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Connors Corner By Chuck1 Connors Paddock Gang Meets in Executive Session Dearth of Handicap Performers Main Topic Score Excessive Racing of Two YearOlds YearOldsJAMAICA JAMAICA L I N Y May 4 The Paddock Gang met this morning in an executive session There were several matters on the agenda that when discussed brought about a diversity of opinions However the handicap division came in for the most attention and the unanimous opinion was that something must be done to preserve this classifi ¬ cation from becoming extinct Granted that the handicap ranks have in recent years fallen below the standard of several decades ago the Paddock Gang ascribes the condition to the greediness of racing associations more than placing the blame on owners and trainers The asso ¬ ciations in staging two and threeyear old races make their offerings so attractive in a monetary way that owners and trainers are forced to race their charges early for self protection Many suggestions have been offered by far thinking men associated with racing that if put in practice would help not only the breeding industry but racing in general generalExcessive Excessive racing of juveniles is to a certain extent harmful and a glance through the past performances reveals that some twoyearolds have started as much as a dozen times since their debut in January The youngsters subjected to that amount of racing will as some horsemen point out never attain prominence but on the other hand are more prone to go amiss than those are who raced sparingly The late Joseph E Widener was an advocate of the European idea and that is a late start for twoyearolds However con ¬ tinental Europe has some winter racing but when it comes to monetary values the purses do not compare with the largesse distributed by the tracks which oper ¬ ate here in the winter time timeNo No Comparison in Overhead OverheadThen Then again the operating charges of a racing stable in Europe does not compare with the outlay here Operating costs here are high and it is a well known secret that breeders are more interested in seeing one of their produce develop into a winner early in their career for the result is woven into the advertising pattern for the summer sales Anyway excessive racing of two and threeyearolds naturally has a strong bearing on the handicap division Horses cannot stand up under continued training and racing without show ¬ ing some effects and some time late this summer or fall take a poll of the twoyearolds who raced around the clock and the horses that started in the winter Derbies and learn how many are sidelined due to infirmities The salvation of the handicap division rests according to the Paddock Gang with a meeting between associations to bring about a schedule of races that are beneficial to horses and racing in general generalJohn John McCabe the aviation man rppijed hat two Frenchbreds are due here over the week end A year ¬ ling consigned to the Lazy F Ranch named Mantagna and the threeyearold Georgian consigned to Dave Paper of Minneapolis The latter colt will go to trainer Harold Simmons who trains the Buddah Stable of the Minneapolis patron at Chicago Trainer Jim Ryan reported that Lough Ree owned by Mrs John Jl H Thouron will be returned here from Laurel Trainer Walter Kelley of Elmendorf reported that the unnamed gray filly by Eueres Net from Dudley will be flown back to France Willie Travers who has been on the ailing list lor many months was a surprise visitor Danny Arnstein came up from Miami Beach and motored to Belmont Park His Eiffel Blue was given his first breeze in some time over the main track trackHear Hear Pappas Group to Bid for Tropical TropicalThe The grapevine this morning had it that John Pappas of Suffolk Downs is the head of a syndicate ready to bid on the Tropical Parjc property should the racing gorund be placed on the market Commisisoner and Mrs Ashley T Cole were among the early arivals f or the week end program Samuel A Peckalso dropped in from his nearby Long Island home Trainer Bob Robertson is on the ailing list He is suffering from the virus The MurcainByers sale to be held at Belmont Park on June 10 and 11 is due to the illness of WofforcTCain Herbert M Woolf relayed word from his Kansas City home that he will notte on hand until Belmont Park His horses are trained by Frank Cundall Van the major domo in the clubhouse dining room came up with the observation that despite the Derby and the opening at Garden State the reser ¬ vation list was extra heavy and table space was exhausted Mrs Phil Iselin wife of the secretary treasurer at Monmouth Park underwent surgery in a New York hospital The medics reported that her condition is good The racing clans extended wishes for a speedy recovery Ronald F Slattery of the totalizator forces will enter Physicians Hospital for surgery on Monday MondayJohn John Gaver general manager of Greentree reports that he has shipped their good grass performer Maha ¬ rajah to Pimlico in care of Buddy McManus who is to supervise his final training moves for Saturdays Dixie Handicap at one mile and three furlongs over the infield course Greentrees Banned has been sold at atContinued Continued on Page FortyFour CONNORS CORNER CORNERBy By CHUCK CONNORS Continued from Page Six Sixprivate private terms to Mrs Vincent DeRoulet who races under the nom de course of Shelter Rock Stable Geoige Seabo will condition the colt Bobby Smithers of racing secretary Jimmy Kilroes staff is reported convalescing satisfactorily from the head injuries he suffered in an auto ¬ mobile collision early last week He is ex ¬ pected to be released from Mary Immacu ¬ late Hospital in Jamaica soon Ira Pennock president of the Turf Benevolent Association reports that the first regular meeting of the year is to be held at the Hotel Governor Clinton in New York on Tuesday evening May 7 at 9 oclock in the Florentine Room All members are urged to attend as nomination of officers for the coming year are to be made GNYAs white caps ushers and gatemen currently clad in blue caps were the re ¬ cipients of a pat on the back by president Boylston A Tompkins for their courtesy pleasantness and good conduct
