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Connors Corner By "CHUCK" CONNORS Pimlico May Get Rezoning Permit Bring Plant to Modern Conception Chasmar Farm Aids Ailing Horses SARATOGA, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.f Aug. 15. Old Pimlico, down in Baltimore, Md may in the near future be gifted with enmp irnnrt tipws. t.rin.t. is, if reports from that city, via the grapevine, of course, are to be given credence. Pimlico has for many years sought a rezoning of its property by the city fathers of the Monumental City. They missed a short while back by a veto from the acting mayor who later, it is said, renented his ac tion. The new zoning set-up will, if passed, permit the home of the Preakness to make many improvements, the most important of which will be the razing of the stables, moving them to a xiew location, allow more parking room, erect a new grandstand and, all in all, bring the grounds and buildings to a modern conception of what race tracks in these days should be. Pimlico officials and men conversant with the situation in Baltimore, who have passed through here in recent days, were noncommittal on the subject, neither affirming nor offering denials. Pimlico is one of the oldest of present-day racing grounds. Didnt Congress once recess to witness the running of the Preakness, oh, a long time back? When the New York solons in the Governor Hughes tenure of office, forced racing men to seek new pastures, Baltimore and Maryland were prime targets. Laurel and Havre de Grace entered the scene and in the standards of those days topped Pimlico. The latter, hedged by city laws and regulations, stood still in the matter of building programs, while the others, free of fetters, were free to build and prosper. Pimlico over the years has changed owners and directors, but not the racing picture. However, should the reports from down Maryland way prove true, there will be some changes made and all for the better. " New York has promises and a couple of blueprints for new racing grounds, but for the present that is all. The men behind the scenes are complaining of the cost of construction, the figure is set at 5,000,000. That is a lot of money, everyone will agree, but many men who are conversant in building operations laugh at the estimate. They point out that the Brooklyn-New York tunnel cost around 0,000,000 and plenty of that went for air-conditioning. Skyscrapers, fully air-conditioned, can be constructed in New York City for about a million dollars a floor. Who wants to condition a race track? The present estimates of cost of construction are way out of line, say some of the men who dabble in such things as building dams, railroads, skyscrapers and bridges, and it could be that they are right. The contract on jockey Charles OBrien was acquired by the New Mexico patron, Frank C. Rand, this morning at private terms. The Trio Stable turned over the documents and the youngster later reported to trainer Charles Reynolds to assume his new post. . .Trainer J. P. "Sammy" Smith shipped the two-year-old Picky Jr. to Normandie Farm near Lexington, Ky., to be turned out. The youngster is owned by William B. Mac-Donald. . .Eddie Blind, who" served as starter at Monmouth Park and Maryland tracks, arrived for a few days vacation ...Col. P. T. Cbinn, who attended the yearling sales, but passed up the racing scene, his legs cannot stand the gaff of hustling through the paddock, checked out for Old Hickory Farm. . .John Barry Ryan, who has a draft of horses with "Maje" Odom, was notified by cable that he was a grandfather. His daughter, Lady Ogilv.ee, presented a baby girl to her lord and master the other day in London. James McCue, the New Yorker, planed up for the sales and then planed back again . . .Woods Garth, the Virginian, made his appearance the other day and promised to stick around for the meeting. . .Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Faulconer, of Charlottesville, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Sierito, of Rye, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Voight and Mrs. Richards, from down Virginia way, came on for the Travers and a few days racing... Trainer Johnny Theall reported that Mr. Midnight, who was shipped to Rockingham Park for todays White Mountain Handicap, s Continued on Page Forty-Three "i - - - f . , ... r i Hi Connors Corner By C. J. CONNORS Continued from Page Two will be returned here oh Sunday. Jockey Ovie Scurlock did the riding chores at the New England center. Fred Lansburgh checked in from New York to do some rooting for his starter, Freddie Fish, and take care of some of the boys about the paddock during the afternoon. . .Harry LaMontagne, the international patron, reported that his Steel Blue is turned out at Bill Posts Long Island farm. The horse recently was returned from France, where he was a winner, and rapped himself slightly on the plane coming over. He will be rested during the winter months and placed back in training next spring. ..Preston Burch left for New York to inspect the Brookmeade Stable horses at Belmont Park. . .Herbert C. Krimendahl, the Indianapolis, Ind., patron, was on hand yesterday and later planed to Michigan for a vacation. Joseph M. Roebling, master of Happy Hollow Farm in New Jersey, upped the service fee on the stallion Case Ace to ,000. Case Ace is the daddy of some top-notch performers . . . Allen F. Brewer, the artist, was commissioned by the Monmouth Park Jockey Club to do stills of Grecian Queen and My Celeste . . . Tom Carr Piatt, the younger, showed up to keep cases on his dad who has been here for some time . . . Dr. Alexander and Mrs. Kaye arrived from their Westbury, N. .Y., home for their annual Saratoga vacation . . 3ill Gallagher, who retired from the owners and breeders ranks for the more prosaic business of banking, is on hand and will stay over the week end . . . Dr. Eslie Asbury is here on business and a spot of racing from his home . . . Dr. Robert Austin, of Dayton, Ohio, he has several horses with Bill Post, deserted his practice for a look-see at the Saratoga scene and some extracurricular practice on several of his two-year-olds, suffering from the cough . . . Bill Evans of the Kentucky Sales Bureau, showed up to get a glimpse of the Saratoga sales. Charles Sabatini, master of Chasm ar Farm, Spring Lake, N. J., was an arrival yesterday and will remain for some time. Chasmar Farm was started as a hobby to treat ailing horses but today is one of the outstanding laboratories in that state for research and veterinary practice. At the present time 11 horses are being treated by Dr. Brubacker, resident veterinarian, for various ailments. Dr. Coriley is his chief of staff and an X-ray machine is available for picture work. In addition to the medical end, a training and breaking track for yearlings and a larger training track for older horses are available and Johnny McDowell is in charge of this department. Tony Carman is in charge of the paddocks, 11 in all, and the stables. A project at present under study by the three tracks in New Jersey may develop in the near future and if arranged Chasmar will be one of the finest equipped in the country for ailing thoroughbreds.
