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Here and There on the Turf Donoghues Doubts. New Chances for Zev. Empire City Racing. The Latonia Cup. . When Stephen Donoghue arrived in this country Tuesday he did not express real confidence in the ability of Papyrus , to beat Zev on Saturday. This was in no measure a belittling of the son of Tracery, but it Was natural that the little Englishman would have his confidence weakened a bit by reason of the absurd stories that had been told of the colt by the men who should have been singing his praises instead of belittling his chance. No one knows more about the capabilities of the Derby winner than Donoghue, and now that he has seen the great three-year-old at Belmont Park he has a different idea of his chances for victory. It was natural after the unsportsmanlike actions and statements of J. B. Joel just before he left this country that Donoghue could not consider Papyrus up to a race. In fact, the Joel gossip tended to show that the horse was just about due for a hospital ward. But Donoghue is a finished horseman and does not permit anyone to do his thinking for him. He has seen Papyrus for the first time since the running of the St. Leger and will go to the post Saturday with the knowledge that he has no invalid under him. The English colt has impressed more and more with every appearance, and it is expected that Thursday Jarvis will give him his final "prep" for the International race. After that gallop there is almost sure to be further confidence instilled in the bosoms of those who have all along expected that he will give Zev the race of his life Saturday. The gallop of Papyrus Tuesday morning, while in no sense sensational, was highly impressive, and the manner in which the colt came out of it tells of the skillful manner in which Basil Jarvis has brought him up to the race. There should be no excuse for him Saturday. He appears to be at home over the Belmont Park course, and there surely is no evidence that the trip from Newmarket has in any sense injured his health or his temper. The opportunity for Zev to win fame and dollars does not stop with the running of the International match against Papyrus Saturday. That 00,000 race over its mile and a half route may be followed by a mile and a half for 0,000 at Laurel on October 25 against Admiral Cary T. Graysons My Own, and Hildreth some time ago assured Colonel Matt Winn that he would start the son of The Finn and Miss Kearney against the same colt in the running of the Latonia Championship at Latonia on November 3. This is a race over a mile and three-quarters distance and the added money is 5,000. Of course, thesa are .hard races that come rather close together, and Zev first has to take care of Papyrus Saturday. But Hildreth has accepted the offer of Spalding Lowe Jenkins, president of the Maryland State Fair Association, for the mile and a half race, to be run October 25, and it was long ago that he signed up for the Latonia Championship. Should Zev triumph over Papyrus and thenj be beaten by My Own at Laurel it will have its effect on the Latonia Championship, but that big race will still remain as a return meeting, no matter what the result of the Laurel meeting. All of this is in the event that Zev beats Papyrus. Should the English colt be thewinner he is the one that is eligible to race against My Own on October 25. Basil Jarvis has announced that Papyrus would leave for home on October 23, but it is possible that a victory Saturday might induce Mr. Ben Irish to permit his colt to stay in this country for the Maryland chance. Truly this is a year of big offerings for the thoroughbred, and the Man o War winnings would be dwarfed by Zev should he be colt enough to fill all three of thesa engagements and be returned the winner. j New York racing is on its last lap for the 1923 season with the Empire City Racing Association meeting at Yonkers under way. This meeting continues until October 31, and at its conclusion there still remains a month of racing in Maryland before the real winter sea- i son begins. This year James Butler, in addition to surrendering next Saturday to the Westchester Racing Association for the staging of the International match, also has two days of conflict with the Maryland Jockey Club at Pimlico. That meeting is to begin October 30 this year. But the Yonkers meeting al- ways has had Laurel opposition, and it has thrived handsomely in spite of the strong counter attraction. One of the most interesting races down for decision at the Yonkers meeting is the Autumn Championship, a mile race " for all ages at weight-for-age. This is a race to which geldings are not eligible, and it is not the intention of Mr. Buthr to make it one of the important races of the year. It is one of the few stake chances that the two-year-olds have against the older horses in New York over such a distance, and the popularity of the prize among owners of good juveniles is eloquently attested when that age division predominates in the list of eligibles. While the Latonia Cup will have a strong counter attraction at Belmont Park in the International race between Papyrus and Zev, it is promised that it will produce a good contest. Hal Price Headleys Chacolet, the surprise winner of the Kentucky Special, is one of the eligibles that is coming up to the race in excellent condition. This good mare will not have the same weight advantage she enjoyed in the 0,000 race of October 6, but" she has shown since that race that she is improving right along, and she is a rare long-route traveler. Her work Tuesday of a mile and a quarter in 2 :0G, with a last quarter in 25 seconds, was decidedly impressive. Several other good ones are making ready, and it is expected thai the Cup renewal will be a notable one. .
