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CONNORS CORNER By Chuck Connors AQUEDUCT, L. I., N. Y., June 26. Somebody- blundered and on to Aqueduct rode the two hundred, all for free. The big adventure happened yesterday morning and brought consternation to a certain number of members, in good standing of course, to the paddock gang, who were holding a rump session over at the six-furlong pole discussing the recent convention of the members of the NASRC just concluded at Asbury Park. The train which was bound this way from New York bounced along on its merry way, the passengers wrapped up in study of the Daily Double, track conditions, scratches and maybe a word or two of recrimination of the previous days results, and the foibles of their own handicapping figures. Anyway, the train arrived at Aqueduct and when the boys and girls debarked there was a look of surprise on their features. The train had rolled in on the loading platform and lo and behold the gates yawned wide open and not a turnstile in sight. Well, what is one mans loss is another, mans gain, despite moral ethics, and to beat the gate on the Long Island railroad is something to write home about. AAA The grapevine had it later that the pas-psehger department of the road heard about the non-profit excursion and heads rolled into the basket from the guillotine faster than from the blood-thirsty widow of the French revolution way back when. Well, the boys always said that there is a first time for everything but this is one incident you can bet your bottom dollar will never happen again, that is if the Long Island can recover its equilibrium from the shock of losing some cash fares. AAA Bill Gallagher, the old racing man turned banker, is a patient at the Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, convalescing from surgery. He was operated upon Friday morning, for prostate gland trouble... Trainer Morris Dixon came up from Monmouth Park to report that he will have 18 or 20 horses for the upstate meeting at Saratoga Springs. He also said that Lord Willin, owned by Arthur Godfrey, is on the ailing list suffering from a cough . . . Zolton Gombos, of the Ohio State Racing Commission, was among yesterdays visitors. He ariieup.ttrom Asbury iPatk following " infoftho- gfft vdAtjoiS bf,e inohU Free Incident on I. . Railroad Lord Willin Is Ailing With Cough Winfrey Due Back From Europe the close of the convention for a few days . . .Trainer James Fitzsimmons made the trek to Wheatley Hills on Long Island to inspect the yearlings assembled there for the fashionable Wheatley Stable. Eleven youngsters, recently arrived from the Claiborne Farm in Kentucky, was the big lure. The entire lot will later be transferred to Kellys Long Island Farm to be broken and given their preliminary racing lessons. A A A Trainer Tom Waller said that the horses he has for the Brae Burn Farm and others are all coming along nicely. The two-year-olds were sidelined by the cough ... At private terms Max Hirsch acting for Mrs. J. Walker, Jr., sold the two-year-old filly Doe Run to Ray DeStefano. The acquisition is the nucleus of a stable which the New Yorker will amass for himself... Horace Stoneham, of the New York Giants, accompanied by his head scout, Tom Shee-han, were present yesterday for a look-see at some racing. . .Trainer Charles Shaw reported that several members of his stable are sidelined with the cough . . . Jack Skinner drove up from Delaware Park to saddle Four to Go in the hurdle offering. He will later ship a draft to Saratoga Springs for the summer season. He said that the two-year-olds are recovering from the cough, which also floored some of the oldsters in the stable. He also disclosed that he sold the plater Gunny Sack . for shipment to Ohio. The purchaser was V. O. Leydecker. AAA Captain Edward F. Bjtrne, of the Ozone precinct, celebrated his natal day today and admitted to being sixty-two years young. The good sprinter of a decade or so back, Sgt. Byrne, was named for the popular police officer . . . Pat Provenzano was on hand from his upstate home for a few days racing . . . Jack OKeeffe, of ThistleDown, forwards a condensed history of the Ohio Derby, one of the top features of that meeting. The event was originated at Chester Park, near Cincinnati, in 1876 with Bombay owned by D. Swiggert the winner . . . Trainer Bill Winfrey is due back from a brief European trip on Monday. He hopes to arrive oh time to saddle either Home-Made or Outsmart for the Distaff Handicap . . Tim Mara, the football impresario, checked out for Monmouth Park to finish fout ihe summer months. IHe will n.ot so oil iti 1 8!u tit "iiiwrf n wot in v west with his behemoths to witness the training season for the fall pastime. AAA Preparations are under way over on the backstretch to celebrate the natal day of the sage of Sheepshead Bay, James Fitzsimmons. He will reach the eighty mark on July 23 . . . Harry F. Guggenheim, master of Cain Hoy Stable, was among the early arrivals for the week end . . . Ogden Phipps came out to witness his Bassanio perform in the Edgemere . . . Abe Levinson deserted Newburgh on the Hudson for the afternoon. His first visit in 10 days . . . Nat Herzfeld, Jimmy Donn and Jerry Brady cut up a few old touches on the Florida situation at luncheon yesterday. They all agreed that the gabf est was not worthwhile monitoring . . . The annual champagne party celebrating the Brooklyn Handicap in which Dry Monopole downed Blue Wing and Hidalgo will be celebrated on the eve of the race this year. The press gang will be treated by Park, and Tilford advertisement to a couple of cases of Dry Monopole no less.
