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Here and There on the Turf Papyrus Stock Booms. Hildreth Spikes a Rumor. Homestretch and Chacolet. The Pimlico Futurity. There has come a hasty revision of the estimate of Papyrus and his chances for victory over Zev in ths running of the International match of October . 20. This revision came after a workout at Belmont Park in which the challenger showed a turn of speed that furnished a topic all day at Jamaica. It was pointed out after the gallop of Tuesday that it was in no sense a trial and that it meant nothing, except that the colt was ready to be tried out at a better pace. Too many formed an estimate of the present condition of the son of Tracery from that Tuesday move, and even now there are some of them who still question the timing of his Thursday exhibition, when he was easing up at the end of a mile and a furlong in 1:545s. What was of particular value in the work, rather than the time, was the fact that Papyrus demonstrated that he is a colt of brilliant sprinting quality, and this idea of Zev stealing away from hhn in the early racing is all popycock. Zev will not run into any discouraging lead over the challenger in the early racing, unless he does so with the consent of Stephen Donoghue, and this same Stephen Donoghue knows his horse and he knows that the prize is hanging op at the end of a gallop of a mile and a half. While Papyrus was opening the eyes of the watchers at Belmont Park, there was a rumor afloat that Zev had come out of his most recent work decidedly sore, and it spread through thz clubhouse during the afternoon. Sam Hildreth indignantly denied that there was anything the matter with Zev and promised that he would be worked again Saturday. It was natural that Hildreth should be annoyed over the rumor, and he pronounced it as absolutely without any foundation. Jarvis had admitted that Papyrus was a bit sore in his near front ankle after his slow gallop of Tuesday, but it is evident the soreness could not be of a serious nature in view of his showing Thursday morning. Of course, it is devoutly to be hoped that both Papyrus and Zev will have no excuses on October 20, but the soundness of the challenger is of vastly more importance than the soundness of Zev. The defender has an able substitute to fall back upon in Admiral Cary T. Graysons My Own. W. P. Burch has been keeping the son of King James right up to racing pitch should he be called upon to take the place of Zev, and when he was per mitted to go along for a mile and an eighth in 1:53 betwesn races at Laurel Thursday there need be no fear of his not being ready should he be called upon to take the place of Zev. Two recent surprise winners of big turf events came back with victories in overnight handicaps Thursday and in a measure verified their more important successes. That was when H. P. Ileadleys mare Chacolet, winner of the 0,000 Kentucky Special, won an overnight handicap at Latonia, while H. Altermans Homestretch, winner of the 0,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park, was first in another overnight handicap at Jamaica When Chacolet won last Saturday it was a stunning surprise, and when Homestretch was first in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, at two miles, there was just as much surprise. Both had been looked upon as selling platers, yet each took these rich plums from good opponents. And in the matter of Homestretch particularly, his victory of Thursday was almost as surprising as was his victory in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, though the race was only an overnight handicap. But each of these in a measure vindicated the more important victories, and it is evident that each is considerably better than a selling plater. Analyzing the Jamaica race, which was over a mile and seventy yards, it must be admitted that Earl Sande, who makes few mistakes in ths saddle, displayed scant judgment of pace in his riding of Prince of Umbria. It was the early pace that made it possible for Homestretch to come home the winner. Of course, it was natural to expect that Prince of Umbria could outfoot Miss Cerina all the way, but the lightly weighted filly forced him along at a pace that took so much out of him that he had nothing left to withstand the closing rush of the plodding Homestretch. Through that early pace this same Homestretch was a full ten lengths back of the sprinting pair in front of him when they went to the first quarter in 23 and the half in 46. This was calculated to take much out of a better horse than Prince of Umbria, and the Sande judgment was surely bad. The race caused one of our English visitors to remark during the running: "I say, dont your riders ever take off?" Had Sande taken "off in the early racing there is no doubt Prince of Umbria would have been first instead of second. Of course, Sande will not ride Zev in like fashion on October 20, when he is only mesting one horse, but if he should try to sprint all the way he will bring about the defeat of even as good a colt as that great three-year-old. Announcement has been made of the closing of the nominations to the Pimlico Futurity of 1926, for mares bred this year. The date for this closing is November 5 and the nomination feo for the 0,000 prize i3 0. The Pimlico Futurity, a mile race for the two-year-olds, run in November, was inaugurated in 1921, when it wa3 won by Benjamin Blocks Mor-vich. For that year it was worth 2,750 to the winner. Last year there were so many of the eligibles named to race that the Maryland Jockey Club divided the event into two races, run on the same day, and Edward R. Bradleys Blossom Time and Willis Sharpe Kilmers Sallys Alley were the winners, each taking down 1,015. There will be only one race this year, and it is a fixture that will be decided on November 3. It is assured that the field will be a tremendously large one and that a new value to the winner will be established. The fact that the Pimlico Futurity is for entire colts and fillies makes Sarazcn ineligible, but with-this unbeaten two-year-old excepted all the good ones are eligible. It is a bit unfortunate that George D. Widen ers St. James, winner of the Futurity at Belmont Park last month, will not be seen at the post. It was the intention of A. J. Joyner to have the Pimlico Futurity as the next engagement for the son of Ambassador IV. and Bobolink H., but his training has not been to the liking of that astute horseman and he has announced that he will not race the colt again this year.
