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MH "Jta CONNORS CORNER by con AQUEDUCT, L. I., N. Y., June 28. The, Brooklyn Handicap, famed in song and story and interwoven with years of tradi- dition, dition, will will be be contest- dition, dition, will will be be contest- contested the final day of the meeting which is Saturday, July 10. The starting field this season will be small, lacking the stars that earlier in the year promised to establish new marks in New York racing. However, the Brooklyn is one of of the the time time - - honored nonorea MH "Jta of of the the time time - - honored nonorea : events on the New York : agenda and tradition must be upheld. : Forty-one nominations were made for the " stake back in May and of this lot a dozen or so will no doubt answer the bugle to j match strides for the major award of the 1 fifty grand purse plus the trophies and ; glory. Native Dancer, Straight Face, Laf- 1 fango and others will be counted among the missing. The records jointly held by , Whisk Broom II. and Tom Fool, of win- , ning the Metropolitan, Suburban and . Brooklyn will not be in jeopardy. Those : two worthies owned by descendants of the " founder of the Whitney racing dynasty, , William Collins. Whisk Broom H. raced ; for Harry Payne, a son of the founder, : while 40 years later Tom Fool, sporting the silks of the Greentree Stable, owned in partnership by John Hay Whitney and : his sister Mrs. Charles Shipman Payson, : duplicated the trick. AAA Back in the days before and after the turn of the century the boys who gathered down at the poor mans club at the corner gazed with interest at replicas of a painting depicting the thrilling finish of the first Brooklyn, Dry Monopole, Blue Wing and Hidalgo. Heads apart the result was greeted with cheers and much quaffing of that vintage imported from La Belle France, champagne. There are a few graybeards around today, who as boys remember the party to end all parties as the horse drawn vehicles toured the grounds dispensing Dry Monopole. The tale has been handed down from generation to generation. Well, life was more leisurely in those days and a mile and a quarter in 2:07, the winners time, was quite fast, as a matter of fact the time stood for twelve years until Nanastar sped the distance in 2:06 to add ,800 to his princely earnings. The final days of the meet-"ing will add another chapter -to the long : : : " j 1 ; 1 , , . : " , ; : : : Brooklyn Handicap Is Traditional f Initial Winner Was Dry Monopole Commissioners Week-End Visitors history of the old stake and who knows what will happen? AAA Mr. and Mrs. Earl Moyer, he is chair- man of the Nebraska Racing Commission, were present for the week-end racing. He witnessed the running of several races from the stewards pagoda as the guest of president Cyrus S. Jullien of Aqueduct. . . Louis Lazare came up from Monmouth Park where he spent the past several days. He reported that the meeting in the New Jersey area is doing right well. . .Mrs. Anne Clare was on hand. She came down from Saratoga Springs and reported that the course is in good shape and will be ready for the reception of horses in the not too distant future. . .Morris and Dena Gross came out to represent Boston for the big week-end festivities . . . Jockey Ted Atkinson returned from Monmouth where he rode over the week end. . .Trainer Casey Hayes reported that Permian, a member of of the C. T. Chenery menage, hai been altered, but would be back in racing before long. . .Peter Irwin, of Adelaide, Australia, was a week-end visit. . -He serves as a veterinarian and racing official for the Australian Jockey Club and this was his first glimpse of Aqueduct racing. He later will leave for Lexington,, Ky., to inspect various breeding farms in that area before returning to hishome in the land down under. , A A A Jack Carnes, chairman of the Arkansas Racing Commission, and H. A. Christiansen, executive secretary of the Colorado Racing Commission, were among those present over the week end. . .Charlie Bloch, the Miamian, showed up for the afternoon to report that the weather in that city had improved in the past few weeks. Not so much rain, he opined. . .Horace Kane of Saratoga Springs, who inaugurated the fogging of racing grounds with power drive insecticide, showed up for a visit. . .F. Skiddy von Stade returned from a visit to Saratoga Springs. . .Mrs. Dodge Sloane, mistress of the fashionable Brookmeade Stable, was on hand for the Edgemere in which she was represented by a starter. . . Trainer Charlie Reynolds will ship the horses owned by Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Rand to Saratoga Springs for that meeting. . . Jockey Eddie Arcaro returned from out-of- town engagements and swung back into action during the afternoon. AAA Miss Priscilla Jean Kearns, daughter of the insurance underwriter Sherman N. "Cy" Kearns, was married Sunday afternoon to Mr. Russell George Crawford. The nuptials were celebrated at St. Abastasias Church, Douglaston, L. I. .. . Trainer Jimmy Smith came up from Delaware Park to inspect the horses he has at Belmont for W. J. Ziegler . . . Trainer Bowes Bond was on hand from New Jersey to saddle Brazen Brat for her Distaff engagements . . . Pet Bully, owned by Mrs. Ada L. Rice, will be shipped here from New Jersey for his Carter Handicap engagement . . . Blue Idle, owned by Mrs. Clara L. Ostriker, came out of her Saturday engagement badly lamed and wyi. probably, be retired and next spring join the matron line . . . Trainer Jim Ryan, at Delaware Park, will ship Royal Vale, owned by Mrs. John R. H. Thouron, here for the Carter . . . White Skies, who was downed in his recent start, will be here to carry the W. M. Wick-ham colors in the Carter. He is due up from Monmouth Park. AAA Trainer Jim Fitzsimmons reported that the Wheatley Stable youngsters, stabled at the Long Island estate of Mrs. H. C.Phipps, are a promising looking lot . . . Stephen "Laddie" Sanford came up with a touch of rheumatism and is hobbling around on a cane . . . Harry LaMoritagne, the internationalist, plans to remain here for the sum-; mer and take in Saratoga Springs. He xwill forego his usual European vacation this year . . . A. G. Vanderbilt returned from a brief European trip, where the invasion plans of his Native Dancer, were discussed at great length, for French and English races . . . The old campaigner Longleat gives the grandstand and clubhouse patrons a treat with his stop and go antics in the post parade. However, he does not tarry when the starting gates are opened for the race. He is described as a smart horse by the boys and girls. . I I
