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iPPllifcAl rTi m m j Arlington Park Notebook Hooper Proud Over Manner in Which Olympias Offspring Are Performing : -By J. J. MURPHY - . ARLINGTON PARK, Arlington Heights, 111., June 28. Fred Hooper, who owns the stallion Olympia, is very proud of the manner in which the sires get are performing. This is Olympias first crop at the races this year. Olympia was rated as one I ... - of the fastest thoroughbreds in America. He was conditioned bj iPPllifcAl Ivan an Parke, Parke, who who is is. in in 0 Ivan an Parke, Parke, who who is is. in in 0 charge of his sons and daughters. Olympia did almost everything a good horse should be required to do. Although better known as a sprinter, he won over a distance of rround and had so much speed, that when he he was was at at tops tops he he rTi m m he he was was at at tops tops he he defeated Stella Moore, the. champion quarter horse of Florida, in a short dash for a large-sized side wager . . .Hasty Road was scuffed up a bit leaving the starting gate in Saturdays Warren. Wright Memorial. Nothing serious. Will continue with his training and is pointing for the Arlington Classic. And by the way, Hasseyampa also ran a fine race in the seven-furlong Wright. Was gaining. Should be an important factor in the Classic. Mr. Prosecutor, who had some early speed in the event, is reported to have come out of the race rather sore. A Trainer Monte Parke, who arrived here with 11 head for John D. Hertz, left Double Speed and a two-year-old behind in New York. They will probably come on later. . . T. P. "Peaches" Fleming got in with Iceberg n., last years turf champion, and 10 others. They are trained by Horatio Luro Jockey Bobby Permane has been engaged to ride Harold Bockmans Happy Go Lucky in Saturdays Myrtlewood. That will be the first start in almost one year for the racer. . Mrs. Harry Trotsek was an arrival from Miami and expects to remain throughout the meeting-. . .Payment of 50 to remain eligible for the Hawthorne Gold Cup is due Thursday, July 1... Trainer Milton Resseguet departed for his New Orleans home for a short visit . Owner Marion VanBerg got in from Detroit. A A Jack Drees, the well known TV sports commentator, and Mrs. Drees were visitors Saturday . . . Mrs. W. J. Schmidt has purchased Hoosier Havocvfrpm Mrs. Henry J. Damm . . . Tom Jolley was expected to arrive to take over the training of the horses owned by Warner Jones . . . Big Billie, a two-year-old filly, accompanied Me Perfect here and will also be trained by -Charlie Sanborn . . . W. J. Schmidt purchased Loret, a three-year-old from W. T. Loeber . . . Frank Brach sold Elaine E. to Tom Mul-downey and the mare has been shipped to Cleveland . . . The good three-year-old Admiral Porter, who started in both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, is at Sunny Blue Farm and will be fired . . . Lucky Thirteen, Jetair, and Romandale, owned by Vincent P. McMahon, of River Forest, 111., are here in charge of A. E. Mettz . . . Charles Ray Simmons is acting as assistant trainer to his father, Harold O. Simmons. AAA Mr. and Mrs. Ernest S. Morris were visitors Saturday. Mr. Morris is one of the big chiefs of the Santa Fe R. R. . . . The Eagle served notice that he will be a tough horse on the turf by winning his last in a common gallop. Holds a turf course record here . . . Trainer Harry Brown holds lengthy telephone conversations with owner Clifford Mooers, who is in California . . . The three-year-old filly Machigonne is a half sister of the Primer winner, Munchausen. AAA Fighting Jury, two-year-old maiden winner here last week, was purchased by Harry Trotsek as a yearling at Belmont for ,200. Was ridden by apprentice Robert Gorman, who is a brother of the noted N. Y. reins-man, Dave Gorman. It was Gormans first Chicago winner . . . Miss Frances Polley, of Lincoln Fields, was among the visitors Saturday . . . Storm Hour, who has finished second in the Arlington Hurdle Stakes for the past two years, is 15 years olfi. He was well ridden by A. D. Plamondon m., son of one of the Arlington Park directors. M. Ferral, who. rode the winning Ginny Bug, came in from New York to do the job. A A A Chris Wood, Jr., departed for Monmouth Park following the running of the hurdle race . . . J. W. Rodgers good three-year-old Due de Fer will arrive here by plane from : the East early this week. He will likely be 1 pointed for the Arlington Classic . . . War- ; ren Wright, Jr., son of the late owner of : Calumet Farm, flew in from Kentucky to , witness the running of Saturdays feature named in honor of his father. He was accompanied by his aunt and uncle, Mr. and 1 Mrs. Samuel H. Krom ... A couple of hun- , dred race track folk attended the barbecue " Continued on Page Forty-Eight . Arlington Notebook . By J. J. MURPHY Continued froto Page Three given by Bill Schmidt at his North Shore Farm following the races Saturday . . . Apprentice Henry Perez will return to action Tuesday after he has completed .a 10-day suspension.
