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Atlantic City Memos By FRED GAL1ANI - Hold Hearing on New Track Friday Race Board to Eye Traffic Report Important Point in Any Decision ATLANTIC CITY, Mays Landing, N. J., Aug. 25. At Fridays hearing in Jersey City for the fourth track in the state, the commission will be presented with a full scale traffic report, both as to the existing conditions and the possible effects the new track would have upon the roads. Yesterday, representatives of the turnpike authority, the highway commission and the state police made a complete survey of the roads around the site for the proposed track, breaking down the amount of cars handled at specific points at various times of the day and evening. All of this will be presented Friday at the hearing, which may prove to be a vital point in any decision as traffic problems are most ticute these days. Jockey Dick McLaughlin, who returned to the saddle this spring: in New England after completing a stint with the armed forces, checked in, with trailer and all, and will ride on the New Jersey circuit for the J. L. McKnight Stable. Dick was one of the leading riders in New England before moving to the Garden State. Trainer Bill Mitchell, of the McKnight forces, now has two stable jockeys for the large string, as McKnight recently purchased the contract on apprentice Owen Headley. McLaughlin accepted his first mount this afternoon on Judge M. in the second race. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Silvers, of Ojus, , Fla., have returned from a three-month European tour and will reside in Atlantic City for the rest of the meeing and watch their performers in action. Trainer Tommy W. Kelley has 18 horses for the Silvers, who came into the sport this past spring" at Gulfstream Park when they purchased Tisbury and Docent. Thus far at the meeting, the Silvers silks have been in the winners circle four times, putting them right up with the leading, owners. Incidentally, Tommys son, Tony, is walking around with his arm in a-sling, having come out second best diving into a swimming pool. Judge Solve Tuso, treasurer of Garden State, is a regular these afternoons, coming over from his Ocean City vacation home... Ned Gaines was pressed into service yesterday to saddle Miss Ulrich in the second race when trainer E. K. Myers was late getting to the paddock. He arrived just as Ned finished tightening the girth. . .Everitt Wilson, track superintendent at Monmouth Park, paid a visit here after finishing up a week vacation in Canada following the Monmouth meet. William G. Helis, Jr.s Rippish and Helioscope returned from Saratoga. Both juveniles were slated to start in the Grand Union Hotel Stakes last Saturday, but were forced to pass the race when they suffered Continued on Page Forty-Three Atlantic City Memos By FRED GALIANI Continued from Page Two slight injuries. . .Frankie Catrone, trainer of the Circle M Farm, notified local officials that the stables Revolve would be shipped here Wednesday. The Revoked filly will start in the Miss America turf stakes Saturday. . .Jockey Sammy Boulmetis went to New York to undergo examination by Dr. Alexander Kaye for injuries suffered in a spill Saturday. Jack Skelly, who has been sidelined since the Monmouth meeting with a broken collarbone, returns to action on Wednesday. The day Jack fell, he was booked for two later mounts, both of which won. . .Danny Johnston, who broke his leg at this meeting a year ago on August 14 to be exact entered Atlantic City hospital today to have the cast removed from his right leg and is awaiting the verdict of the doctors. Since being spilled on White Hackle, Danny ha"s undergone four operations. . .Baroness Vera von Eul, who designed the costumes for "Moulin Rouge" and "Can Can," was an interested spectator at the races yesterday. Trainer Jack Long and jockey Harrison Wilson leave tonight for Chicago, where they will combine their training and riding talents on Darby Dan Farms Clear Dawn in the Princess Pat Stakes. Both will return right after the race... Nick Merca-dante, the Baron of Bensonhurst, and his entourage motored down from that Brooklyn section for the afternoon. . .Ed Peterson, clocker for this paper, was sporting a bigger than usual face-splitting grin when, he was notified that he became the father of a girl at Wynnefield hospital, Philadelphia, yesterday. As soon as he timed the last race, he beat some track records making haste to Philly to greet wife Gladys and and the new arrival. Ben Cohen, secretary and treasurer- of Pimlico, returned to Baltimore after a few days here, while brother Herman, president of the historic Baltimore course, and the missus will check in Friday for a couple of days . . . Harold Polk flew up fsom Alexandria, Ya., to see his Bobbys Dream run and remarked that every time he comes to the track his horses lose. When he stays at home they fare all right... Jack Brenner and Dave Kurtz, of Armstrong publications, are spending a couple of days at the Shore track in between handling some business transactions in their Philadelphia office. Charles Chaffin, Jr., aged nine, son of the jockey, is recovering from an appendectomy performed in the Atlantic City hospital over the week-end. . .Randy Sechrest, who is down to three horses since i Rope Trick died of a blocked intestine and two of his other racers were claimed, is on the lokoout for some racing stock. . .Ann Stella, former long time employee of the New York World-Telegram, took a flyer at the races on a holiday .. .Mrs. Janet Kellys Ride M Cowboy will be tested for the first time today on the turf and if he races well over the grass, will be pointed for the Philadelphia Turf Handicap here on Labor Day by trainer A. H. "Frenchy" Bowen. . .Herman Toll, maitre de at Or-sattis in Philadelphia, was over for the races. . .Frank Papiano, Jr., discharged from the Army only a week ago after two years of service, has joined his father, assisting at the stable chores.
