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Q Corner I By C. J. CONNORS Continued from Page Fire vale Farm, deserted the local scene for several business conferences in Manhattan. James Healey, trainer and part time tennis expert, accompanied by his daughter, Katherine, arrived from Forest Hills for a few days racing. This prompted Johnny Swisher to remark that Healey showed up after the yearling- sales had come to a close . . ; Cyrus S. Jullien, president of Aqueduct, was on hand for a one day visit. He reported that Sundays band concert, the music supplied by Major Sutherland, attracted 4,500 people . . . Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hoffman and Mr. and Mrs. George Brown of Jamaica are here on their annual pilgrimage to the mecca of king thoroughbred. Sol Rutchick reported yesterday that the stakes winner Count Flame will be retired from the racing wars this fall and enter the stud in Virginia next spring. Count Flame, owned by the New Yorker, Col. E. P. Bixer, was syndicated recently to a group of Virginians, they hold 16 of the 30 shares with Bixer retaining the remainder. Count Flame will stand at the Pine Brook Farm of Dr. Frank OKeefe of Warrenton, Va. Bixer, according to Rutchick, will purchase several broodmares over the next few months . . . Mr. and Mrs. Dan Chappell and their daughter Dania, will be hosts at a dinner party tomorrow. The doughty Dan refused to go on record whether it was natal day, anniversary or just social. Mrs. Anne Clare, track superintendent here, has branched out in the cattle business but has no aspirations to vie with King Ranch. Her pet Guernsey, Bessie, dropped a calf yesterday which will be the nucleus of the herd . . . The suspension of Eric Guerin which eliminates him from riding Native Dancer in the American Derby recalls to mind when Clarence Kummer, the regular jockey of Man o War, as a three-year-old, was grounded here. Jockeys Earl Sande and Andy Schuttinger were substituted during his vacation. Frank Stevens, president of the Stevens Crabbing and Fishing Association, returned from New York where he spent several days on business . . . Sam Garfield and the missus gave the scene the once over and then stamped their seal of approval on the scenery . . . Lambert Goldsmith, New York representative of Laudy Lawrence, the international owner and breeder, returned from a fishing trip to Canadian waters . . . Trainer Bill Post reported that his charges have recovered from the cough and are back in training. . .Dr. Alberto Inclan, the Havana owner and breeder, is on the sidelines suffering from a cold. Too much information from his turf advisers Bill Gonda and Paul Mooney, reported the affable Cuban.
