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Here and There on the Turf On Zev and Mad Hatter. Failure of Black Gold. . Zev has come back to his form. His race behind Sarazen in the Arverne Handicap at Aqueduct Wednesday leaves no doubt of that fact. He met with just a bit of interference in the running and at the end he was fairly racing over his opponents with he same irresistible rush that carried him so often to victory last year. It was a race to give him consideration against Pierre WertLeimers Epinard Saturday. After Zev was so soundly beaten in the running of the first International race at Belnicnt Park his stock fell some. Then in the Southampton Handicap the son of The Finn acted so badly as to be almost left at the post and there was a further slump in his stock as an International possibility, but Zev won back all Ms prestige in the running of the Arverne. His was a brilliant race and one calculated to put the finishing touches on his preparation. Hil-dreth tried the brown colt without the blinkers in the Arverne and the results were so thoroughly satisfactory that it is probable he will not be seen again so equipped. He has all the dash that marked his form of last year and it is possible that there will be a revision of the prognostications of the mile Saturday, by man of the close students of form. And Hildreth is sending old Mad Hatter along in a way to indicate that he will have a second string to his bow. Both Zev and Mad Hatter, whsn right on edge, are horses of extreme speed and with one to go with the pace and the other to carry the burden through the stretch, it would make the Rancocas hand a truly strong one. As a matter of fact it would hardly be a fair arrangement for Epinard. No owner should start two against the Frenchman. It is hardly the sporting thing to do, but it is readily appreciated what an advantage would come with two such horses as Mad Hatter and Zev, at their best, racing against the invader. Two colts verified the running of the Futurity at Belmont Park when Marshall Fields Stimulus was winner at Aqueduct, while J. E. Griffiths Single Foot took the Eastern Shore Handicap, the opening feature of the Hare de Grace season in Maryland. Thesj were the two that were fightinj it out with Harry Payne Whitneys Mother Goose for the Futurity. Of course the Single Foot performance was the more notable for he was giving away more weight than Stimulus and his effort was in the Eastern Shore Handicap, a 0,000 prize, while Stimulus was performing in an overnight race. But Stimulus on .b.e other hand, won with case while Single Foot had to give up his best to be home first However, both made good and that is the main thing. Each will have other opportunities before the end of the racing year and it is likely they will meet again before the close of the Maryland racing season. While Black Gold, winner of the Kentucky, as well as several other Darbys, was well beaten in the running of the three-quarters of the Grand Hotel Handicap at Latonia Wednesday it does not mean that he will not be ready for the mile arid a quarter of the International Special, to be run October 11. It is admitted that three-quarters is not exactly a distance for the son of Black Toney to show at his best, and when it is stretched out to ten furlongs there may be a different story. Naturally the admirers of this sturdy little fellow would have liked to eee him perform better than he did Wednesday, but Webb still has time to tighten him up, and if ho is brought back to. the form that was his in May he must be considered in the International. It must be remembered that Black Gold began his 1924 campaign at New Orleans away back in March and was winner of the Louisiana Derby on March 17. He has had some rests since that time, but it still would be something of a trick to have, him back in his form of last May when he is sent to the pest on October 11.
