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.. Connors Corner By "CHUCK" CONNORS Breeders Anent Yearling Sales No Pronounced Price Drop Seen Elmendorf to Race at Monmouth BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., June 9. The yearling vendues at Keeneland and Saratoga Springs are some dis tance off, calendar -wise, but horsemen here and in other spots are beginning to take stock and mapping out plans in the matter of replacements. With the exceptions of the bigger racing menages participating in the sport, they for the most part breed their own, the yearling offerings are acquired by the great majority participating in racing. Last , year 1,637 youngsters were auctioned for a total of ,317,475. The vendues at Keeneland summer and fall saw a total of 882 pass through the ring, while Saratoga Springs had a total of 247. The other offerings were disposed of at different sections of the country from Maryland to California. The yearling market is at present at a high level and recent talks with breeders here for the Belmont indicate that the professionals anticipate no pronounced drop in prices for this season. The number of yearlings registered with The Jockey Club last year totaled 8,817, which reveals that homebreds dominate the racing scene by a large percentage. The number of breeding farms in the nation has grown greatly in the past decade and this, according to students, presents a disturbing picture to the entire industry due to the discriminate use of stallions and mares which in their opinion are unfitted for the procreation of the thoroughbred. Jockey Sidney Cole will go to Monmouth Park on Saturday to ride Hy-phasis, owned by the Belair Stud, in the Oceanport Handicap and jockey Jess Hig-ley heads for Delaware Park to ride Full Flight for the Wheatley Stable in the Leonard Richard Stakes. Trainer Johnny Barker is headed eastward with the horses owned by Elmendorf, nom de course of the New Yorker, Max Gluck. The stable composing- 12 horses is destined for Monmouth Park racing. . . . Trainer Jake Byer stated that Hartsville will be nominated for some late closing: stakes. AAA Trainer John B. Partridge reported that eight foals arrived at the Spring Hill Farm of James D. Norris and that the mares are all ready to be returned to their selected mates . . . Lou Doherty of the Stallion Station, Lexington, Ky., is here for the sales and the Belmont Stakes . . . Stephen "Laddie" Sanford came out to lend moral encouragement to his fencer Oneida in the steeplechase offering. The horse made a bad landing at one of his fences while in the lead . .. . Gar Moore, public relations man from the Fair Grounds, New Orleans, accompanied by his family, was on hand i yesterday. They later left for Toronto, Ont., where he will witness the running of the Queens Plate. The visit will be his first to that area. AAA John de Blois Wack checked in yesterday to witness the dispersal of his racing: menage during the day . . . Trainer Jim Ryan came up from Delaware Park to inspect the horses, he has here for Mrs. John R. H. Thouron and the Roke-by Stable . . . George Stirling:, associated with John G. Cavanaugrh during: the pre-mutuel days, made his first appearance of the season . . . Jockey Dave Gorman headed for Delaware Park to fulfill engagements in the Polly Drummond Stakes . . . Dave Feldman, the Chicagoan, planed in to attend the vendues . . . Ralph Mc-Ilvain came over from New Jersey for the sales . . . Leslie Combs, master of Spendthrift Farm out Kentucky way, pointed out that he bred and sold the winner and runner-up in the fourth race, Sum-ma Cum and Cronus. The first fetched 58 grand as a yearling while the Yolo representative went for 25 grand . . . The grapevine has it that following the dispersal sale of the Woodvale Farm, Woody Stephens will take over the Maine Chance horses to train. A A Trainer Jack Long stated that Atalanta, owned by the Darby Dan Farm, would be returned to Delaware Park following her Top Flight engagement . . . Trainer Max Hirsch said that Eric Guerin would ride High Gun in the Belmont and that if available Bill Boland would handle the other part of the entry. Riverina . . . Robert S. Howard, the Californian, showed his silks for the first time this year in the east when his Mabs Choice paraded postward in the Top Flight. The, colors made by Mrs. Legere are somewhat similar to those carried by Seabiscuit and others owned by his
