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: ™ — California By Oscar Otis « Lewis Gets Hollywood Turf Club Post Many Overnights on Par With Stakes Stewarts Ad Stirred Up the Irish HOLLYWOOD PARK, Inglewood, Calif., May 14. — Horses and People: Give the prize of the week for best remark to George Jessel, Americas "toastmaster gen- : eral," eral," who who quipped, quipped, "Some "Some people people eral," eral," who who quipped, quipped, "Some "Some people people like me stand up and get applauded, others stand up and get 15 days." . . . Prince Khaled, number one California-bred two-year-old colt of last season, will be given a deep firing, then be turned out at a nearby ranch for a period of months. His next racing objective will be as a four-year-old for the 00,000 Santa Anita Maturity. . . . Trainer R. H. "Chick" McClellan. McClellan. who who hasnt hasnt trained trained at at ™ — McClellan. McClellan. who who hasnt hasnt trained trained at at Hollywood since saddling Fault Free to upset Determine in the 1954 Westerner, is back as an agent, handling the book of apprentice Bill Skuse. Latter loses his allowance on June 9. . . . Finally got time to go over to the clubhouse and look at the new extension and it is all they say about it. . . . Don Lewis, who earned a well deserved promotion last winter at Santa Anita to assistant manager of the private turf club, has been engaged in the same capacity here. He replaces Jimmy Sinnot of New Orleans, who accepted an offer in private industry and will remain in Louisiana the year round. Herman H. Helbush, on the ailing list for too long, is reported showing sharp recovery and may be expected back at the races in another two weeks. Balanced Program Maintained Ratio of purses and overnights is a tenuous topic, and there is no rule of thumb which is right for all tracks, circumstances making the difference, but Hollywood, by all rights, could run a stake a day if you figure 2,000 and up purse is worthy of stake status, but to do so would upset the balance between stakes and overnights, so this Inglewood course cards as its daily features rich overnights that mostly attract stakes horses, and everybody is happy except the breeders, who lost what we considered a valid right to stakes-winning credentials in these races. ... In the overnight classification, leaving all stakes out of consideration, last summer Hollywood carded 20 per cent of its races for a purse of ,500 ranging to 2,000, with 33 races of either 0,000 or 2,000, a sum which at most tracks commands stakes status. . . . The bulk of the overnight races last season, 51 per cent, were in the ,000 to ,000 bracket, only 29 per cent being for ,000 or ,500. Al Wolf, who got his indoctrination in racing on the public relations staff of Eddie Read at Del Mar last summer, has been hired by the L. A. Times as first lieutenant to turf editor Paul Lowry, back on the job after a hospitalization which caused him to miss the Kentucky Derby. . . . Col. Anna Friedman Goldman, keeper of the Great Seal of the Kentucky Colonels, has returned to her Beverly Hills home after an extended stay in Blue Grass land, a stay which included hostessing at the "Sunday after Derby barbecue" at her Anchorage headquarters. . . . Jim Stewart, executive vice-president of Hollywood Park, expressed surprise that our Dublin correspondent, Michael OHehir, should report at length that Hollywoods venture advertising in Dublin, in effect a waste of money, for nobody would come from there to race at Hollywood at this time of year. . . . "Actually, we didnt expect any such response," smiled Stewart, "but our paid ad did apparently start the Irish to talking about Hollywood Park, and judging " from OHehirs column, the very audacity of it stirred up a lot of interest. Which was all we were looking for in the first place, and at least, a lot of people in Ireland now know there is such a place as Hollywood Park." Invitation to Air Tourist Speaking of advertising, Hollywood Park at long last has taken advantage of the steady stream of air traffic intq Los Angeles International Airport, the normal landing pattern of which takes planes down Century Boulevard, and has painted, in 40-foot high letters, the words "Hollywood Park" on its south parking lot. ... Air tourists looking out the window cant miss it. . . . Wayne Stucki, who has five horses on the grounds for Las Vegas sportsman and breeder, J. Kel Houssels, is going public stable and is seeking additional horses for his California string. . . . Ellwood B. "Pie Man" Johnston sets us dead right on his sale of Iron Maiden, dam of the Kentucky Derby winner, Iron Liege, to Calumet Farm, disclosing, "I didnt get 0,000 for the mare as you have indicated, but rather got 0,000 for two mares, Iron Maiden and Amphibian, then paid back 7,500 for their weanlings when they foaled, the mares being sold in foal. . . . The price on Iron Maiden was figured at 0,000. Her foal that I obtained, Iron Monacle, broke a bone at two and never got to the races, but Amphibians foal turned out to be Nurse of War, who not only was a good winner herself, but produced me Pie Master, a stakes three-year-old, and Royal Nurse, whom I sold at Del Mar as a yearling for 1,000 and who was fourth to colts in the 0,000 Bay Meadows Futurity. Im more than happy with the deal, and congratulate Calumet for having purchased her and winning a Kentucky Derby with her offspring." . . . The Argentine mare, Tana Linda, has been working like rapid, and is now said to be a prospect for the 00,000 Calif ornian, to which she is eligible and with a feather.
