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WASHINGTON NOTEBOOK u.mmm WASHINGTON PARK, Home-wood, 111., Aug. 28. Where could one find a prettier name than the Meadowland for a grass race, and the 0,-000 added purse to be given for Saturdays feature is pretty nice also. The name was thought up by Benjamin Lindheimer when the event was inaugurated in 1942, and al though it is our personal opinion that the title would be better applied to an affair at Arlington Park, where the surrounding countryside is a trifle more pastoral, that is neither here nor there. Arlington Parks turf feature is known as the Grassland, which is not bad either. Both the Grassland and the Meadowland, for the seasons immediately prior to the current one, were at one and three-sixteenths miles. This year the Grassland was at one and one-eighth miles, and the Meadowland a sixteenth farther. It is rather unusual that no one horse has ever taken both races. During the years from 1944 to 1947, inclusive, Mrs. Clyde Troutts Take Wing seemed to have an option on the Meadowland. He first took it as a six-year-old, won it again as a seven-year-old, was second to Mighty Story as an eight-year-old, and came back to beat Mighty Story as a nine-year-old. Take Wing, who was claimed by his owner for ,500 as a four-year-old, earned 67,820 during his career and was retired at 12. He was an iron horse, starting 197 times during his career. A couple of years after Take Wing scored in his last Meadowland, Volcanic, owned by Walmac Farms, took "squatters rights" on the race. He won it in 1949, 1950 and 1951, and during that period was regarded as far and away the best grass racer in this district. He held records at both Arlington and Washington Parks and was generally regarded as a "tough cookie." It seems strange that Take i-r Wing never won the Grassland. He was second in 1942 and third in 1947. The Grassland was not run when Vol- Meadowland Appropriate Name for Grass Stake Take Wingt Volcanic Each Three-Time Winner Jake Lowenstein to Race in Maryland This Fall Chorus Khal Pops Knee; Likely Out for Season canic was in his prime, being cancelled from 1949 until this year. Stud Poker, another Meadowland winner, was unable to take the Grassland, being third as a five-year-old, and second as a six-year-old. Volcanic retired with earnings of 12,550, and he started 140 times less than Take Wing. Tio Ciro was the winner of the Meadowland last year, while Abbe Sting, who won the first stakes race of his career in taking the Stars and Stripes on the grass this season, was fourth. AAA Kenneth G. Rodine, who has some horses in training here, is visiting from Des Moines, Iowa. . . .The Sunny Blue Farm made another purchase from Dixiana when they acquired the three-year-old Muscles at private sale. J. Littrell will do the training. . . . Mrs. Sam E. Wilson was an arrival from Corpus Christi, Texas. Her husband, owner Sam E. Wilson, will be in Saturday The horses of the Buddah Stable will be shipped to Maryland in charge of trainer Dwight Denham at the conclusion of this meeting. . . . Horsemen and jockeys watching from the sidelines get quite a kick when Johnny Adams and. his son hook up in a tight finish. Father has hung it on son a couple of times in the past week. : . . It seemed to us that the recent foul claimed by apprentice Ronnie Behrens bordered on the frivolous. However, the youngster has had but little experience, and his complaint was excusable Trainer Jake Lowenstein, for the first time in many years, will not race his horses at Hawthorne. The thoroughbreds in his care, including those of Mrs. Herbert Herff, of Memphis, Tenn., will be sent to Maryland at the end of this meeting. AAA The good California-bred Chorus Khal, who popped her knee nearing the finish of the Princess Pat Stakes, will likely be absent from the races until next summer. . . , Seldom have we seen a favorite pay 0.20 or more to win, but that is what Mother Morris "paid as a successful public choice Thursday. ... If trainer J. B. Partridge has no immediate plans for Jamie K., we might get him work chasing the gophers out of Wingy Quinlans yard. Have heard that Jamie K. likes to chase rabbits and such. . . The mare, War Jitters, kept her record of never having foaled a non-winner intact, when Peace Jitters graduated here recently. The gelding made it in his twentieth start. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Figeroa, of Mexico City, were among those in the crowd Thursday. The folks are regular attendants at the races at Hipodromo de Las Americas in their home town. AAA Layton Risley finished up his apprentice year as leading rider at Washington Park, and his boss, William Hal Bishop, is currently the leading trainer. . . . Telegrapher Paul James daughter, Paula Heinz, made such a name for herself in scoring that hole-in-one at golf that she has made frequent appearances on Ty and radio shows, and is doing all right in that department, also. . . . Rac-ingNsecretary Frank Kilroe informs us that the Cain Hoy Stables Turn-to, a two-year-old colt who was recently .Continued on Page Fifty-One Washington Notebook By J J. MURPHY Continued from Page Frfty-Six moved up to first place whei Porterhouse was disqualified in the Saratoga Special, "will be out for the Washington Park Futurity. It is likely that trainer Eddie Hay-ward will come along to saddle him. . . . Assistant handicapper Lou Eilken, who is in frequent touch with Webb Everett at Las Vegas via telephone, states that Everett is sanguine the Nevada session, which gets under way next Friday, will exceed all expectations. AAA Dave Ferguson, owner of Rigmarole and other horses, arrived from Detroit in company with Mrs. Ferguson. . . . Perne L. Grissom is another Detroiter in for a week end of racing. His thoroughbreds perform under the nom de course of Duntreath Farm. . . . W. T. Bishop, general manager of Keeneland, is on hand distributing books for the autumn meeting at the Kentucky track. . . . Mr. nd Mrs. Frank Rhoades, of Coatesville, Ind., arrived for a few days of racing. ... Ed W. Simmons, brother of trainer Harold Simmons, made the trip from Benton, HI., for a visit. Simmons is an Illinois State highway patrolman. Harold says he hopes his horses wont get a ticket for speeding. . . . Theo. Funk, a big hybrid corn man from Bloomington, 111., arrived to look over the horses he has in training here. . . . Pat Hall, who served 15 months with the U. S. Army in Korea, is visiting with his father, trainer Joe P. Hall. . . . The Brookmeade Stable pair, Picador and Sunglow, who came to Chicago for a crack at Saturdays Meadowland Handicap, will be returned to Belmont Park Monday.
