view raw text
I I."v* „ -I- ■■S"""1™ KMjH CONNORS CORNER By Chuck Connors AQUEDUCT, Ii. L, N. Y, June 24.— Max* Hirsch and Tom Shaw, two outstanding figures in the racing world, came up with I a a technical technical question question be- be-tween „ I."v* -I- tween races races the the other! other! a a technical technical question question be- be-tween tween races races the the other! other! afternoon, and one which should be decided by the ruling powers without delay. The question pertains to trainers, credit for winning races and ab-solvement from blame J A trainer is responsible for his charge if infractions fractions of of the the rules rules of of racing racing are are discov- ■■S"""1™ KMjH fractions of of the the rules rules of of racing racing are are discov- discovered. Their discussion was borne out yesterday, when Oiseau Bleu, a representative of the Green tree Stable, was returned the winner of the first race. The two-year-old was programmed with John Gaver as the trainer and it is well known that the Greentree mentor is at present enjoying a European holiday. The colt, an imported one acquired from the Saratoga Springs vendues from one of the consignments of the Aga Khan, was saddled for yesterdays engagement by assistant trainer George Poole. The latter did not figure in the official proceedings either as trainer or responsible for the saddling. AAA This saddling procedure is not the exception for on numerous occasions horses have been shipped from all three of the local tracks by trainers to the surrounding areas of New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and New England, and entrusted to men, for final breezes and saddling. These men are chosen for their trustworthiness, but in the final analysis, they are just figureheads when it comes to taking the bows, for the man who shipped the horse is programmed as trainer. Rarely, if ever, is a notation made that during his absence the horse will be saddled by a representative. The question is technical, but one that could cause embarrassment should two or three trainers engage in a close contest for training honors, say for a worthwhile prize, and the winner turn tip as the one who has been an absentee on vacation or perchance laid up for a lengthy time by, illness! AAA The Queensboro Tuberculosis and Health Association will have a mobile unit at Aqueduct on June 34 an*] Julyl. OT*e««aplpyes ef the association will undergo lung X-rays * Question of Trainers on Programs* Technicality on Saddling Winners Credit Could Cause Embarrassment for the white plague and the Queens County Jockey Club will pick up the tab.. . . . Black Lake, a three-year-old, owned by J. Lipari, dropped dead this morning from a heart attack. He was breezing along when he keeled over. The exercise boy escaped with a shaking up. . . . Trainer Kay Jensen reported that the speedy Mister Gus is training nicely. He was breezed a sharp half mile the other morning, and the Gus-tave Ring-owned colt will be ready for Saratoga Springs racing. . . . John Hay Whitney was a recent Belmont Park visitor to witness several sets of his horses undergo training trials. . . . Harry F. Guggenheim, master of Cain Hoy Stable, was on hand yesterday for a look-see at the Tremont Stakes. . . . Trainer G. P. "Maje" Odom reported that Buttevant, owned by John Barry Ryan, is out of training. The colt suffered a shoulder injury in the Shev-lin and is undergoing treatment. AAA Jockey Pete Moreno planed out for Arlington Park in Chicago and will ride at that meeting and Washington Park. He will return to Saratoga Springs for the upstate session . . . Trainer Max Hirsch shipped Rico Romance, owned by Arnold Hanger and a filly by Bold Venture, from My Request, the property of the King Ranch to Kentucky, to be turned out for the summer months . . . Johnny Schapiro of Laurel, who recently returned from a missionary trip to England and the continent on behalf of the Washington, D. C, International, at Laurel this fall, was among those present yesterday. He said that he had several promises but would know more later . . . Mrs. Charles S. Payson was a recent Belmont Park morning visitor to inspect the horses she and her brother John Hay Whitney have there. ... Trainer Monte Parke will leave for Arlington Park, Chicago, tomorrow and the final draft of the Mrs. John D. Hertz horses will leave the same day . . . J. Samuel P., a two-year-old in the menage of Jack Amiel, the Broadway restaurateur, has been altered. The juvenile was named for the Daily Racing Fork publisher, J. Samuel Perlman. AAA .Quiet Step, owned by Harry Heiman of Utica, N. Y., a stakes dinner *»d top-notch handicap performer, has been retired. The ►five - year - old son of Some Chance — Countess Wise was last seen under colors in the Gulf stream Park Handicap in March. In that race he was bumped and eliminated from contention shortly after the start. Quiet Step will be shipped to Danny Van Cliffs Nydrie Stud in Virginia where, next spring, he will enter the stud . . . Thomas Ross, the Oregon lumberman, who 4s here on a vacation is seeking to acquire several horses to reinforce his California racing menage . . . Right Down, owned by Sidney Jacobs, who accounted for the Tremont yesterday, was iretumed to Monmouth Park. He is named for several stakes at that meeting. AAA C. T. Chenery, who lias a pretentious stable with Casey Hayes, returned from an out-of-town business trip and was on hand for the afternoon . . *. Stable requests for the Saratoga Springs session are piling up rapidly according to D. Goldsmith, stable registrar for that meeting . . . Bob Kelley of the New York Racing Bureaus public relations service received word from Los Angeles, Calif., reporting the death of his brother, Joseph B., from, cancer. He passed away,at the Veterans Hospital in. that city and a requiem mass will be celebrated followed by interment there.
