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mLM Monmouth Memos By FRED GALIANI - Big Buzz Oyer Unusual Ruling Garden State Had One in 1945 Delaney Anent Del Brier Farm MONMOUTH PARK, Oceanport, N. J., June 15. — The big buzz around the track this morning was a discussion about the unusual ruling which occurred at Suffolk Downs on Saturday. In a race there, Time for Speed and Greek Stadium finished in a dead-heat to win, but the stewards disqualified the latter for interfering with Rose Beauty. In their official placing, they moved Rose Beau£y up in the dead-heat to win with Time for Speed and placed Greek Stadium third, all of which got the horsemen talking and arguments flying. A majority of them shought that Rose Beauty should have been second, rather than moved into a dead-heat with Time for Speed, but there were others who were equally insistent that the ruling was correct. And the incident also prompted Horace Wade to remark incisively, "What does that do to the time of the horse? Rose Beauty, who was beaten a length and a half, now moves into first, but the time of the winning race was not what she ran it in." When asked what they would do in such a case as happened at Suffolk, the stewards wisely countered with, "Well cross that bridge when we come to it." The unique ruling recalled another odd instance in the case of disqualification and a dead-heat that sent yours truly to the record books, and, after some research, revealed the following: On August 7, 1945, at Garden State Park, the first race finish was Lilson, Worries and a dead-heat for third between Attune and Counsellor. Lilson was disqualified by the stewards and placed second, then Worries was thrown out and placed third. Now when they came to the dead-heat, the stewards dissolved it, placing Attune, who had been bothered, in first place. But what happened to Counsellor, who also finished third and had in no way intcrf erred with any horses to effect the outcome of the result? He wound up out of the money! After the dissolution of the dead-heat, Counsellor was. placed fourth and off the board. Believe it or not. One of the fastest building jobs in some time was completed when the barn, which had been razed by fire, was rebuilt and turned over to the track for the housing of horses. From the moment construction was started until the task was completed, only six days had elapsed. . .Bandleader Sammy Kaye will be the guest of honor Wednesday afternoon, and one of the races will be entitled for him. Sammy will present a silver plate to the winning rider of the Sammy Kaye Purse. . .The Tough Club, composed of leading businessmen of the New York area, also will make its annual pilgrimage to the track, more than a thousand strong, on Wednesday. . . J. W. Ma-loney has checked in with 13 horses, while another late arrival is trainer Al Pupino, with five horses of the Harborvale Stable. Atlantic Citys prexies were out for the opening, Dr. Leon Levy coming down after attending the Belmont Ball and joining vice-president Frank Fiore, general manager Phil Baker, tcack .superintendent Harold Johnston, and Paul Farley, assistant treasurer. . . .Misses Isobell and Hope Haskell, daughters of president Amory L. Haskell, entertained Mrs. Dean Bedford, of Monkton, Md., and her daughter, Daphne... Don Ameche, suave - as ever, was spotted in the Parterre box section Jimmy Donn, president of Gulfstream Park, was shivering in the paddock before the first race, probably wishing he was back in sunny Florida. He ancL Mrs. Donn will be taking in the races here for a week or so. . .Mrs. William G. Helis arrived from New Orleans in time for the opening day and will spend some time at the farm at Jobstown. Her daughter, Virginia, was also out for the races Saturday. Jack Delaney, the former restaurateur from Greenwich Village, now turned country squire at his Del Brier Farm in Shrewsbury, was in attendance and reported that he has 11 foals at the farm, which completes the season there. Marsh Marigold has been sent back to First Fiddle, and the offspring wili be a full brother or sister to Continued on Page Forty-Three Monmouth Memos By FRED GALIANI Continued from Page Two the Wood Memorial winner, Master Fiddle. Terminal Leave, a half-sister to Ace Card, has been bred to On: Trust. . .Jim East was sporting a weskife and matching cap, which he said was a Coronation outfit and direct from England. The weskit was as gay as a flower show, with pink, blue, green, purple and yellow print posies, but actually doesnt look as bad as it sounds. A general membership meeting of the New Jersey HBPA will be held at 10:30 a. m. in the trainers room at Monmouth on June 18 The tattoo crew will be here all week for those horsemen who still have stock to be so registered . .The Tim Moriartys,, hes the United Press racing writer, expect another addition any race now. . .Apprentice Tony Falco checked in from Delaware, took out his license and rode during the afternoon. . . Ed Simpson, president of the Crowley-Jones Camera Company, was around on an inspection tour and routine visit. . . If Aqueducts meeting is as successful as the annual clambake held at the track yesterday, you can chalk up a couple of plus signs right now and let it go at that. The clambake is always one of the high spots of the New York social season.
