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Aqueduct By Chuck Connors : Aqueduct Suggested as Site for New Track Has Best Potential for Needed Expansion Accessible to All Modes of Transportation AQUEDUCT, L. I., N. Y., June 22. The electrical storm which visited these parts last night apparently stripped the lassitude from the members of the paddock gang, for this morning the boys were in a more talkative mood. The lethargy which gripped every one in the past few days disappeared and the change must be ascribed to the thunder and lightning which played over this end of Long s. Island. However, the storm brought in its wake very little rain, but more welcome was a drop in the thermometer readings and a let-up of the humidity. The boys this morning discussed the new "dream" track to replace Belmont Park but, in the opinion of many, the project should be widened and work started immediately. Aqueduct was suggested as the site for the first improvements, for many held that this track was the more advantageous site of all the Long Island tracks. The boys pointed out that this racing ground has the best potential from any and diverse angles for rebuilding. They cited transportation, rail, bus and automobile. Aqueduct has at its back door, the Rockaway branch of the Long Island Railroad. This property has been acquired by the City of New York and eventually will become part of the subway system, assuring more frequent transportation to and from the grounds at a cheaper cost. The automobile trade is an important factor in attendance figures and Aqueduct is in a position to handle, in addition to parking space, the entrance and exit of thousands of machines. At present, the race crowds pour onto Rockaway Boulevard, but wthis artery has numerous side streets which are capable "of draining off the floodtide and funnelling it to different parts of the area. Point Kopes Baby for the Edgemere Kopes Baby, owned by the Bohemia Stable and trained by J. M. Lee, arrived from Delaware Park to start in the week-end Edgemere Handicap. . . . Tuosix, a candidate for the Carter Handicap on Independence Day, and owned by Clifford Lusky, arrived from Chicago this morning. The four-year-old will be returned to Arlington Park following the running of the sprint event. . . . C. T. Chenery was on hand yesterday to lend moral encouragement to his starters Fluellen and Coal- spur in their respective two-year-old engagements. The visit was a profitable one. . . . Ray Bell, the Cali-fornian, he brought over Windy City II. and others from England, dropped in for a few races. . . . Joe Hernandez canceled his European trip for the present and planed to Chicago this morning. . . . Mrs. Elizabeth Graham of the Maine Chance Farm was present for the afternoon. Eleonora Sears came down from her Boston, Mass., home for a few days of racing and was present yesterday. . . . E. P. Taylors Canadiana will be shipped to Delaware Park to fulfill a stake engagement over the week end. Jockey Johnson, the Torontonian, will again do the riding chores. . . . Trainer Walter Kelley shipped Carry the News and Bluefield to Monmouth Park for engagements there. . . . Trainer Max Hirsch received additions, nine two-year-olds, from King Ranch in Texas. . . . Nat Clymen, who underwent surgery a month ago at the Freeport Hospital, was among those present for a few races. . . . An association rule calls for an ambulance to be parked in the center field when horses are schooled over the fences between races. . . . Jockey Ted Atkinson is due back from Narragansett. Park Thursday" to accept mounts here. Carter Handicap Next for Social Outcast Trainer Merritt Buxton cameup from Monmouth Park to saddle Smooth Stride, owned by the Trio Stable, in the Tremont Stakes. The colt will be returned to the New Jersey scene following the event. . . . Trainer James Fitzsimmons reported that the Wheatley Sta-j bles Misty Morn would be returned to her Aqueduct headquarters after the running of the Providence Stakes at Narragansett Park. . . . Mike Fitzgibbon of the Turf and Field Club came out for the afternoon. . .. . A. G. Vanderbilts Social Outcast will more than likely fulfill his engagement in the Carter Handicap. Trainer Bill Winfrey is seriously thinking of shipping the Van-derbilt star to Hollywood Park, Los Angeles, to start in the Hollywood Gold Cup. Should this transpire, he will be an absentee from the Brooklyn Handicap. . . . Trainer Milton Reiser was an arrival today from Chicago and will give Tuosix his final prep over the local strip. Searching, whom Hirsch Jacobs acquired from the Ogden Phipps menage, has started 12 times this season and was unplaced but once. That happened on a disqualification, after finishing first, she was then placed last. . . . Jockey Eddie Arcaro will be among the missing over the week end. He leaves for Cleveland to ride in the Ohio Derby, but will be back on Monday. .... Lightning struck last night and the telephone men were out bright and early to repair the damage to the intercommunications system which was affected. The bolt struck a pole in the vicinity of the seven-furlong starting point. . . . The status of Helioscope for the Carter Handicap was somewhat indefinite this morning. The plans for the W. G. Helis star were in doubt as far as local officials were concerned. . . . Trainer Oscar White of the "V. M. Jeffords stable was undecided this morning wHether to ship Subahdar here for his engagement or remain on the Delaware scene.
