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Here and There Thereon on the Turf jfFailure jf Failure of Winooka il The New Kilmer Crop Equipoise and the Suburban j Prospects for the Belmont Winooka by his utter failure in the six furlongs of the Washington Park Handicap Thursday must be eliminated for the time being at least from any place among the good sprinters The Australian son of Wind ¬ bag and Kanooka was racing over a dis ¬ tance much to his liking and Mike Poison sent him to the post apparently fit He had no excuse in the running of the race and when he finished such a distant trailer it was naturally a big surprise surpriseIn In his only other start this year the out lander had been only beaten a nose by Ebony Lady at Churchill Downs and it was a performance to give promise of his com ¬ ing back to the races a sprinter of parts The race at Washington Park was almost too bad to be true but he will surely have to atone for that running before he is again taken seriously seriouslyOf Of course the defeat of Winooka was something of a facer for the opening of the Chicago season but it did not prevent the Homewood course from entertaining a big crowd and under the most disagreeable weather conditions The thermometer had taken a nose dive that brought what was described as colder than the coldest all through the Aurora season and it saw some wintry weather weatherWith With wintry blasts blowing over the course there came many cancellations of reservations but it was conservatively esti ¬ mated that 6000 of the hardy patrons were out for the first day of the long meeting W A Bill Porter has promised that Willis Sharpe Kilmer will come to the year lingsales this season with a big consignment of richly bred youngsters The master of Sun Briar Court at Binghamton N Y and both Court Manor and Remlik Hall in Vir ¬ ginia has been one of the most extensive of sportsmen breeders of recent years and his stock for a considerable time has done much for the fame of the American thoroughbred thoroughbredWith With the mighty Sun Briar as his first thoroughbred stock horse Mr Kilmer has constantly added to his breeding establish ¬ ment and he has imported some of the best blood that has journeyed across the At ¬ lantic Traumer the son of Dark Ronald is one brought over and his most recent addi ¬ tion to Court Manor where the breeding is conducted is the fouryearold Gino pur ¬ chased from the Aga Khan This fellow is a son of Tetratema and Teresina and this spring many mares have been sent to his court courtThe The offerings that Mr Kilmer will send to the market will be sons and daughters of Sun Briar and his greatest son Sun Beau greatest money earning thoroughbred of all time Genie now dead Traumer one that has already established himself as a stock horse Neddie that raced so well under the silks of Ned McLean as well as some others Mr Kilmer has used a like care in the selection of his matrons and those who have seen the yearling crop pronounce it a truly remarkable one Thomas J Healey is keeping the C V Whitney champion on edge for his engage ¬ ment in the mile and a quarter of the old Suburban Handicap to be run at Belmont Park Wednesday Thursday morning the son of Pennant and Swinging was sent along Continued on thirtieth page
