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~ ~ thing," thing," turned turned in in another another reversal reversal i this morning. Monday was one of ■ those windy, cold days that tested J«t 1* "* stamina of the hardiest, but |S| W this morning, well, this was some- W -wtm-.-»*w thing different. The sun was out, « |f the wind died down, and the ther- jsu |A J mometer was showing signs of coming to life by climbing back JJsjfcjglf W UD where it is supposed to be at WandjMjm,.. this time of the year. The reac- ~ jl % Wk tions to the change were pro- fff rwvfTfM - Wi-w-r-a! nounced nounced and and horsemen horsemen took took full full Belmont Park I By Chuck Connors 1 Strong Winds Effect Belmont Racing Can Play Funny Tricks With Training Five Widener Course World Marks BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., May 10.— New York weather, which some people describe as more changeable than the "tote" board odds on a "good ~ ~ thing," thing," turned turned in in another another reversal reversal [ I , , l » " 1 J J " ■ • ■ j o in a e e y y of if e it f. c, a a L i. H in n y ■8 sr »■ r, n I- « fff rwvfTfM - Wi-w-r-a! nounced nounced and and horsemen horsemen took took full full advantage by calling upon their charges for training trials that were a much truer indication than those of Monday. Strong winds play funny tricks during training hours and in the running of the races for that matter. Belmont Park has to its credit five world records down the Widener course. They are by The Pimpernel, Vestment, Native Dancer, Porters Mite and High Strung. The Pimpernel, owned by William Goadby Loew, sped down the bisecting course at Belmont Park, four and one-half furlongs in :49%, while Vestment, from the Starmount Stable of the New Orleanian, Edward B. Benjamin, was timed, electrically, six furlongs in 1:07%. Porters Mite and Native Dancer also share a worlds mark over the six and one-half furlongs over the Widener course in 1:14%, while High Strung sped the old Futurity distance, 165 feet short of seven furlongs, in 1:19. Vestment was aided and abetted by an unwelcome visitor that afternoon, one hurricane Hazel, while The Pimpernel was helped along by what flying men call a brisk tail wind. Wind conditons for the other three, which were set during the past 27 years, were also favorable to the holders. Addison Makes Visit En Route to Canada Jack Addison, of Toronto, Ont., was a surprise vis itor yesterday en route from his winter home at Fort i Lauderdale, Fla. He appeared in good health following ■ an attack of pneumonia last winter, spending several [ days in an oxygen tent, and hopes to be a Saratoga k regular this summer. . . . Eddie Mulrennan, who developed First Fiddle and others, was an arrival yesterday. He is associated with the Irish Bloodstock Agency r in the sale of Irish-breds. . . . Admiral Howard A. , Flannigan, retired, returned from Louisville, where he witnessed the Derby. . . . Pacific Pact, a steeplechaser owned by Mrs. J. P. Mills, was destroyed. The fencer, a New Zealand-bred, fell while schooling and suffered j a broken leg. . . . Mrs. Charles Cohen, wife of the Char-fran Stable owner, suffered a broken hip in a fall from t a ladder at her Miami Beach, Fla., home. Charles Cohen planed south when informed of the accident. Mrs. S. C. Hildreth, widow of the trainer, received l j word of the passing of Mrs. Phil T. Chinn at her Lex-1 ington, Ky., home yesterday. Mrs. Chinn, born Elsie i Ferguson, was a descendant of Kentucky pioneers and 1 one of the blue bloods of that state. She was a daugh-s ter of Jim Ferguson and a relative of H. P. McGrath, who founded McGrathania and furnished the first win-r ner of the Kentucky Derby in Aristides. Elsie Ferguson i married Phil Chinn while in her teens and came to J Gravesend before the turn of the century, a bride. Her r beauty and charming manners captivated the eastern i racing set and, so the story goes, the late Jimmy Rowe i prevailed upon a young actress of the period to change 2 her name to Elsie Ferguson, which she did. Mrs. Chinn i in later years opened an antique store in Lexington l which monopolized her time and it was racings loss. Mrs. Dodge Sloan Inspects Stock Frank Stevens of the catering clan returned from i Garden State, where he spent Saturday. He was slated j to fly out to the Derby, but bowed to the younger gen-i, eraion, his kid brother, Joe. . . . Mrs. Dodge Sloane of the Brookmeade Stable returned from Kentucky, where e she inspected the horses she has there and witnessed I the Derby running. . . . Mrs. Edward S. Moore of f Circle M Farm relayed word from Lexington that she expects to start eastward the latter part of this week, :. Her menage furnished a two-year-old winner last week, :. ... Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords came on from i their Philadelphia home and will remain for the balance of the meeting. Their horses are here with Oscar White. . . . Tony DeSpirito, who reported ill yesterday, , again cancelled his mounts for the second day. Trainer James Fitzsimmons of the Belair Stud i stated that Nashua would be shipped to Pimlico to o fulfill his Preakness engagement. However, he stated 4 that no definite plans had been outlined for the colt in a. the interim in regards to engagements at Belmont Park. Arcaro will, as usual, ride the colt in the Pimlico fea-W ture. High Voltage, owned by the Wheatley Stable, J, will leave Thursday morning for Pimlico to start in a the Black-Eyed Susan and following the running be e returned to Aqueduct. . . . The Italinan invaders for r the International Steeplechase were on hand this s morning and gave the steeplechase course the once e over. The party included Vincenzio Corbella, Guiseppe e Tagliabue, jockey Armando Corangio and Godolphin n Darley. . . . Harry F. Guggenheim, master of Cain Hoy y Stable, returned from Kentucky and was an early y morning visitor. The horses that raced in Kentucky are * due today in charge of trainer Loyd Gentry. ■ . i . . • . . .
