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o- , « Here and There on the Turf Lack of Consistency. Where the Stewards Err. The Arlington Futurity, e — $ Failure of the Aqueduct stewards to disqualify the Rancocas Stables Orissa, after she had swerved over so badly and interfered with H. P. Whitneys Exposay, is coming in for severe criticism. It was doubly surprising after the recent disqualification of Jefferson Livingstons Recreation for a foul that was surely not as palpable and a foul that was not seen by many who watched the running of that race closely. Some have blamed McAtee for not having made a claim in the Clover Stakes, after his mount had been so badly cut eff at a critical time in the running. It was surprising that no claim was made, but the whole happening came at a point where the stewards had every chance to have an excellent view of just how Exposay was impeded. About the only solution that seems possible, of this lack of action on the part of the stewards, is that they may have considered Exposay an outlaw at the time she was impeded. They. may have decided that she was entitled to no consideration for the reason that she had swerved out herself earlier in the running. There could be no doubt of her having been impeded and it must have been seen by the stewards, so they must have charged her with some of the blame, or gave her no consideration, because of her having swerved out from the inner rail, earlier in the racing. The sad part of it all is the lack of consistency. There have come disqualifications for trivial and unavoidable interference that did not affect the result of a race, while, on other occasions, such as the running of the Clover Stakes, flagrant fouls that had an affect on the result have gone unnoticed and unpunished. There seems to be no hope for The Jockey Club ever coming to the paid stewards, but each one of these inconsistencies emphasizes the crying need for such officials. This is another of the important Saturdays of racing.. At Aqueduct there are two ,000 added offerings in the Brook-dale Handicap, at a mile and an eighth, and the Great American Stakes, at five-eighths mile, for the two-year-olds. The Latonia course will be the scene of the Latonia Derby, at a mile and a half, which will be the richest and most important of the days doings. At the Arlington Park course the best sprinters will entertain with the ,500 added American National Rush Handicap, over the three-quarters mile distance. Then at the Fairmount course there will be decided the Illinois Stakes, at five and a half furlongs, for two-year-old fillies, to which ,000 is added. The other smaller associations also have inviting programs for the week-end racing, but these are the highlights of the racing for this afternoon. Each one of the various stakes races has attracted representative horses and it is racing that will add an interesting chapter to the sport of the year. The second closing of the American National Futurity, to be decided at Arlington Park in the fall, attracted fifteen nominations. This is a race with 3,000 added, for the two-year-olds, which had an original closing on March 1 — rather early to discover superior excellence in a two-year-old that had not even been to the races. The second closing afforded an opportunity to come in with those that had shown enough to warrant paying a 00 nomination fee. The fifteen that have been added to the list of original nominees are, naturally, two-year-olds that are at least highly considered by their nominators.
