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T »— j . — ■ ♦ ► Monmouth Memos —By FRED GALIANI" Banner Monmouth Meet Predicted New Jersey Tracks Cater to Fans Jockeys Visit Hospitalized Boy MONMOUTH PARK, Oceanport, N. J.,| June 13.— Long before the gates opened this damp and chilly morning, there was a lQ til tr tr * gi A and tj d Q long line of people patiently waiting to pay their admittance to the track, which is a sure indication that the predictions of a record meeting figure will be sustained. P r e s i d ent Amory Haskell, in an enthusiastic mood, estimated that the handle for the 50 days would exceed the 1,-000,000 w a g e r ed last gi g Q 1; y L t j 1 y f ! j 5 f t 5 x j J : 1 j , s e " . " , ? s of ,f f I S. j" a 5 L 7 fU e" 7 s e. 4 J m "1 season and general manager Ed Brennan * here nei sets the figure at a 5 per cent increase i the the over last year. New Jersey racing estab- - bo lishes new records with each succeeding Uel uel year, so it is a rarity when the figures go gir gin down, not up. Garden States first meeting I ha: was a whopping success, which augurs well 1 pu for this session. It has long been the view v Fa: Fair here that the two most important factors s oh Oh for this steady spiral are the high mutuel 1 sp tax in New York and the lack of improve- - th then ments at Jamaica and Aqueduct. The for- - an and mer sends the heavy bettor, who watches s Ke the percentage figures as closely as an odds qu change, down to the Jersey track, while the ! average patron is attracted by the extraor- a" ordinary amount of luxury that is offered d them for their price of admission. This is th the season there have .been two new levels Is a a constructed atop the grandstand, the lower sr na terrace equipped with a kitchen, open air lr as as lounge and bar, and the upper deck having g wc a cafeteria style restaurant, promenade le st and mutuel facilities. Escalator service has is V£ been installed in both the grandstand and d G: the clubhouse so you can do some handi- L- 11 117, capping on the trips between floors. pc Jimmy Raftery and a trio of young : ge jockeys, Robert Stevenson, Leroy Cargile ; CI and Frank Costa, made a trip to St. Bar- - ai nabas Hospital in Newark, N. J., to bring r b£ a few hours of enjoyment to 15-year-old 1 H Fred Murray, who has been hospitalized P; for 10 years. Murray was the tragic fig- - tc to ure in a game of cowboys and Indians s H when he was a kid, a game so realistic- - P ally played that he was literally burned 1 ti at the stake. He has long been a jockey y h his fan and entertains the thought of becom- - di ing one when he leaves the hospital, so o a at the visit from some aspiring knights of f IV the saddle was happily received by him. i. o of While the trip brought joy to young ng h Murray, the same cant be said for Raf- c tery. While piloting the jockeys up to New- w- ji in ark on the New Jersey turnpike, Raftery sry b was constantly being needled by the riders on being such a slow driver, that at last, * he threw caution out the window and | stepped on the gas. Unfortunately for him, I | at the very moment he decided to play j I Barney Oldfield, a state police car was "~ driving past, and the driving champion was promptly corralled, led back to the point of entrance and given a fat fine. I ;e" wonder if the three jocks helped defray the cost? Wt. "Babe" Handford will desert the local , 17 meeting on Wednesday when he journeys ; 6 to New York to ride Mrs. M. W. OCon- . 6 nors La Corredora in the Top Flight U 106 J5 Handicap for his brother Carl, who i 104 4 trains the mare. "Babe" will be back 104 34 to New York for his brother Carl, who , 104 34 for the rest of the meeting. . .Jack Bren- , 100 30 nan, of the TRPB, was down to launch the session. . .Joe Notter, who rode Regret to win the 1915 Kentucky Derby, ee. will be "present with a large party next Saturday, when the only filly to win the | j race will be honored by the handicap I bearing her name, and will present the WL trophy to the winning owner. Regret 108 wasnt bred too far from Monmouth, hav-ing n« 108 been foaled at Brookdale Farm... 107 07 Chris Wood, Jr., will leave for New York 107 next week to do some drum beating for «7 107 the United Hunts meeting, which will 107 106 n7 q1 follow the regular Belmont session on Thursday and Friday. 106 Qg 106 2c W. E. Charles, Jr., sun and wind burned, - 105 «5 returned from a trip to Florida and a f ish-ing • 104 cruise around the Bahamas. He re-«n " 104 ports that Robert Kelly, chief inspector : 100 for the Florida State Racing Commission 1 qh 98 J„ is in the Victoria Hospital, Miami, with a 1 98 cardiac condition and would like to receive 1 OR 98 a? letters from his track friends. . .George - 97 Poole, assistant to John Gaver of the qc 95 Greentree Stable, came down to saddle e Cup, up, I | Continued on Page Forty-One Monmouth Memos By FRED GALIANI Continued from Page, Four Northern Star in the Oceanport Handicap and then returned to New York. Next stop for Poole is Suffolk Downs, where Powhatan is slated to run in the Yankee Handicap next Wednesday. The trustees of the New Jersey Thoroughbred Breeders Association held a meeting- in the administration building-today, the main topic on the agenda be- „ ing- a thoroughbred improvement plan for New Jersey Jacqueline Arthur, daughter of trainer Vernon Arthur, was out for the opening program, having recovered from an appendectomy. Jacqueline is a student nurse in Baltimore and was slated for duty in the operation room the day she took ill. She was in the operating room all right, but as the patient and not the nurse. Danny Corkery, who handles tfie jockeys room at the Jersey tracks, will be absent this season. He leaves for Miami next week where he will take a long rest on the advice of the doctor. . .Don Reed must have a penchant for driving. As head of the Turf Publicists of America, Don addressed the NASRC at their convention in Boston this past week, and made the journey both ways by car the same day. . .Riggs Ma-hony, the mutuel manager, was sporting a tie with a lot of "21s" on it,, making it a toss up whether he was shilling for a certain night club or just touting a possible Daily Double.
