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Chicagoland Notebook *■ By J. J. MURPHY Ruleon Useof Same Namesfor Horses Jack Young Makes HitFirsrTimeHere Colt Named forTennessees Governor A number of persons well known in the sports world attended the buffet dinner hosted by Ben Lind-heimer and his daughter, Marge, at the Blackstone "Hotel the other evening. Frank Kilroe was introducing his new assistants, Lou Eilken and Pat Farrell, who were accompanied by their wives; Paul Serdar, chairman of the Illinois Racing Board; Paul Hirten-stein, the-elder states ; • i ; man of the turf -writers; Jack Drees, the TV sportscaster, and about 150 others were on hand. . .Bullish, now nine, recently won a race; Time was when the son of Bull Lea was a stakes contender. . .Following the recent victory of the three-year-old Chicago, a lady, noting that a horse named Chicago was- a stakes winner hereabouts a score of years ago, inquired if it would be possible to name a horse Man o War. The rule, of course, is that a horses name can be duplicated after 15 years. But- in the case of outstanding horses, like Man o War, use of the name again is not permitted. Aside from Chicago, we can recall two Wistfuls, two Scimitars, and two Harry D.s. All, with the exception of the present Harry D., was of stakes caliber. The first Harry D. was owned by C. B. Irwin and. started five times in one week at the old Tijuana track. Pablo Martinez, who was his regular rider, vows that Harry D. was the best horse he ever steered. The first Scimitar was owned by James N. Crof ton, whose Special Touch was a star filly in recent years. Scimitar won a Tijuana Cup. Of course, we had a Windy City many years ago, and another recently, but the latter Windy City was named in Ireland. We once had two Kayaks racing at the same time, and by far the better one was named Kayak II. because he was foreign-bred. Jack S. Young, who recently completed his first term as a Chicago official and departed for South Bend, made a hit with horsemen here. Ja,ck is a graduate of Notre Dame. His father was Milton Young, one of the top thoroughbred hreders of his " _ time. He owned McGrathiana Farm in Kentucky and the great Broomstick stood there as did Hanover. Jack played football with Knute Rockne at Notre Dame and now owns the house in which Rockne lived at South Bend. Young served in World War I. and after being mustered out joined with his brother, Tom, in raising a few horses, one of which was a filly named Fiji, who won the Kentucky and Latonia Oaks. Fiji was the grand dam of Dark Star, recent Kentucky Derby winner. - Young has for 10 years been steward rep-" resenting the Kentucky Racing Commis-| sion. ; "Why this horse might stop running and do a Tennessee waltz," said one player the other day when he had received a tip on the two-year-old Gov. Browning. But such was not the case, as the young son of Goya II., a 5,000 purchase as a yearling at Keeneland, finished in front. The coif was named for the governor of Tennessee, who brought down the house during the last presidential campaigns by warbling the Tennessee Waltz over the air waves. Gov. Browning the horse is owned by Karl Martin and William McKinney, who are natives of Tennessee. Martin is in the machinery and supply business with branches in Knoxville, Nashville and Chattanooga. Starter Ruby White will rest up a few days following- the meeting and then go to Dade Park to make some improvements on the starting gate at that point. The Marv-Arnie Stable has sold Tune Topper to the Avalon Stable, and Edwin, Janicki will do the training. . .X-rays revealed that Hedgewood, who broke down here Thursday, had suffered a broken sesamoid, and was destroyed. His owner was J. Leslie Younghusband . . . Bennett Creech has shipped Park Pigeon, Tricky Maud and Jimminy Cricket to Waterford Park to be turned over to Paul Priddy to train. The other Creech horses will be raced at Arlington Park. . .Horse owner Cloud L. Gray Continued on Page Forty-Three Chicagoland Notebook By J. J. MURPHY Continued from Page Three is visiting from his home in Atchinson, Kansas. Johnny Rawlings, former New York Giant baseball great and now managing a girls ball club at Rockford, 111., taking in his favorite sport. He is a regular at Santa Anita each winter ... Ed Meloncon will ship eight head to Narragansett Sunday, while V. L. Creal will take three horses to the same track. Ahsa Beauty was claimed after running but onc,e for the Blossom Stable* The colt, who brought ,000 at the Keeneland sales last year, went for a ,500 claiming price . . . C. U. Yaeger is pleased with the maiden success of the two-year-old Worthy Sis. He raced her sire Parasang. . Coming into the final day of the Lincoln Fields meeting the pari-mutuel handle was about 4 per cent up, and the attendance 3 per cent down . . . As this goes* to press, no announcer has been appointed for Arlington, although the name of Frank Ashley! Hawthorne announcer, has been mentioned.
