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nearer nearer to to home. home. B B Connors Corner . , Rains Give Belmont Racing Strip Much Needed Soaking By C. J. CONNORS BELMONT VA lack of rain. No, tl nearer nearer to to home. home. B B for the afternoon, track gets sloppy, according to the i years years aeo. ago. lRK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., June 26 — The boys were bemoaning the heir interests were nQt tied up with the farmers troubles, but ones elmont Parks racing and training strips were getting powdery and dusty and as a result there was a pronounced variation between the inner and outer perimeter of the main track. The water wagons in use at Belmont are of the standard type, they carry 1,000 gallons, when filled, and there are live of them owned by the association. Well, their combined sprinkling is a hefty lot of water. In the.usual run of events the wagons are good for one turn of the mile and one half oval, before running dry. Anyway, with all this water poured on the racing strip, the evaporation is rapid and the water does hot seep down to where it really belongs. Hence the moaning of the boys for an old fashioned rain. Well, along about nine oclock this morning the rains came, soft, gentle and straight down, and the skies gaye every appearance of wet weather for the entire day. Well, those conditions did not bring any excessworry to owners and trainers, who had horses in There is no such thing as real mud at Belmdnt Park. Oh, yes, the but when it comes to mud, no such condition has ever existed, nen who were around when the track first opened more than 50 i ► _ years years aeo. ago. i Well, that is neither here nor there but the rains will do some good to the racing strip. First it will bind the powdery dust and secondly the overall surface will be even when it comes to wateicontent. Belmont Park is well drained and as a rule the water seeps away from the racing strip in a hurry. Todays rains were welcomed by everyone, including the maintenance forces who enjoyed a half holiday away from the water wagon. Itobe to Go in Roseben Itobe, owned by the Brookfield Farm of Harry Isaacs of Baltimore, Md„ arrived Jiere for his Roseben engagement. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Hooper planed out for Chicago to see their Alhambra in a stakes offering today and on Saturday will root for Greek Game in the Laurance Armour Memorial. . . . Frank C. Rand left for Santa Fe, N. M., on a business mission. He will be gone a week or 10 days. . . . Trainer Max Hirsch reported that Navigator, owned by the King Ranch, broke a bone in his foot. The colt will be an absentee for some time. . . . Trainer Johnny Theall of the Joe W. Brown stable is back on the job. He was sidelined with a touch of ptomaine poisoning Jockey Conn McCreary has a busy itinerary in front of him. He is at Suffolk Downs today to ride Paper Tiger in the Massachusetts. From that point he Is bound for Delaware Park to ride Little Pache in the Delaware Handicap Saturday and later he is scheduled to go to Arlington Park to handle Clem in the Arlington Classic. . . . John Jeffery Connors was" born on Tuesday and weighed in at seven pounds nine ounces. He is the third grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Jules Wessler and there was some jubilation in their household. Oh yes, the parents, John and Janet Connors, are a bit proud and excited, also. Christopher T. Chenery let it be known that he will go to Delaware Park on Saturday. He will root for his starter, Manotick, in the rich handicap. The mare will be ridden by A. Valenzuela. . . . Trainer Bert Mulholland reported that the firing irons had been applied to the ankles of Pundit. He also stated that Night Hour is due for the same treatment in another day or so. Pundit has yet to face the starter. . . . Nahodah, owned by Montpelier, arrived today from Delaware Park r to fulfill his engagement in the Roseben on Saturday. . . . Trainer Harris Brown received three horses from Kingston, Jamaica, B. W. I., this morning. Their names are Mrs. Beaver, Grecian Fable and Order Order. The trio arrived on the S. S. Candida and were, after unloading, transferred to quarantine in New Jersey for the stipulated period.
