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1 j . j o Monmouth Memos By FRED GALIANI Joe Williams Experiences Big Thrill Has First Winner After Fiye Years Niringo Carries Silks to Victory MONMOUTH PARK, Oceanport, N. J., June 16. — Patience and perseverance won out again. When Niringo won the second r! n j s] s £ £ E ■« ii in p "5i race yesterday it marked the first victory as an owner for Joe Williams, national sports director of the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain, who has been racing horses for five years or so now. His first turf endeavor was a coopperate one, which the sports department of the New York World Telegram c I u o c ii I v c 1 I I j c t l i i i 1 J i ] "l i j ] 1 : : : campaigned a sway-backed horse known as Pounditout with, shall we say, unequivocal unsuccess. Later, Williams raced a horse on his own, called Plane Lucky, so titled because he had at that time luckily escaped injury in a plane accident. Plane Lucky, however, was not up to his name and it was left to Niringo to bring him the thrill of being the owner of a winning horse. Williams was accompanied to the track by his wife and Celestine Leone, of the noted Leone clan, who last year opened a restaurant in the Old Colonial Inn, adjacent to Gulfstream Park. Incidentally, it took a jockey, also named Williams, W. B., in this case, to get Niringo home. The joy of the day was shattered soon after the race though, when Williams was notified that his brother suffered a heart attack at Belmont Park. Interested rooters in Niringos victory -were a couple of handicappers who decided to forsake Belmont for Monmouth for the afternoon. They were John San-toro, also of the World Telly, and Jerry De Nonno, of the New York Post, accompanied by Rudy Stern and Nick Mercad-ante, the four of whom occupied the treasurers box. What better place to be if you happen to go broke at a race track? . . . Jockey Jimmy Combest checked in from New York and will ride throughout the meeting,, his book being handled by W. C. Stone. Lucien Laurin returned to New York a|ter saddling a couple of horses and admitted that he has finally got his activities down to New York -and Monmouth, a far cry compared to a few months ago when he had his string strung out from Florida to New York, on as many as three tracks. . .Also traveling back to Belmont was Eddie Holton after he sent Nosun to the post. . .Harold "Fats" Wiseman will handle the engagements of apprentice Tony Falco at the session. . .Joe Estes, edi-~ tor of the Blood-Horse, made his first visit to Monmouth Park on a delay en route in returning to Lexington after witnessing the Belmont Stakes. From here he plans to head into Virginia for a look at some of the breeding farms. Trainer Al Pupino of the Harborvale Stable will start Dark Peter in the Carter Handicap at Aqueduct, then bring the good sprinter down to Jersey ... Sammy Boulmetis has been engaged to ride Versify in the Regret Handicap on Saturday . . . Joe Kaplowitz, the Park Ridge, N. J., clothing manufacturer who races under the name of the Ridge Stable, was out to see his Ridge Reward finish third. Charley Coco is at Delaware Park today and Tommy Heard, Jr., saddled the horse 1 Coco, who raced here. Thats a Mutt and f Jeff combination, Tommy towering over ; Coco. . .Jack Purcell, president of the Puett : Starting Gate Co., who usually makes all [ the openings of race tracks, was a day late checking into Monmouth. Hell be back 1 here Thursday after making a quick trip r to Delaware Park . .The mutuel clerks have been uniformed this year, well, at any . rate, theyve been given coats. The trouble r is that they are hardly tailor made. Some of the taller fellows look like they are r wearing short sleeve jobs. The coats must have all come from Saks, or rather I mean j they look like they were made out of sacks. r Trainer William Passmore arrived with y four horses belonging to Bayard Sharp. i The quartet consists of Judge M., Troy [. Weight, Great Mogul and Little Liar. . . 1 Johnny Doonis took out his trainers li- t cense this morning and will campaign e Lovely Dice for Jack Griffith of Wash- - ingion, D. C, who is embarking on an s owners career. . .The fifth race yester- s day found the players at divided opinions e as to the favorite, with the result that Continued on Page Thirty-Nine Monmouth Memos By FRED GALIANI Continued from Page Five Beebeedashea went off the choice at 5 to 1. Jockey Glen Lasswell will fly to Suffolk Downs tomorrow where he will pilot Better Goods for the Boncrist Farm in the Yankee Handicap, after which he will return immediately to continue here on Thursday. . . Mrs. S. M. Pistorios Tuscany, one of the higher rated sprinters, turned in the best live-furlong work of the morning when he traveled the distance in 1 : 03 Vs .Allen F. Brewer, Jr., prominent thoroughbred painter, and Caddes Morris, master of Hamburg Farm, Lexington, Ky., were guests of trainer Hugh Goff yesterday.
