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g field field here here at at Beu- Beulah Park By W. A. Cruse 1 Grove City Track Dressed Up in Spring Finery Clubhouse Doubled in Size; New Tote Board Six Budding Apprentice Riders on Grounds BEULAH PARK, Grove City, Ohio, May 10.— The Beulah Park Jockey Club is all dressed up as it were with the clubhouse doubled in size, a mammoth parking ing lot lot which which is is completely completely paved paved ing lot lot which which is is completely completely paved paved and from which area the patrons can enter directly into the clubhouse, and last, but not least, of the major improvements is the installation of a complete "tote" board in compliance with the Ohio state law. The "tote" board, which is situated on the infield, is 136 feet long and shows the amount of money wagered on each separate entry to win, place and show. It accommodates 12 betting betting units, units, the the maximum maximum startir starting betting betting units, units, the the maximum maximum startir starting g field field here here at at Beu- Beulah. Prior to this, any post position over nine such as 10, 11 and 12, were grouped into the field for "field" betting. Each spring Beulah Park is the trying-out grounds for maiden apprentice riders. There are six in the crop this year. Samuel Brucemi, a native of Miami, Fla., who is under contract to William Lynch; Charles J. James Ring, of Covington, Ky., under contract to C. R. Wisby; Thomas Merz, a Jamaica, N. Y., lad, Mrs. M. E. Merz, Toms mother, holds his contract; Chester Thorpe, Jr., of Lexington, Ky.. under contract to W. H. Sharp; Johnny Neville, Cincinnati, Ohio, lad under the wing of M. P. Lyons, and Richard Patten, of Haverhill, Mass., on whom J. Noble holds papers. Keiper to Ride for Wellmon Trainer Al Wellman will have the saddle services of Paul Keiper, one of the seasoned jockeys, for the meeting. Charlie Hopple will handle his riding engagements. The Hopple family is a familiar one to those who have raced in Ohio and Kentucky during the last -two decades. The senior Charlie Hopple was a stall man at Latonia for many years and then turned the job over to Charlie until that track was torn down in 1939. . . . Two other familiar faces are seen daily as the horses go postward. Walter D. Ogle is on one pony and Blake Wymer is on the other. Seldom does an unruly "steed" get the better of either one. . . . Jockey Billy Sackett, who was the leading rider at the last spring session, was forced to cancel his mounts on the opening day card. While exercising I. L. Sacketts Gatyup for his father, the aged Talked About gelding ducked into an outside gap and Billy was thrown. Early examinations indicated just minor bruises, but it is now determined that the reinsman has two fractured verta-brae and will be out of action for quite same time. E. D. "Ted" Stribling, veteran steward on this circuit, is back on the job. Ted was hospitalized with a heart condition for three weeks while at his home in Clearwater, Fla., but the cure was evidently an effective one as he appears in excellent health now. Ted is one of the original members of the Beulah Park fraternity, putting in his first appearance here in 1923, when this was just one of the many half-milers throughout this area. William Dutcher, a central Ohio horseman, who stands Dispose at his nearby farm, was a visitor. Butchers racing stable is now quartered at Wheeling. . . . Charlie Hayes is serving his twenty-third year as Beulah Parks concessionaire. . . . Hile Hayes has spent almost a quarter of a century catering to fans at running tracks. . . . Irish OConnor, noted turf writer for the Cincinnati Times-Star, will poin the press box staff later this week. . . . According to members of the Ohio Racing Commission, Beulah Park is the first track in the state to have a receiving barn; built expressly for that purpose. . . . When the Beulah management was advised of the commissions ruling, track superintendent Clo Keller put the structure up in less than two weeks. . . . Martin C. Burnett, theater executive, took in the opening card at the Grove City plant. . . . Agent Pender Returns to Duty James Pender, one of the better-known agents in this part of Ohio, arrived opening day, despite an injured knee sustained in Evansville, Ind., last fall. He promptly went into action, taking over the riding engagements of jockey H. Holcomb. Jims injury was brought about when he tried to defy the law of inertia in a head-on collision with his car and a bus. After getting patched up Pender worked for the Thorough -! bred Racing Protective Bureau at Santa Anita and Oakland Park this past winter, tattooing horses. Owen and trainer E. J. Knapp arrived from Ascot Park with two head, A Plus and Green Gal. The former turned in two consecutive victories at that plant. . . . Another owner and trainer combination of W. Brady and H. Ritter arrived from the Fort Miami meeting at Maumee, their shipment including He Wolf and Bull-rocket. . . . Henry McGarvey, one of the patrol judges, who also fills in as an entry clerk in racing secretary Eugene W. Burys affice, was called to his home in Fort Thomas, Ky., when his 11-year-old daughter Kathleen was admitted to St. Elizabeths Hospital in that city. Seriously ill, the nature of her illness is to be determined by further examination. . . . Jockey Ronald Holley has evidently hit his stride. He and Mrs. Holley, along with their baby, arrived from Fort Maimi or the opening day card. On that day, Ron rode three If Boricua. consecutive winners: Pollys Knight, Llanton and;
