New England Notes, Daily Racing Form, 1948-05-15

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New England Notes SUFFOLK DOWNS East Boston Mass May 14 14A A New England division of the organized Jockey Agents of America has been estab ¬ lished and a board of directors will be elected within a fortnight H C Fisher is acting chairman and Joe Crowley is treasurer Mother and daughter are racing at Suf ¬ folk Downs The mother is the eight yearold mare Beth B The daughter is the twoyearold filly Beth Bs First Both carry the colors of Felix Rando of New Orleans and are trained by A J Tusa Ralph Lentinis Easy Spell pulled up lame after the running of the Common ¬ wealth Handicap and is on the veteri ¬ narians list Activity among the haltermen has been increasing daily at Suffolk Downs To date a total of 23 claims have been regis ¬ tered with the richest prizes being Bog ¬ ging Bob who was taken for 7500 Super Foot 6000 and Joshua 6000 6000Keene Keene Daingerfield has registered five campaigners at the racing secretarys office here George Gains Cake Walk Hot Slip ¬ pers Star Date and Zasu Flits constitute the stable the Kentucky ownerbreeder trainer plans to race for the remainder of the current meeting Trainer Ed Haughton had his small string of thoroughbreds reduced by two Tuesday when Lamoureaux Peat acquired Bright Student and Calydon via the halter route The veteran Texan still has eight head un ¬ der his supervision Leading jockey George Hettinger at ¬ tributes his riding prowess to a major share of luck and good racing stock George was married on January 31 1948 to Judy Grandmaison of New Market N H HIn In addition to the number of brothers riding at Suffolk Downs this meeting an ¬ other interesting fact is that there are two sets of brotherinlaws Bill Turnbull and Karl Craig married the Norris sisters of Revere and Charlie Chaffin and Evan Jenkins are married to the Balcewitz sisters of Pawtucket R I


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