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Connors Corner By CHUCK CONNORS Check Word on Fastest Juvenile Max Hirsch Admits Tale Is True Colt Is To Markets Young Brother BrotherBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y June 10 The paddock gang the members in good standing that is was shoved around this morning and their tempers were not as calm as usual The rea ¬ son for the migrations here and there was the numerous arrivals to attend the sale of horses in training that was staged out back of the clubhouse parking lot However the boys found what in their opinion was a nice quiet place and opened their discussions which bore on the im ¬ pending Belmont Stakes to be contested on Saturday The principal agenda of the meeting was the early pace in the race or the lack of same depending on riding in ¬ structions The quintet that loom up as starters in the event are Native Dancer Jamie K Royal Bay Gem Powhatan and Kamehameha They according to those astute racing oracles were never known for blazing speed but better described as capable of coming off a fast early pace The question was kicked around for a few minutes and finally the boys were startled by a suggestion pointed out that if the race was run next year Max Hirsch would have a colt in that race that just could run right out of this world Why he is so fast that Hirsch decided against training him as a twoyearold he continued continuedThat That piece of information broke up the meeting and left the boys wondering if their collective senses were being insult ¬ ed Some of the boys drifted over to the salesringr who knows what can happen with so many strangers in town while the others went in search of coffe and past performances Your corespondent however went hi search of Max Hirsch for confirmation or rebuttal Hirsch was busy directing the exercise boys who were mounted on the final set of the morning a band of twoyearolds Hirsch watched the sextet start towards the track and then trailed along in pursuit for a first hand observation of their efforts effortsThe The question relative to the colt who could run right out of this world was tossed at him and for the moment he appeared stunned A grin worked around the corners of his lips and he admitted that the tale was true and that the colt was a young brother to To Market This fellow the twoyearold I mean to my knowledge has not been named is the fastest horse who ever stood on irons and I mean that That was a lengthy statement for the usual taciturn Texan when it comes to discussing twoyearolds Yes the colt was broken last fall he continued wintering at Co ¬ lumbia S C and during the early spring was undergoing training One day I sent him over to the starting gate and with the boy swinging against him the youngster stepped off the first quarter mile in 22 seconds the three furlongs in 33 and the halfmile with his head turned sideways in 45 seconds secondsIt It was hard to believe my watch However a couple of days later I tried him again in front of a lot of visitors go ask Mr Loew the man who has Case Goods he was there The colt repeated the performance that morning and then and there I decided io call Mr Sam Ma ¬ son he owns him and turned him out for a long time and let him grow and develop Next week or in a couple of weeks anyway I will bring him back from Kentucky hes on the farm out there and then play around with him until the fall Will I start him Well thats one question I cant answer right now but the threeyearold races are okay aint they To Market his older brother is one of the fastest horses in training big and well put together The two year old resembles him and his dad ¬ dy Spy Song could run a fair piece pieceJockey Jockey Albert Schmidl is hobbling around on crutches and will not be ready to resume his saddle duties for another six or eight weeks He broke his heel bone when thrown from a horse some time back Joe Donohue returned from Epsom where he witnessed the running of the Derby and reported that it was a clean run affair and the result was extremely popu ¬ lar Harry Fink checked in from Miami He raced a draft of horses during the win winContinued Continued on Page FortyOne Connors Corner CornerBy By C J CONNORS Continued from Page Five Fiveter ter season Bemy Dore received word from New Orleans reporting the death of Travich Iritch a restaurant owner whose establishment was patronized by the rac ¬ ing clans during the winter months monthsJimmy Jimmy Smith returned from a trip to Virginia and reported that Leading1 Home a daughter of Bull Lea owned by the New Yorker W J Ziegler had f oaled a colt by Polynesian The colt for whom several high bids had been tendered is according to Smith a real beauty The new arrival was foaled on Saturday June 6 Jimmy Jones came on from Lexing ¬ ton Ky to attend the sale of horses in training The former rider reported that everything was in apple pie order in that state Mrs R A Firestone who wit ¬ nessed the Coronation of Queen Eliza ¬ beth and the running of theTJpsom Derby is due back from England next wveek wveekMrs Mrs Mollie Cullum relayed word from the tight little isle she witnessed the Coro ¬ nation and the Derby that she will be back for the Saratoga season Harry F Gug ¬ genheim master of Cain Hoy Stable was among those present yesterday He re ¬ ported that Dark Star will be shipped to Kentucky later to enter the stud next year Jockey Nick Wall joined the commuters Suffolk Downs today Monmouth Park on Saturday and back here on Monday Johnny Starr and Ted Mann came down from Toronto Ont to attend the sale of horses in training Percy Bickard later joined the group of Canadians here for the vendues Mrs Charles Shipman Payson of Greentree Stable witnessed the Corona ¬ tion and the Epsom Derby She and her brother John Hay Whitney have several horses in training in England EnglandNabib Nabib Majdalany official starter at the Lebanon race course where Arabianbred horses are raced every Sunday was among yesterdays visitors He witnessed the start of several races with George Cassidy and was entranced with the starting gate Steeplechase jockey Bob McDonald lost a couple of teeth in his spill and re ¬ ports from Mary Immaculate Hospital are that his condition is good He will be dis ¬ charged today and later leave for Dela ¬ ware Park Joe Tomlinson came down from Toronto for the sales George M Odom and Joe Eitinger checked out for Monmouth Park where they will root for Jet Master on Saturday Trainer Gary Winfrey may ship Squared Away to Mon ¬ mouth for the sprint race on Saturday SaturdayJoe Joe Notter the riding hero of a few dec ¬ ades back has been invited to Monmouth Park to witness the running of the Begret Handicap Jockey W Boland returned to his saddle chores following a oneday lay ¬ off James Cox Brady came out for the afternoon to root for his starter Best Years in the National Stallion Judge Owen Bohan of the New York judiciary retired is a regular these summer afternoons Amory Haskell of the United Hunts will be host to the racing clans press officials and invited guests at a buffet luncheon which precedes the opening of that twoday meet ¬ ing Jockey Jimmy Cangemie of Astoria who rode the first winner of his career on May 29 astride Her Chance is another of the racing set who started out flying pigeons He hopes he has as much success as another expigeon fancier Hirsch Jacobs the Forest Hills trainer
