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, i Connors Corner By "CHUCK" CONNORS Eight Appear Certain for Hopeful Juveniles at Spa Overcoming Cough Plays Hoyoc With Racing Schedule SARATOGA, Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Aug. 22. This is the final week of the Saratoga season and one that the next generation of racing , ; . ; : ; ; men will describe as the year of the coughs This irritating ailment played havoc with the racing schedule at the track, although the principal sufferers, according to the back-stretch colony, were two-year-olds. The juveniles for many years were featured at this meeting in prefer ence to the older horses and this leads up to the running of the Hopeful on Saturday. This seasons running will be the forty-ninth running of the stake and, when the nominations were closed last January, 293 two-year-olds were made eligible. From that lot two were later declared void, 52 declared at 0 each and 113 declared at 00 each, leaving 193 eligibles at 00 each. How many will start on Saturday? That is the question that has the members of the paddock gang, those in good standing of course, in somewhat of a tizzy for the past couple of weeks. Those astute students were at a loss to come up with concrete figures, they had that "Old Deb-bil" the cough to take mto consideration, but their calculations ran from eight to twelve starters. The following appear certain: Turn-to, Porterhouse, Permian, Bobby Brocato, War Piper, Striking Hour, Helioscope, and Quick Lunch. That field, or a few more, again lends credence to that old gag "many are called but few are chosen." Well, as the boys say, it cant be helped, for its all part of the game. This week will find many horses headed for the Long Island scene, their destinations being Belmont, Aqueduct and Jamaica, while others may head towards New Jersey. The siege of coughing is over and the Long " Island tracks will reap the benefit of what Saratoga Springs had hoped would be to their advantage, two-year-old racing. When the final race is run on Saturday, Mrs. Anne Clare, the track superintendent, will deploy her forces to prepare the old racing ground for the winds, shows and zero temperatures of the winter. This little detail of winterizing the Spa plant entails a lot of work and, according to the "boss lady," is on a bigger scale than spring house cleaning and much more work. To rattle off a few details as to what must be done, lets take the back-stretch. The stables must be cleaned of manure, straw and other materials, disinfected, repairs made here and there, and then closed. The grandstand and clubhouse undergo the same treatment and then are shuttered. The benches, chairs, tables and so forth are cleaned, painted, repaired and then stored away. The racing strip will be plowed up and sowed with winter wheat. The swans that grace the cen-terf ield lake will be picked up and put away in winter quarters and there are many Continued on Page Forty-Seven i : : ; I : : : ; Connors Corner By C. J. CONNORS Continued from Page Tw other items that would take a week or so to enumerate and you can take it from here. Edward Lasker, the Californian, was incensed Friday against Saratoga officialdom in general. He said "When it comes to a claiming race, and a shortage of entries scouts are out seeking extra nominations, but for a stake race such as the Spinaway, there is absolute silence" . . . Trainer James Fitzsimmons may ship Sabette, owned by the Bel air Stud, to Atlantic City for the Miss America Stakes one week hence . . . Trainer George Odom, commenting on the Great Republic Stakes in which Sysonby was the winner, recalled that Jxe had ridden Delhi, owned by William C. Whitney to victory in an earlier renewal of the stake which also carried a 0,000 value. . .Fred "Freddie Fish" Lansburgh planed up from Fulton Market for a look-see at his hero during the afternoon. This prompted Bobby Green to remark that the horse and trainer Norman Tallman were strictly Saturday exhibitionists. After attending the annual meeting here of the National Museum of Racing, of which he is a trustee, and the Grayson Foundation dinner, J. Samuel Perlman, publisher of this newspaper, departed for Toronto, where the Canadian yearling sales will be held Monday. Trainer Frank Catrone of the Circle M Farm of Mrs. E. S. Moore plans to ship Revolve to Atlantic City for the Miss America Stakes.. Arthur Jewett, for the past fifteen years in the employ of the H. M. Stevens Co., Inc., was found dead in his room Saturday morning, a victim of a heart attack. Tb,e remains will be shipped to his Staten Island, N. Y., home for interment. . .Dave Englander, the veteran jockey who rode in South America and Europe in addition to here and later developed into an international trainer, arrived for his annual visit. . .Percy Bairct returned from Fort Henry where he buried his sister who had made her home in that city for many years... The first issue of the overnight condition book for the Aqueduct meeting will be available on Monday. . .Harry Heim-an, the Utica, N. Y., patron, altered, his plans arid decided against shipping a draft of horses here from New York for the final week of the meeting. Joe Timulty, the Bostonian, checked in for his annual vacation and a look-see at the final week of the meeting. . .William duPont came up from Delaware and decided to remain for several days... Morris Dixon spent a busy day Thursday. He planed from here to Newton Square, Pa., worked a draft of horses, selected nine for shipment to Belmont Park, climbed back into the air wagon and was here in time to witness the running of the steeplechase event, in which he bad ?a starter. John C. Clark, top man at Hialeah showed up Friday for the week end. He also put in a busy day before his arrival. Leaving his Binghamton home he planed to New York, transacted several important business details, flew up to Albany and then motored here in time to witness the final two races of the day. . .Trainer Tom Waller, who has the Brae Burn Farm horses in his care, plans to start a brace of starters in the Hopeful. . .Townsend.B. Martini the New Yorker, acquired at private terms the Irish-bred filly, full sister to Turn-to. The miss was acquired from her breeder Mr. Mindle and will be shipped oyer later in the year . .Harry F. Guggenheim planed to Atlantic City to witness the effort of his Armageddon in the Boardwalk at Atlantic City. He reported that his two-year-old Turn-to would be a starter in the Hopeful on closing day here, the race which was his main objective of the meeting. Jim Ryan, the speechless one, that is Hildegardes description, will fly to England next week to inspect several horses that may be purchased by Mrs. Esther duPont Weir. Mrs. Weir is at present grouse hunting in Scotland. . .The art department of the University of Miami will put on exhibition, coincident with the opening of Hialeah, a dozen or more paintings of outstanding American race horses. . .Native-Dancer and Beachcomber will be shipped from Washington - Park to Belmont Park according to stable advices. Owner Vanderbilt and trainer Bill Winfrey will return to Saratoga Springs". The Old South is ready to ride again and the battle cry of the Confederacy is roaring through the lands below the Mason-Dixon line. Their hostility is again directed at the damyankees and Saratoga in particular. There was a starter in the second race today, Lees Unknown. Where do they get that stuff? There are hundreds of monuments to that gallant old soldier from Richmond to New Orleans and the flower of the southland hurled down the gauntlet, ordered pistols for two and coffee for one. They demand a retraction or gird for battle. Dont say you were not warned.
