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Here and There on the Turf Ogle Knows His Stuff Indian Runner the Example Arlington Officials Confident Pimlico Remembers Horsemen With the victory of Indian Runner in the Arlington Inaugural Handicap for the sec ¬ ond time in as many years a person begins to appreciate more fully the horsemanship of G W Ogle who trains the Dis Done geld ¬ ing lor D A Wood The fiveyearold had raced but one other time this season ten days igo at Detroit and he failed to im ¬ press any one that he would take up top weight of 118 pounds in the Arlington sprint and defeat fourteen of the fastest horses in the country However Ogle brought Indian Runner to Arlington and informed officials that his protege was just coming to himself and would be a difficult horse to beat He must have told other persons too because the entry of Indian Runner and Patchpocket received sufficient support to be the second choice choiceIn In racing to the prediction made by Ogle Indian Runner proved his trainer knew what he was talking about a fact which became generally known last year when the Dis Done gelding blossomed into one of the best older horses in training Even so Ogle was not wise to the possibilities of Indian Run ¬ ner during the spring of 1933 because he failed to nominate the horse for the Arling ¬ ton Handicap at a mile and onequarter Naturally he felt very sad about if after the steed had taken both the Arlington Inaugu ¬ ral and Stars and Stripes Handicaps The error was not repeated this year and Indian Runner is shooting for a clean sweep of the Arlington specials for older horses horsesIndian Indian Runner has turned out to be no worse than the expectation of his breeder Hal Price Headley The latter raced the gelding as a juvenile and saw him finish a willing second to Top Flight in the Saratoga Special A few minutes after that race he turned down one of the largest offers made for a thoroughbred in this country during the last three years saying that it was his hope to win the Kentucky Derby and he be lieved he had the horse to do it with In ¬ dian Hunner was sent to the farm to take it easy and develop as much as possible for the gruelling Derby prep prepBut But just as mnay other good horses have done Indian Runner failed to come to hand naturally and when forced in his training was not himself Headley raced him in Maryland and in Kentucky but Indian Run ¬ ner failed to live up to Derby expectations Later he deve oped an ailing leg and Head ley kept dropping him down until at this same Arlington Park he was claimed by Ogle for a price if memory serves correctly Continued on twentyseventh page HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page of 3500 Ogle immediately began the task of freshening up the horse and the time spent away from competition benefited In ¬ dian Runner considerably because he came back in the fall a vastly improved steed and he has been going great guns since sinceIt It is right in order for Indian Runner to be pointed for the Stars and Stripes Handi ¬ cap which is at a mile and a furlong He won the Inaugural which is at six furlongs in a fashion to indicate he was ready to dp his best at a greater distance possibly more than seven furlongs so it should be no trick for Ogle to have him sharp for his clash with Ladysman Equipoise and the other stars expected in the 10000 Fourth of July special He carried 118 pounds in the Inau ¬ gural and his impost for the holiday event can hardly be much less if handicapper Jack Campbell was impressed Monday as were most of the spectators at Arlington The attendance at Arlington for the open ¬ ing was very meagre but officials of the Chicago course were extremely cheerful at the end of the day apparently seeing inthe amount of business a strong ray of hope for a successful meeting Inveterate Chicago racing fans probably never saw more rain fall during the course of an afternoon than they did Monday The track was already sloppy when they arrived a sharp rain hav ¬ ing fallen in the morning but during the afternoon the showers increased in volume with the running of each race until the sev ¬ enth event had been decided While the rainstorm did much to give Arlington an unprofitable opening it gave the track a drenching that will do much good towards mixing the new sand topsoil with the old clay soil As the track retained a good bot ¬ tom and much of the water was floated off afterwards the addition of the sand appar ¬ ently is fulfilling its purpose While they were compelled to call off the Pimlico Futurity because of the excessive load directors of the Maryland Jockey Club indicated their willingness to do as much for horsemen as possible by increasingthe value of the Riggs and Walden Handicaps by 2500 each making them 7500 specials It was further decided to offer a feature of 1500 on days when no stakes were on the program and this is as it should be because the better horses are entitled to the oppor ¬ tunity of winning more money than the ordi ¬ nary platers which frequently earn many times more than their purchase value during the course of a season seasonNo No longer can any hope be entertained that Universe will recover the brilliance he displayed as a twoyearold and early in his threeyearold season While Dr Thomas M Cassidy and his trainer have been suc ¬ cessful after a couple of failure in getting the son of Infinite back to the races the fiveyearold seems to have too many in ¬ firmities to put him in the class for which he was destined Universe appeared a won ¬ derful prospect in the spring of 1932 when he won the Wood Memorial Stakes in handy fashion and he looked like a solid bet for the Kentucky Derby especially after Burn ¬ ing Blaze had been unfortunately cut down but in his final trial for the Downs classic a tendon gave way and with it as now shown all chance of reaching the heights However Universe should be a useful per ¬ former for the former medico as long as he remains sound
