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I Lincoln Fields Notebook I By J J MURPHY Turf Course Racing on High Plane Enterprising Officials Doing Part Sport Grows By Leaps and Bounds BoundsHAWTHORNE HAWTHORNE Cicero 111 June 6 Benjamin Lindheimer of Arlington and Washington Parks John Schapiro of jiaurei ur unanes Strub of Santa Anita and John B Kelly of Atlantic City appear to be the leaders in the endeavor to place grass racing on a high plane in this country Lind heimers recent state ¬ ment that the day is not too tar distant when we will see as many races on the erass as on the flat coupled with the fact that Schapiro staged the first of the popular international races last year Kelly will offer eight stakes on Atlantic Citys turf course this summer and that Dr Strub is planning an elabo ¬ rate turf course at his Santa Anita for the coming season certainly points to a trend toward that sport Messrs Lindheimer Strub Kelly and Schapiro are four of the most enterprising racing impressarios in the business They are men of great foresight and we are willing to agree when they state that grass racing is coming along by leaps and bounds No doubt it will attract many horses from other lands and inter ¬ national racing is always interesting interestingLittle Little more than two years ago such sport was regarded as a novelty and per ¬ haps not one in 200 horses stabled at any track were regarded as grass runners In Chicago a horse like Volcanic stood out There was nothing to touch him Since that time owners have been con ¬ centrating on that phase of the business more and more and with additional rich stakes being offered stakes races like Royal Mustang Ruhe and others turned to the sport As an inducement this sea ¬ son Lindheimer is offering 125000 in added money stakes and at least 60000 hi overnight races for the turf sport That is in addition to the claiming and allowance races scheduled for the grass Last whiter Dr Strub announced that the San Juan Capistrano Handicap traditional closing feature of the Santa Anita season would be run on the grass in 1954 Headlining the eight stakes at Atlantic City will be the triple classic on the grass conditions which call for two elimination races of 25000 each on the same program leading up to the 50000 United Nations Handicap HandicapThe The twoyearold filly champion of the year could be among the 45 nominated for Wednesdays Miss America Stakes Sweet Patootie voted the honor last season was second in the affair a year ago Of this seasons candidates Resplendent and Lady Elliott won their very first starts here Sherry Jen and Queen Hopeful looked good in victory in the past couple of weeks and a number of others either have not started or have not shown to their best advantage We have a hunch that the Miss America may be run in two divisions for the first time Jockey George Hufnagel has left for River Downs Apprentice Ronald Wil ¬ son under contract to Harry Trotsek de ¬ parted for Brooklyn to take his Army physi ¬ cal examination Jockey Anthony Sko ronski returning to action for the first time in some weeks following a spill at Sportsmans Park received an ovation from the crowd crowdRacing Racing secretary Lawrence Bogenschutz journeys to his Cincinnati home this eve ¬ ning to spend the week end and bid bon voyage to his daughter Sue who will soon sail for Europe on a threemonth vaca ¬ tion Alice Jean Ott who recently grad ¬ uated from Presentation Academy Louis ¬ ville was an arrival to visit with her father S Bryant Ott U R Smith of Terre Haute Ind who has some horses here in charge of C C Norman got in for a week end of racing Also arriving for a day of the sport were George A Cavanaugh of Detroit and C R Craig of Atchinson Kansas both of whom have horses here in charge of trainer John Kermath The mare Fashioned who was prominent in sprinting circles here last year recently foaled a colt by The Dude at Fayette Farm Lexington She will be bred back to Equifox EquifoxIf If any of the owners or trainers nom ¬ inated for the vicepresidential or com ¬ mittee posts at the recent Horsemens Benevolent and Protective Association AssociationContinued Continued on Page Forty Lincoln Fields Notebook NotebookBy By J J MURPHY Continued from Page Four Fourmeeting meeting do not care to stand for election they are requested to inform Jack Carter acting secretary treasurer as soon as pos ¬ sible Mr and Mrs Gordon McDonald of San Francisco stopped off for a day of racing They are en route to New York Maury Mennegan for many years a press box telegrapher is spending part of his vacation visiting the press box Fate the durable mare who raced until she was 12 years old and was a winner at that age has foaled a colt by Hachazo at the Mikel Farm at Carlock HI Others having foaled on the Mikel place are Little Fair Bow Bunting Benaer Hyper and Heart Breaker Veterinarians could find nothing wrong with Spur On and that stakes runner Is badk in training trainingGus Gus Kotsos the Grecian gentleman who presides at the press box door vows he will not wear a uniform unless they tog him out in one of those little dresses and pompommed slippers for ¬ merly effected by the armies of his na ¬ tive land And he swears that if any smartie lets forth with a wolf whistle he will challenge him to a wrestling bout Greco Roman style In anticipation Gus has gone into training by walking five miles every morning The third and last edition of the Lincoln Fields condi ¬ tion books are out Also to hand are catalogues of the dispersal sale of the horses of C B Bonn Rigan McKinney and Mrs R H Heighe to be held at Belmont Park June 10
