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1 2 •t f t I " -i Connors Corner By "CHUCK" CONNORS Whats on Agenda for Sophomores? Dwyer# Classic and American Derby Belmont Ball Aids Worthy Cause BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I. N. Y., June 13.Well the result of the Belmont is in the book and the boys have plenty of time to study the outcome and argue from here to there and back again as to the whys and wherefores. Whats next on the agenda for three-year-olds? Well, there is the Dwyer over at Aqueduct and the Classic and American Derby out Chicago way, plus a few of the smaller offerings scattered here and there x 1 3 j I I , ; # : 5 t : . r ] : ! ] 1 1 ] £ 1 ] 1 i 1 1 ] i ] * ; J 5 a * 1 t e !. - g - 1 1 j , r i , T I i 5 r I ; I ■ : : ! from New England to the mid-western country. However these latter offerings will hardly tempt the "name ones" whose owners will take a dead aim on the largesse that goes to the winner of the Dwyer and the Arlington and Washington offerings. Jamie K. is not in the Dwyer, a clerical oversight, a little thing like forgetting to enclose the check necessary to cover the nomination fee is responsible. Jamie K. would have been in the Aqueduct feature under very advantageous conditions when it comes to weight. Well, thats all water under the dam arid nothing, no nothing can be done about it now. Native Dancer has been shown under colors but twice away from the New York scene. The Derby at Louisville and the Preakness at Pimlico. The luscious green fields of Arlington and Washington Parks carpeted with serious folding lettuce is a magnet that is hard to withstand. Royal Bay Gem is headed that way while Jim Norris has more than a passing interest in the city that sprawls along the shores of Lake Michigan and who can say about Native Dancer, none but Alfred Vander- bilt and Bill Winfrey and for the present they are not talking. Belmont Park was gloomy due to weather conditions today but last night it was different. The annual Belmont Ball for the benefit of the Heart Fund was tossed with headquarters at Manice Mansion. This old building has withstood the ravages of time for more than a hundred years and last night was aglitter, the jewels worn by the ladies outshining the product of Thomas Alva Edison, and a good time was had by all. The attendance was big and a neat little bundle, in the shape of a check, will be turned over to that worthy cause. Who was there, well, pick out social register, or Dun and Bradstreets or the telephone book and pick out a flock of names and if called last night the bearers would probably an- swered present. * George H. Walker and Herbert Bayard Swope reminisced during the afternoon of the greats and near greats that the first named raced under the nom de - — course of the Log Cabin Stable. . .Mrs. R. t A. Firestone was present, she recently re- t] turned from England after witnessing the t] Coronation and the Epsom Derby... fj Trainer Arthur White reported that the 1 steeplechasers he has in his care for va- c rious patrons are coming around nicely. 1 . . .Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Constantin, Jr., U plan to move back to their home, Dallas, ti Texas, following the running of the Bel- ti mont. A division of the Constantin horses d will be shipped to Monmouth Park for t that meeting. . .Jim Norris, master of p Spring Hill Farm, was out early and n visited the stable to get a close up of his $ starter, Jamie K. jr tl Tom Shaw, Tim Mara and Pete Blong, a re trio of veterans of other years, studied the Belmont starting field with practised eyes - and then decided that the price was too S short on the favorite. . .The press box gang blamed the overcast weather on Brownie •,. Leach from Churchill Downs. He had to it bring along the overcast and threatening the weather they opined. . .There was no sur- W prise registered when 01 on Bassanio and Bob o Boy were withdrawn from the Belmont W field. What intrigued the gang, however, ~ was the addition of blinkers to The Preem. . . .Bruce S. Campbell came up from Balti- £! has Continued on Page Forty-Four m I Connors Corner I By C. J. CONNORS Continued from Page Fire more to lend moral support to his starter, Ram o War. The colt will be returned to Monmouth Park over the week end. . .Earl Sande, who has five victories in the Belmont to his credit, watched the running of the race from a vantage point in the clubhouse. Sande won on Grey Lag, Zev, Mad Play for Rancocas Stable, J. E. Wideners Chance Shot and Belair Studs Gallant Fox. . . .Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Kleberg, he is master of King Ranch, will plane out for Texas next week. Frank Barnett announced today that following: an association with Hal Price Headley for more than 17 years, the last seven as trainer, he would relinquish his** duties for the establishment. In that long: tenure the relations between the two men have been exceptionally amicable, but Barnett desires to branch out on his own as the trainer of a public menage. He will undertake that task about August 1. "He has been, in those years," Barnett said, "a real type of owner and we are parting: as real good friends and with his blessings/ Barnett will ship the Headley horses to Arlington Park next week, and shortly after turn them over to the man who will succeed him. He will then lay up for a week or so before swinging back into action. C. T. Chenery came up from the farm, Doswell, Va., to witness the Belmont and inspect the horses that Casey Hayes has in training for him. . .Stephen "Laddie" Sanford was on hand yesterday and today and later admitted that his steeplechaser, Roll Call n. has something of a complex against winning a race. . .Trainer Gene Jacobs reported that jockey Jerry Bright suffered a broken bone in his foot and will be on the sidelines for some time... Mrs. Ted Legere reports that applications for stable reservations at Columbia, S. C, for next winter are way ahead of this time last year. There are several new ones to be given consideration for the cold months. . . Jockey J. Picou came up from his Texas home and trainer E. Harvey hopes to have liim astride a winner before long. The Texan is on standby orders from Uncle Sam for he recently passed his physical for induction into the armed services. Trainer Jimmy Smith came up from Delaware Park. He has a draft of horses there for W. J. Ziegrler, and reported that Stella Aurata, owned by Joe Donohue, will be returned to Belmont Park in a few days Jockey Dave Gorman will ride Isasmoothie in the Yankee Handicap at Suffolk Downs. . .Trainer Kay Jensen shipped the first draft of the horses that he has in charge to Arlington Park for racing at that point. . .Mr, and Mrs. Saul Silberman, he is president of Randall Park out Cleveland way, were on hand for the big race. . .Walter M. Jeffords came over from Philadelphia to attend a directors meeting of the Westchester Racing Association. John C. Clark, top man at Hialeah, was among those present. . .Joseph McKee, who served an interim term as mayor of New York City, took advantage of the handicap figures of Matty Glennon during the afternoon. . .Leo Gleason practically deserted Palm Beach for the week end and the Belmont Stakes. . .Ike Bassett, of the Jockeys Guild, showed up for a few races and then left for Chicago via Ohio, . .Gilbert Gay, at private terms, sold the plater Gay Romancer to J. Gardner of Toronto. The four-year-old gelding is destined for Canadian racing. . .Bill Ames, ye olde tub thumper at Narragansett Park, was on hand to get a first-hand glimpse of the Belmont... Trainer Preston Burch, of the Brookmeade Stable, passed up Monmouth and Delaware Parks, where he has starters for that prominent stable, to witness the Belmont.
