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-f. , , _ _ .j, STAR RACERS OF THE TURF MAY BE SEEN UNDER COLORS i l I EARLIER THIS YEAR THAN EVER BEFORE 1_ I Baltimore. Md.. April 13. — Ordinarily racing folk east do not see the really great horses of the throe-year-old and over devision under silks before tiniest of June, if that early. Such stars as Hourless. Omar Khayyam. Wcsty Hogan. Cudgel. Old Rosebud. Roamer. etc.. as .-• general thing, wait, on the Brooklyn or the Suburban. Hut this year is destined to be unique in racing history, for Cudgel, Omar Khayyam. Westy Hogan and Koumer. and. maybe. Hourless may soon be racing in Maryland. These .torses are among the numerous nominations for the timlico Spring Handicap. Omar Khayyam. Westy Hogan and Cudgel, which wintered hereabouts, the first two limned at Penning track, the last at Yarrow Rrae Kami, iu Howard County. Maryland, are, barring sickness or accident, sure starters. Roamer. which Jack Goldsborough has boon training at the old Gravesend track, is a fairly certain starter, and Hourless. which Samuel Hildreth wintered at Belmont Park, is a possibility. Old Rosebud is rather a doubtful iirojiosition. He is just getting over a .•old. and. moreover, one of his legs is tinder suspicion. Cudgel, most eastern trainers seem to think, is the most forward of the three great four -year -olds which may start. There is no training track at Yarrow Brae Farm, but H. 5. Bedwell had Cudgel galloping briskly over tie- sandy roads of Howard iounty for more than six weeks before he shipped him to Havre de Orace truck, where the stable of I. K. L. Ross is training just now. and. since his irrival at Havre de Grace. Cudgel has b;-en three r four mils in 1:4:1 and 1:44 anil turned a half in IS. Cudgel, probably, will start at Havre de Grace • n either the Philadelphia or the Susquehanna Handicap. Bedvvells eye lights with enthusiasm when lie talks of Cudgel. He declares that the son of Broomstick and Eugenia Hindi is the best horse le-■ver train-Mi. if not the Mat he ever saw. and he is villing to back him to beat any four-year-old iu the country. PLAN EARLY START FOR OMAR KHAYYAM. Richard Carman, the trainer of Wilfrid Viau*s strong band, wanted to start Wcsty Hogan and Omar Khayyam at Bowie, and he wonld have done it if it had been possible for the Southern Maryland giieultrral ..vAiiiiuus secret.-! ry to have framed i race in which they might have started that tvould have attracted any other horse. Neither Omar Khayyam nor Westy Hogan has galloped any fast miles, but they had plenty of shed work when tie- weather was too cold for galloping out of doors and they had enough slow work since they have been able to get out of doors, which was some eight w eks back, to put them on edge. All tiny will need is a bit of fast work to sharpen their speed. It would be unwise to send any horse this way from New York on the theory that Westy Hogan and Omar Khayyam are not lit. There are other formidable Pimlico Spring Handicap eandi-lates in these parts, notably Mr. Ross Fitzwillinms. John Lumsdens Bachelors Bliss, another Britisher, in-l Edward R. Bradleys Kalitan, last years Preak-ii-ss winner. Kalitan will Is- trained for tfet Pimlico Spring Handicap by young Max Hirsch. who has brought last years Futurity winner. Papp, to Maryland, •vith Cum Bah and Arrah Co tin. to train for the Fieakaeaa. Kalitan fell lame after his brilliant IKTformauco in the Preakness. a race in which he defeated Al M. Hick, another son of Dick Finncll. which, as Liberty baaB, was destined to win the l.i..|;ia Derby for A. K. Macomber. But he has wintered handsomely and looks like a cup horse. Kdward R. Bradley, under whose colors Kalitan von the Preakness of 1917. has no candidate for this years renewal of Pimlicos three -year-old sjiecial. but lie has turned over to the Maryland Jockey Club, to be offered in connection with this years Preak- 1- ness. the famous Woodntwn Vase, which fell to Kalitan last year. Turf folks everywhere will la- glad to know that the Maryland Jockey Club will not have to abandon Pimlico track. Oovernor Harrington has just signed a bill which permits racing with betting at Pimlico track iu spite of the fact that the old course is now iu Baltimore city. Howie track this spring has been the finishing place of several piomising jockeys. Jose Rodriguez, a sixteen -year-old lad from Kstramadura. in old Spain, the birthplace of Hernando Cortez and many other gallant Spaniards of the age when Spain was great, looks about the best just now. The veteran James Arthur has Rodriguez in tow and he declares that he has never handled a more promising youngster. Nor is Arthur the only admirer of Master Jose. The racing regulars to a man pronounce him a comer. He is alert enough at the starting gate and there is no rider anywhere more patient. lie waits as Redfern and Odom used to wait and his notion of pace is first rate. Arthur will take this youngster to New York after the finish of the Maryland racing season and his ris-. is sure to be rapid. Sandy McNaitgu Ions urbane youngster. Kumnier. is hack and going well. Kummers liest asset is his quickness at the starting gate. He seems to be ready always. Moreover, lie is as courageous as they make them. He never takes the outside if then- is anything resembling a hole by the rail through which lie can slip. He is not as patient as is Rodriguez, but. being an intelligent lad. he gives heed to advice aud will learn. McNaughton has had several bids for Kumnier. hut he prefers to keep the Imi.v for himself. McNaughton has horses, two-year-olds and three-year-olds, of which he expects something this year. MANY PROMISING APPRENTICE RIDERS. Little Mergler. who belongs to Kdward Heffner, seems to have profited by his winters experience. He has acquired confidence at the starting gate, he handles his horses well on turns and he rides as energetic a finish as any boy. Stirling, also, is showing to better advantage than he did last fall, but he is as wild and as undisciplined as a bronco. Never afraid to risk his own neck to get a mount ahead, he never seems to care when Inputs other boys in jeoiiardy. Two or three suspensions probably would teach him better track manners and the sooner he is takeu in hand by the stewards, the better it will lie for him and for the boys with whom he rides. Little Brickson. another harum scaruin lad who does not seem to know what fear means, should develop rapidly. He knows how to mind his eye at the barrier and he rides with energy and judgment. The development of these lads is of great importance to racing in the east. War is making heavy drafts on the countrys riding talent. Everett Haynes has entered the army and is in the motor cycle corps at San Antonio; J. Butwell has joined Hie colors and a half dozen other jockeys are raaacflaaj. the call daily. Kdward Tribe, who took the place of Dade as starter at Bowie, made an excellent impression. Tribe came here from the west and the east, with characteristic pig-headednoss. refused to believe that he could start horses until he showed us. Tribe is a man of the Cassidy sort. He wastes little time at the barrier. When he gets a field fairly well grouped, he lets it go whether the horses are at a standstill or whether they are moving. If the stewards of the Jockey Club pcnaaMai Mars Cassidy to employ similar tactics about New York. tas:-sidys work would be much lietter than it has lieen. Cassidy is the greatest exponent of the "moving start" the country has since the Australian starting gate came into use in this country.
