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J ! New Jersey Report By FRED GALIANI J May Use Flower Name for Stake Surrey ing Judges About Makes Hit Superintendent Emil Weiler Feted GARDEN STATE PARK, Camden, N. J., May 31. Americas "richest purse for juvenile fillies, as every one knows, will be in- .nr ii. "U auguiami aide w wic fall of 1955. As yet, no name has been selected for this extravaganza, but we can give you a hint. The current favored selection is the name of a flower whose alphabetical arrangement has a very close affinity to Garden State . . . The novel idea on Saturday, and again today, of having , ; j the patrol judges surried to their respective j spots in a carriage whose correct name we are informed by those who remember such transportation is a Healy brake made a hit with patrons. When the -four, high stepping Morgan horses cantered down the .stretch for the first time they were warmly received with a round of applause. The Morgans are owned and driven by John M. Seabrook. It would be a nice thing to have them permanently, if that were possible. After all, this is a horse park. Why not put the accent on the animal? It certainly makes a prettier picture than a station wagon rattling around the course. While on the subject of horse vs. motor power on a tracks there is one point you can get a lot of horsemen to agree. And. that is, it would be better to have the harrows drawn by sturdy beasts rather than by ponderous tractors. A good many of them feel the Continued on Page Forty-Five NEW JERSEY REPORT By FRED GAIIANI Continued from Page Six weight of the machines have an adverse effect on the running strip. Officials of the track took time out after the third race Saturday .to tender Emil Weiler, general superintendent, a surprise party in the executive office, Baying- tribute to one of the plants most Tked officials . . . The Castle Bock Farm will split its outfit, with 10 horses going: , to Monmouth under Tony Bardaro, while Bob Knight will handle a like number at Delaware Park. . .Dave Dushoff," one of i Philadelphias leading night club entrepreneurs, took in the sunlight and sport for the Jersey renewal. . .Bernie Fields will handle a division of Eugene Jacobs string at Monmouth Park. . .Trainer Lou Williams is sporting a bandaged finger, the result of not getting his finger out of a horses mouth on time A face from the past showed up Saturday. It belonged to Dave Killoch, former long time member of the telegraph department of this newspaper. . .Bob Levy will leave for Kentucky over the week end to inspect some of the home-bred yearlings on the farm. Before we take leave of this track until next fall, it would be in order to comment on the paddock. The Garden State management is, without doubt, one of the most progressive in the country and the majority of its improvemnts are directed to the public, very six months, between meetings, major changes are made to the course. One of them, last year, was the installation of a paddock in front of the stands, centered between the clubhouse and grandstand. This was one of the most extensive and radical physical changes to the plant. It was eagerly accepted by the public, but the majority of the horsemen are not too pleased with it. Many of them contend it makes, horses nervous and they become washy, causing them to leave their race in the ring. The paddock is sunken, with the saddling stalls backed up against the strip proper. Horses are high strung at the best, and the two most disturbing elements to them here are the tractors hauling the harrows on the course, whereby they pass behind the stalls, and the music played over the loudspeaker situated atop the infield board. Furthermore, contend some horsemen, the fact that ihe paddock is below the level of the lawn is wracking to the horses. The people are arrayed in levels surrounding the paddock and the rustling of papers tends to distract the entries. To top it all off, when the horses leave the stalls they are walked around before the jockeys mount, the same as occurs in any other paddock. But the area is too small. One has to be on guard at all times to avoid being kicked, especially so in the case of a field of juveniles, who are notorious for their flighty dispositions Enlargement of the paddock: would be astep in alleviating the situation somewhat.
