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— Here and There on the Turf — Sande and Sarazen. An Impressive Come-back. Quatrains Prospects. United Hunts Racing. The coming back of two such sterling cham- pions as jockey Earl Sande and the thorough- bred Sarazen made the racing at Havre de Grace indeed important on Tuesday. It was only a three-quarters overnight handicap, but when Sarazen, under a burden of 129 pounds, hung out a new track mark of 1 :11 for the dis-tanc? the race became important. While the manner in which Sande rode Mrs. Vanderbilts great racing machine convinced that he has lost none of the skill that kept him in the forefront of jockeys untd that fateful afternoon at Saratoga Springs, when with three others he met with the accident that for so long threatened to end his riding days. It was fitting that a champion was chosen as a first mount to mark the return of Sande and, while this swift running son of High Tune and Rush Box could readily have carried any jockey to victory, he was given a Sande ride. That is to say, he was ridrhn just as smoothly as he ever has been in his brilliant career and, while he established a new track record, the feat was accomplished with a lesser expenditure of effort than would have been the case under different jockeyship. It is a far cry from three quarters to a mile and three-sixteenths, the distance of the Dixie Handicap, for which Max Hirsch is fitting the champion, but Hirsch brought him to the post with all of his elrctric speed and at the end of the three quarters he was racing in a fashion to suggest readiness to go on as far • a? any horse. And Sarazen was taking up 129 pounds, just one pound less than he is to shoulder in the Dixie Handicap. He carried the weight as he would a feather and the ease of his victory was tremendouEly impressive. Then it is not so much the weight that was carried as the weight that was being conceded. Big Blaze, a sterling good colt himself, was in receipt of fourteen pounds. The Vintner, seasoned with winter racing, received twenty pounds; Modest, of the same ag?, had twenty-four pounds ad vantage, as did Digit, also a four-year-old. The other starter was the mare Heeltaps and giving her the five-pound sex allowance she was in receipt of twenty-three pounds. That is what Sarazen did for a first outing. He will have another and a better tet if he , is started in the mile and an eighth of the Pre | liminary Handicap that is an added feature of j j the Tuesday program at Havre d? Grace. This race has been framed along lines that will incur no penalty in the Dixie Handicap, through a victory, and it was put on for the express purpose of affording the Dixie Han dicap eligibles a chance for a truly good trial for the opening feature at Pimlico. It will surely be one of the most important of the races at the present meeting, track and weather permitting. Sarazen is back and Sande Is back and the return of each means much to the turf. While it is to be regretted that Frederick ; Johnsons good colt Quatrain will not be a I starter in the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico on i May 8, his withdrawal was no surprise. The eon of Omar Khayyam was showing evidence* I of soreness and to have proceeded with his i training, as would have been imperative to i have him ready for the Preakness Stak"s, , might have aggravated his lamenes until he I would mis? both that rich race and the Kentucky - Derby as well. By forfeiting in the I Prcakness Stakes there remains a much better r 7- 7 I 1 *■ 3 I 4 4 5 6 6 1 i 2 2 3 3 I 4 4 I 5 C 7 7 1 1 . i 1 I I i 3 3 t , B ; c i j s t ; c e e I • , | j j ; I i I i i , I - I r chance for the colt making the Derby on May 16 successfully, and it would seem that Mr. Johnson has mapped out a sensible campaign. The soreness of the winner of the New Orleans Handicap and the Louisiana Derby is not considered in any sense serious, and it is confidently expected that he will be at the top of his form when the Derby date arrives. From the beginning it has been the Kentucky Derby that has been the real goal chosen by Mr. Johnson for his colt, and all of his training has been along lines looking to that race. Should it so happen that Quatrain proves to be further amiss than appears to be the case at this time, it will be a calamity. Ever since this good colt proved his sterling speed and stamiDa at New Orleans he has been the most talked of eligible to the big race and, until Master Charlie showed his return to form, the son of Omar Khayyam was favor-I ite in all of the future books on the Derby. Of course, with his recent indisposition and the brilliant manner in which Master Charlie had been worked, there have been some sharp revisions of the future prices, but Quatrain will remain a short priced eligible just as long as he is not stricken out. At this time Mr. Johnson professes there is not even a remote chance of his failing to meet his Kentucky Derby engagement. Never before has there been such elaborate preparations for a race meeting of the United Hunts Association as those of this year. This sporting organization is to conduct its meet ing at Belmont Park Saturday and Monday, and the program that has been prepared is one that will bring out a better class of horses than have been usual for such meetings. For the convenience of horsemen at Havre de Grace, a car has been engaged to transport horve«, free of charge, from the Maryland rac ing ground to Long I.-land and the same car will return the horses, after they fulfill their engagements at Belmont Park. That is only one of many conveniences that have been ar ranged for the handling of the horses. And J with the Monday racing at Belmont there falL« due the nominations to the Belmont Stakes to be conducted at the fall meeting of the United Hunts. This is a seven-eighths dash for two-year-olds, with a value of ,500. Severd nominations have been already received and the stake is to be closed Monday. «
