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Here and There on the Turf Surprises of Saturday. Lack of Class Shown. Prospects for Withers. Latonia to Come Next. Rome real surprises developed in the racing of Saturday, when Pompcy finished far back in the running in the Juvenile States, at Belmont Park ; Captain Hal, Princess Doreen and Beau Butler were all beaten by King Nadi, in the Grainger Memorial Handicap, at Church ill Downs ; the Seagram Stables Duchess was beaten by Fairbank, in the Kings Plate, at Woodbine Park, while both Kentucky Cardinal and Almadel, were both soundly whipped by Millwick, in the Ohio State Derby, at Maple Heights. So far as the Juvenile Stakes was concerned, there should have been no real surprise, when George D. Wideners Galetian was the winner. The son of Trompc La Mort had won in both of his previous races, over the straight course at Belmont Park, and his one defeat was when he ran out so badly at Jamaica, that Sandc was forced to pull him up to avoid an ac cident. At the same time it will not do to take the result of the Juvenile Stakes seriously, so far as Pompey and in fact, some of the others are concerned. Friars Carse swerved across the course so sharply, right after the start, that many of the runners suffered a deal of interference, and Pompey was one of them. Galetian is undoubtedly a good class colt, and won like a possible champion, but the inter ference did not give Pompey a fair racing chance. And there was an excuse for Captain Hal. Just as he did in the Kentucky Derby, Heupel took the Kaiser colt out in the stretch with the evident intention of ending off Princess Doreen ami Beau Butler, ju~t as he attempted to cut off Flying Ebony. This just about settled the chances of that pair, but in the meantime it enabled King Nadi to come horns the winner by a head. In the Ohio Slate Derby, of cour.-e there is the excuse that Kentucky Cardinal was taking up 130 pounds and giving away nineteen to Mill.vM k the winnrr. but even at that differ ence in weights his race was surely disap pointing, as was that of Almadel. which only she uldered 115 pounds to the 111 carried by the winner. As far as the three year olds that raced Sat urday are concerned, the racing emphasized the fact already made patent that the three year-olds cf this year are at best an ordinary-band. Beyond question there are better ones than were shown in the Preakness Stakes, the Kentucky Derby or the other three year old offerings, but the best of those that failed to make good in the great spring stakes can hardly be up to the usual average en the per forniances of la*t year, with th? possible ex ceptions of Master Charlie and S.iniulus. It was indeed a misfortune that these colts could not fill the engagements in such rich races, one of which went to Coventry, a colt that virtually brcke down in the running of th? Preakness Stakes, and the olher to Flying Kbony. a colt that no present stretch of im agination could make a champion. The Captain Hal performance in the Ken turky Derby and later in the Grainger M morial Handicap just about settles any claim he might have to greatness, though the ride of Heupel en both occa.-ions contributed to his defeat. Frank Croissant can hardly be con gratulated up to this time on his purchase of Kentucky Cardinal and Frederick Johnson.-Quatrain is many pounds frcm being a pos sible champion on his Kentucky Derby performance. While this son tf Omar Khayyam ran a sensational rare in the New Orleans Handicap, an analysis of those that finished back of him take away much of that glory and he surely had little to beat in the Ixiuisiana Derby. The three year olds that have raced in New York have not shown anything to alter the opinion that in all probability the end of the year will see a moderate class one b:st of his age division. The Withers, to be run on Thursday at Bel mont Park, is the next big New York rac~ for three-year-olds and. while it is only over the mile route, it has ever been one of the big events of the year. It is a race that is inherited from old Jerome Park, where it was first run in 1S74, and its roster of uinners ! contains the names of many champion.-. This race will se living Ebony, the Kentucky D:rby winner, under colors again anil, while it i a distance that will be more to his liking than a mile and a quarter, it is possible that he wil meet suffer opposition than he did at Churchill Downs. Should the Gret-ntree Stables Chantey be one of the starters, Mr. Cochrans colt wJl have his hands full, taking a line through the race run by Chantey al Havre de Grace. This same Chantey did not show to advantage in the | Preakness Stakes, but h_ had tacuses in dis appo.ntments in the running. Chantey was not sent to the pest at Churchill Downs for the reason that he bled slightly after a gallop over the Kentucky course. James Rowe did not consider the affliction serious, but it was i enough to keep the son of Pennant from start ing in the big race. It is not known at tin.-time that he will start in the Withers Stakes, but he is a brilliant possibility. Then there is American Flag, one that se?ms to have a real chance in the old stake. Silver Fox has been improving greatly The Bat and Back I bone were a bit unfortunate in the Kentucky , Derby and they are bo:h in the Withers Stake.-and there are others that would suggest the possibility of a field of gotdly size and a satisfactory renewal, even though the best will not measure up to the standard of th? giants tha; have triumphed in the running of the race in other years. The Kentucky Oaks and the Bashfurd Man or Stak»s, for two year old.;, are the two remaining big feature* of the Churchill Downs meeting, which haa entered its last week. These i are to be decided Saturday, the closing day, when the Kentucky racing scene will shift to Latonia, fur a long meeting. While the weather for the spring racing has been anything but favorable, the sport at Churchill Downs has been excellent right through the meeting and attendance records have been broken on various occasions. The racing hu been kept free from anything approaching scandal and it has been, from every viewpoint, a meeting of which the Kentucky Jockey Cluu can well be proud. The move from Churchill Downs to Latonii is simply a change of racing ground. Virtually all of the stables of any importance, journey on to the course across the Ohio River fro .» Cincinnati and the many big events that are I to be decided during that me»tuig assures | great racing. Cincinnati is to have more rac-; ing this year than ever before, with the nev | Coney Island track, that will begin its meet ing at the conclusion cf the racing at Latonii, i but no city supports the turf more liberally I than does Cincinnati.
