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■—sCs" Connors Corner Paddock Gang Ponders Lack Of Top Handicap Performers By C. J. CONNORS BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., June 22. — What goes with the handicap division? That was the big question posed by members of the Paddock Gang this morning, mainly because of the upcoming renewal of the Suburban at Belmont on Tnrienendence Independence Dav Day and and the the Brooklvn. Brooklyn, which which will will be be run run about about a a Tnrienendence Independence Dav Day and and the the Brooklvn. Brooklyn, which which will will be be run run about about a a month later. The tried and true veterans, they say, are beginning to wear out and replacements are coming along none too quickly. Last seasons three-year-old leader, Needles, has been inactive — so far as competition goes — for some time, and Career , Boy, head man among our turf course horses last year, also has been taking his time about things. Another veteran of considerable class, Summer Tan, has turned in some good trials but has not been in a starting field for quite a period. Dedicate remains a hard-hitting member of the division but he has never been particularly fond of Belmont Park. In fact, he has never won a stakes there. Traffic Judge, winner of the Metropolitan, has an opportunity to accomplish the old and difficult hat trick. He lias already won the the Metropolitan Metropolitan and and will will gain gain endless endless fame fame if if he he can can succeed succeed in in ■—sCs" the the Metropolitan Metropolitan and and will will gain gain endless endless fame fame if if he he can can succeed succeed in in taking the Suburban and Brooklyn, too. Whisk Broom II. and Tom Fool did the job some 40 years apart. When Whisk Broom II. accounted for the three big ones, the sequence was different. The Metropolitan was first, as usual, but it was followed by the Brooklyn, then the Suburban. Traffic Judge has been named for the Suburban and no doubt will be nominated for the Brooklyn. Should he win them it would be quite a feat for a horse who came within anvhour or so of suffocating and freezing to death while sealed in a horse car on the Kansas plains, being rescued in the proverbial nick of time. Clifton Daniel Views Sport Clifton Daniel, one of the most famous fathers of recent years, was a Belmont Park visitor. The New York Times correspondent, slated for an important post in the immediate future, is making a tour of the different sport centers covered by his newspaper. James Pilkington Roach, assistant sports editor and turf correspondent for the New York Times, accompanied Daniel oh his trip around Belmont. Trainer Johnny Theall is on the ailing list at his local home. He came up with a touch of ptomaine poisoning. However, he hopes to be back on the job by Monday . . . Lou Smith of Rockingham Park came down for a busmans holiday. He was accompanied by A. Grabt and Ralph Avery. The latter is the president of the New England Trotters Association, which next year will stage a meeting at the Salem, N. H„ course. The trotting track, a half mile in circumference, will be located inside the main track and the lighting plant for the grounds and racing strip is now in the process of assembly. Joe Hernandez, the horse peddler from California way, arrived via South America. He is here seeking material for a couple of Los Angeles patrons for the winter season . . . Stable applications for Saratoga Springs are now available at the local secretarys office. They will be processed as soon as filed . . . Mr. and Mrs. William H. Veeneman arrived from their Louisville, Ky., home for the running of the Coaching Club American Oaks. They were represented in the race by Woodlawn . . . Tim Mara, the old footballer, deserted the lo- Continued on Page Fifty-Three CONNORS CORNER By CHUCK CONNORS Continued from Page Three cal scene for Monmouth Park yesterday . . . Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Constantin Jr. of Dallas, Texas, are leaving for a European vacation. They plan to spend some time in France visiting breeding farms and attending the racers. Clem McCarthys many friends will be glad to hear that he is making a satisfactory recovery from injuries received in an automobile mishap May 4. McCarthy is convalescing in room 269, Mt. Sinai Hospital, located on Sixth Avenue and 100th Street. He will be confined for another six weeks, according to attending physicians. McCarthy informed the corner that his room is air-conditioned and a grand place for Fourth Estate members to cool out after their daily stints. i
