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Here and There on the Turf TurfDiscovery Discovery at His Best Again Sure to Start in Classic Gold Step Where He Started Arlingtons Speed Not Hurt Loud was the talk in certain quarters fol ¬ lowing the running of the Detroit Derby that Cavalcade finally had accomplished the task of cooking Discovery to a deep brown but within two weeks Alfred Gwynne Van derbilts good threeyearold comes out again to step seven furlongs in 123 which is most excellent time for Aqueduct It is quite evident that Discovery is a true son of sire Display which carried sobriquet of iron horse around for several seasons Dis ¬ covery has been shipped hither and yon in the hope of catching Cavalcade on an off day but in their last meeting the Vander Continued on thirtieth page HERE AMD THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page bilt colt was the one to crack not theBrook meade star But Discovery did not crack if his effort at Aqueduct Thursday means anything It bears out the statement of Bud Stotler Dis ¬ coverys trainer that the colt did not fancy the track at the motor city park as well as indicating that the son of Display is as sharp now as at any time this season He laid close to the pace set by Only One which turned the opening quarter in 23 and the half in 46 and then swept into command to reach the threequarters in 111 and complete the full route within threefifths of the course record Discovery had but 112 pounds on his back but a few more pounds would not have slowed him to any great extent extentWith With Discovery as good as Ke is young Vanderbilt and his capable trainer cannot do otherwise than take another shot at Cav ¬ alcade which will be in the Classic at Arling ¬ ton Park July 14 This is a mile and a quarter race over a track that appeared to suit Discovery all right as a juvenile so he should have no excuses on that score He probably will not have just his old rival Cavalcade among his opponents but some colts by the name of Peace Chance and High Quest Nevertheless there will be the better part of 45000 for the Classic winner and Discovery cannot afford to pass up such a chance even though Cavalcade has the In ¬ dian sign on him Slightly more than two years ago Sheldon H Fairbanks former Boston newspaper ¬ man parted with 3000 of his money at Aurora to claim the fiveyearold gelding Gold Step from Whitney Moore His first start for his new owner was in the Wash ¬ ington Park Handicap opening feature of the Homewood course with 5290 for the winner Gold Step was victorious and fol ¬ lowed up the success with a similar triumph in the Arlington Inaugural Handicap which had 5300 for the victor The end of the season found Gold Step with a record of eight wins a dozen seconds and five thirds out of thirtyone starts for total earnings of 17150 This is pretty good for a five yearold horse picked up for 3000 3000Last Last season Gold Step wasnt quite so successful but he did right well by his owner in landing nine races of the twenty j I six in which he started finishing second eight times and third twice His earnings amounted to 12255 which sum is large enough to keep several wolves away from the door for a considerable length of time His only stake victory was in the Hialeah Inaugural Handicap but he managed to get a cut out of six other such events so Fair ¬ banks shouldnt have had any complaints on that score scoreThis This year has found Gold Step at the age of seven beginning to fail He began the season at Hialeah in a claiming race j with his valuation fixed at 5000 he was fourth Several weeks later when entered to be claimed for 4500 he ran second beaten by Merrily On From then until Thursday at Rockingham Park he was on the sidelines His latest appearance was in a 2000 claiming race evidence enough that Fairbanks wanted his once good money maker no longer That he appeared a bar ¬ gain was shown when six claims were made for Gold Step the successful halterman be j ing the western horseman J D Mikel Undoubtedly Gold Step is not as sound as he formerly was but Mikel is expert with badJested l rs r ro maybe the old fellow is not washed up yet Arlington Park had a fast track for the first time during the meeting Thursday so there was a chance to consider the effect of the change made in top soil last fall in ¬ sofar s sneprt is concerned Addition of nearly 5000000 cubic feet of sand has had the desired effect of increasing the drying quality of the track 100 per cent but its effect on the speed is yet to be fully de ¬ termined Judging from the time made in the best races Thursday the course is not riuif rq fn t PS it has been but not un j j likely continued usage will bring it around to its lorrner speed rating ratingThe The aging Pairbypair running his best race of the year covered six furlongs under 117 pounds in 111 which is a full second off the track record He could not have gone any faster so his performance must be considered as a worthy one Undoubtedly there nre several faster hoises at Arlington than Mrs Hertz big chestnut so it is within reason to suppose that the threequarters record will be threatened during the meet ¬ ing The best mile race Thursday was Thomasvilles this colt being timed in 137 while winning easily Equipoise holds the record at 134 nearly three seconds away Considering Thomasvilles ability and the manner in which he won this mile race in j dicates that the track has lost little if any of its speed through the change made last fall fallThe The Narragansett Racing Association has in mind a match race betwen Cavalcade and Windsor Lad the latter being the winner of the Epsom Derby It would be a great spectacle if it could be brought about in fact too great for a young track like the one at Prnvidrncn Such an event belongs at a place like Belmont Park which has the facilities to handle the immense crowd that would be attracted to such a race With racing back in New York on the grand style the ovncrs of the important metropolitan tracks may be tempted to try for an inter ¬ national event They were successful with both their Epinard and Papyrus ventures
