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$, — $ | Here and There * on the Turf i Gordons Good Hand. Comparing the Jockeys. | Display and the Dixie. Bowies Suspension Rule. ! g, — • Oh Say and War Flier, the pair that I Alex Gordon is training for Mrs. Virginia Fair Vanderbilt, for both the i Preakness Stakes and the Kentucky Derby, seem to be further advanced than any other of the eligibles for either of ! the May features. In 1924 Gordon fitted "Bud" Fishers good filly Nellie Morse for • her victory in the Pimlico race, and he i appears to have a much better hand for the same race this year. The campaign plans at this time contemplate • a start in New York before the l Preakness Stakes, and then one or both i ■will be sent to Pimlico for the Preakness - Stakes, to move west from Baltimore - to Louisville after its running. Both Oh Say and War Flier have shown an i abundance of speed, but Oh Say is undoubtedly - the better of the pair. Some of his races last year suggested that he was only a sprinter, but he showed well when he won the Champagne Stakes at seven-eighths in the fall, and his training at this time would indicate that he can maintain his speed for a mile and a quarter. What was of special importance in the B work of last Tuesday was the manner in 1 which the son of Dis Done finished out his mile in 1:43. In the first place it was a fast work, but it was of more importance when the eveness of the pace 0 was taken into consideration. The fractions showed that the first quarter was s run in :25-3 the second in :25%, third in a :26, and the fourth in :26. This was maintaining a rate of speed that leaves little doubt of both colts s being ready to race a mile and three-sixteenths at Pimlico on May 11, and a a mile and a quarter at Churchill Downs s on May 19. Unless there should come e some interruption in the training of these e two colls, Gordon will come to both the e Preakness Stakes and the Kentucky y Derby with a strong band. Just as Bowie is the first of the spring meetings that offers a comparative line • e t s r t c i in i r . E r c f i I j | I : 1 I t | | i | ! I i ! • i • l i - - i - B 1 it 0 s a s a a s e e e y on the horses that have raced at differ- • ent winter points, it offers the same line on the riders at these different courses. Just now at Bowie two of the outstanding winter riders, from different points, are Robertson, who was something of a sensation at Havana, and Leonard, who rode so well at New Orleans. . Both of these young riders have been doing well at the Bowie meeting, and on several occasions they have "hooked up the same race. Each has his following and each is entitled to a following. m In the third race of Monday, Robertson at a was the winner over Leonard when he e rode Laddie Buck with real skill to beat i home Son Ami, on which Leonard had the f mount. Then in the sixth race, the same 5 day, they met again and while D. Mer- a gler, on Tazewell nosed the pair out, e s Robertson just missed with Leger, and | Leonard finished a close third with Fore- d head, after she seemed to be hopelessly t out of any chance. Then there was a ii third meeting in the last race, and while J Leonard could only finish second to Row- c lands Request, with Ed Pendleton, Robertson was fourth with Little Vince. Of course in each of these races the c quality of the horses and the luck of the race must be taken into considera- g tion, but one cheering thing is that thus r far both jockeys are showing i*eal skill r and will doubtless continue to show skill i in good riding company. j i The arrival of the Rancocas Stable horses at Belmont Park, from Mr. Sinclairs New Jersey farm is a big event of the week. S. C. Hildreth always has his j horses well advanced before they leave the farm, where he enjoys every advant- i age for the fitting of his charges and they I will surely live up to the training hours at the big Nassau County course. | Naturally little is known of the prog- ■ ress of the horses until they begin to . train over a public ground, but it is known that several, in each age division have progressed to a stage when an early start for several of them is assured. Hildreths horses have an especial interest this year, by reason of the Zev two-year-olds that are to make their ; first appearance, while of course his vari- . ous good three-year-olds will attract much attention. It has been intimated that Nassak will probably be the Ken-i tucky Derby eligible to make the trip to Louisville, and that is reflected by considerable activity shown in the win-; ter betting on the big race. Walter J. Salmons Display, continues to train satisfactorily for his engagement in the Dixie Handicap, at a mile and three-sixteenths, to be decided at Pimlico on May 1. This sterling long distance running son of Fair Play has been brought along gradually by T. J. Healey, and at this time there is good reason to expect that he will make this important engagement. Display never looked better in his life , than right now and, while he naturally requires a great deal of training for a mile and three-sixteenths, there is good reason to expect that he will be ready for the question. Display has earned the name of being , an iron horse from his magnificent campaigning, " and there is good reason to I expect that he will go on to greater fame this year. He will be top weight in the ! Dixie Handicap should he go to the post. but 12G pounds is well within his t-apa- bilitics when he is up to racing form, The Bowie stewards have put an ex-g " cellent rule into effect regarding the sus-e . pension of jockeys. This rule is that, except when a suspension is incurred in 1 r cases of fraud, the punishment docs not t $ « become effective until a racing day has ■ intervened. The reason for this rule is to enable 5 jockeys to fulfill any riding engagements they may have made for the following day. When any such suspension has S been made on any course it has been the custom to permit the jockeys to ride out I the engagements for that day, for the G reason that to have it effective instantly t would work a hardship on trainers who 0 had the rider engaged for a race run later on the same day. But it must be remembered that it is s the custom to engage a jockey the day y before, and for that reason the punishment is delayed so that trainers will not 1 be inconvenienced and punished themselves, - by having to find another jockey, - which is not always possible. g
