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California By Kent Cochran Stallion Eiffel Tower Breaks His Jaw Ralph Neves Wore Gift Mezzuzah in Derby Gallant Man Learned to Race in California CaliforniaBAY BAY MEADOWS San Mateo Calif May 4 Eiffel Towerlsire of Grey Tower and Eiffel Blue while taking an overly jubilant gallop a few weeks ago crashed into his paddock fence and broke a jawbone Owner Bernie Anderson decided to keep him at his Eureka Ranch all this season instead of sending him to complete the breeding season at Three Rings Ranch Beaumont in midApril as was done last year The son of Beau Pere La France was too ill to be placed into service until three weeks ago Anderson has 15 mares at his Eureka Farm and theyre conceiving fast now that Eiffel Tower has recovered from the accident Jack Hqehn Pasadena automobile agency man and Victor Heerman left Thursday for Kentucky to see the Derby running and inspect the Hoehn breeding stock Hoehn and his brother a St Louis business man own a Signal Light mare and her foal by Tulyar and the mare Nursery School withr a foal by Native Dancer The mares are being bred this season respectively to Count Fleet and Double Jay JayWhy Why cant a man bet on the Kentucky Derby from afar by telegraph through some qualified agency the same as stocks may be purchased on the New York Stock Exchange through a California brokerage firm When Pibe Carlitos won the 115000 Kyne Handicap with Ray York in the saddle the jockeys wife Mary Ann was at the track in the horsemens section wear ing levis She thought that little of hubbys winning chance Oh oh oh and Im not dressed for the winners circle wailed Mary Ann Pibe Carlitos came to California from Argentina in January by acci ¬ dent Wasnt scheduled to come but at the last minute one of the other 12 set to make up the planeload was injured so Pibe was substituted The injured horse had already been nominated for the Kyne Cap and the nominations had closed Thats how come Pibes new owners Ray and Mimi Camp had to come up with a 5000 supplementary fee to get their longshotthat madegood in the rich race raceFinds Finds Lexington Lonely After Dark DarkRalph Ralph Neves telephoned Joe Cohen from Lexington Friday morning Joe come to the Derby as my guest Neves told the Bay Meadows official Its lonesome here Midge and I took a stroll last evening but they folded the streets up and stacked them at 9 oclock Say Joe Round Table won the Blue Grass very easy If he stays as he is now and the other conditions remain the same we should be there or thereabouts in the big un Neves added that he was wearing the mezzuzah pocket charm Cohen gave him when he left for Kentucky last week I believe its good luck the veieran rider said saidA A remarkable broodmare is One Jest At the ripe old age of 22 she recently gave birth to a full brother to the good racer Jestosorno George Faris of Columbia Farms Sacramento owns the ancient but still fertile daughter of On Watch whose other winners include One Trust One Hope Jest Patch and One Patch One Jets full sister Jest Once is dam of the winner Waiting Game Faris set a record this season when every one of his 15 mares delivered live foals He stands Osorno and Shipmaster the latter being a young Whitneybred by Pilate Mush Mush by Mahmoud Mush Mush is half sister to Traffic Court dam of Hasty Road Miss Traffic and Traffic Judge JudgeThe The trainer is saddled with the responsibility of his horse come what may Even though he remain a thousand miles distant from the track the rules of racing still holds him responsible and the turning up of a positive test will result in such absent trainers t immediate suspension By analagous reasoning if a murder is committed in a hotel which has 40 employes the general manager would be arrested pronto nd charged with the crime on the ground that hes re ¬ sponsible for all his employes and their duties History reveals that drugs have been administered in many ways by mouth mixed with feed in the form of powders tablets capsules and in solution as drenches and dose syringes They have been given subcutaneously intradermally intramuscularly and intravenously with instruments ranging from syringes and needles But only one horse among 200000 starters in California in the last seven years was found to be drugged More Owners Share the Wealth at Anita AnitaStatistical Statistical note A total of 565 different owners started horses during the Santa Anita meeting This is an increase of 37 over the previous season and is pos ¬ sibly due to the limiting of trainers to 40 horses and the new policy of reducing the number of twoyearolds on the grounds Also 82 owners earned upwards of 10000 complated to 71 the year before Sharing in the gross distribution of 3529480 were392 stables six more thanfor the 195556 meeting The figures were worked up by paymaster Marion Hodel Willie Wyndle saddled Double Up to win four races at the meeting the only horse to win so many Dr Lawrence of Triple A Farms credits Wyndle with finding Double Ups hole card k Gallant Man who raced Bold Ruler to a nose decision in the Wood got his racing education in California mainly at Hollywood Park
