view raw text
t. v. ....... mi i . nummi "™U-J™1 1 1 Balmoral « By J. J. Murphy • Honor Great Mare Honeymoon Saturday Ran Some of Her Best Races in Chicago Bollero Takes Over Emerald Isle String WASHINGTON PARK, Homewood, 111., June 2. — A few years ago one of the greatest names in racing was that of Louis B. Mayer, and two of his finest runners were were a a couple couple of of fillies, fillies, Busher Busher and and t. v. ....... mi i . nummi were were a a couple couple of of fillies, fillies, Busher Busher and and Honeymoon. The latter, now a broodmare and dam of the three-year-old stakes runner, Honeys Alibi, is slated for recognition here Saturday when the feature race will be named in her honor. When the Mayer stable was at full strength, its red and blue silks were as prominent on the turf as are those of Hasty House Farm, for instance, today. Mayer had a vast vast breeding breeding establishment establishment at at vast vast breeding breeding establishment establishment at at "™U-J™1 1 1 Perris, Calif., and on it were four stallions of note, namely, Beau Pere, Hunters Moon IV, Tuobo, and Alibhai. The first, who was to become the sire of Honeymoon, had been a champion in Australia and had produced some fine thoroughbreds in that land. Although Beau Pere got a number of stakes winners, including Great Circle, who took the- richest Santa Anita Maturity ever run, Honeymoon was the greatest money earner of his progeny. She started 78 times, won 20 races, and earned 87,760. She won the Drexel Handicap at Washington Park over With Pleasure, and wound up her racing career in 1948 when, as a five-year-old, she triumphed in the Beverly Handicap at this track. But probably her greatest race was her second back of Armed, now the worlds leading money-winning gelding, in the Washington Park Handicap of 1947. At that time she was racing for Harry Warner, who had purchased her from Mayer for 35,000, same price as Mayer received for Busher. We may see her son, Honeys Alibi, who tried for both" this years Kentucky Derby and Preakness in action on Chicago courses before the season is out. Honeymoons latest foal of racing age is Sickles Honey, a two-year-old colt who made his debut in the recent Cabrillo Stakes and is entered in Fridays first race at Hollywood Park. Saturday Deadline for Stake Nominations Racing secretary Pat Farrell is reminding horsemen that nominations close this Saturday, June 4, for the 0,000 added Chicagoan, to be run the closing day of the current meeting. . . . The Irish distance runner, Blue Choir, took his first purse in nine starts in this country when -he was successful Wednesday. . . . Jockey Al Popara has been engaged to ride Rare Music in the Honeymoon Stakes, and Dave Erb will be on Mrs. Vera Smiths Lori Jane in the same race. „ . . Successful trainer Joe Bollero has taken over the conditioning of the Emerald Isle Hotel Stable of Charles F. Henry, of Florida. Bollero replaces Phil G. Johnson, who resigned. . . . Jimmy S. Jones, trainer of the Mrs. Joseph Tomlinson string, will soon leave for Norfolk, Va., to attend. the graduation ceremonies of his daughter Beverly and son James. Joe Cashman and Ed Rummel, Boston baseball writers, paid their first visit to Washington Park Wednesday. . . . Salter Haljean, who handles the engagements of apprentice Hilton Dalgo, has taken on an added chore, he is also now booking the mounts of jockey Bennie Green. . . . Mrs. Robert Elson, wife of Chicago baseball commentator, attended, with a party of friends. . . . Emil Denemarks well regarded three-year-old filly, Future Romance, was shipped in from the farm with two others, Urbana and Power Drive. Future Romance started but four times as a two-year-old, winning one race. Her last outing was in the Miss America Stakes at Lincoln Fields one year ago. . . . Owner James Simpson, Jr. brought in Devils Verse and Osca from Laurel. . . . Owner Joe Herrara is visiting from New Orleans. Has horses here in charge of S. J. Molay. Homewood Course Has Longest Stretch Have had several queries as to the length of the stretch at Washington and Arlington Parks. Washing-ton Park has the longest home lane in the Chicago area. It measures 1,531 feet. The stretch at Arlington is exactly 1,320 feet. The grass course stretch at Washington is 1,478 feet, and at Arlington, 1,050 feet„ . . . Fleet Path, a three-year-old in the Duntreath Stable and a candidate for the 0,000 added Chicagoan, to be run the closing day of the meeting, arrived with 18 other Duntreath racers in charge of trainer W. J. Susini. Fleet Path finished sixth in the Preakness. . . . Revolt and Pinetum, who raced in this area with a fair measure of success two years ago, are to be sold at auction at Belmont Park next Wednesday. . . . Time for the showing of the films to horsemen has been changed to 1 p.m. daily. Films of the previous days races will be shown at that time. Perne L. Grissom, of Detroit, owner of the Duntreath Farm stable, was. an arrival. Aside from the good three-year-old Fleet Path, Grissom has Van Crosby, a stakes winner here two years ago; Rule Again, a three-year-old by Nasrullah, for whom he gave 6,-500 at the Keeneland sales two years ago; Roman Whirl, a two-year-old purchased at the 1954 Saratoga sales for 1,000; and Dante, a four-year-old out of the mare, Lurline B., whose yearling foal brought a record 6,000 at Keeneland last year. . . . Logan Fischer, who was for some time assistant trainer to Harry Trot-sek, of the Hasty House Farms, and later trainer for Warner Jones, got in from Delaware Park an is looking for some horses to condition at the Arlington and Washington Park meetings.
