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»-■.■■. .................... .... « • i Here and There on the Turf — — — Discovery Issues Warning Improving Like His Sire Did Dark Secret Not to Be Pitied Tiptons Ride Marvelous 4 Important news of the moment in racing 8 la the sensational comeback of Alfred d Gwynne Vanderbilts Discovery, whose easy victory over Dark Secret in the Brooklyn Handicap at Aqueduct Wednesday brings rg him back as a dangerous opponent of Cav-• f. alcade when the two clash again, which :n will be in the Arlington Classic a week from m Saturday. With 113 pounds on his back the chestnut son of Display and Ariadne ran the mile and a furlong in 1:49-% to defeat the Wheatley Stable veteran by six lengths and any thoroughbred that can finish that, far ahead of Flying Ebonys capable representa- tive and do it easily has got to be seriously regarded in all calculations. -Discovery was in receipt of three pounds on the scale -from Dark Secret or .thirteen pounds in actual poundage, but the imposts of the two horses might just as well have been closer together and it probably would not have mattered much. The Vanderbilt three-year-old just was too good for his older adversary and when John Joe Bejshak called on him after entering the stretch, Discovery went to Dark Secret in a manner that left no doubt as to the outcome of the , - , ■ . i ir u — . I Continued on twenty-second page J HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page. Brooklyn. The fractional time shows the mile run in 1:37% with the Wheatley veteran in .front by two lengths. This means that Discovery stepped the final furlong in better than twelve seconds, roughly speaking, which is what it takes to win important races. The manner in which Discovery has come back after having performed so poorly in the Detroit Derby brings him forward as a sure starter in the Classic, of course, barring accidents. He has had a large host of admirers throughout the season, many of whom have stuck with him in the face of repeated defeats by Cavalcade in the Chesapeake Stakes, Kentucky Derby, Preak-ness, American Derby and Detroit Derby, and some of these will be going along with him once again when he tackles the Brook-meade Stable star in Chicagos 5,000 special. Discovery probably is better now than at any time during the season, even though he has been through a rigorous campaign since late in April. This is not surprising, however, when one considers that his sire, Display, bore the sobriquet of "iron horse" and was a steed that improved as the season went along. With Discovery doing just that, he should come up to his next meeting with Cavalcade in better fettle than has marked any of his previous clashes with the leading contender for the three-year-old championship. He will have to be good to land any part of the Classic purse though, because in addition to Cavalcade, there will be Peace Chance and High Quest in the field. Dark Secrets defeat in the Brooklyn does not mean that the Wheatley veteran is on the downgrade, but it does go to emphasize the superiority of the best horses in the three-year-old division this season. Furthermore, the Flying Ebony five-year-old has always been slow in reaching his best form, and his Brooklyn effort should do him good. It will have to if Dark Secret is to get anything when he engages Indian Runner and Ladysman in the Arlington Handicap a couple of weeks hence. He also may be benefited in the coming 0,000 race by a lighter impost. Jack Campbell has quite a job confronting him in working out the weights for the mile and a quarter Chicago event. George Ogle again proved without a doubt that he has Indian Runner in excellent form. The five-year-old Dis Done gelding had to be good to grab first money in the Stars and Stripes Handicap for the second year in succession, but also he had to be the recipient of one of the best and most daring rides seen in some time. Earl Sande or Linus McAtee or Snapper Garrison or Isaac Murphy or any of the other great jockeys of other days never handled a horse better than Tipton did Indian Runner. Under any other kind of a ride, the D. A. Wood representative would not have prevailed. Tiptons excellent ride began with the start when he had his mount away smartly from an outside position. At the first turn, Indian Runner was so well placed that Tipton was able to move him to the rail. He continued down the back stretch on the inside and at the far turn attempted to go through. The opening was too meagre. Tipton was not frightened or disgruntled because of this temporary setback and he tried again to get through. This time he and Indian Runner were successful and the latter slowly and steadily gained on the fleeting Advising Anna, but he did not reach the leader until the last two strides and then only after Tipton had exacted everything his mount had in the run through the stretch. Ladysman undoubtedly was the best horse of the large Stars and Stripes field, but he lost too much ground on both turns. Even Silvio Coucci, who traveled from New York to guide the W. R. Coe colt, could do nothing about the predicament in which the favorite found himself during the running of the race. Ladysman was on the outside of the field at the first turn and the horses remained too closely bunched all the way around the track for the favorite to gain a position on the inside. Realizing the disadvantage in which Ladysman was placed, Coucci did his best to nurse him along until the stretch run and this was of great aid in getting the eastern star as close to the winner as he got. Jack Howards poor luck continues. Adivising Anna was beaten less than five inches and she might have prevailed but for the two pounds overweight she carried. Charlie Corbett tried very hard to get down to a hundred pounds, and he did everything possible short of amputating a leg.
