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Sportsmans Park Notebook Kosibas Plan to Enter Breeding Phase Of Sport in Michigan on Modest Scale By J J MURPHY SPORTSMANS PARK Cicero HI May 8 Grace Kosiba of Detroit whose runners divide their time during the spring summer and autumn months between Chicago and The Motor City is planning on going into the breeding end of the business on a modest scale according to Harold C Hoffman who has her care here Mrs Kosiba recently purchased the 8 5 a c r e Jerry Mc ¬ Carthy Farm at North ville Mich and now has eight mares in foal on the place A colt by Platter out of Alphas First arrived not long ago and the others are expected soon Hoff ¬ man announces that the sixyearold mare March Proudly who won a good percentage of her races has been mated with Bully Boy Mrs Kosibas green silks have been prominent here for the past couple of seasons and will be carried in the Peabody Memorial at Lincoln Fields by the good threeyearold Sub Fac ¬ tor who trained for the Kentucky Derby but started in another event on Derby Day and defeated a good field fieldA A A A ASub Sub Factor won a half dozen races as a twoyearold last season and two out of seven starts during the first three months of this year He was fourth in a 17horse field in the Louisiana Derby Mrs Kosibas husband Peter who is just as greatly interested in horses as is his wife is one of the most prominent automobile dealers in Detroit Last year the Kosiba horses earned 124065 in purse money having 56 firsts 66 seconds and 73 thirds They have a promising young rider in the apprentice Owen Headley whose contract they pur ¬ chased during the Fair Grounds meeting at New Orleans Young Headley is the leading bug boy at this meeting meetingA A A A AAnother Another old timer passed on when former jockey Jimmy Deavenport died at Veter ¬ ans Hospital following a lingering illness Deavenport who was 62 years old has been a valet on Chicago tracks for about 15 years He was a good rider about 35 years ago and was known as chewtobacco Jim ¬ my We recall seeing him in action at Duf ¬ ferin and Hillcrest Parks in Toronto and among those riding on those halfmile courses about the same time were J J Muggsy Russell who is a docker here Lou Meripol who passed away in Califor ¬ nia last season and we believe Walter Dunkinson who is now messenger in the Post and Paddock Club at Arlington Park Deavenport served with distinction in World I and was gassed in action Services will be held at 9 a m Monday at Drake Braithwaite Funeral Parlors 2221 Lincoln Ave Chicago and burial will be at Eden Cemetery in Schiller Park a suburb of Chicago ChicagoA A A A AMembers Members of the Distillery Workers Inter ¬ national Union now attending the biennial convention at the Palmer House will be the guests of the National Jockey Club at Sportsmans Park Monday and Tuesday Among the recent visitors was State Senator Everett Peters who attended with a party of friends Sam Gorbet who has some horses here in charge of his son Glenn arrived from his home in Hudson HI for a visit ThistleDown stake blanks have arrived Marion VanBerg who is loaded with horses added a couple more in purchasing Frabotta and Darrel Beau from John Beck The latter recently bought the pair from Jess Arp The fouryear old Hierarch winner of five races last year has been shipped to Crown Crest Farm Lexington by Mrs Russell Reineman Nominations for the Crete Inaugural Hand ¬ icap close Monday Fred Craf ton is accept ¬ ing same at this track Ben Goldberg known as the towbar king of Chicago was out to catch the threeyearold Wood Run in action He owns the gelding in partner ¬ ship with I Blumberg BlumbergA A A A AA A 14stall Bahr gate that has been stored at Hawthorne will be moved to Lincoln Fields over the week end and schooling of horses at the Crete course is expected to start Monday or Tuesday Trainer Roy Waldron got in to Washington Park from Lexington with four horses the property of the Bwamazon Stable The runners are Breakers Why Nach Revetment and Less Noise The latter three are twoyearolds twoyearoldsTom Tom Bourke secretary of the proposed Shamrock Track which is so much in the news in Chicago these days is the man who built Washington Park and put on the first 100000 American Derby Tom might make good again if given a chance but we fail to see where the dates would be coming from Still we do have a new race track in Illinois in Cahokia Downs But that is isContinued Continued on Page FortyOne Sportsmans Notebook NotebookBy By J J MURPHY Continued from Page Three Threedownstate downstate John Morrissey although he broke into racing in Illinois as assistant starter to his father has never been an official in the state until now He is serving as steward at Pairmount Park Owner Angelo Cilio got back from Fairmount Park I Dukes Gal a fiveyearold mare who recently arrived from New England in charge of J D Price died Friday Own ¬ er John W Snider is visiting from East St Louis Mo Deep Wonder who was sent to Fairmount Park to run in the Inaugural Handicap has returned here
