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" tfw tm New Jersey I By Joe Hirsch Evening Out in Clever Score in Regret Widener Miss Equipped With Blinkers Racing Fool Illusionist in Lamplighter MONMOUTH PARK, Oceanport, N. J., June 20. New Jersey patrons were treated to an interesting distaff feature over the week end, one in which Sam Boul-metis metis and and Mrs. Mrs. George George D. D. Wide- metis and and Mrs. Mrs. George George D. D. Wide- Wide-ners Evening Out took advantage of every opportunity to score a clever victory in the Regret Handicap. In receipt of three pounds from Brookmeades Gandharva, via the scale in effect in New Jersey, although carrying actual top-weight of 122, Evening Out worked her way between horses to lie third at the head of the far turn. When the speedy To Cash, from from the the barn barn of of Monmouths Monmouths from from the the barn barn of of Monmouths Monmouths " tfw tm president Amory Haskell, carried Gandharve wide curving for home, Boulmetis dropped Evening Out on the rail and, saving ground all the way, enjoyed a valuable advantage straightening for the drive. Hedley Woodhouse righted Gandharva and took aim on Evening Out as quickly as het could, but despite a game effort on the part of the Brookmeade miss the cause was lost. Boulmetis rapped Evening Out a few times in the final furlong and this one had the class and ability to hold Gandharva safe in the run for the wire. Evening Out, brought to the paddock in splendid condition by Jack Creevy, wore blinkers on Saturday as she did in winning last years Monmouth Oaks, and just about every other "big" race of her career. Rooney Juvenile Among Sapling Candidates Around the Track: Cain Hoys Racing Fool and. Greentrees Illusionist, both nominees for Saturdays 0,000 added Lamplighter at a mile and a sixteenth, arrived from New York over the week end. . . . Mickey Walsh, top United States through-the-field trainer, will send Secant, a six-year-old half-brother to Nashua to Monmouth for the opening of the jumping season next month. . . . Mr. and Mrs. George D. Widener were on hand to root for her Evening Out in the Regret, while Mrs. Dodge Sloan of Brookmeade was another visitor from Gotham. Lou Effrat, the colt whom-Art Rooney named for the New York Times baseball writer, has been turning in excellent works here and is a nominee for the 0,-000 added Sapling Stakes on August 8. The youngster is by Broke Even, which is something Effrat rarely does on his frequent trips to the track. . . . Lucien Laurin, who came from New York to saddle Saltseller in the third race, left from Providence over the week end to inspect the" string racing at Narragansett under the supervision of his son Roger. ... The breaking of the Swaps-Nashua match story before the deal was finally settled was unfortunate, as it may have harmed chances of bringing this "natural" to New Jersey. The management went all out to preserve the secrecy of negotiations and Barker Seeley flew west under the assumed name of "Farrell." Dave Emerys Eagle Eye, now 11, has earned over 5,00fr in "nickels and dimes since his racing career began in 1947. The Discovery gelding has won 25 times in 78 starts. . . . Tom Brogan, New Jerseys racing commissioner, and Ike Gellis, sports editor of the New York Post, were on hand for the afternoon. . . . When Hartack won the first aboard Royal Brigade and Morris Tobe noted on the public address that he had captured the national riding lead from Shoemaker, the crowd responded with rousing applause. The duel for honors between the two, which is likely to be nip-and-tuck throughout the season, is enough to give a guy "the willies." . . . Harry Newcombe, master of Leslie Jane Stable, spent the week end in Cleveland, but was expected here today. . . . Eddie Blind points out that Monmouth is probably the only track in the country where schooling goes on at five distinct points at the quarter pole, at the three-quarter pole, at Wolf Hill, at Brookdale and at the Jay Cee Farm with gates and crews at each for the further education of two-year-olds and other horses. Snobbish Pointed for Colleen Stakes Tommy Heard will send Snobbish, his Hierocles filly, after the 0,000 Colleen on July 2. She bucked after getting the first call in the Fashion Stakes at Belmont, but is coming around to top form. . . . Basil James broke his maiden on September 1, 1935, at Play-fair, was the national riding champ the very next year with 245 winners. He rode Stymie, Alsab, Whirlaway, Market Wise, says that Market Wise might have been the best of the lot had he been sound Charley Purcell has fired and turned out E. K. Brysons good Knockdown colt, Well Marked. The Hialeah Juvenile victor was a ,000 purchase at Saratoga last summer. . . . Eddie Regan, who has the Short Brook string of Alfred DeCozen, the Newark, N. J., auto man, reports that the outfit has a weanling from Crafty Admirals first crop, a filly from the good mare Chadden Miss. . . . General manager Ed. Brennan designed Monmouth official pins. . . . Bert Williams made the highest priced claim of the meeting recently when he took Frenchy Bowens Nasrullah colt, Skeeter II., for 2,-000 in the interest of Craigwood stables. . . . The weekend attendance and handle both registered appreciable gains over a similar date last year, as they have every day of the meeting. . . . The boys in the jockey room kid outrider Red Howell this way: "Youre really living. Youre on eight mounts a day and you dont have to worry about your weight."
