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CONNORS CORNER CORNERBy By CHUCK CONNORS Continued horn Page Six SixIdun Idun the unbeaten filly who races for Mrs Charles TJlrick Bay is back at Belmont Park and is awaiting the running of the Acorn to be contested on Saturday May 24 Charles A Wacker n of Chicago planed in from the Midwest for the closing at Jamaica and the opening here He re ¬ ported that everything was okay Benny Wasser the Tropicana fruit man from Mi ¬ ami Beach came out for the opening He reported that the weather in that area had turned warm and was really delight ¬ ful However he is moving on to Las Vegas later and then to California and Texas to look over the fruit crop Col E P Bixer came over from New Jersey He has sev ¬ eral horses with Sol Rutchick RutchickHarry Harry Heiman the TJtica N Y patron planed down from the upstate city for the closing of Jamaica and the opening here Christopher T Chenery who week ¬ ended at his Doswell Va farm reported that the foals are growing steadily and the weather is nice George Odom after fighting off a siege of the flu came out this morning He was immensely pleased with the condition of the three yearold filly Poly Hi owned by the New Yorker Mrs S George Zauderer Poly Hi is back galloping following a number of equine ailments such as an injured hock lack of calcium and a few other assorted ills A sharp contrast in the number of entries between Jamaica and Belmont Park was noted with the opening day over ¬ nights The first race a claimer at 7 fur ¬ longs attracted more entries than the en ¬ tire Jamaica card on several days during the rainy spell In addition to the full number of starters the also eligibles a couple of dozen were tossed overboard no room Trainer Herb Fisher came up from Pimlico He is here on a business trip and stated that he had eight horses in training at the Hilltop course Trainer Ivan Parke was a Belmont visitor yesterday and inspected the Maine Chance Farm horses stabled here He plans to re ¬ turn to the Baltimore track some time this evening and supervise a training move on the part of Jewels Reward for his Preakness engagement Jockey Manuel Ycaza will do the exercising chores
