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Maryland By Teddy Cox Mrs Eugenia Bankhead Prominent turf Lady Purchased Jabnefron Eve of 1955 Belmont Horse to Start in Turf Spring Cap Today TodayLAUREL LAUREL Md May 3 Mrs Eugenia Bankhead was possibly better known as the sister of her accomplished and colorful sister Tallulah until she became the proud owner of the stallion Jab neli hero of the Hialeah Turf Handicap in Florida last winter She had obtained the bay five yearold son of Bimelech Belle soeur by Blue Pere on the eve of the 55 editon of the Belmont Stakes but was forced to wait until her acquisition captured the Sunshine State turf classic before she skyrocketed to a place with the leading ladies of the turf Mrs Bankhead and Jabneh once again win oe in the limelight as Laurels rings down the cur ¬ tain Saturday with the introduction of the 10000 added Laurel Spring Turf Handicap The horse ap ¬ parently is a turf specialist pure and simple for he tried his luck in the Southern Cross Hafldicap at Gulf stream and was found wanting This will begin what may develop into ahighly successful eastern cam ¬ paign for him on the greensward He was shipped up too Garden State from Florida and if he shows up well in the Jocal headliner it may behat he will be vanned over to Pimlico for the forthcoming Dixie also on the turf Mrs Harry L Nathensons Blue Choir rates as the choice sa far as this observer is concerned in the about mile and a sixteenth journey which actually measures SO feet less than that distance The Irishbred would be better suited if he had more time to settle before being turned loose for his characteristic stretch chal ¬ lenge but R W Buster Lilly is extremely well satis ¬ fied with the sixyearolds condition and he will have the benefit of a race over this course This came last Saturday when he was badly humbled by another of liis formidable foes Lofty Peak Joe Culmone returned to the unsaddling enclosure raging that Blue Choir was impeded by a horse that attempted to run out on the turn Most of Blue Choirs best races have found cut ¬ ting the corners along the hedges He has a tendency to lug in when making his challenge which means he frequently depends on Lady Luck for success successSchapiro Schapiro to Prepare for Fall Meet After the closing of the spring meeting president John D Schapiro will launch his extensive rebuilding and improvement program to the grandstand then head for Ireland England and several countries in Europe asthe ambassador for the Washington D C International which has come to be accepted mainly through Schapiros efforts as one of the great races of the world John will depart on May 18 and he intends to take in the Darby as he calls it During the course of his trek he will visit with many distinguished personalities both hi thoroughbred racing and govern ¬ ment circles He says the International has developed into a vertiable United Nations of thoroughbred rac ¬ ing and believes it has done more to seal racing rela ¬ tions between this country and the rest of the world than any other event in the annals of the turf turfW W Riggs Mahony says turf racing will lure as much play as the events on the main track only after form has been established Out on the Chicago circuit where Washington Park Arlington Park and Haw ¬ thorne have grass racing management employs all possible means of staging a turf race as the days f male for the very practical reason that the fans like them so much that theyll stay on and often will invest more on this race than ther stakes events presented earlier on the same programs Of course Arlington Washington and Ben Lindheimer pioneered the sport in this country and this popularity possibly can be traced to the education of the public A group of trainers were discussing turf racing this morning and one ventured the opinion that he thought Master Boing winner of the International last year was the greatest turf course horse he had seen in this country You would have a tough time selling this to Chicago ans who believe Volcanic is easily the outstanding Volcanic shouldered 130 pounds and shattered track records in the Windy City area for practice when he was campaigning under the late Howard Babe Wells The horse is standing at stud in Kentucky KentuckyMorton Morton M Weil Just a Visitor Morton Ml Weil world traveler from Chicago was an arrival from Puerto Rico He says he does not in ¬ tend to do much racing this season Business interests in South America have forced him to temporarily abandon the sport He was the guest of Herman and Ben Cohen lieads of Pimlico in the turf club Many of the original paintings adorning the turf club were borrowed from the Museum of Racing at Saratoga The Maryland Horse Breeders Association will hold their 29th annual meeting and dinner at the old Pim ¬ lico clubhouse on Monday May 13 Usually it is a sparkling affair Snowden Nick Carters nine yearold daughter Lucy is an enterprising young lady who started with a bunch of chicks and now she sells eggs to members of the Maryland press Her route man is the racing writer of the Sunpapers in Balti ¬ more Too bad Johnny Choquette stubbed his toe again by drawing a 10day suspension on the eve of his departure for Kentucky and a ride on Gallant Man in the Derby This Is not his first disappointment for forContinued Continued on Page ThirtyEight MARYLAND MARYLANDBy By TEDDY COX Continued from Paae Four Fourhe he was Needles regular pilot until he was released from that lucrative assignment sMorris s Morris Schapiro father of the Laurel president regards the American Racing Manual as one of the wonders of the world Which of course it is He has been study ¬ ing racing through the latest edition of late Raoul Walsh Hollywood producer and owner of a racing stable was seen with a party in the turf club Not one easily impressed he was astonished by the ap ¬ pearance of the fashionable rJub Fre ¬ quently when the Paul Richardsmanaged Baltimore Orioles are trimmed by foes in the American League the scribes chide Joe Cascarella thusly Has Richards asked you to make a comeback lately Cascarella of course was a former pro pitcher The automobile and train count indicates that Philadelphia vis still one of the most im ¬ portant supporting factors to Maryland racing which may be the reason business dropped somewhat during the week with the scheduled opening of Garden State Park There was a fire nearing the stabling area here after the last race the other evening and the Laurel fire depart ¬ ment called on the scene was followed iby several hundred owners trainers and stable hands who had feared the worst One of them actually passed a fire engine in the parking lot while attempting to get to his horse It was a touching sight
