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Here and There on the Turf An Unfair Regulation Crusaders Good Score Belmont Prospects The Latonia Derby All of the fundamental rules of racing have been carefully thought out and it is always dangerous to attempt to disturb such rules but there seems to be one lhat on occasions works a hardship That is the rule relating to en ¬ gagements of horses and forfeits forfeitsIt It would seem that when a horse is taken out of a claiming race the engagements should go with the horse This is open to argu ¬ ment but it would appear that the man who claims the horse under the rules should be entitled to race it in any following stakes to which it may be eligible eligibleForfeits Forfeits follow the horse and the owner of the horse is liable for these forfeits but at the same time he is barred from starting the horse in these engagements unless the man from whom the horse has been claimed turns over the engagements with the horse horseThis This does not seem to be exactly fair and it would naturally have a deterrent effect on the claiming of horses There have been sev ¬ eral claims from time to time where the claimant has been barred by the previous owner from starting the claimed horse in stakes to which it is eligible The nominee or previous owner will argue that he does net care to run against this horse that has been taken from his stable but the fact remains that the horse was taken from him at his valuation but its usefulness is curtailed by reason of the rule ruleOnly Only last Thursday at Belmont Park John E Madden started Rocky Lane in a claiming race under a valuation of 5000 This same Rocky Lane is an eligible to the Belmont Stakes Had someone taken the colt out of the race for the purpose of having a starter in the Belmont Stakes he could be blocked by Mr Madden refusing to turn over the engage ments with the colt coltThere There evidently is some good reason for the existing rule but it would be interesting to know why in claiming races it should not be compulsory to deliver the engagements with the horse The victory of the Glen Riddle Farms three yearold Crusader in the Suburban Handicap Saturday will force many of the experts to revise their prognostications as to the outcome of the Belmont Stake This son of Man o War had given some evidence of his good class before but the manner in which he won the Suburban Handicap was far more impressive than any of his previous successes successesThe The band that he defeated in the big han ¬ dicap was not the best that could have been mustered against him Sarazen sometimes known as the sourtempered champion of the older division was an absentee and neither Princess Doreen nor King Nadi apparently the best handicap horses in the West at pres ¬ ent came East for the contest But Chilhowee recordbreaker of 1924 which showed a flash of his old form in his victory of Friday Joy Smoke the star of Maryland spring racing American Flag Crusaders stablematc and champion threeyearold of 1925 and several other horses of better than average class were among those that followed the son of Man o War home The Belmont cligibles do not include Car laris or Bubbling Over Even if the Coffroth Handicap winner and the Kentucky Derby win ¬ ner were eligible it is not likely that either would face the barrier in the Belmont Car laris has just returned to active training after a long layoff and is still far from condition for a mile and a half contest Bubbling Over although his recent injury has been minimized is not likely to start for some weeks None of the other eastern threeyearolds has shown speed this spring approaching that of Crusader if the Suburban Handicap is to be accepted at its face value Pompey is out of the big race as he has been thrown out of training after demonstrating conclusively that he possesses little of the speed that made him the twoyearold champion last year Display the Preakness Stakes winner showed nothing in the Derby DerbyBarcolo Barcolo E R Bradleys chief hope for the Belmont Stakes has been the subject of much mysterious praise It has been reported that Colonel Bradley considered this sluggish son of North Star III a wonderful prospect over a long distance In actual racing this colt has shown little to justify what has been said of him Unless he shows startling improvement Crusader will have little to fear from him himChance Chance Play is the dark horse in the race He has been trained slowly and carefully with the Belmont Stakes as an objective Little L known of his real form but many of his ad mirers expect him to give Crusader a great battle for first honors honorsThe The result of the Latonia Derby Saturday was not much of a surprise to anybody Bag enbaggage the winner showed his ability in racing when he finished second to his stable mate Bubbling Over in the Kentucky Derby Boot to Boot has run several races that made him appear to hold the remainder of the La ¬ tonia Derby field safe safeThe The threeyearold situation in the Middle West appears to be Bradley first and the others nowhere If the wonderful aggrega ¬ tion of threeyearolds owned by the master of Idle Hour Farm are to be beaten at all they will have to come East to find competition Crusader might give them an argument judg ¬ ing from his Suburban Handicap victory but this cannot be known until they meet meetCarlaris Carlaris Bubbling Over and Crusader appear to be the best candidates for threeyearold honors at present Bubbling Over is in the lead now but W T Andersons fast imported colt is expected to make him surrender when they meet And earnest racing enthusiasts are now regaining hope with the rise of Crusader CrusaderIt It is possible that the question of supremacy will be decided at Saratoga in August There seems little likelihood of a meeting between these three before that time if then
