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r Connors Corner By "CHUCK" CONNORS Preakness, Roseben on Same Day Sophomore Event Takes Spotlight White Skies Awaits Sprint Stake BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., May 12. The discussions that developed over the assignment of weights for the Metropolitan have subsided and the paddock gang is now busy devoting their collective talents to dissecting the starters in the Preakness down Baltimore way. The boys, after delving deep into the poundage assigned Native Dancer for the mile of the Metropolitan Handicap, wound up giving the veteran John B. Campbell a vote of confidence, remarking that he knows what he is doing with the pounds and ounces at his disposal. The arguments which flared somewhat heatedly for a couple of days are just so much water over the dam, for the present, but you can never tell when the boys will go to the bat again over this subject. The Preakness, the next "Hundred Grander" on the three-year-old agenda, will draw a representative number of starters from this area. Among the probables that are scheduled to make the trip are C. V. Whitneys Fisherman, James Cox Bradys Artismo, Joe E. Browns Gigantic, Mrs. W. Alton Jones and the Estate of Royce G. Martins Goyamo and possibly High Gun from the King Ranch. However, as the boys point out, there is many a slip between now and the time to ship. AAA Trainer Syl Veitch has decided that Fisherman will leave for Pimlico on Sunday morning:, get a couple of gallops over the track, including: his final prep. Owner C. V. Whitney will be on hand for the race. While the Preakness takes over the nation-wide television post of honor, Belmont Park will offer the Roseben Handicap, for three-year-olds and over at seven furlongs. This event attracted 58 nominations when it was closed on March 15. In the lot are Native Dancer, owned by A. G. Vanderbilt, but it is doubtful if the gray phantom will face the starter. His immediate objective is the Metropolitan to be contested over the week end at one mile. The Roseben on the following week end is at seven furlongs, and on Memorial Day, May 31, is the Suburban, at one and one-quarter miles. This, according: to stable advices, is his big objective of the meeting:. So, while the three-year-olds are battling it out at Pimlico on May 22, the sprinters will be vying for prestige in the Roseben. White Skies, Squared Away, Hyphasis, Dark Peter, Kaster, Canadiana and a few others are named, with the Wickham starter at present appearing to dominate the Roseben field. In discussing White Skies the other morning, trainer Tommy Root was undecided about the Metropolitan for which his charge was also named. He, for the present, was none too enthusiastic over sending his charge one mile with several top-notch sprint offerings on the agenda in the immediate future. However, he finally said, "We will wait and see." The stake offering was named for one of the best weight carrying sprinters in the history of the American turf. Roseben, as the boys said, could pack the grandstand on his broad shoulders and go on from there up to seven furlongs but hot many inches beyond that mark. Roseben raced for Davy Johnson and a few million words could be written about the owner and the horse and yet not fully cover the subject. AAA R. J. Kleberg, accompanied by Max Hirsch and Bill Boland, completed their chores here then motored over to La Guardia and took off in a plane for Garden State Park. They are scheduled to fly back tonight after the running of the Betsy Ross Stakes in which the master of King Ranch was represented by On Your Own . . . Bill Markey came on from Detroit for a few days racing . and reported that his mother Mrs. Peter A. Markey would. sail for a European vacation some time next month ... Mr. and Mrs. John H. Miles of Indianapolis I are here for a visit. He has a draft of horses in training with Harris Brown ; . . . A. B. Hancock, Jr., checked in from 5 Paris, Ky., and conferred with Moody ; Jolley with whom he has several horses. Jolley was a recent arrival from Louis - ville. AAA Mr. and Mrs. John D. Hertz were among ; those present yesterday. They were recent f arrivals from Kentucky, He reported that - he has 17 foals at Hancocks nursery near Paris and seven at his Amarillo Ranch near Los Angeles with several mares due 1 to foal . . . Mr. and Mrs. Stefan Zachar of 1 Miami, Fla., they have several horses with r George M. Odom, are on hand and plan j Continued on Page Thirty-Nine Connors Corner By C. J. CONNORS Continued from Page Four to remain for some time . . . This morning for the first time in five days the racing strip was termed fast. The heaviest work tab of the past 10 days was then noted. . . C. L. Ostriker returned from Pimlico where he witnessed several of his colorbearers in action at that track . . . Trainer Harris! Brown reported the arrival from England of the three-year-old Sunson and a three-year-old filly named Wattle Blossom. They i were consigned by W. A. Read and landed at Idlewild yesterday. The importations for the present will race under lease to Mrs. Harris Brown . . . Jockeys J. Nichols and H. Woodhouse were among the absentees. They were at Garden State Park fulfilling engagements in the Betsy Ross Stakes. AAA Bobby Goldman, representing Suffolk Downs, is headed this way to canvass the field for starters in the Massachusetts Handicap which is to be contested on Wednesday next . . . Trainer Woody Stephens may ship Goyamo to Pimlico to fulfill his engagement in the Preakness . . . Trainer Bobby Dotter- and James Cox Brady will confer over the week end relative to the final decision on shipping Artismo to Baltimore for his Preakness engagement. Dotter is firmly convinced that his charge will be a strong factor in the three-year-old division during the year . . . Mrs. Elizabeth Person of Llangolen Farm has named the three-year-old, Handicapper, for John B. Campbell. The veteran racing official was instrumental in having her purchase the South American-bred Endeavour II., who sired Porterhouse . . . Mrs. Russell A. Firestone was on hand io lend moral support to her Summer Tan in the Juvenile. AAA Efforts are being made to save Grover B. who fell in the turf race on Monday. The injury was not as severe as first suspected. Grover B., a five-year-old gelding, won the New Orleans Handicap. . .R. J. Kleberg stated that 30 foals arrived at his nurseries in Kentucky and Texas to date and that several more mares are due to foal. One of the newcomers is a brother to Assault and is pronounced a top looking specimen. Assault has a full sister here named Sin Igual which translated from the Spanish means without equal . . . The stewards, in the future, will have discretionary power in the matter of cancelling, changing or permitting a turf race to stand when it comes to turf races. This authorization will be inserted in the next series of conditions for a turf race . . . Ambler II., William Woodward, Jr.s candidate for the Epsom Derby to be run in June, is according to the veteran James Fitzsimmons, a steady going performer and races along the lines of his dam, Vienna, who won stakes before her retirement. Owner Woodward is undecided at present whether he. can make the trip to England ior the big race.
