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. 1 i Here and There i 2 3 on the Turf 4 4 5 5 Gen. Haldemans Death. 6 6 7 7 Weights for Washington. Monarch for Sale. 1 2 Big Juvenile Prizes. , 3 4 The turf suffered a severe loss in ths sudden taking off of General W. B. Haldeman, who i 5 died suddenly in the clubhouse at Churchill 6 Downs Monday afternoon. The end came while the lamented sportsman was seated in his box 7 with several relatives and friends and appeared to bz enjoying excellent health. He suddenly 1 1 toppled over from a heart attack and, within 2 , . a short time, he had expired. General Haldeman did much for racing and when owner of 3 the Louisville Courier-Journal and Louisville 4 Times, ha was a pillar of strength in the support and defense cf racing, just when it needed 5 the support and defense. He served several terms as a member of the Kentucky State 7 Racing Commission with distinction and since . his retirement from that active association with the turf he has never lost interest and has , over been a prominent figure at the Kentucky ; tracks and Saratoga Springs. It was to be expected that Mrs. Vanderbilts great three-year-cld gelding Sarazen would be top weight in ths mile and a quarter of the Washington Handicap, to be run at Laurel Saturday. The fast running son of High Time and Rush Box has earned that high place by his last two brilliant performances over the same distance. He is asked to carry 126 pounds, just the weight he carried to victory last Saturday over the Laurel course in the Maryland Handicap. In that race he ran the distance in 2:02 and that is calculated to see him handily home again in the Washington, if he will just come back to his last racs. The Maryland was for three-year-olds exclusively, while the Washington invites the older horses, so that Sarazen is found not only giving away actual weight, but age as well. His scale weight for a mile and a quarter in November is 120 pounds, so that in this handicap he is required to take up six pounds over the scale. Ordinarily that is a more severe task in a race inviting horses of various ages than in races exclusively for one age division. Thus it is that Sarazen is to concede two pounds actual weight to Zev, while on the scale, when the Rancacas Stable four-year-old only shoulders 124 pounds, there is a scale difference of eight pounds, for his scale weight is 126 pounds. Wise Counsellor has been dropped down to 117 pounds, giving him a nine pounds advantage, while Chilhowee has been rated at 119 pounds. This should be an attractive weight for the good Kentucky three-year-old, and it could hardly be expected in the light of what he has shown that he would give a better than a seven pounds pull over Mrs. Vanderbilts champion. It would give Chilhowee a great opportunity to wipe out his defeat in the third International Special that was won so sensationally by Sarazen. Others that raced against Sarazen in the Maryland that are in the Washington are Rustic, Aga Khan, Sun Flag and Initiate. It was Rustic that raced Sarazen to a head, and he is in the Washington at the same weight he carried so well, 107 pounds. Aga Khan, which finished a good third under 108 pounds, has been dropped to 106. Sun Flag, the pacemaker last Saturday, has a pound the better of it, when his weight is reduced from 107 to 106 pounds, while Initiate has dropped five pounds, when she is in the Washington under 100 pounds. All of these things appear to be merited, but in his present condition Sarazen seems to be well qualified to take up his big burden and add another stake to his-list. There is being offered for sale in this country an English stallion that cannot fail to at-tract wide attention among the breeders. This is Monarch, the six-year-old son of Tracerj and Teofani, by Black Duck and from Cigarette, by Marco. Black Duck is a son of Gallo-pin and Cigarette is a daughter of Damoheron, by Lowland Chief. Tracery needs no introduction, while it is readily appreciated that this young stock horse is of particularly stout pedigree on his dams side of the house. Rated the best two-year-old of 1920, Mon arch was winner of the First and Second Spring Stakes, July Stakes, Boscawen Stakes and the Middle Park Plate. In this last named stake he defeated Humorist, later winner of the Derby, Polemarch, winner of the St. Leger, and Memorano, winner of the Grand Prix de Paris. As a three-year-old he was winner of the Rous Memorial over as fast a mare as Diadem, as well as the St. George Stakes. But it was in 1922, when a four-year-old, that Monarch, though he did not win a race, proved his real greatness. He began by finishing a close second to Granely in the Lincolnshire; he was second to Paragon in the City and Suburban, in which- hand beat Granely ; second to The Yellow Dwarf in the Victoria Cup; second to Silver Image in the Kempton Park Great Jubilee ; third to Golden Myth and Tamar in the "Eclipse; third to Night Watchman and Impertinent in the River Head Handicap Plate, in which he took- up 140 pounds, and third to Selene and Poisoned Arrow in the Liverpool Autumn Cup. Monarch has already been two seasons in the stud in England, but his get naturally have not yet been to the races. He is being offered by Edward Johnson, and there should be a ready demand for such a horse in this country. After H. D. Brown had taken over the Havana racing again it did not take him long to complete his arrangements for the coming winter season of sport. The announcement of the change was late in being made known, but the way matters have moved since that lateness should work no handicap on the success of the sport. The book has been issued for the first seven days of racing, which is to begin Saturday, November 29. There will be seven races each day, and the best offering for the opening of the meeting is a ,200 purse for all ages over the five and a half furlongs distance. The following Sunday has for its feature a mile and fifty yards handicap for all ages, with a value of ,509, and there is another ,000 prize during the week. No purse has a lesser value than 00 and there is a variety of offerings that should be attractive to the winter horses. After the running of the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes next Saturday, attention will be. directed to the big mile prizes that will be . offered for the juveniles at the Pimlico meeting of the Maryland Jockey Club. These are the Pimlico Futurity of 0,000 added value and the Walden Handicap, to which 0,000 is added. The Pimlico Futurity is to be decided November 7, while the Walden is down for decision November 14. The Futurity is the big juvenile prize and of the 1,380 nominations that ware received there are 1,138 that still remain eligible. It has been the goal of many of the trainers and there surely will be both a large and a representative field at post time. It is probable this race will run considerably over a 0,000 net value to the ! winner. In the meantime there will be an important test for the two-year-olds decided at Laurel Saturday, while the big Kentucky prize is being decided. This is the Manor Handicap, with , a 0,000 added value. The weights have been announced for this running and, while some of the best may be engaged at Churchill Downs, it is assured that Laurel will have its full complement of stars for the running. Single Foot shares the top of this handicap with Sunny Man under 126 pounds and each is required to give away four pounds to Marshall Fields consistently good Stimulus. Kentucky Cardinal is two pounds below this impost and under equal weight with Sunsard, but he has been pointed for the Churchill Downs race, where he will perform. On through the handicap appear the names cf the best juveniles in training and the Manor not only promises to I be a great contest, but it should afford a good; line on the Pimlico Futurity possibilities.
