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I Washington Notebook By J. J. MURPHY DancerMay Haye Another Easy One Ben Jones on Annual Fishing Trip Turn Out Company B. for Season WASHINGTON PARK, Homewood, HI., ,Aug. 17. Of course the big news this week is the American Derby, which will mark the second appearance in this territory of the great three-year-old Native Dancer. Present indications are that the Vanderbilt runner will have just as easy a time of it in winning the Derby as he has in most of his recent races. However, there are those who will go against him hoping to "catch lightning in a bottle," and at the same time having some insurance in the 5,000 second money, 2,500 third place money, and ,500 fourth. The luck of Hasty House Farm has been so good of late that they may start their imported three-year-old Stan in the event, although that racers forte seems to be the grass, on which he has won his two starts in this country. That Stan is a good distance runner there is no doubt, but racing on the dirt could be a different matter.. However, it is said that the owners, Mr. and Mrs. Allie Reuben, and the trainer, Harry Trotsek, are mulling over the possibilities. Ben Jones is off on his annual fishing trip to Wisconsin, and son Jimmy, who recently got in from the West Coast, has taken over the Calumet Farm horses. Saturday was a bad day for Calumet. It has been reported that Real Delight, who finished last in the Grassland, was in distress after getting back to the barn, and that Mark-Ye-Well, who was fifth in the Clang, had suffered a cut or two, but hot enough to prevent him carrying on with his training. Of course, Hill Gails races seem to be getting worse and worse, and he was last in the Clang. Hill Gail has not turned in a really top effort since Princess Lygia bulldogged him to the finish in that record-smashing six furlongs dash early in the Arlington Park meeting. As a matter of fact neither has Princess Lygia. Tis said that the owners of the two-year-old Pharamar believe that youngster to be a better colt than Company B., whom they sold for a large price to the Murcain Stable.! .Good Yarn going the rounds is that of a western owner who, after showing visitors all through his grounds, took them to his dressing room to look over his hundreds of shirts. When one of the com- S pany expressed amazement, the tycoon; said, "yes, and different style cuff buttons in every one". . .Company B., the clever two-year-old stakes winner who set a track record of Arlington Park, is being sent to A. B. Hancocks farm in Kentucky to be turned out until the first of the year. . . Note with regret the untimely death of harness horse driver, Harry W. Field, who was recently killed in an accident at Stratford, Ont. While we did not know Field personally, often heard my father, who was interested in harness sport, speak of him. He was 71 years of age. Pop Geers, one of the most famous of drivers, was killed in a similar accident at Wheeling, Va., many years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Marshall came up from Birmingham, Ala., to view their Coffee Money in action Saturday. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Buhl arrived from Detroit. Buhl owns Second Avenue. . . . Trainer Vester Wright took a trip to Detroit over the week end. . . . Owner U. R. Smith is a visitor from his home in Terre Haute, Ind. . . . Owner Dave Ferguson, who has Rigmarole and other horses, came in from Detroit. . . . Owner Sidney Alexander has shipped Piragua and Peter Vinegar to Hazel Park. . . . Trainer Harry Trotsek received the two-year-old, Shakes .Image, from Detroit. . . . Conn McCreary departed for the East after riding Oil Capitol. ... The good sprinter, Baybrook, is training nicely once again. . . . Trainer Mickey Tenney showed up in the winners circle Saturday wearing an old school tie of the stable colors. Might be a hunch to follow the Ellsworth horses when Mickey wears that cravat. Mr. and Mrs. Allie Reuben like those Roman colts. No wonder, after Hasty Road! They just bought another at Saratoga for 0,000. Incidentally, Clifford Mooers, who bred Hasty Road, will mate his good race Cotmud Fffe Forty-Three Washington Notebook By J. J. MURPHY Continued from Page Four mare, Miss Traffic, with Roman next spring. Miss Traffic is a half-sister of Hasty Road, both being from the one-time stakes-winning mare, Traffic Court. . . . Hear from the West Coast that Andy Crev-olins good racer, Imbros, has been fired. It was thought we would have him at Washington Park later in the season. . . . Baron Long, whose silks were carried to many successes at TiJuana and in the early days of Caliente, celebrated his seventieth birthday anniversary with a big dinner party at Del Mar. . . . Real Delights only two unplaced races in her career were on the grass. . . . The Reubens seem to have a fine grass runner in Stan. Wouldnt be surprised if he was one of the selections for Laurels International. Harvey Traveller, California automobile dealer, is a harness horse fan despite the fact that his firm sponsors the nightly recreations of California thoroughbred races. . . . Saturdays attendance was up about 2,000 over the corresponding day of last season when the American Derby was run, and the pari-mutuel handle was up about 50,000. Dont grieve too much for Calumet. Their yearly earnings are about 00,000. ... Stuyvesant Peabody, former chairman of the Illinois Racing Board, was a week end visitor at the track. . . . Golden Trend, Jofin, and Bout Fleur, owned by A. F. Wall, got in from Detroit in charge of trainer George South. . . . Jockey Ken Church will ride Lilla, Warner Jones recent purchase, in Wednesdays Misty Isle Handicap. . . . James Padgett and his sister, Joanne Padgett, are visiting from Louisville. Padgett has horses here in charge of trainer S. Bryant Ott. . . . Trainer Frank Childs was an arrival from California and is dickering for some horses. . , . ; . i
