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t 4 Lincoln Fields Notebook Mr. Good Fails to Stand Training Due to Large Body, Small Ankles I By J. J. MURPHY . J LINCOLN FIELDS, Crete, 111., June 2. Many of you readers may recall a colt named Mr. Good who was one of the best of the juveniles in this sector two years ago. Mr. Good, owned by Messrs. Martin and McKinney, a couple of Tennessee sports-ii.i .. i j .,,, men won the Washington Futurity that season and great things were expected of him. He has not, however, been to the post since his two-year-old year. Tony Rupelt, who has four horses here for Martin and McKinney, told us the other day that an attempt had been made to get Mr. Good back in racing shape this spring, but he just ould not stand training. Seems that his body, which is large, puts too much strain on his ankles, which are small. So he is turned out in Kentucky. According to Rupelt, another effort will be made this fall to bring him back to the races. Should it fail he will be placed at stud. Mr. Good is by Easy Mon, who has produced other stakes winners, including Larry Ellis, who took the Tomas-ello Memorial at Suffolk Downs last Monday. AAA Rupelt informs us that Martin and McKinney lost the service- of another useful racer in Gov. Browning, who was a starter in this years Kentucky Derby. The colt came out of the Derby with a wrenched leg that filled from ankle to well above the knee. He has been sent to Kentucky to be rested up until late this season. Aside from the Martin and McKinney horses, Rupelt has a number here for Ned Brent, owner of Monterey Farm, near Paris, Ky., where stands the 12-year-pld stallion Tiger Rebel. A A A A welcome addition to the ranks of the thoroughbred owners in this state is George Victor of Golf , 111. Victor, who is an all-around sportsman, has several horses in training here under the direction of Arthur Metzz. Aside from thoroughbred racing, Victors main hobby and recreation is golf, and it is said he could easily become a professional at the game, as he breaks 70 like breaking sticks. The Victors are members of the Post and Paddock Club at Arlington- Park. . . . Jockey Eldon Nelson was an arrival from Maryland and will be affiliated with the stable trained by J.P. Watts. . . . Money Broker, winner of the F. M. Alger Memorial Handicap at Detroit last Saturday, is due here Thursday to fill his engagement .in Saturdays Edward J. Fleming Memorial Handicap. Jockey Robert Lee Baird will come along to do the riding. AAA - Publicist Joe Petritz, in searching through the files, came up with ah item that on May 20, 1936, Col. Matt Winn, then head of Lincoln Fields, stated he believed the photographing of the entire race would be a boon to the sport, and planned to have such a camera installed at this course; Just beneath the surface of the Lincoln Fields infield in a slight dip of the area bordering on the north end of the course are tombstones with dates scarcely legible, placed there over 100 years ago. They probably have some connection with the early history of the village of Crete, which is as old as Chicago. AAA Visiting here oyer the week end was an interesting bewhiskered group wearing badges designating them as Brothers of the Brush, They hale from William Hal Bishops home town of Anna, 111., which is celebrating its centennial early in July, and were headed by Donkey Bishop, owner Bishops brother. Donkey took, his first name from the time he was in the mule business with William Hal, and says he is so listed in the Anna telephone directory. . . . Late - Memorial Day note: tMrs. Allie Reuben lost a shoe in her rush to be with Sea p Erin in the winners circle, but continued with the ceremony in her stocking f ppf AAA Bobber Permane has been engaged to ride Gushing Oil in Saturdays Fleming Memorial Handicap . . .Van Allen Bradley, who was a member of the Omaha Bee staff when we covered racing for that paper many years ago, was a recent visitor. Is now literary editor of. the Chicago Daily News... The Y-O Stable has purchased the maiden two-year-old Charles A. from Roscoe Goose and he will be trained by Roy Slomer. . .Nate Gladstone, who has been distributing Monmouth Park stake books here, departed for New Jersey Tuesday evening. . .Milton Resseguet has sent word from New Orleans that his father, Continued on Page Forty-Thrca Lincoln Fields Notebook By J. J. MURPHY Continued from Page Three Louis Resseguet, who has been quite ill, seems to be improving in health. AAA Allie Reuben, of Hasty House Farm, was at the track early Tuesday morning looking over the rain-soaked grounds. He left for Toledo in the evening. . .Grand Pappy, who graduated here Tuesday, was one for the hunch players. His grandpappy on his mothers side was named Mud Jockey Ken Church got a neat financial stake in riding the winner of the Memorial Day stake at Garden State, but the stewards here relieved him of 50 of the money for failing to fill his engagements here on that day. A A . A Vasco Parke tells us that Andy Lo Turco, former well known jockey, is driving a truck for a Chicago cartage company. . . Seaward and Gatlight, half-brother and sister, won successful races in the mud here Tuesday. They are from the mare Flota, by Jack High. . .Incidentally, the nine-year-old Seaward ran his all-time earnings to 24,105 in his latest success. He has started 107 times, won 22 races, been second the samenumber of times and third 11 times.
