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, , : Sportsmans Park Notebook Three-Year-Old Filly My Move Is Dam Of Yearling Colt Heres the Story By J. J. MURPHY 1 SPORTSMANS PARK, Cicero, 111., May 12. A parody on the bromide concerning the mare who allegedly finished first in a race, with her foal taking second honors, is actually in the development stage here in Illinois; for a three-year-old filly or is she a mare? is in training here and has a yearling colt who may see action next year, if it is at all possible to locate his mysterious pappy ... To begin with, Charles H. Bur-man, Jr. purchased a two-year-old filly at a Sale last summer. She was a rather buxom daughter of Triplicate, out of the mare Owners Abroad, and carried the name, My Move. It was noted, without undue alarm at the time of the sale, that My Move was heavier than other fillies in the sale, but this hardly was reason for concern. A few months later in the fall, My Move made her "move." She gave birth to a handsome colt in a Lincoln Fields stall. Then the trouble started. An effort was made to have the mother and foal returned to the seller, but this procedure struck a number of snags. It is our understanding the. matter has not yet been settled. While all of this was transpiring, the foal became a yearling and My Move was placed back in training. She is an extremely well molded filly, and her trainer, C. H. Karl, says she can run. In the meantime, they are still trying to locate the sire of My Moves son. It is claimed that she had been turned out with a number of young thoroughbreds prior to her sale, and that one of these was a colt. It is said that he was the only male in the group. Wed better no- get into the myriads of possibilities in this un-. usual case. Were afraid we might run into one of those "Whos on Second" discourses if ve did. A A George Gardner, publicist for the Hawthorne race track, is getting on the job early. He has "already tuned his tom-toms and visited Sportsmans Park the other day in the interests of the Carey course. He is enthusiastic over the prospects for the Hawthorne Gold Cup, stating that nominations have already been received from owners of prominent horses. The latest is Indian Hemp, the fine imported racer from Alberta Farms who was third in the event last season. Sub Fleet, the winner, has also-been named, while Smoke Screen, who was second recently, arrived in the Chicago area and will undoubtedly be in the field. . . . Among the interesting visitors Wednesday were Mr. and Mrs. Andy Gustafson, who lunched with vice-president Jack Johnston. Mr. Gustafson is football coach at the University of Miami in Florida. . . . Another recent visitor was Leonard Sachs, who for many years was associated with Jack Dempsey when the latter was heavyweight boxing champion of the world. AAA Following the conclusion of this meeting, racing secretary Robert McAuliffe will depart for Fairmount Park, where he will serve as a steward. . . . Trainer Dave Engel will ship 10 head, the property of Wallace Strong of Silver Creek, Nebr., to Detroit at the end of the meeting. . . . The four-year-old gelding, Chief Osceola, broke down recently and was destroyed by Dr. G. B. McKillip. He was owned by A. De Biase. . . . Worthy, Court E. and Tollie H., here in charge of trainer J. R. Dillard, are owned by C. Jennings of Corpus Christi, Tex Horses of the Emerald Hill Stable are expected to arrive at Lincoln Fields from Maryland. . . . Max Johnson will ship 10 horses owned by W. Wiggins to Detroit at the end of this meeting. A A . One of the visitors to the press coop unconsciously remarked that he has a new pair of binoculars so powerful that they make the horses seem as if they are in slow motion. . .Nick Dispenza has shipped the sprinter Cheriful, who ran a good race in her last outing here, to Fairmount Park for further campaigning. . .R. Wilkinson brought the six-year-old Look Out in from Kentucky and the runner will be handled by H. G. Knott. . .Martin "Duke" Penter, superintendent of stalls at Arlington and Washington Parks, reports that he expects 300 horses to be stabled at the Hom.ewood course by this week end. Among the strong strings coming in are Hasty House Farm Stable and others handled by Harry Trotsek, and about 20 thoroughbreds, the property of Clifford Mooers. AAA Bob Frink of the TRPB visited at Sportsmans yesterday. He is en route from Churchill Downs to Omaha, where the meeting of the Ak-Sar-Ben Association gets under way May 20... Fred Crafton, aside from his duties as placing judge here, is taking registrations for Lincoln Fields. . .Mr. and Mrs. William McCallum, of Los Angeles, ROBERT F. CAREY Hawthorne managing director, announced stake program for meeting at West Side course. stopped off for a day of the sport. They are en route to New York. . .Anthony Graf-fagnini has purchased Down Card and Her Luck from John F. Beck.
