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Here and There on the Turf Big Day on the Turf. Bubbling Overs Chances. Western Derby Hopes. i Haste and Pompey. Saturday Is a big day in New York, Ken- -tucky and Maryland. In New York racing comes back with the entertainment offered by . the United Hunts Racing Association at the Terminal course. In Kentucky the racing season is to begin at Lexington, while at. Havre ] de Grace in Maryland the Philadelphia Handicap is to be staged by the Harford Association. , Thus Saturday puts the big northern racing season in full swing. It is not until Wednesday that the Metropolitan Jockey Club meeting is to open at the Jamaica course, but long ago the United Hunts racing grew into an importance that made it the opening of the new campaign, though it is a course that is under the jurisdiction of the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association rather than The Jockey Club. Every last detail has been taken care of for the revival of the Terminal course, which had been abandoned for racing some time ago when the United Hunts made use of Belmont Park. At Lexington all has been ready for a considerable time and the old track has had a big . colony of thoroughbreds ready to race. These are made up of several stables that have had a needed rest after a winter campaign, as well . as many others whose campaign opens in Kentucky. The Philadelphia Handicap at Havre de Grace is a 0,000 added race at a mile and a , sixteenth and it attracted a truly notable list l of nominations, many of which are likewise engaged in the 5,000 added Dixie Handicap, to be run at the Pimlico course Mondav, May : s. ! American Hag was the most notable nominee to the Philadelphia Handicap and the cham pion three-year-old of last year was assigned the top weight of 128 pounds, just eight pounds more than Single Foot and ten pounds more than Joy Smoke, which ran such an impressive I race with Sarazen. The latter is not an eligi- i ble to the Philadelphia Handicap. H. P. Whit neys Macaw leads the new three year olds with I 105 as his burden and the impost rates him 1 a pound better horse than Samuel D. Riddles Crusader. I ~ i While much has been said recently of the training exploits of W. R. Coes Pompey, as ! well as some others of the Kentucky Derby candidates in the East, it must not be forgotten that Kentucky has a wonderfully strong hand for the big race and many of the best of these eligible* have been training satisfactorily. I Bubbling Over will probably wind up the most talked of Kentucky colts for the race, though, of course, it will take plenty to dis place W. T. Andersons Carlaris from his proud ! position. Carlaris earned his place by his victories in the Tijuana Derby and the Coff- roth Handicap, both brilliant races and, of , course, all of the Bubbling Cher support at I this time must come from the manner in t which he has been training and his accomplish 1 ments of last year. Undoubtedly, Bubbling i Over was not right at himself in the late fall. Walter J. Salmons Flight of Time beat him t in the Breeders Futurity at I-exington, his last race. In the Pimlico Futurity, which pre f ceded that race, the colt was nosed out by , J. E. Griffiths Canter and Clarence Turner, i I who rode Canter, plainly outgeneraled Eddie . Barnes, who had the mount on Bubbling Over, i And it must be remembered that when Thomp t eon sent Bubbling Over to the jKist in the f I i I 1 I i ! I ! , I t 1 i t f , I . i t f Pimlico Futurity, it was his first appearance in just about two months. His previous race was a victory over William Ziegler, Jr.s Espino in th; Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park. Bubbling Over was a peculiarly unlucky colt last year, but he was beyond all question one of the great two-year-olds of 1925. He has been coming up to the Kentucky Derby in such a satisfactory manner that Edward R. Bradley, his owner, has made several wagers that he will beat any one named starter in tne big race. There is also Recollection, one that has attracted wide attention by excellent training gallops, and Rhinock is another that has been doing well. Roycrofter, should the going be heavy for the race, will have an undoubted chance and these are only a few of those that are being prepared in Kentucky. When "Ham" Keene shipped Joseph E. Widoners Haste back to Belmont Park from IiOuisville, it was not expected that he intended sending the colt after the Kentucky Derby. He has said that he will not have the colt ready for that race, and it is no surprise. Haste took the measure of Pompey at Sara toga, but the Coe champion adequately wiped out that defeat in the running of the Futurity Stakes at Belmont Park in September. If would have been well if the pair could be brought together again in one of the early spring stake races, but training reports would indicate that Pompey is much farther advanced than the son of Maintenar.t and Miss Mala prop. These colts have several engagements in common, but it is significant that Haste is not an eligible to the mile and a half Dwyer Stakes at Aqueduct, while he has been named in the Shevlin Stakes, at a mile. This may suggest that Keene considers the mile and a half a bit too far for his fast running colt. A study of the stake entries in the races for three year olds and over makes it appear that the three year olds are to dominate our racing this year more than ever before. That has been the case in other years, but it is just a bit out of the ordinary when the Sara toga Cup, at a mile and three-quarters, attacks seventy-two entries with just half of them three-year-olds. In this race there are thirty six three year olds, twenty-three four year olds, tea five year-olds and three six year olds. The other stakes show something the same or even a greater proportion of three year olds, but when cup races thow the three year olds predominating it shows a woeful lack of topnotchers in the older handicap divisions.
