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,mm ■■ ■ ■ ■ ■ f Here and There on the Turf ■ Todays Sport Diamond-Studded Best Handicap Horses Engaged ; Hadagal Shows Much Promise Bazaar Points for Alabama I J Bright spots appear all over the racing horizon today with important events to be offered at Aqueduct, Arlington Park, Detroit, La tenia and Rockingham Park. Each of the tracks is staging a handicap for older horses as the principal Fourth of July attraction and good tieids are promised in each contest. Arlington leads the list insofar as cash is concerned, as the Chicago course is adding 0,000 to its mile and a furlong Stars and Stripes Handicap. Rockingham is close behind with a ,500 race at a sixteenth of a mile shorter. Two other mile and an eighth handicaps on the holiday programs are the Brooklyn at Aqueduct and the Independence at La-tonia. Detroit has carded a sprint affair, which probably is not a bad idea because of the competition offered in the western sector by Arlingtons and Latonia s middle distance affairs, in New York the racing public may have the opportunity of viewing Dark Secret and Discovery going against each other, and this should result in a splendid race as well as affording a line between the three-year-olds and the older division, as both horses are first class representatives of their respective groups. A tight affair is offered at Arlington, where Ladysman and Indian Runner are the most capable of the older horses engaged. Jack Campbells weights for this 1 stake must have met with general approval, however, as any kind of a glance at the Stars and Stripes entries, whether hurried or slow, will show plenty of opposition for ; the top weights. Peace Chance is among the entries, but he must be classified as a doubtful starter because he has bigger game ; in sight in the 5,000 Classic and also because of his shipment from New York is too close to the race. While the fields for the Latonia and Rock-Ingham ! events do not compare with the class of the Stars and Stripes, nor do they have two such horses as Dark Secret and Discovery among their entries, the respective managements of these tracks do not have to apologize to the public for what they have to offer. Good races are promised for both events, and they should have , the effect of drawing large crowds to the two tracks, especially at Rockingham, where ; the public is decidedly racing-conscious. Aqueduct also should enjoy a capacity attendance, while Latonias crowd should be quite in keeping with the standards of that ! long popular course. Fourth of July always has been Arlingtons best day. The question of how far he will go is yet to be decided, but there is no doubt that Warren Wright possesses a very capable ; three-year-old in Hadagal. Last year the i handsome bay son of Sir Gallahad III. and i Erne was one of the better juveniles, as was best indicated when he was the starting , favorite for the great Futurity. He did not perform in the early stages this season on account of an injury suffered while galloping at the farm, and this may have been a blessing in disguise. Bert Williams has taken his time about bringing Hadagal to , the races and that he has done a good job , so far was well proved at Arlington Saturday when the Wright colt defeated Ever-gold , and Indian Runner two noses on the post. Carrying 112 pounds, eight pounds under the scale, Hadagal was giving the very capable Indian Runner one pound. The latter had up 123 pounds, while Evergold, with 110 pounds on his back, was getting fourteen pounds from the three-year-old, according to the scale. Despite these concessions while making his first start of the season, Hadagal stood a long stretch drive to defeat them in the brilliant time of 1:10% for the six furlongs. Now Williams can be expected to make the colt ready for the Classic, even though the time is short. However, Hadagal j had extensive preparation .before making his first start of the season and with two weeks intervening between his debut and the mile and a quarter special, there is a possibility he can be made ready. Should Hadagal come through to his promise, his owner should be very happy. Wright has invested much money in racing during the past two years, not only getting together a pretentious stable but in assembling a splendid band of brood mares at Calumet Farm, which he inherited from his father, the late William Monroe Wright. The latter had one of the largest trotting horse establishments in the world at Calumet for many years, but now the farm, one of the ■how places of the blue grass, is given over almost entirely to thoroughbreds. Should Bazaar clash with the colts this season it will not be until fall, according to the current plans of Col. Edward Bradley and his trainer, Dick Thompson. The speedy daughter of Tetratema is now convalescing from a spell of coughing and soon will be returned to training with the Alabama Stakes at Saratoga in view. This is at a mile and a quarter and will give Bazaar an excellent chance to show whether she is one of the countrys outstanding three-year-old fillies. Then if she races well, Bradley and Thompson probably will cast around for another chance at the colts. The Bradley filly, one of the outstanding juveniles last year, raced only in the Kentucky Derby this year, failing to run to her promise. She moved to Belmont Park, where it was planned to point her for the Classic, but she was overtaken by the epidemic of sickness among Long Island horses, now happily abated, and she had to be thrown out of training. Before long, she probably will be shipped to Saratoga, where that healthy mid-summer climate should do her and her other ailiag stablemates much C°0dt
