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Sportsmans Park By J. J. Murphy Flashy Token Result of Breeding Switch Houssels Homebred Lowers Track Record Lori-EI Has Designs on Coronet Stakes SPORTSMANS PARK, Cicero. 111., May 8.— The stable of J. Kel Houssels made news here again Tuesday when trainer Jess Byrd sent out the good looking two-year-old Flashy Token to win his third race in his last four starts and set a new track record for four furlongs. Flashy Token, in running the half-mile in A6?j, sliced two-fifths second from the track mark established by Kid Jr., a pretty fair colt last year. Flashy Token is the result of a breeding switch by owner Houssels. About 10 years ago the Las Vegas turfman bred the mare Emolument to Bargello a couple of times and she foaled quite ordinary runners. Then he tried mating her with his good producing stallion Bymeabond and she got Blue Chip Bond and Red Chip Bond, who have not set the world afire. Finally, he mated the veteran matron with Flash o Night, a son of Bull Lea, from the mare Shine o Night, a two-time Arlington Matron winner, and Flashy Token was the result. Due to the success of Bymeabond at stud, Flash o Nights opportunities to date have been rather limited. He is 13 years old, two years younger than Bymeabond. who beat Busher in the Santa Anita Derby of 1945. Bymeabond at present is standing in California and Flash o Night in Nevada. Although weight does not mean too much in two-year-old dashes, Flashy i Token carried 120 pounds in setting his mark. He is a gelding and his dam. Emolument, is by Halcyon. Flashy Token is her sixth foal. Reverie Knoll String Arrives Jerry Goldblatt, who is training the horses of the M. G. Stable here, has quite a background in racing. He is a nephew of Mose Goldblatt, for years one of the nations best-known conditioners and a brother of the late Arthur Goldblatt, who frequently raced thoroughbreds on the Chicago circuit. . . . Trainer Frank Sanders has arrived at Washington Park with a number of runners owned by the Reverie Knoll Farm stable. . . . Jack Dempsey, the former heavyweight champion, who years ago was a horse owner at the eld Tijuana track, will be guest of honor at the Balmoral opening and will greet the winner of the inaugural feature, the Coronet Stakes. . . . Trainer Lloyd Gentry has arrived at Washington Park with a number of horses in his public stable. . . . President William H. Johnston, of Sportsmans Park, also takes a great interest in harness horses and is a frequent visitor at Maywood Park in the evenings. His brother. Jack, leans to the runners, especially those participating in the Daily Doubles. He recently purchased an interest in Good Gesture. Jockey Jack Fieselman has announced that following the meeting he would go to Beulah Park for a week before reporting at Hazel Park. Fieselmans father-in-law. Bill Pickard. will ship Will Mearns and the other runners in his charge to ThistleDown. . . . John C. Daniel, who "prior to becoming an assistant racing secretary was a form char-t caller and announcer, will fill in a couple of weeks before joining Larry Bogen-schutz at Randall Park by presiding over the loud-speaking system at Waterford Park. . . . Patrol judge J. H. Ellis will open the racing secretarys office at Audubon Park, Henderson. Ky., on Monday. . . . Jockey Robert Mundorf will spend a few days at the Balmoral meeting and then leave for Omaha, where he was third leading rider last year. . . . The Woodview Stable has purchased the four-year-old Fan Elm and the six-year-old Mufti II. from Gregory and Maggio. Lost Fair Elm to Maggio via the claiming route last year. The Eagle Unplaced in Claimer The Eagle, a few years ago the best grass horse to run hereabouts and holder of a track record at Arlington Park, ran for a ,500 claiming price the other day and was unplaced. . . . Red Charger, another former stakes star, failed in his attempt to make it four in a row at the meeting. He, too, was out of the money. . . . Jockey Job Dean Jessop, who has received considerable notoriety through the Shoemaker incident due to the fact that he also pulled up a horse before the finish of that race, says that many other boys have had a similar lapse of memory at the Churchill Downs course. But not in a Derby. . . . And some of the fellows in from Louisville believe that if the usually silent Shoemaker had followed his pattern of stoicism he would not have drawn that suspension. . . . Heres hoping for the speedy recovery of our old friends Clem McCarthy and Eddie MCnn. . . . Chicago may have its own version of the E-„*.uway hit play, Long Days Journey Into Night, if the Illinois Racing Board permits nine-race programs every day on Chicago tracks. Turf reporter Elmer Polzin is getting in shape for his coming vacation by spending his nights in a sleeping bag in his back yard. Is also taking a few fly-casting tips from telegrapher Paul James, Arkansas champion angler. . . . Chicago patrons may be in for a speed contest par excellence when Decathlon and Swoons Son hook up during the Balmoral meeting. . . . The flowers are abloom in the Sportsmans Park infield, but they are mostly dandelions. . . . Lori-EI, the Kentucky daks winner, will probably make her Continued •* Pagt Forty-Sty* I SPORTSMANS PARK By J. J. MURPHY Continued from Page Five Chicago 1957 debut in the Coronet Stakes at Washington Park next Monday. . . . Chris Lund, who has one horse in training at this track, is visiting Sportsmans as an owner-trainer for the first time in about 10 years. . . . Harrel Bolin and C. A. Burton, a couple of very good apprentices, could make things interesting for the older jockeys taking part in the Balmoral meeting. Bolin rode five winners in eight mounts at Gulfstream Park a few weeks ago.
