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, . — p ~~~ i g Here and There « We Ho on the Turf i tc to B Bubbling Over Again. fc Plan for Sarazen. tl Raptures High Form. J Whitney Successes. And while Rapture was galloping off with the Pimlico Oaks, Bubbling Over was dis- b tinguishing himself at Lexington by a canter- « ing victory in the Blue Grass Stakes, at a § mile and an eighth. The son of North Star n III. and Beaming Beauty simply smothered J his opponents with his electric speed and came f. home the winner by eight lengths in front of tl to his stablemate, Boot to Boot, and covered the „ distance in 1:49%, a new track mark for a c mile and an eighth. It must also be remem- f| bered that he was carrying stake weight of c 126 pounds. l While the Blue Grass Stakes was created to f afford an adequate trial of the Kentucky Derby candidates, its winner has never won the richer race at Churchill Downs. Bubbling Over may g prove the exception, for he appears to be by ■ « long odds the best colt that has been returned • , the Blue Grass Stakes winner since the inaugu- f ration of the race in 1911. Mr. Bradley was never as confident of winning a Kentucky Derby as he is this year and, as a matter of fact, he will be surprised if his colts do not finish first and second, and he : would not be surprised to have them come home, one, two. three. It is also known that Mr. Bradley is particularly sweet on the chances of the one that has shown least in , public, Barcolo. That is to say, but a short time ago it was Barcolo that he placed most of his dependence in for the Derby. That was before Bubbling Over came back so brilliantly this year and he must surely have changed his idea after the performance of his speed marvel in the Blue Grass Stakes. It is ad Bitted that there was not much behind Bubbling Over in the Blue Grass Stakes, but a full measure of credit must go to the colt which under 126 pounds raced so swiftly and with such consummate ease. As the day for the running of the Derby comes closer, it is more and more apparent that W. R. Coes champion, Pompey, will find a hard race before him, if he is to snatch the race from Kentucky for New York. Max Hirsch has announced that the next important engagement for Mrs. Vanderbilts Sarasen will be in the Metropolitan Handicap. The son of High Time and Rush Box thoroughly re-established himself at the top of the handicap division by his victory in the Dixie Handicap at Pimlico last Monday and now it is a question of humoring him until he is next called upon to bear the stable colors. Sararen is not a robust horse and long ago Hirsch discovered that it would not do to have his races coming close together. That is the reason for waiting until the Metropolitan Handicap falls due on May 31. By this it is not meant that Sarazen will not be raced until that time, but it is his next important engage ment. In other years at Belmont Park the Metropolitan Handicap has been the opening day feature, which would have it fall due on May 21, but this year the Toboggan Handicap is the big race on the flat of the opening day, which gives Saraien that much more of a respite. H. P. Whitneys Rapture Ls the filly of the . hour. The manner in which this daughter of [ Chicle and Enchanting galloped off with the Pimlico Oaks on Wednesday left no doubt of i her present supremacy over those of her sex I , . [ i I and age. At the end of the mile and a sixteenth gallop she was a dozen lengths before Lee Rosenbergs Ingrid, with W. R. Coes Black Maria a close third. Rapture was under equal weights with Black Maria, while she was in receipt of eight pounds from Ingrid. Fred Hopkins brought Rapture to the race? at the Bowie meeting and she was thoroughly seasoned before being sent to the post for the rich Oaks. Two sprint races through heavy going at Bowie found her beaten, first by Tim mara and then by Nat Evens. Then at Havre de Grace she finished third to Apostle, but in her previous race to the Oaks victory, she was a winner, also at Havre de Grace over a mile and seventy yards distance. She was tried highly over the sprinting distance with the colts, then the distance was stretched out for her and she made good gallantly. There was much disappointment over the showing of Black Maria. Many had been carefully watching the preparation of Mr. Coes filly and were of the opinion that she was far from being at her best. That has been pretty thoroughly established by the Pimlico Oaks, for she was under equal weights with Rapture, while she, like the winner, was in receipt of eight pounds from Ingrid, the filly that beat her for second place. As a matter of fact the race run by Ingrid was particularly an impressive one, considering the weight she was giving away, but the manner of Raptures success suggested that she still would have been the winner under equal weights with Mr. Rosenbergs filly. The showing of Black Maria just about elimi nates her as a possibility for the Preakness Stakes Monday. It had been intended that she would go after the 0,000 race after many changes of plans for Pompey. With Blondin showing such excellent form in the Long Beach Handicap at Jamaica Tuesday and Rapture carrying off the Pimlico Oaks at Pimlico Wednesday the H. P. Whitney stable is vested with new importance. Two such three year olds may do much to restore the popular colors to the prominence they enjoyed in many sue cessive years. Rapture, by her Oaks victory, qualified to have a try for the Preakness Stables but, un fortunately for Mr. Whitney, ihe is not eligible. Those named for the big Pimlico race are re Blondin, Color Sergeant, Macaw and Token. n. Both Color Sergeant and Blondin have come le back to the races good colts and it may be that at James Rowe will send one or the other to the 3P post. In the meantime, E. R. Bradleys Bagen-baggage n" is on the ground for the running 0f of the race Monday and he has shown enough »h amply to be awarded all sorts of consideration in the Preaknets Stakes gallop of a mile and id three-sixteenths. After his victory in the e Louisiana Derby, in which he took the measure £. of Navigator, he had a short rest, but he he was brought back to the races at Lexington. in. It will hard to displace J. E. Griffiths Canter from the position of popular favorite for any ny race that is run in Maryland. The son of of Wildair and Virginia L. is a Maryland product ,ct and Maryland is particularly loyal to her own vn horses. It is admitted that Canter has not l0t shown a return to the form that made him un well nigh invincible last fall, but trainer Rites tes knows the colt well and it may be assured that ■at when he is sent to the post he will be ready dy to race all the way.
