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1 i HERE, THERE AND j EVERYWHERE j LATEST NEWS OF THE TUBF I -4 Fire of incendiary origin in one of the frame stables on the grounds of the Hamilton Jockey Club, Hamilton, Ont, recently did damage estimated at ,500. According to reports from San Francisco, William F. Kyne, who is officially connected with Tanf oran Park, plans to hold meetings at Reno and Tulsa in addition to his already announced meeting at Riverside Park, Kansas City, which is scheduled to open May From Pimlico comes word of a "dark horse" for the Preakness. Stakes in W. S. Kilmers Sunmelus, a son of Sun Briar Polyxena, which is said to have developed into a handsome three-year-old. His best performance as a juvenile was when he finished third to Burning Blaze and Hydro in the Eastern Shore Handicap at Havre de Grace last fall. One of the Bahr starting gates has been added to the equipment at Chas. T. Fishers Dixiana Farm and will be used by trainer Clyde Van Dusen in preparing the Dixiana horses for the spring campaign. Permanent stalls and a barrier are being used by trainer A. Detweilder in schooling Edward F. Simms two-year-olds at the lat-ters Xalapa Farm, near Lexington, Ky. It may or may not be news to Chicagoans that William "Palmer House Bill" Ryan is racing a stable, in France. Only recently one of his horses, Amas dOr, won at Mai-sons-Lafitte at the juicy odds of 65 to 1. Look out for Equipoise is the word from the Bennings track hear Washington, where trainer Freddy Hopkins has been preparing a division of the Whitney string for the Maryland spring meetings. Equipoise is said to have entirely recovered from the quarter crack which forced him out of racing last year and is reported to be as sound as a bell. Hopkins says he will not be surprised if Equipoise tops the handicap division this year. That despite Twenty Grand, Mate, or what have you to offer. "Racegoers may have seen many horses, but they have never, in this country, seen a Phar Lap. I still dont say that he is a horse. But I do say, and prayfully beg of you, brothers, that when this big pink blighter steps on a racetrack right before your eyes, dont bet again him. He has something and plenty of it." So writes a special correspondent of an Eastern turf journal about the Australian wonder horse.
