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, Connors Corner By "CHUCK" CONNORS Some New Twists at Spa Meeting Three Exhibitions Were Staged Price Line in Aqueduct Program SARATOGA, Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Aug. 27. The Saratoga Cup will be the feature tomorrow and the Hopeful on Sat urday, and an hour or so after the running of the two-year-old race, Saratogas 1953 contribution to racing iiistory will be ready for the archives. The boys and girls, the faithful, that is, who remain, over for the final curtain, will pick up their grips and beauty compacts, hustle down to the railroad for a train to New York. TThe others will climb into the family jalopy with the big town as their destination, start burning up the roads so as to be on hand at Aqueduct for the opening which is on Monday with post time 1:15, the Daily Double windows are closed a few minutes earlier. Saratogas Ivy-clad Union Avenue course this year saw some new twists in a racing way. Three exhibitions wer staged, -with Tom Fool as the star in two instances; the overalL racing-programs were not up to the standard of other years, a little imp, not in rompers, but hidden in a cloud of dust, upset the prearranged plans when he spread the cough, virus or whatever you want to call the thing. The racing strip was good, the weather was good, the attendance "was good:, the play was good and the manners of the customers were excellent. The latter was attested when an experiment was tried and proved successful. The exit of the jockeys, following: the running: of a race, through the clubhouse lower floor to their quarters, evoked no comment on the part of the cash customers and no sudden temper flareups from some who blew a nose decision to the camera. Some of the more hard-boiled spectators were of the opinion that such an experiment would not work to advantage among- the over-sensitive representatives of Brooklyn or the Bronx. The powers who be will not tempt fate in such an experiment, for when the scene returns to Aqueduct, the jockeys and the bodyguard of Pinkertons will get a- fleeting glimpse of the clubhouse as they trudge along the racing strip to the jockeys room. Saratoga Springs did not develop a candidate to threaten Native Dancer, neither did the Midwest. Tom Fool remains on his pedestal unmolested, the steeplechase picture remains unchanged. The juvenile division was reduced to a shambles, but neither the association nor the racing department can. be held responsible, for, despite safeguards, bugs will fly around, but some changes no doubt will be noted at Belmont Park. All in all, Saratoga, while not the "Sarataoga of old, did alright for herself in better than a modest way. Carleton F. Burke, who represented the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association in the stewards stand, will leave for his Los Angeles home on Sunday. He has outlined a schedule of work in connection with the winter meeting at Santa Anita. . .Trainer Frank Catrone plans to start War Doings in the Hopeful on Saturday and is seeking the services of jockey Shuk. . .Joe Seider, following a lengthy vacation, returned to Bagdad-on-the-Subway and his varied theatrical interests. . .Johnny Otto showed up from New Jersey for the final days of the meeting and to visit some relatives in Albany. Sol Rutchick packed his bag, bundled the missus into the family chariot, and took off for Forest Hills. He delegated George Francis OConnell Sully to ship the horses to New York for the fall meetings . . .Preston Burch, of the Brookmeade Stable, celebrated his natal day on Tuesday. The parties, in honor of the big event, were on the quiet side and the age question was not discussed, publicly that is. . .Louis Lazare returned from New York and promised to remain for the final days of the session. . .The horses that Kay Jensen raced at Arlington and Washington Park, Chicago, are headed for Belmont Park and the fall season in New York. . .Davy Man-del,; the ubiquitous one, and a veteran from, the days of Brighton Beach, celebrated his seventieth birthday yesterday. He was out of luck when it came to the Continued on Page Thirty-Nine Connors Corner By C. J. CONNORS Continued torn Page Four Daily Double and the old hunch, for unlike the roulette wheel there is no single "O" in the doubles. The reports from Aqueduct are to the effect that morning: line price quotations and selections will be part of the daily program for the fall meeting: at that track. The mutuel department will sponsor the innovation. . .Andy Fowler, of Far Hills, N. J., who deserted the steeplechase ranks for politics and served a term in the New Jersey legislature, was among: the visitors today. . .Harry "The Owl" Mann is back on the job clocking: at Belmont Park. He was recently discharged from a New York hospital 1 where he underwent surgery early in August... Meyer and Sally Kaplan headed back for New York following a months vacation in these parts. His horses, recovered from the cough, are at Aqueduct awaiting the resumption of racing in New York. . .Trainer Leigh Cotton headed for Belmont Park this morning. He plans to pick up several horses which were turned out at Red Bank, N. J., for the past few months. . .Trainer Oleg Dubassoff reported that he has five horses here, the others are at Belmont Park, awaiting-engagements. . .James Cox Brady, who will be represented in the Hopeful by Artismo, reported that trainer Bobby Dotter will remain here until Tuesday before shipping to Belmont. . .Eric Guerin will ride Donnajack, owned by Mrs. L. S. Kopald, of Memphis, Tenn. in the Hopeful on Saturday. . .Steeplechase jockey Carlyle Cameron, who was thrown in a steeplechase race the other afternoon, hopes to be discharged from the Saratoga Hospital .over the week end. Trainer Oscar White had One Count, owned by Mrs. Walter M: Jeffords, on the Oklahoma strip this morning for a slow mile and one furlong trial. One Count is eligible for several stake offerings on Long Island this-fall. . .A meeting of the directors of the Saratoga Association was held this morning and routine business was the order of the day. . .Abe Levinson, who has been here for the past week, reported that his horses are recovered from the cough and will be seen in action at Aqueduct on numerous occasions. . .George P. "Maje" Odom shipped a draft of horses to Belmont Park today . . . The local horse colony is losing members by the carload each day. Recent reports are that some 600 horses have checked out in the past few days.
