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Here and There on the Turf Turfs Biggest Day What the Derby Means CutitoutIs Gone The Juarez Ruling Derby Day makes May 15 one of the most remarkable of all the days on the racing cal ¬ endar The famous old race that now over ¬ shadows everything else in a racing way today and Churchill Downs the scene of the renewal radiates interest to every place where horses are raced It is the race that has engaged the earnest attention of turfmen from away back when Aristides won on the occasion of its first running in 1875 1875Through Through all the vicissitudes that come to the turf since the Kentucky Derby has endured and there has been no lapse in its running in the fiftyone years that it has made such glorious turf history historyIt It is no wonder that such a race should mean much to ihe turf and it would be strange indeed if a race with such a venerable and honorable history did not mean much Year after year interest has grown It is the one rase that made necessary the building of stands that extend the full length of the Churchill Downs stretch and it is the race that really outgrew Louisville and more than any one thing made necessary the building of many commodious hotels in the thriving Kentucky city cityThe The Kentucky Jockey Club has prospered and its conduct of racing has made it tre ¬ mendously popular Its patronage has been generous but without this one race there would have been no need for the immense stands that adorn the course But ever mindful of the comfort of its patrons the ac ¬ commodations were made to as far as was possible permit a Kentucky Derby day crowd to Bee the running of the race in comfort With all that has been done these accommoda ¬ tions are each year taxed to their utmost and this afternoon the various additions to stands and points of vantage to see the running prom ¬ ise to be inadequate to take care of all in entire comfort comfortBefore Before the running of the big race there remains that healthy sporting rivalry between the different sections of the turf world that are to be represented Kentucky remains loyal to Bubbling Over the Edward R Bradley champion and the visitors from New York show an equal loyalty to Pompey and his companions from New York Maryland pins faith to Canter and then there remain repre ¬ sentatives of other sections with their following but these are the three that count for most mostUnlike Unlike the Preakness Stakes and several of the New York stake races the Kentucky Derby is open to geldings though each of the starters this year is a colt From time to lime there comes a champion gelding and the fact of his having been unsexed does not bar him from the full measure of fame that goes with a Kentucky Derby victory And in the fiftyone years of Derby history there have been five geldings that have won These were Vagrant in 1875 Apollo in 1882 Macbeth H in 1888 Old Rosebud in 1914 and the mighty Exterminator in 1918 And of the great geldings Old Rosebud holds the time record for the race since it has been at a mile and a quarter When this remarkable son of Uncle beat Hodge and Bronze Wing in 1911 he raced in 203 203Harry Harry Payne Whitneys queenly filly Regret is the one winner of her BCX in all these years Her triumph came in 1915 when she led Pebbles and Sharpshooter home These are just a few of the high lights in the great race that will ever bring out the best of the thoroughbreds and demand the best skill of the jockeys who ride rideTo To have bred a Kentucky Derby winner is a full measure of fame to the breeder To have owned a Derby winner is the acme of achievement to the turfman To have de ¬ veloped a winner of the great race puts the stamp of real skill on the trainer and to have ridden the winner is fame indeed for the jpckey jpckeyIt It was unfortunate indeed that as speedy a colt as Cutitout should have broken down so early in the racing year His misfortune came in the running of the Spring Handicap at threequarters at Jamaica Thursday and it is unlikely that he will be seen under colors again againThe The Oakridge Stable threeyearold was brought back to the races this year a truly good class sprinter and the manner in which he began his second year on the turf sug ¬ gested that he would go far along the road of sprinting fame Evidence of his speed and promise was given when handicapper Wal ¬ ter Vofiburgh required him to shoulder 126 pounds in the Spring Handicap in which he was asked to give away lumps of weight to every other starter And Cutitout had bril ¬ liantly earned hb place in the handicap This same race brought about a great contest when Vespasian John Sanfords Englishbred son of Stefan the Great and Dark Flight by Dark Ronald raced the three quarters in 111 under 112 pounds That made him the win ¬ ner by only a neck from Claptrap and Lachen was barely nosed out for third place Claptrap carried equal weight with Vespasian while Lachen was giving away three pounds to each of them themThe The fact that the first three were so closely lapped at the end made it a truly good handi ¬ cap but the running of the race convinced that Lachen finds three quarters his absolute limit at present He maintains his electric speed just a bit further than last year but when it takes his last ounce to race three quarters he cannot be rated highly in the first sprinting division There are not enough big races for threeyearolds over the threequarters distance to make such a colt of particular im ¬ portance and while Lachen may earn his way he has unfortunate limitations limitationsVespasian Vespasian the winner and Claptrap will undoubtedly go on to better things but they cannot be considered with such colts as Pompey and Haste as well as possibly a few others that all of last year proved of better class News comes from far away Juarez that a trainer and a jockey have had their licenses revoked The pair to come under the ban for practices detrimental to the best interests of the turf are trainer Charles E Brown Jr and jockey James Smalhvood SmalhvoodIt It is always regretted that occasion should arise for this extreme penalty but it is also cheering to know that the governors of racing are so watchful of the fair name of the sport While the particular offenses that brought about these rulings are not made public it is safe to assume that guilt was convincingly established before sentence was passed passedThese These Juaraz rulings will be respected by the other reputable racing associations and the offenders will have to be reinstated by the stewards who sat in judgment on their acts before they will be welcomed at any other rac ¬ ing grounds
