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Here and There on the Turf latonia Next for Cavalcade Peace Chance Awaits Clash Pay Attention to Healy Navanod Is Improving Horse Cavalcade had eleven opponents in the Detroit Derby Saturday and altogether they nearly brought about his defeat but his class came to his rescue and the fine son of Lancegaye battered down the collected threats of his opposition to score his fifth victory four of them in stakes out of his half dozen starts this season Only the Preakness mars his record if the nose defeat at the instance of his stablemate High Quest can be considered as such Now Mrs Isabel Dodge Sloanes hopeful is searching about for new conquests and not improbably the Latonia Derby will attract him next nextThe The Latonia Derby has but 10000 added but many years ago Col Matt Winn offered 5000 extra to the Kentucky Derby winner taking the Covington classic Insofar as Cavalcade is concerned therefore the La ¬ tonia Derby has a purse of 15000 and is well worth trying for Other inducements for Cavalcade in this race is the distance of one mile and a half and the likelihood of a small field Trainer Bob Smith can right ¬ fully look forward to a comparatively easy effort for his star protege because the son of Lancegaye appears a very promising pros ¬ pect over the greater route routeWith With the Latonia Derby set for June 30 Cavalcade will have two weeks in which to sharpen up fcr the Arlington Classic in which his right to the championship will be disputed by Peace Chance Joseph E Wid eners smart tireeyearold which literally took the hide c f High Quest in the Belmont Stakes Peac Chance didnt get into the picture in the Kentucky Derby due in part to some trouble he experienced at the start and he is out for revenge Whether he will get it or not in the Classic is anxiously awaited by the nations racing fans who have about made up their minds that either Cavalcade or Peace Chance will be the cham ¬ pion threeyearold notwithstanding Smiths belief that High Quest is superior to the tripleDerby winner winnerBefore Before departing from the subject of Cavalcade we feel that Mack Garner must be warned against overconfidence Garner must have felt very sure of his mount in the Detroit Derby to have per ¬ mitted him to drop so far out of the running Of course being a trailer in the early stages aided Cavalcade to finish faster but if the Brookmeade colt had been compelled to go around the field instead of being lucky to save ground when he made his run he might have found the task of overtaking all his opponents impossible to achieve Although he has been riding for twenty years Garner is prone to grow careless at times as those who witnessed Blue Larkspurs unexpected and shocking defeat by Grey Coat in the Dwyer Stakes five years ago will testify He of all persons wouldnt care to see Cavalcade defeated regardless of how ac ¬ complished James Healy is just as loquacious as he is large but those persons able to differenti ¬ ate between his serious talk and his banter can profit at times Such an opportunity was offered in the Queens County Handicap at Aqueduct Saturday which the Healy trained Singing Wood won with a very handy performance Several days ago Mrs John Hay Whitneys trainer declared Sing ¬ ing Wood to be the best threeyearold miler in the country yet in Saturdays race in which the Futurity and Withers winner was meeting two older horses and another of his own age he was held at the attractive odds of 9 to 2 Giving weight on the scale Singing Wood defeated his three opponents in handy style Healys word of wisdom probably wont be taken so lightly hereafter hereafterRogers Rogers Caldwell Nashville sportsman has returned to racing in a very positive fashion judging from Navanods triumph in the Francis S Peabody Memorial Handicap at Washington Park The victory was Na ¬ vanods first of the season and first in a stake but to his owner it was not unex ¬ pected because the fouryearold son or Hourless and Blackflight must have held him in high regard to have nominated him for so many western stakes More may be heard from Navanod even though he will be taking on sterner competition next month because he comes from a breed that Im ¬ proves with age up to a certain limitation Navanoici apparently hasnt reached his peak
