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Here and There 4 i on the Turf 6 G - 7 7 Two Notable Openings Need for Vigilance 1 I 2 Apprentice Rules 3 Master Charlie in Form 4 t The term of apprenticeship of W. Red-Harvey, 6 the lightweight rider who was such 7 j a sensation at New Orleans, came to an end with the racing at Havre de Grace Saturday, j Harvey will no . longer be able to have the five pounds allowance he enjoyed while riding j 3 to fame. Now, with no advantage in weights, 4 1 there will be a real test of his ability and ■ doubtless he will continue to prove that he is a natural rider of ability. 7 This apprentice rule of the Maryland Racing Commission is a sort of combination of both the New York and the Kentucky rules and 1 it is an improvement en both. In New York the term of apprenticeship expires wh?n a rider : has ridden forty winners. In Kentucky the . 3 term expires on the anniversary of the first 4 winning ride. Now the Maryland rule is that the apprentice term is for a year from the first winning mount and for as long thereafter until forty • winners have been ridden. Under the Kentucky rule a rider might only ride one winner in his career, but he is no longer an apprentice on the anniversary of that winning mount. In Maryland, after the year has expired, if the rider has not ridden forty winners, he is still entitled to that apprentice allowance. In New York the man with an apprentice . rider will hesitate to give his boy full opportunity on outside mounts for fear of having • him ride out his apprenticeship too soon. The Maryland rule seems to be an improvement t over each of the other apprentice rules. Racing is back to New York and K ;n-tucky. - The United Hunts Racing Association , introduced the thoroughbreds for the nev campaign in New York by its meeting at Be! mont Park, while the Kentucky Association brought the horses back to Kentucky at he ; Lexington track. The return was a notable one and the brilliant crowds that were out told eloquently of [ the tremendous popularity of the sport. Racing 5 has been making giant strides in recent yens s and year after year there has come enhanced ■ public interest until now the turf is firmly 1 entrenched. It remains for the governors of f racing to see to it that there is nothing to 3 offend in this the greatest of all sports. Eternal vigilance can only keep racing where 1 it belongs. No sport is better safeguarded with equiable rules for its conduct and the various ; associations must see to it that the high of fices are held by men of knowledge of the turf 1 and men of sterling integrity. There must be a strict interpretation of the rule3 on all occasions and wrongdoers must find speedily that they have no place on the turf. Success itself is what attracts many who may be undesirable and too often the success 3 brings laxity in the enforcement of the rul-s S that is rapidly followed by disaster. Thus far this year, with the racing in Maryland, there comes one case where the stewards s took drastic action, but it was only after a a searching investigation and convincing prjof f of guilt. The Bowie stewards are to be co n-mended for the manner in which they enforced the rul?s and already that action h ■ s had a beneficial effect. There are others w;o j will undoubtedly attempt an offense such as ■ brought the Bowie punishment, but the reco-lection 1 of that punishment must have a salu . tory effect. In New York with no fixed law, such as is ; 1 3 S s a a f ■ s j as ■ 1 . as is governs in Kentucky and Maryland, where i the mutuels are legalized, the duties of the I stewards are a bit more onerous than in those 1 two sections. Then in New York there are no I paid stewards, which is still a greater difference. - Without the paid stewards it be- - comes the sacred duty of the gentlemen who 3 sit in judgment in the New York stands to a devote their time and their best talents to the e high office. It is something more than a compliment to 0 be named as a steward at this or that meeting. It is being named to the highest office on any Y race course and the men who serve must be e chosen with care and they must take the high " honor with all seriousness. When Master Charlie galloped that mile and a quarter in 2:10% so easily at Jamaica on a Thursday it surely set at rest any apprehensio • 1 there might have been over his condition. 1. The son of Lord Archer is coming up to his is i I 1 I - - 3 a e 0 Y e " a • 1 1. is engagements brilliantly and only some un fortunate accident can stand in the way now of his racing in the Chesapeake Stakes at Havre I de Grace Wednesday, the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico on May 8 and the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 16. After Master Charlie had completed his m:nt recent workout, Andrew Blakely wrote Joseph McLennan expressing entire satisfaction wLh 1 the manner in which his champion had worked, . and requesting stabling for the colt with Cos-;• tigan and a lead pony that will be travelling companions of the aristocrat. Master Charlie will be started in the Chesapeake Stakes and i that should give a much better line on his s qualifications for the big 0,000 races or r which he is being pointed. It has been the intention of Blakely to start Eecarra, his good two-year-old, in the Abe»- deen Stakes at Havre de Grace, but this or. was on the :.ihng list and it was impossible e I 1 . i s r e for him to keep that engagement. It may be that the recent rumor that Master Charlie ww, sick grew from the fact that the two-year-t old was being doctored. It is unfortunate that fjEscarra is temporarily on the shelf, but when one had to be ill it is well that the two-year-t old was chosen for the affliction. Jumpers that have been racing at Havre de Grace will find an altogether different fiell when they move over to Pimlico for the cross-5 country races that are offered by the Mary-e land Jockey Club. At Havre de Grace he jumps are low, while at Pimlico they are up to standard and it is a field that affords a real test for jumping ability. Over there it will be found that horses w.I have to jump. They will not be able to stride over the fences as was possible at the present meeting, and it is possible that there will be some thinning out of the ranks before the end of the next Maryland meeting.
