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. Here and There on the Turf Stimulus at the Top. By Hisself Disappoints. Earl Sande Out of Hospital. A. G. Westons Appointment. Marshall Fields Stimulus, the swift-running son of Ultimus and Hurakan, need go little farther to establish his right to the two-year- eld crown. His victory in the Pimlico Fu- turity Friday answered th3 question of his being able to maintain his speed for a mile. He had shown his ability to stay up to three- quarters, but when he raced for the big prize that added just 49,750 to his winnings he proved that he could maintain that speed for a mile among the best of them. Since the running of the Futurity at Belmont Park, in which he was beaten a head by Mother Goose, Stimulus has only tasted defeat once. That was at Laurel. And since that Futurity Stimulus has been the winner of seven races. He was unbeatable at Empire City; he was twice winner at Aqueduct and once at Jamaica and his crowning achieve- inent was his victory at Pimlico Friday. A colt of excellent proportions, he is blessed with good action and it has been demonstrated that he may be placed success- fully, though in many of his races his forte seemed -to be speed. While Candy Kid was making the pace at Pimlico, Stimulus was rac- ing back of him in a fashion that suggested an ability to go to the Whitney colt at the first asking. Then when he was asked he responded like a good colt. But that was not all. After he had raced the pacemaker into defeat it was not over. He still had to withstand a challenge from a good one when William Ziegler, Jr.s, Star Lore made his gallant rush in the last eighth. There was no time to give Stimulus a long breath and Thurber had to drive him out to make the victory certain. Stimulus answered that call and it was right there that he proved himself of championship calibre. Of the twelve that raced in the Pimilco Futurity, there were seven that had raced over the mile distance before and Stimulus was not one of them. Star Lore had won the Junior Championship Stakes at Aqueduct. Pas Seul had finished a good second to Master Charlie in the running of the Kentucky Jockey Club mile at Churchill Downs. American Flag had won the Manor Handicap at Laurel while Single Foot had finished a good second in that race. By Hisself had won a mib stake race at Empire City in which he had thoroughly beaten Star Lore. Candy Kid had won at a mile at Laurel and Young Martin had also raced over the mile distance. Thus, besides Stimulus, those in the field of the Pimlico Futurity that had never before raced over a mile route were Sunny Man, Blue Warbler and Courageous. There remains the Walden Handicap, where it is hoped Master Charlie and Stimulus will be brought together and it is calculated to determine the supremacy between the pair. The Walden is under handicap conditions and there are many of those beaten in the Pimlico Futurity will go after that race at a weight advantage not enjoyed Friday. Then there are those who do not consider the Pimlico Futurity as exactly a truly run race. This may apply to By Hisself. There is no denying that his race was far away from the form that was his at the Empire City . meeting. There he gave Star Lore a sound beating, while, on Friday, Star Lore was only beaten a nose by Mr. Fields colt. This will naturally make the Walden Handicap an attractive . engagement for the son of Man o War. And there were others that did not show to full advantage Friday. But that is inevitable and, for the time being, as least, Stimulus is at the top of the heap. And Stimulus has the bar sinister that bars him from registration in the . English stud book. It is glad news to know that Earl Sande is 3 out of the hospital even though he is walking ; with the aid of a cane. Sande has spent the ; best part of the racing season nursing a broken i leg. He has been unable to even see the glorious races of the year, much less take part t in them. He has only seen Epinard in action i 3 3 4 4 5 5 G 7 j 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 1 2 p I 3 4 4 5 6 7 : 1 , : ; , . . . 3 ; ; i t i on the silver screen and but for his unfortunate accident at Saratoga he surely would have been riding one of the American thoroughbreds that started against the French invader. The appointment of A. G. Weston as one of the stewards of the present Pimlico meeting is a wise move on the part of the Maryland Jockey Club and one that is tremendously popular with the horsemen. It would be well if there was a practical horseman in every stewards stand to sit in judgment on the running of races. Mr. Weston is particularly fitted for his high office in that he is a practical horseman of long experience. There are others just as well I qualified as Mr. Weston, but the wisdom of : the appointment lies in the fact that he is ; practical through his long association with the i turf as a trainer. If there is any office in the government of the running of races that calls for practical 1 knowledge more than another, it is in the , stewards stand. Many a sportsman who has 3 a knowledge of racing and its rules is lacking r in that practical knowledge that can only be attained by years of experience in the handling , of horses and the development of jockeys. The 2 training of horses will -give a better idea of 1 t how to administer the rules when it comes to , sitting in judgment. The practical horseman 1 . is better equipped to distinguish between right t and wrong in the running of the horses. He a u has a knowledge of the horses themselves that t makes him the ideal official when it comes to , seeing to it that the horses race honestly. It is not meant by this that racing is - thing but honest. The cries of jobbery ninety P times out of a hundred are unfounded and 4 come from those who are ignorant of racing, but at the same time this practical horseman is the man who can silence these scandal mon-. - . gers. He knows, or should know, enough about the actual running of horses to see to it that t the sport is above reproach. For a long time there has been much said j Q and written in favor of the employment of if paid stewards on the New York tracks. This employment of practical horsemen is : s directly along those lines. Paid officials 5 would have to be chosen for their peculiar fit-: ness for the office and no better selection could A be made than of men who have long years of f experience such as that enjoyed by Mr. Weston.
