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i i — — — ■ ■ MEBtJBHSBI Sportsmans Park By J. J. Murphy New Mutuel Mark at Half-Miler Likely Saturday Sportsmans Has Fine Riding Colony This Spring Local Officials to Attend New York Conference SPORTSMANS PARK, Cicero, 111., May 12.— Sportsmans Park winds up a successful spring session here Saturday, and with good weather prevailing it is expected pected that that the the all-time all-time high high i i — — — ■ ■ pected that that the the all-time all-time high high pari-mutuel handle established on the final day of the 1954 autumn season may be surpassed. The National Jockey Club has been favored with good weather this year, whereas during the forepart of last years spring session climatic conditons left something to be desired. In addition, the caliber of horses to race at Sportsmans Park this year is slightly higher and and the the riders, riders, as as a a whole, whole, and and and and the the riders, riders, as as a a whole, whole, and and MEBtJBHSBI especially the apprentices, have been showing better form. Among the young riders who have ridden winners during the current session are William Walsh. John Carroll, Robert Bright, Larry Byers and Arthur Farrell, with Walsh being right up there among the leaders. Farrell was showing signs of promise and had ridden a winner before being injured in a spill during the early days. Baldwin and Green Dueling for Honors Ronnie Baldwin and Bennie Green, the latter a newcomer to Sportsmans Park this year, are putting on a merry battle for the jockey honors. It reminds one of the tussles staged by Keene and Skoronski here a few years ago. Going into Thursdays bill. Green and Baldwin were but one winning mount apart, with Ronnie holding the edge. Incidentally, neither Keene nor Skoronski are in action during the closing days Keene drew a 10 -day suspension and departed for hus home in Lowell, Mass., and Skoronski, who figured in the same fall as apprentice Farrell, is still on the sidelines nursing his injuries. Among the trainers, William Hal Bishop is showing the way. Probably the most powerful string at the Balmoral meeting will be that of the Calumet Farm stable, coming from Kentucky in charge of trainer Ben Jones. In the outfit are some stakes stars, including the three -year -old Trentonian. triple stakes winner last year, and whose dam. Iron Maiden, is the mother of Iron Reward, dam of the Kentucky Derby winner, Swaps. Also Lap Full, a five-year-old full sister of the world s leading money-winning gelding, Armed, and the three-year-old. lit Sterling, whose dam is Twosy, who finished second to the great Busher in the Cleopatra at Arlington Park 10 years ago. Others are Bubbley, full sister of Real Delight, Chicago sensation of two years ago; Prospectin, Eds Day, Bardstown, Miss Arlette, second in the Santa Ynez Stakes at Santa Anita last winter; Commodore M.. Sidara, Sharpsburg, Liberty Sun. Fayette, Bristol. Fabius. Hope Mount, Newmarket Maid, and Pintor Lea. To Take Entries at Three Tracks The Midwest will be well represented when turf officials of America meet in New York, Sunday. May 22. Among those to make the trip from Chicago are Keene Dainger field, Teddy Cox and William Reagan, stewards at this course; racing secretary Robert McAuliffe. Also starter Roy Dickerson, racing secretary Pat Farrell. and Fred Crafton, and Lou Eilken. It is understood that several others will make an attempt to attend. . . . Agent for the Calumet stable at Balmoral will be Dee Brooks, who trained for Hal Price Headley last year and saddled Georgian for his victory in the last Washington Park Futurity. . . . Entries for Balmorals opening day will be accepted at Sportsmans Park and Lincoln Fields, as well as the Homewood course. Vasco Parke and Tom Scott will take entries at Sportsmans, Tommy Trotter and Lou Eilken at Washington, and Bennett Parke at Lincoln Fields. Jockey Norman Hart celebrated his twenty-first birthday Thursday. Hails from Pawhuska, Okla. . . . Sales and trades galore coming up to the end of the session. William Hal Bishop traded Platitude to Olen Sledge for Amulika and Time Away, Sambouk and Udo Rei-nach to W. F. Scott for Wise Billing, Steak Bone. Challcote and Dadgumit. A. Kara sold My Red Geflin to L. H. Green and R. Lunak. Dee Bee Stable sold Tall Iris and Alcova to Mrs. Frank J. Munao, Valley View Farm sold Eternal Frolic to Mrs. M. A. Kern, and Dan Cataldo sold Ace Captain to Mrs. E. M. Laris. . . . Groom Paul Wolfington is advised to contact Ivan Wolfington at Plymouth Hotel, 22 Van Buren St.. Chicago, as a brother, Bill Wolfington, is critically ill in the County Hospital.
