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Here and There on the Turf The Breeders Futurity. Endurance Race at Bowie. Juveniles in Saturday Stake. Fair Grounds Improvement. As the time approaches for the running of the Breeders Futurity at Lexington, prospects for a great contest improve. The excellent performance of Desha Breckinridges Kenlucky Cardinal, over the Futurity course Wednesday, gave evidence of his readiness for the race and I the various other candidates have been coming up to it in a satisfactory fashion. In his race Kentucky Cardinal was meeting a band of older horses and he forced the pace to the stretch and took the lead to cover the distance in 1:09, which is just one-fifth of a second slower than the track record for the distance. It was a decidedly impressive trial for his Saturday engagement and, barring accident, he will probably be the best of the Kentucky colts that will be shown under colors. But there are others than the Kentucky colts to be considered. James Rowe is on hand with Candy Kid and Noah, the H. P. Whitney representative, and, on the showing of this pair, they will keep the best in Kentucky remarkably busy. Both of these have been showing a world of speed in races. Candy Kid set the pace in the Pimlico Futurity to near the end and finished a good third io Stimulus and Star Lore. Then, in the Walden Handicap, he again led until well into the stretch only to tire in the final eighth. Both of these stakes are at a mile and on all he has shown it would appear that the Futurity course at Lexington will be much o his liking. He is a colt of extreme speed, but it would appear that seven-eighths is his present racing limit.- The Futurity course is short of three-quarters. It is seldom that the East has carried away this Kentucky race since its initial running in 1910, but the chance for a New York victory in 1924 is particularly bright. It was a real calamity when J. N. Camdens good colt, Pas Seul, died recently. He was one of the truly prominent Kentucky candidates and all that he had shown through the racing year made him a prime favorite with many of the best judges. Then Marshall Fields Stimulus, another of the eligibles, was sent into retirement after his victory in the Pimlico Futurity, so that another of the prominent champions will not be seen at the post. Regarding the retirement of Stimulus, there is an erroneous impression in some quarters that his campaign was cut short by reason of an injury. That was absolutely without foundation. Stimulus came out of the Pimlico Futurity perfectly sound and, in fact, George Odom gave him some work before he was shipped back to his winter quarters at Belmont Park. The idea was to bring him out of his training gradually and he has been exercised right along since his last race. It was merely a decision that the son of Ultimus should have plenty of rest, so well earned, before he was taken up to be made ready for his three-year-old campaign. Stimulus is liberally engaged in all of the three-year-old stake races that have been closed and the present intention is to have him start in both the Preakness Stakes ut Pimlico and the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, should he come up , to those big engagements satisfactorily. The , main thing is that Stimulus is perfectly sound and there was no physical reason for his retirement during the Pimlico meeting. The Breeders Futurity is the final opportunity lor two-year-olds in Kentucky, but there : remains an important 0,G00 added mile race to be run at the Bowie meeting. This is the Endurance Handicap to be run on the last day of that meeting, Saturday, November 29. One of the nominations is H. P. Whitneys Mother Goose, winner of the Belmont Park Futurity. Sunny Man was named and J. E. Griffiths Single Foot, winner of the Walden Handicap is one of the eligibles. It was at Bowie in the spring that Single Foot was brought to the races and that was the first glimpse of a colt that was destined to cut an important figure in the two-year-old races of the year. He has been campaigned right through the remainder of the racing season and has raced brilliantly. The fact that he was able to win the Walden Handicap in November tells of his present condition and it will take a good one to beat him in the closing two-year-old stake race of the year. Young Martin, which was such a good second to the Griffith colt in the Walden Handicap, is another of the Endurance Handicap eligibles and, should he take kindly to the going at Bowie, there are many who will agree that he may turn the tables on the son of Wrack and Virginia L. This colt now races under the colors of Eben Byers, a new recruit to racing, and it would seem that he has made his entry to the turf auspiciously with such a sterling colt. And there are others that will make the Endurance Handicap a stake race of real importance this year. Last year the Endurance Handicap brought out a field of ten starters and resulted in a truly satisfying victory for the popular Graen-, tree Stable when Treetpp finished first and her stablemate, Rinkey, was second. James W. Beans Donaghec was third and others in tha field were Pepp, Bracadalc, Leopardess, an-I other from the Greentree Stable; Tester, then a stablemate to Bracadale; Maxie, Dr. OMara and H. T. Waters. Rather a distinguished band, but it is probable that the 1924 renewal will b2 even more distinguished. The next important stake race of the Bowie meeting is the Gadson Memorial Handicap. This is a dash over a mile distance and is framed for all ages. While some of the high weights in this are not on hand, it is a race that will bring out a representative field. The association adds 0,000 and this is a sum that naturally attracts the best of thosa in training. It is a big value in midsummer and the Maryland Association is to be recommended for hanging up such money in the closing days of November. This is a stake race that has attracted a number of the two-year-olds and when the top weight for this age division is only 99 pounds it is likely that several of them will be willing to try conclusions with the older horses that are engaged. Sunny Man tops the two-year-olds in the handicap with 99 pounds as his impost. Mothsr Goose is handicapped a pound under the colt and Swinging is at the same notch as her swift-running stable companion. Sunsard is another at 98 pounds and under that weight he has to concede a pound to Candy Kid. Young Martin is in at 96 pounds and Campfire Tales has only to shoulder 90 pounds. On through the list are found good two-year-olds under weights that" should be attractive and it would not be surprising if the handicap brought out a field in which the two-year-olds predominated. And there is another reason. This handicap will be an excellent part of the preparation for such two-year-olds as have been pointing for the Endurance Handicap, to be run the last day of the meeting. Day by day there comes news of improvements and changes that will be made for the race meeting at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans which is to open New Years Day. Since Edward R. Bradley became so actively interested in the New Orleans meeting, there has been a liberality planned that has heretofore been unheard of at a Fair Grounds meeting. The 5,000 handicap was a big thing and one that already assures the presence of a I class of horses that seldom have been raced through the winter months. Then there were other liberal policies announced and at the same time a decided cut in the price of admission. Still another change, and one of importance, is the enclosing of the grand stand in glass. There are days at New Orleans when the need of this glass enclosure has been felt, as all can testify who have campaigned regularly over the southern track. It is remembered that on one occasion it was found necessary to call off two days of racing by reason of an unprecedented snow fall. By this it is not meant that as a general proposition New Orleans enjoys other than delightful racing weather through the winter months; it is possible there will be no need for the glass enclosure this year, but it is just one more evidence of the Bradley policy to spare no expense in catering to the comfort and convenience of the patrons of racing.
