Connors Corner: Top Sophomores May Meet in Fall Evening Out Pleases Mrs. Widener Gustafsons Peculiar Coincidence, Daily Racing Form, 1954-06-16

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1 1 1 1 , . i " CONNORS CORNER By Chuck Connors i AQUEDUCT, L. I., N. Y., June 15. New Yorkers must await the fall season, that is according to reports in circulation, to witness witness meeting meeting be- 1 1 1 1 , . i a a witness witness a a meeting meeting be- between the Derby winner, Determine, the Preakness victor, Hasty Road and the Belmont winner, High Gun. The likely meetings are hot a guaranteed possibility, for there is many a slip between the cup and the lip. The story as recounted by the paddock gang is that the the Lawrence Lawrence Realiza- " the the Lawrence Lawrence Realiza- Realization and the Gold Cup at Belmont Park are the two big races for which the three are likely to match strides. Hasty Road, if all goes well, will be returned to Belmont in the fall for those two races, High Gun is on the Long Island scene and that Andy Crevolin, the Californian, is positive that his charge can whip any three-year-old in the country and is ready and willing to prove it. Anyway, the meeting, if it materializes in either race and all three colts are at peak form, would be the attraction of the year and one that no doubt would stamp the winner as the three-year-old champion without any argument. A A A Jockey Pete Moreno packed his boots and left for Chicago where he will ride at Arlington and Washington Parks for the Mrs. John D. Hertz Stable. . .Jockey Dave Gorman will go to Monmouth Park to report to trainer Bobby Dotter of the James Cox Brady menage. . .Trainer James Fitzsim-mons reported that the horses at Belair Stud in Maryland are doing nicelyl He spent the week end at the farm. . .Trainer Max Hirsch is undecided relative to the next engagement of the Belmont winner, High Gun. He is eligible for the Dwyer Stakes here and several in Chicago;.. Jack Amiel deserted JTimes, Square for the tfj-iss . S i Top Sophomores May Meet in Fall Evening Out Pleases Mrs. Widener Gustafsons Peculiar Coincidence afternoon. He later reported that he might as well stayed home... Jimmy Dorm, the top man at Gulfstream Park, checked in from Miami for a look-see at this arid several other northern tracks. He plans to remain in this area for a couple of weeks . . .Elliott Burch enjoyed a busmans holiday and drove over from Delaware Park where he has a draft of the Brookmeade Stable horses in his care. A A Mr. and Mrs. George D. Widener were on hand Monday for the running of the filly event in which she was represented by Evening Out. Mrs. Widener was enthused after the finish and at one time held little hope that the filly would come through on the rail to win . . . Leo Light, the Terre Haute, Ind., patron who races under the nom de course of the Starr Ranch, was on hand for the afternoon . . . Condamion, owned by F. M. Poncelet, will be shipped here from Rockingham Park for her engagement in the Gazelle Stakes . . . Andy Gustafson, the football mentor at the University of Miami, was a visitor yesterday. He related a peculiar concidence with his visit here two years ago. On that occasion the first man he encountered upon entering the track was Earl "Greasy" Neale, another football tutor. Yesterday the experience was repeated Sam H. McCormick, secretary-treasurer of Hialeah, departed for Miami after a few days spent here . . . Trainer Bobby Greene reported that Sunshine Nell, heroine of the Top Flight Handicap at Belmont Park, would next face the starter in the Distaff. The latter is Aqueducts new offering for fillies and mares. Jockey Eddie Arcaro will do the riding in the event. AAA Trainer Walter Kelley reported that the draft of horses that were campaigned, in .California by Elmendorf arrived in good condition. The majority will remain here for racing, with some going to Monmouth Park and a couple turned out on a Long Island farm for a let up . . . Trainer B. Frank Christmas shipped additional replacements to the menage stabled at Monmouth Park . . . William Goadby Loew is serving as visting steward for The Jockey Club at this meeting . . . Harry F. Guggenheim, master of Cain Hoy Stable, was on hand. Trainer Eddie Hayward of that menage reported that all the juveniles in the stable are victims of the cough . . Trainer G. P. "Maje" Odom returned Master Ace, owned by R. L. Gerry, from Monmouth Park where over the week end he defeated White Skies . . . Jack Dempsey, the pride of fistiana, showed up to be counted among the opening day throng. Jack recalled during the afternoon that in days gone by he raced several horses over this strip. AAA Vincent McCarthy of the Saratoga Association stated that the upstate offices of! that association would be opened up the latter part of July . . . Mrs. Lou Smith, of the Crippled Childrens Non-Sectarian Fund of Salem Depot, N. H., has issued brochure outlining the expenditures of the organization which also contains a notice that contributions made to it are deductible under a ruling of the Internal Revenue Department . . . F. Skiddy von Stade of the Saratoga Association returned from a weekend visit to the Union Avenue course. He reported that the stable which was damaged by the recent wind storm in that area, an uprooted big tree fell on it, has been repaired and the overall damage was minor to the grounds and buildings . . . Walter Mara, of the official family, has gone continental. Last winter he vacationed Switzerland, skiing and such trivia, and now drives an imported European auto, J snappy Triumph. u ,k K r 1 1 . ; - I s f 1 e f x a e e e e e d - ir l- in n a a


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