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»»■.-■■■■ ■■-■■■■■■■■»---■ ■ ■» I 1 Here and There on the Turf Calamity if Cavalcade Loses Hadagal Only New Threat Peace Chance Out for Month Hawthorne Program Arranged 4 «.- --■■■■.---.-.-----■.4 Cavalcade will continue on his winning way with the running of the Classic at Arlington F*ark this afternoon, unless one of the major surprises of the season occurs. With Peace Chance unable to dispute the championship issue, the Brookmeade Stable star goes into the mile and a quarter special with its 5,000 added money a tremendous favorite. Leading the opposition will be Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilts Discovery, which has tried so hard on several occasions this year to prove himself a better colt than Cavalcade and is prepared to do it again in the Classic. Unless it can be Calumet Farms Hadagal, no new threat for Cavalcade has developed. The Chicago-owned colt goes into the Classic without benefit of distance running experience so the question of his ability to stay the route is to be answered. Neither Cavalcade nor Discovery has anything on the son of Sir Gallahad III. and Erne for speed and as far as Hadagal can carry his light footedness he will be in the thick of the Classic running. A colt of Hadagals speed must foe respected in a race like the Classic even though he has not been tested over the route. Any trouble suffered by the leading contenders might give the speed horse a chance to open up a lead that could not be overcome. Everything considered, however, Cavalcade looms as too great a horse to be beaten in the Classic unless some calamity, it would have to be calamity, occurs. He goes into the race as sharp as a trainer of the experience and ability of Robert A. Smith can make him. The English-bred Bon of Lan-cegaye and Hastily has not been seen under silks for a month, but that is not adding much hope to the trainers of his opponents as Cavalcade has shown himself a colt that races very well indeed when fresh. This probably is due to the fact that he is not a large colt and does not require extensive drilling to have him fit. The Classic lineup appears made to order for the favorite because the speed horses are about alike in ability and can be expected to kill each other off by the time Mack Garner asks Cavalcade to mow them down. It must be remembered that Mrs. Sloanes colt is no slouch himself in the speed line, but he has the happy faculty of being able to give it at any time during the race. In races over such a great distance, this is a wonderful quality as he . can be restrained until the point is reached where the real racing begins. Should the pace be slow, Cavalcades job probably will be made that much easier because his courage and finishing power apparently is without equal in the three-year-old division. Discovery also goes into the Classic in perfect condition and if his Brooklyn Handicap effort means anything, he may be better now than at any time in his career. His owner and trainer have every respect for Cavalcade, but should anything happen to the champion, they feel it will be just too bad. Cavalcade is the only horse in the race they fear, which is as it should be, because the son of Display showed in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and American Derby that he has a good edge on the others making up the Classic field. Although admitting that Cavalcade is a superior mud horse, trainer Bud Stotler is confident Discovery will run his race should heavy going prevail. + The Classic lost some of its appeal when Peace Chance wrenched his knee, because the latter deserved the right to question Cavalcades championship claims because of his decisive victory in the Belmont Stakes. Trainer Pete Coyne has taken Joseph EL Wideners star three-year-old to Saratoga, where he hopes to have the colt brought back to racing in time for the Travers Stakes, which probably will be Cavalcades next engagement. Peace Chance has been walked for several hours daily since he suffered his mishap, but the trouble did not clear up sufficiently for Coyne to take a chance on starting him in such a race as the Classic. Announcement of Hawthornes policy for the thirty-day meeting following Arlington is due any day now. The program has been completed by Albert Sabath and his associates and has been submitted to the Illinois Racing Commission for approval. Very likely the Chicago Business Mens Racing Association will give no purse less than 00 in value, which has been the policy at Washington Park and Arlington. The stakes program is not known, but unusual stress may be placed on the Illinois Owners Handicap. This event has proven very popular in its short history and the Hawthorne folk believe it can be promoted into an important feature. a
