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» i ■ . « New England By Fred G a Ha n i DeSpirito Hopes to Ride Again Making Rapid Recovery From Spill Boston Doge at Suffolk Course LINCOLN DOWNS, Lincoln, R. I., May 10. — Doctors may have severe doubts about Tony DeSpirito ever riding again, but the [Lawrence, Mass., rider isnt entertaining them. Vinnie Blengs, who recently returned from Maryland, where he visited the injured rider in Prince Georges Hospital, Cheverly, says DeSpirito is coming along remarkably well and "Tony Boy" definitely thinks he will ride again. The mus-j cular, swarthy crack rider had his kidney and spleen removed following a spill at Laurel. According to Biengs, DeSpirito exudes nothing but confidence, the same sort that made him the kingpin hooter of the nation in 1952. Not long after his operation. Tony is supposed to have told his agent, "Wingy" Sudduth, to make sure and get him the mount on Golf Ace in the Withers, which was run last week end. As you can see, Tony doesnt believe the medicos. DeSpirito is-expected to be discharged from the hospital in 10 days. He amazed everyone with his rapid recovery " from a bad spill at Aqueduct last fall. Paul Andolinos Boston Doge, who streaked to 10 straight victories before having his string snapped at Belmont Park last year, is back at his home base of Suffolk Downs. The "Boston Express" was vanned into Suffolk by Bill Kelly from Laurel the other morning accompanied by Boston Sir, Boston Cable and a two-year-old. Boston Doge has been sidelined since hurting his foot in a race at Atlantic City last summer. A prime favorite with Beantown residents, because of his local ownership and hometown name, his return to the races will give an added fillup to the Down East sport, which opens next week. Joe Spinale may finally be getting back to the form that made him a volcano of a "bug" boy around here a few years back, when he was winning almost all the races. Since then he has tailed off and last year only rode 15 winners. Spinale freshened himself up over the winter and returned to action at this meeting. In recent weeks he has again found the winners circle, on Wedensday booting home both ends of a 3 Daily Double. Spinale, who hails from the west end of Boston, hopes that he has regained the winning touch in quantity. . . .,A new stable on the circuit this year is thatvof M. J. Melvin, who is racing a few horses here in the hands of Jack Barry. Melvin, a businessman from Dover, Del., has campaigned for the past six years or so in his native state and on the Maryland tracks, but will finish out the year in New England. . . . Jack Purcell, dapper president of the Puett Starting Gate Company, journeyed from New York to take in an afternoon of racing before the close of the Lincoln session. . . . H. J. Pitt shipped his stable of six horses to Michigan for racing at the Hazel Park track. . . . Well named horse is S. Sahagians Kris Kringle, a son of the mare Yuletide, who is also the dam of Merry Xmas. Dr. Louis Cerrito, of Westerly, R. I., and Sarasota, Fla., made his way up to the windswept coop where the stewards reign to visit old friend state solon Hap Fenelon yesterday. Dr. Cerrito has an interest in Cahokia Downs, the night thoroughbred plant across the river from St. Louis which will launch its third season of racing. Prospects appear bright for a good meeting at the Southern Illinois track, with a better grade of horses expected to furnish the contention. . . . The five-year-old Ornum is owned by the partnership of Nissen-jClose, but it ought to be changed to missing close. When Ornum ran second in the sixth race Wednesday, it marked the ninth time in the last 10 starts that he Continued on Page Forty-Six NEW ENGLAND By FRED GALIANI Continued from Page Five . finished in the runner-up slot. Its get- ting to be more than a habit with him; its almost a career. NMrs. J. P. Adams has her first New England-bred colt foaled just four days after her entire menage of 18 horses was shipped from San Jose, Calif., to her new farm in Rhode Island. The newcomer is a filly by Swift Sword out of Delly, and is Jhe first for the dam. Mrs. Adams was particularly anxious to have the colt dropped in New England to make him eligible for the Futurity, had engaged Dr. Jack Hylton to make the trip from the coast in the train with the mare, but his services were not needed until Wednesday morning-. . . Willie Resseguet, the Louisiana flash who has his stable at Suffolk Downs for that meeting, journeyed down for Wednesdays races. . . Bill Calvert and Alfie Bellew, assistant starters with Buddy Wingfield, also made the trip down the pike to do a lot of hand shaking. Willie Turnbull has been galloping horses at Suffolk upon his arrival from Hot Springs, and will swing into action at the Downs. . . . Henry Warjda has left for New York where he will ride for his contract employer Oscar Foster. ... "A . pair of veteran riders who will be seen in action at Suffolk: are Earl Gross and Sammy Williams, the former a regular on "The circuit. Grdss will do the riding for H. A. Kimball and Williams for the Lottie Wolf stable. Mort Wolf will handle 16 horses for his mother and is pointing the gray Clamor for several of the major stakes at Boston. . . . Herbie Lewis has been laid low with a touch of the virus. . . . T. P. Morgan and Hirsch Jacobs have both reserved six stalls for the coming Suffolk session arid will ship their horses up in a few days from Jamaica. I
