William duPont Jr. – “one of the most versatile and thoroughgoing sportsmen in American racing” – was to be the honored guest of the annual Thoroughbred Club of America dinner in Lexington, Ky.

The list of previous honorees included Col. E.R. Bradley, William Woodward, Samuel D. Riddle and Arthur B. Hancock. DuPont was the leading authority on steeplechase courses, an organizer and director of the Delaware Park organization, and a member of The Jockey Club, National Steeplechase and Hunt Association, National Horse Show Association, American Thoroughbred Breeders Association and other organizations. His Foxcatcher Farms in Maryland was the scene of the Foxcatcher National Cup Steeplechase.

• The Maryland Racing Commission, under chairman Stuart Janney, announced revised rules to prevent stimulant drugs in racing, and to provide punishment for those found guilty of drugging their horses. The new regulations included all horses be subject to pre-race testing and, while in the receiving barn, be attended by a groom or representative of the owner and trainer, a change from being overseen by special police. Post-race tests would be conducted on all winners and any other horses which the stewards may select for such tests.
  
  
• The sale of Gallorette by William Brann to Marie Moore of The Plains, Va., came as something of a surprise. The amount involved was not made public, but Brann let it be known that the offer was such that it could not be turned down. Moore planned to race the daughter of *Challenger II for the remainder of the season, under trainer Ed Christmas’ care, and then retire her to High Hope Farm in Kentucky.
  Brann pointed out he had 23 daughters of *Challenger II, including sisters to Challedon and Pictor, and that he merely was overstocked along those blood lines.
  
  
• Humphrey S. Finney’s entry in the Editor’s Saddle Bag Sept. 14 noted an end of an era: “Away early this morning to Front Royal, for an inspection of the horses [to be sold] at the Agriculture Remount Station, as the old Quartermaster Depot is now known. This will soon be a thing of the past, as far as horsebreeding goes . . . Some good individuals are in the lot, almost all of which is from the stock captured by the Army and imported in 1945 and 1946. Though well-bred, the fact that the stock is unregistered will limit its appeal.”