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New England Notebook By JOE HIRSCH Top Juveniles Rest Until Rockingham Boston Doges Victory Impressive Eddie Legere High on Royal Indian SUFFOLK DOWNS, East Boston, Mass., ; May 27. — Boston Doges victory here yester- . day was hardly unexpected and it appears fhnf. that the Irwal local ton. fhnf. that the Irwal local ton. two-year-old picture cannot be further developed before the next stop on the New England circuit — Rockingham Park. Paul Ando-linos speedy son of The Doge — Boston Lady rocketed over the five - furlong distance in :58%, just two-fifths of a second behind hind Hyerohours Hygrohours track track hind Hyerohours Hygrohours track track standard set in 1942. Although Boston Doge won by the comfortable margin of three : and one-half lengths, he was ridden out and unable to relax in the stretch due to a strong finish by .Days Duke, another young son of The Doge who came from behind to press, if not actually challenge, the leader. The fast footing seemed to please Boston Doge, who had been scratched out of several "off-track" events in this rain-ridden meeting, including the 0,000 Bay State Kindergarten Stakes over the week end. Royal Indian was the winner in Saturdays slop with the strongly supported Adored and Mighty Checker running fourth and fifth in the small field. If nothing else, Royal Indian proved a superior mudder in the Bay State. The victory was the second in three starts for Palatine Stables Royal Gem II. filly and during both triumphs the track was listed as sloppy. Her lone loss was on a slow strip, finishing second behind Mighty Checker. Despite her penchant for the mud, trainer Eddie Legere says that the footing makes little difference to Royal Indian, and while there are, no past performances to support this claim, the fillys workouts on fast tracks have been reasonably good. Frank Rosen, the Philadelphia scrap dealer and master of Palatine Stable, bought Royal Indian for ,500 at the Kentucky sales and turned her over to Legere who broke and trained her. Her dam, Flying Indian, was an exceptional mud mare and the daughter evidently inherited much of these qualities. Shes easy to train, according to Legere, and her only untoward behavior has been a tendency to drift out somewhat in her recent races. Royal Indian is eligible for the Matron Stakes at Belmont and the Selima at Laurel in the fall, and may take up these challenges as there are not enough two-year-old events in New England to provide suitable and sufficient exercise for a good juvenile. Legere, who has been training for Palatine since 1949, was a noted jockey in his day. Born in Oakland, California, he began his turf career working for Max Hirsch in New York during the early 1920s and Hirsch now sends him several King Ranch horses to condition each year. Legere has ridden in five Derbys and has been up on some excellent horses, the best of which was probably the good three-year-old Bubbling Over, 1926 Derby winner, although Legere was not aboard for that race. Hes worked for C. V. Whitney and the late Col. E. R. Bradley among others, and was present at the birth of New England racing at Rockingham in .1933. He saddled To Market, the 1950 victor in the Massachusetts Handicap at Suffolk Downs, for trainer Sam Mason who was ill at the time. But of all the horses hes trained, he believes that Royal Indian shows the most promise and is proud of the fact that he developed her himself. Around the Track: A delayed decision by a federal grand jury this week awarded ,000 to Thomas and Fredrick Irish of Vance, S. C, former owners of a thoroughbred injured here several years ago in a collision with the track ambulance. Joseph Costa of Cambridge, owner of the Costa Ambulance Coach Service, had been sued for 3,500 for injuries suffered by Rcedon, a chestnut filly during a race on July 15, 1947, in which the horse threw its jockey. The ambulance rushed to the assistance of the rider, striking the horse in the animals mad dash around the course. Apprentice Jerry Ruth was held blameless for the disqualification of Long Eaton in yesterdays third race. Long Eaton lugged in to interfere with Beda Bull and Ash Tray, who finished second and third. Continued on Page ThirtyFiye « «- » New England Notebook By JOE HIRSCH Continued from Page Six Both were moved up a notch by the stewards and Long Eaton dropped to the show position . . . Eight claims were made for Late Return in the second event, the largest number for a single thoroughbred this spring. Ed Millen and Louis "Sport" Haymaker got the four-year-old Zayin gelding by the luck of the draw . . . Bayard Tuck-erman, Jr., noted New England horseman and member of The Jockey Club, who is serving as steward Norman Charltons re- placement for the remainder of the meeting, was on the job for the first time yesterday. Charlton left Tuesday night for Waterf ord Park in West Virginia, where he holds a similar post . . . Ken Mcintosh, the assistant racing secretary at Rockingham and Led ODonnell, a steward at the New Hampshire oval, were visitors here yesterday.
