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__™™___ i*mM~mm Maryland I By Hugh J. McGuire Pimlico Has Attractive Stakes Program To Renew 00,000 Preakness on May 28 Opportunities for Turf and Distaff Racers LAUREL Md., May 7. — Monday is a day without racing in Maryland, Pimlico having set back its opening day until Tuesday to enable the 18-day meeting ing to to come come to to a a close close on on Me- __™™___ ing to to come come to to a a close close on on Me- Memorial Day, May 30. While the 00,000 Preakness on May 28 overshadows other stakes on the program, the 5,000 Dixie and the 0,000 Black-Eyed Susan are not without strong appeal. The Dixie carries added interest this year in that its mile and three furlongs will be contested over the turf course for the first time. The Black-Eyed Susan caters exclusively clusively to to three three-year-old -year-old fillies fillies clusively to to three three-year-old -year-old fillies fillies i*mM~mm at a mile and a sixteenth and in addition to its own importance, it is in a position to serve as a definite barometer for the series of distaff races to be contested later at Delaware Park. Then again the 0,000 Riggs Handicap is to be run over the turf course and there are many overnight races that will serve as preps for these headliners. One feature in the condition book of racing secretary Fred Col will is the series of races at increasing distances, both on the dirt track and over the turf. The Old Hilltop series on the dirt are set for decision at a mile and a sixteenth, mile and three-sixteenths, and a mile and a half. The Chicle n. series on the grass are at the same distances except that the intermediate race is at a mile and three furlongs. Vice-president and executive director Lou Pondfield of Pimlico feels confident that the new facilities installed at Pimlico will aid greatly in supplying additional conveniences for the patrons. The pre-opening sale of reserved seats already is in advance of last year but there now are 2,000 more such seats in the clubhouse. Veteran Dosh Handles Laurels Books At every race track these is one man who has the opportunity to see most horsemen either high or low in spirits. This is the horsemens bookkeeper who handles their financial accounts. At Laurel the task is capably done by Albert Dosh who is assisted by his wife, Martha. Dosh has been doing this work for 35 years during which time he has seen success come and go to many. In later years he has accepted posts only at tracks near enough to permit his living at his Baltimore home. Handling all the money for the horsemen, jockeys and valets, Dosh closed the 18-day Laurel meeting with accounts that totaled about ,500,000 of which horsemens deposits amounted to about half. Purse money reached 62,000 of which 5,000 was in stakes. Al and Mrs. Dosh handle also the payroll for jockeys and valets, the deductions for the HBP A and Jockeys Guild and the tax on claimed horses. Dosh said that he could not guess at the total amount he had handled for horsemen during his 35 years on the job but put a conservative estimate at one hundred mirlion dollars. The Man o War mare Marching Along is rapidly reaching a point where she rates consideration for "mother of the year" honors. Now 24, Marching Along the other day foaled a colt by Hunters Moon IV., to bring her total number of offsprings to 16, a number that seriously threatens the record which, for the moment, escapes us. Marching Along is the dam among her brood, of the steeplechase stakes winner Pebalong and is grandam of three stakes winners including Kinda Smart. The arrival of her latest offspring will not halt her production for she is to be sent back to Beau Gem, who stands at Tyson Gilpins Kentmere Farm in Virginia. Marching Along is the matriarch of the modest breeding and racing establishment operated by Baltimore turf writer Snowden Carter and trainer Louis Pascal. Leach String Balmoral Bound In Brief: Adam Roesler, representative of the Railway Express Agency, reports that Mark Leach has made arrangements to ship his extensive Green Acres Farm Stable to Washington Park over the week end . . . After racing at Pimlico, Stanley Mikell and Vance Longden presently plan to ship to the Chicago area. . . Joe Fleischer, who has photographed race finishes since Dr. Freeland won the Preakness in 1929, found himself short of space and recently destroyed 250,000 negatives. He still has a like number of the more important races in his files. . .Phil Baker, general manager at the Atlantic City track, reports the planting of a new hedge on the outside of the turf course. Both the one mile turf coure and the mile and an eighth dirt track at Atlantic City are 100 feet wide all the way around." Ballinadee Farm at Poolsville, Md., has been sold to settle the estate of the late Democratic leader Edward J. Flynn, who was owner in partnership with Thomas Corcoran. Most of the farms broodmares were sold to Henry H. Knight and Calumet Farm. Corcoran plans to confine his turf activities to the operation of a modest racing stable . . Mrs. Margaret Travers, secretary to racing secretary Charles J. McLennan at Laurel, Hialeah and Detroit, will depart for Cleveland to do some pre-meeting work for the ThistleDown meeting before going to Detroit... In Reserve is expected to be returned from New York for her engagement in the Black-Eyed Susan at Pimlico . . John Hughey has been appointed a placing judge at the Detroit Race Course. He will leave at once to open the secretarys office at the Motor City track. . Present plans cal1 for shipment to Detroit following the Pimlico meeting of the stables trained by Roy R. Diekman, Tommy May, Eddie Smith and William Zakoor.
