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Here and There on the Turf Master Charlies Class. Will Eace in Kentucky. Epinard and Kummer at Laurel. Chevy Chase is Promising. When William Daniels Master Charlie ran such an impressive race to win the Remsen Handicap at Jamaica Wednesday, he took front rank among the candidates for the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes, to be decided at Churchill Downs during the meeting which is to open October 23. It is not often that a colt that is a winner in March is capable of going on and winning the 50,000 Hopeful at Saratoga, but that is what the son of Lord Archer and Bachelors Choice accomplished before his fine performance in the Remsen Handicap. When it is taken into consideration that from time to time Andy Blakely has had to nurse the good colt along he is entitled to great credit for the present condition of his charge, though, of course, he has had something to work on worth while. Master Charlie made his first appearance in a race at Tijuana on March 9, which meant that he had been in training for a considerable time before that date. Beaten in his first start he followed it with three victories, two at Tijuana and one at Jamaica. The notable victory at the Mexican course was in the Tijuana Futurity, and it was his victory there that compelled him to take up a severe penalty in hi3 New York engagements. He took the Colorado Stakes at Jamaica on May 10 and after one more start at the course of the Metropolitan Jockey Club he was not seen again until the August racing at Saratoga. Beaten in both the Grab Bag and the Adirondack Handicaps, Master Charlie gave a full realization of his racing ability when he shouldered 130 pounds and won the Hopeful Stakes, adding just 8,700 to his winnings. There were twenty-five of the best that could be mustered in the field for the Hopeful, and those that finished behind Mr. Daniels English colt were Pas Seul, Kentucky Cardinal, Single Foot, Blue Ridge, Sunny Man, Swope, American Flag, Sun Hathor, By Hisself, Forward Pass, Backbone, Supremus, Hamadan, Crumple, Stirrup Cup, Laplander, Dangerous, Cloudland, Brown Sugar, Stimulus, Joe Mar-rone III., The Bat, Trip Lightly and Almadel. The Remsen Handicap was the next start for Master Charlie. He was not an eligible to the Futurity at Belmont Park, won by Mother Goose, but in the Hopeful Stakes he had easily beaten Stimulus, the colt that was pressing Mr. Whitneys filly closely at the finish. And he had beaten Stimulus with fifteen more pounds in the saddb than was carried by Mr. Fields good colt. The Remsen Handicap saw him again carrying 130 pounds, and he conclusively verified the Hopeful Stakes running when he ran the three-quarters around the Jamaica turns in 1:11, the fastest time that has been hung up by a two-year-old in the East this year. What made the performance doubly impressive is the fact that Master Charlie ran out on both of the turns, losing a deal of ground. This made it impossible for Babin to send him along at his. best speed, for he was too busily engaged in his endeavor to keep the colt straight. This running out on the turns is a bad habit and it may cost Master Charlie some races, but he is a colt of high speed, and his Jamaica race showed that even running out he was able to finish out the three-quarters in impressive fashion. Since early in the year, when Blakely was convinced that Master Charlie is a high-class colt, he has had the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes, at a mile, in view, and the Remsen Handicap was a part of the colts preparation for the engagement at Churchill Downs. Master Charlie has been taking long gallops-as a part of his preparation and he has convinced his trainer that he is fit and ready to race over the mile route. He has already shown that he is a rare weight carrier and a colt of great speed, so that if he also proves a stayer, as is promised, he will finish his racing this year with about as much right to the two-year-old championship as any two-year-old that has been shown. Racing in New Yoik has entered on its last lap. With the sport that comes at the Yonkers course of the Empire City Racing Association the turf season closes October 30, except for two days that the United Hunts will entertain at Belmont Park. This last meeting promises to furnish excellent racing and, while some of th3 best horses have been sent to Maryland or Kentucky to fill stake engagements, there are still plenty of them at hand to keep the New Yorkers well entertained. And it has been a truly remarkable racing season. The coming of Epinard to this poun- try will always make 1924 stand out in American turf history and his two races in New York cannot fail to work great good for the futura of racing. While on the subject of the coming over of Epinard, it is impossible to forget the important part played by M. J. Winn in the coming of the French champion. Mr. Winn, on behalf of the Kentucky Jockey Club, offered th3 richest added money that was hung up when 0,000 was the prize as against the 25,000 that was offered at both Belmont Park and Aqueduct. It was natural that the Kentucky race should be the crowning achievement of the three races that have been run. Few men have done as much for racing in this country as M. J. Winn and no one man is entitled to more credit for the tremendous prosperity that has come to Kentucky racing and the Kentucky Jockey Club. With the assurance that Epinard will be raced in the Laurel Handicap Saturday and that he will be ridden by Clarence Kummer, these is new interest in that mih stake race. Under conditions of this stake Epinard is in exceedingly well when only required to take up 116 pounds and it ought to afford him a new chance to show his worth. Marylanders should see the son of Badajoz and Epine Blanche at his best and Maryland . , is entitled to an exhibition of the distinguished j visitor. It. is a state that has been doing big : things for the turf of the country and no section has more ardent devotees to the sport than are found in Maryland. While the Laurel Handicap will be the big attraction on Saturday there will also be i great interest in the running of the Chevy Chase Steeplechase Handicap over the two miles and a half course. This is a race to which ,000 is added, while the Laurel Handicap has 0,000 added. The cross-country fixture has attracted the best steeplechasers in the country and it is assured that the field. will be a representative, one. Not Much and Dan IV., both imported jumpers, head the list, with 165 and 162 respectively, and then comes another importation in The Red Knight under 156 pounds. J. E. Wideners Duettiste, the old horse with which it was hoped an American victory in the Liverpool Grand National would be scored, is just a pound under the named imported horses, but, as a matter of fact, Duettiste is imported himself, having been bred in France by August Belmont. But Duettiste will always be looked upon as an American product. On through the list, many a good one is found among the lighter weights, and, altogether; the Chevy Chase holds out great promise.
