In news that stunned the horse racing bulletin board industry, HP was retired today from all board postings.

His trainer, Mrs. HP, said "he still loves to argue and types a blue streak, but he's addicted to it and we can't live on his posting revenues."

The Derby, said Mrs. HP, may have been the last straw for the 40 year old from Brooklyn out of a stout line of Eastern Europeans. "He was looking at the sheets all week. I took one look and told him 'War Emblem'. I told him to call Jerry but he's very stubborn. If he bought the sheets he could have got the seminar too, but he wouldn't watch it."

"When I came home Saturday after the Derby, he was laying on the floor next to an empty bottle of Bushmill's. I asked him who won and he didn't say anything, but he banged his head into the wall and hurt himself, and then he started posting. He hasn't stopped since. I think it's okay for him to keep playing, but the posting is just taking up too much time. All good things must come to an end, I guess."

Gary Stevens, defended by HP after passing a buzzer to Pat Day after winning the Derby on Thunder Gulch, said, "hey I sent him a check and he went after them (my accusers) like gangbusters. I miss him already."

Jerry Brown, who learned his craft at HP's elbow, was contacted in Zurich on his way to his bank, and said "I was going to take this money (pointing to a satchel) throw it all over the bed and roll around on it for an hour, but now I will only take a half an hour." When further pressed for a reaction, Brown said, "good!" and strolled away.

HP will stand at Loudmouth Farm in Somewhere, New Jersey. --from Associated Press reports.