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t 1 Atlantic City Memos 1 By FRED GAL1ANI Injury Sidelines Jockey Boulmetis Veteran Pilaster Back in Training Special United Nations Day Card ATLANTIC CITY, Mays Landing, N. J., Aug. 26. Sammy Boulmetis, leading rider in the state, will be out of action for a couple of weeks as a result of his spill from Bobs Alibi in the Boardwalk Handicap here last Saturday. Boulmetis was examined in New York by Dr. Alexander Kaye, who diagnosed the injury as a pulled cord in the muscle of his right arm. Boulmetis was four lengths in - front on Bobs Alibi in the i 3 ; 5 , . a 7 I ; ; . , . , , , , Boardwalk when the horse bolted through the hedge... That familiar bay who worked over the turf between races yester-. day, with his head down like a bloodhound on the trail, was none other than Mrs. H. L. Straus Pilaster, former cup champion of some years back. Now nine years old, the Pilate gelding will be pointed for a return to the wars by trainer "Downy" Bonsai. Pilaster, who twice won the Pimlico Cup, among other long distance races, last competed in the Presidents Plate Handicap last December. He breezed a mile in 1:40 yesterday. Ted Mack, the television personality, was a guest at the track today and made a presentation following the running of the sixth race. . . Joe Cascarella and Charley McLennan, of the Laurel official forces, were making the rounds of the barns this morning:, and will be at the track for the next couple of days in the interests of the coming: Maryland session, which will be noted for the second running:, of the Washing-ton, D. C, International and the opening: of the luxurious new turf club. Jockey Jack Skellyhas been engaged to Pilot Gallagher and Williams Mi-Marigold m the Miss America Turf Stakes Saturday and B. L. Williams Passembud in the Long-: port Handicap September 2. . . . Johnny Owens checked in from Hazel Park, Mich where he rwas agent for Mike Basile and also did some photography work. He intends to continue to work with the flash bulbs here in addition to exercising horses and promoting the new type springsteel saddle developed by valet Bob Farmer at Detroit. Jockey Walter B. Williams, one of the top riders here, will free lance for the rest of the meeting-. Williams had been associated with the Darby Dan Farm and parts on an amicable basis.. Whitey Dau-enhauser will make Williams engagements. . . . Mrs. Jimmy Raftery, wife of the track photog-, and daughter Jeannie left this morning for their Miami home. ... That familiar face in the back of the snack bar in the jockeys room belongs to Walter Stone, formerly agent for jockey Jimmy Combest Frank Catrone has secured the saddle services of Nick Shuk for Circle M Farms Revolve in the Miss America Stakes here this week-end. triBainJridge Jr- and Brownie Leach, the latter who will give the Garden State the same blowup as he does to the Kentucky Derby, came over from Camden for the afternoon Unfortunately for Brownie, he started to tell a story in which he mentioned a certain monetary phrase, said phrase reminding Bainbridge that he had loaned Brownie some money a couple of Preak-nesses ;ago. Undaunted by the interruption- lWm WGnt n With his tale m he forked over the currency due. . . . Eugene Mori president of Garden State, was all smiles as his two-year-old Astute won the fourth 52k Bruce.3f7ie. owner of the Bobanet Stable, was a visitor. .fTTSrialTP7.0S:ram is beinS" Prepared for United Nations Handicap Day, which will contain pictures and sketches of the horses who will compete in the ?50,000 turf stakes. . . . Mike Fiore, owner of the Penn-Atlantic hotel, gathering place for a number of the racing fraternity, must have hit the double yesterday judging irom his beaming countenance after the second race. . . . The TRPB tattoo crew in charge of Charlie Butler is on the grounds and identifying horses daily at the receiving barn. Horses who are not so marked will not be allowed to race after Thursday. Horsemen who wish to have their charges tattooed should contact Continued on Page Thirty-Nine Atlantic City Memos By FRED GALIANI Continued from Page Fire Walter Turnier, the horse identifier, for j information. Francis Baymore, veteran groom with Lyman Brusies stable, is making plans to head for Florida. The fact that Bob Carey, the horse whom he cares for won the other day at a good sized mutuel, may have had something to do with his contemplated vacation. Francis has been with Brusie for many years. . . . The guy that handles a lot of that money in the mutuel room is Billy Pimpus, former featherweight boxer around these parts and Philadelphia some years ago. Billy is now a money runner with Riggs Mahonys crew. . . . Frank Capono, the tunesmith, has been in attendance whenever possible, although he is still under doctors care for heart condition. Ladies days and the fashion show serves as quite a magnet, for the girls, j The dining room terrace, where the fashion show is held, was completely swamped early, the majority of the eager patrons breasting the blue rope, being members of the fair sex. . . . Belmont Evans, who is training a number of foreign-bred horses here, among them nominees for the turf stakes, observes that Stan has proved a pretty good buy for the Hasty House Farms. Evans reports that he- interested the Reubens in Stan when the horse was still racing in England. Just recently the Irish-bred won the Grassland Handicap. . . . Herman Taylor, the Philadelphia fight promoter, should have the business at his ticket windows that his brother Frank xdoes here. The latter is at the 00 window in the clubhouse.
