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Connors Corner By Chuck Connors Name of Nashua Is Magic at the Turnstiles Certain to Lure Huge Throng on Saturday Can Near Money Mark With Grey Lag Win WinJAMAICA JAMAICA L I N Y May 1 Trainer James Fitz simmons studied the weights for the Grey Lag and then said he was satisfied and that Nashua would be a starter The news was pleasing to the paddock gang and as far as the top echelons of the Greater New York Association It was a tasty morsel to chew over for the next few days Jamaica has in the past presented some spectacular offerings and this upcoming event has all the facets of equaling if not surpassing the past There is more to this than a horse race for a few tangibles such as glory prestige and a little thins called money The crowd will be big that is a foregone con ¬ clusion and should the weatherman cooperate Ja ¬ maica will be bulging at the seams There are two reasons for this premise first the race will not be carried on the television screens and secondly there are a lot of people who when recalling the race proud ¬ ly say I was there thereAnyway Anyway Nashua is shooting at a bigsized target one that if successful will put him within walking distance of the worlds moneywinning mark set by Citation The latter has a tidy sum to his credit a little bank account of 1085760 gleaned from 45 starts of which 32 were winning ones Nashua has 1040545 to his credit from 23 starts The winning portion of the Grey Lag is estimated at 38000 give or take a few dollars either way depending upon the number of starters The veteran Mr Fitz after studying the weights the distance and probing around seeking the mettle of the opposition remarked that Well it looks like well have to give it a go goRecent Recent Works Please Mr Fitz FitzShould Should Nashua prevail on Saturday he will have to take one more shot at Citation to knock him from the pedestal of worlds leading winner for according to mathematicians the bank account to the credit of the representative of the Leslie Combs IE syndicate will be about 7500 short This kind of figure is what appeals to a whole lot of people and Nashua will go on trial Saturday He missed the mark in Florida when he was unplaced in the Gulfstream Park Handicap but his two recent drills over the local strip have been more than encouraging to Fitz They have been exhilirating Anyway v Saturday is the big day and the boys and girls will be oh hand all hoping for Atkinson and Nashua NashuaJimmy Jimmy Burns the Miami sports scribe was among the visitors yesterday He plans to leave for Buffalo N Y in a day or so on reportorial assignments Alex Robb came over from Belmont Park for the after ¬ noon and a looksee at some racing Trainer Bill Booth transferred the I J Collins horses from Belmont Park to Aqueduct over the week end Owner Collins who is in Louisville awaiting the Derby is due here next week for a brief visit Trainer Jack Skirvin reported that he had received a brace of unnamed two yearolds from Tennessee The new arrivals are for the account of Guilford Dudley and Paul Mounteastle The two owners make their respective homes hi Ten ¬ nessee and are due along this way for a few days at Belmont Park ParkTrainer Trainer Max Hirsch deserted the local scene yester ¬ day He relayed word that he had considerable work to perform at Belmont Park Mrs Jack Skirvin wife of the wellknown trainer left for her Louisville Ky home on a visit and plans to witness the Derby Joseph Myles OShea lord of the press box liaison man for the racing secretarys department and a keen judge of bock beer celebrated his natal day today How old Well thats a secret The Charfran Stable horses in charge of Jack Carrera arrived from Gulfstream Park The assumed stable name is that of Charles and Frances Cohen of Miami Beach BeachWhitney Whitney Colts to Return Sunday SundayGeorge George B Deluca Lieutenant Governor of New York was a clubhouse visitor yesterday Afternoon He witnessed the featured offering from the Governors box Trainer Syl Veitch of the C V Whitney forces relayed word from Churchill Downs that the horses he has there will be returnedto Belmont Park on Sunday following the Derby William Helis Jr of New Orleans will be on hand at Belmont Park for several days racing His horses are stabled at that track The New York delegation to the Derby will be on the small side according to transportation men who are well vetoed in those matters The days of the special trains have given way to smaller groups travel ¬ ing by plane Mrs John Charlotte Nerud planed out for Miami to inspect their whiter home However she remained over long enough to witness Principio prevail by a photo in yesterdays final race raceTrainer Trainer Bill Winfrey of the A G Vanderbilt stable called upon Social Outcast for a light breeze this morning at Belmont Park The stint was the first for the big Vanderbilt horse since his return from the farm in the Worthington Valley of Maryland Jockey Bill Boland will ride Le Beau Prince in the Grey Lag for the Cockfield Stable of Mrs Constance Eppley of Oyster Bay N Y Jockey Jim Mchols announced this morning that he would go to Louisville Ky to ride Jean Baptiste in the Derby for Mrs Lloyd Tate Nichols earlier had engagements here over the week end
