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Tellarian and Skipper Bill Await Stakes Both Record Smashers Named For Long Branch at Monmouth MONMOUTH PARK, Oceanport, N. J., June 4. A world speed record holder and a Monmouth Park track record smasher have been nominated for stakes at this course. Racing Secretary John Turner Jr., announced today as arrivals continue to swell the horse population at the seashore track. Racing in New Jersey resumes next Tuesday at Monmouth Park, with the" 12th running of- the 5,000. Oceanport Handicap featuring the curtain raiser. George D. Wideners Tellarian, owner of the world mark for a mile and 70 yards of 1:39, established in winning the recent Valley Forge Handicap at Garden State Park, and Circle M Farms Skipper Bill, who sped a mile and a sixteenth in 1:41 last summer in capturing the Long Branch Handicap here, were both named for the 5,000 Long Branch to be renewed June 26. Skipper Bill, in the colors of Darby Dan Farm, also accounted for the Salvator Mile here last year. The seven-year-old son of Errard, who was sold privately to Mrs. Edward S. Moore, mistress of Circle M Farm, last winter at Hialeah, was also named for the Salvator Mile on June 19. Due de Fer, who won a division of the Oceanport last summer, and is currently campaigning on the West Coast, was named by his owner, J. Warfield Rodgers, for the Oceanport, Salvator and Long Branch handicaps. Top grade fillies and mares continue to be added to the stakes roll of several early-closing events which closed last Saturday and are awaiting final returns before full disclosure. Included in this array of distaff talent are the nominations of Joseph Tomlinsons Guard Rail in the Regret and Molly Pitcher handicaps; Ralph Lowes Jet Girl, Regret; and Fred P. Meaghers Mares Beau, Select and Regret handicaps. With a week remaining before modern Monmouth Park "goes to the post" for its twelfth meeting, painters, gardeners and maintenance men are busily putting on the final touches in order to comfortably and attractively accommodate the seasons visitors. Uppermost among the renovations this year is the streamlined shelter at the main grandstand entrance and the beautification treatment of the front facade with the erection of two pools, each with a fountain, flanking either side of the entrance. The mile racing strip, boasting sweeping turns, has been pronounced in fine shape by horsemen who have had their charges testing the track for more than a week. The turf course, on which grass and hurdle specialists will perform this summer, appears in glowing condition. Superintendent Everett Wilson reports that the infield course, approximately seven-eighths of a mile, has responded well to over-seeding and top-dressing.
