangley Langley a member of the state racing commission will do the pinchhitting in the stewards stand for the irrepressible Celt Jockey Ted Atkinson is picking up a spare tire around the midriff He tipped the scales atJ10 yesterday Commissioner Frank Hague of Jersey City was among those present yesterday Trainer Preston Burch reported that 28 foals a full complement arrived at the nurseries maintained by the Brook meade Stable of Mrs Dodge SIbane The farms are located in Virginia and Ken ¬ tucky and 11 colts and 17 fillies com ¬ prise the lot Track superintendent Neil Boyle has issued a ukase that following the close of this meeting no additional Korses will be accepted Boyle has a considerable amount of work to do the most important of which is installing sprinkler systems in the remaining sta ¬ bles not at present so equipped Twenty five per cent of the overall work was completed during the winter months but the scarcity of materials held up the work for some tune tuneAvailable Available Open Country and Good Night owned by the Cockfield Stable to Suffolk over to C Whittingham to train J F LaBoyne who turned over the horses will shortly leave for California on business matters Marshall Lilley the veteran ex ¬ ercise boy with three generations of the Whitney family came up from Red Bank N J yesterday for a visit Lilley retired from racing activities several years ago but the lure of Tom Fool proved too big a magnet to overcome Stan Platkin of the Miami Herald sports staff will be here to cover the Belmont Stakes for his paper The trip will be his first to this big off ering
