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i 1 Here and There on the Turf 1 Of le High on Indian Runner Willing to Meet Cavalcade Hawthorne Drops Gold Cup Ladysman Out Until Fall i Several days ago, as recorded in this space, Robert A. Smith said Cavalcade could •print just as well as he could stay and, under proper circumstances, Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloane v/illing, he would match the three-year-old champion against any horse in the country at three-quarters of a mile. Now the statement is attributed to George Ogle, who trains Indian Runner for D. A. Wood, that he would be willing to send the veteran Dis Done gelding against Cavalcade at one mile for "money, marbles or chalk." Should Indian Runner come out of the Arlington Handicap with his reputation sustained this is written several hours before the race, some enterprising promoter might try to bring the two together in a match race. With Ogle willing to back his judgment. Smith probably would not be found I backing away. Hes never done it before s and with a horse like Cavalcade he cannot t be expected to do it now. Any special meeting between the two horses should be staged I at a Chicago track, because Indian Runners 5 reputation is based on his performances at I Arlington Park and Lincoln Fields. Prospects of bringing the two horses together in the near future are not very bright however, as Indian Runner has been tightened up for a mile and a quarter effort and Cavalcade has been prepping for distance racing for months. While Indian Runner is a very capable horse and certainly ranks well up in handicap ranks, this department doubts that he can hold Cavalcade, especially at scale weights, over the mile route. Mrs. Sloanes sfc. r has shown on other occasions that he has speed and knows how tb use it On the other hand, Ogle knows his Indian Runner and his judgment about horses has always been good. Differences of opinion make horse racing. Hawthorne, whose meeting follows Arlington next Monday, will adhere to the policy maintained at the north side course and at Washington Park of no purse less than 00, the condition book for the first week shows. The opening day program, as arranged by Francis Dunne, rising young racing secretary, will be featured by a ,200 race and the Wednesday card will be topped by a ,500 event. Saturday will see the running of the John C. Schank Memorial Handicap with ,000 added. Several more valuable contests will be offered later in the meeting. The oldest of Chicagos race tracks has, abandoned the ambitious stakes program offered during the past few years because of the poor business done at Washington Park and Arlington Park this season, but the management probably will brighten up the stakes and purse program if patronage shows an improvement. Attendance and betting have made steady gains at Arlington since the opening, which may mean that Chicago is getting back to its former status as a leading mutuel center. There is no prospect, however, of the autumn season comparing with previous years, although the next yeas or- two might find Chicago racing back in its former high position in the matter of attendance and wagering. — i — i_i_ i i Continued on eighteenth page. HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued front second page. Many persons regret that Albert Sabath, Charles Bidwill, Thomas M. McHale. Charles Krutckoff and their associates in the ownership and management of Hawthorne saw fit to abandon the Gold Cup. This mile and a quarter special at weight for age would have just suited Cavalcade, whether it drew Equipoise or not, and with 5,000 added Mrs. Sloane and trainer Smith would have thought twice before turning down the opportunity. The presence of Cavalcade in the race, even if his opposition was confined to 000 platers, would attract enough persons to pay for the purse. Hugh Fontaine, trainer of William R. Coes horses, had his heart set on winning both the Stars and Stripes and Arlington Handicap with Ladysman. but in the former the 1932 juvenile champion lost too much ground on the turns for him to overtake Indian Runner and Advising Anna after which he became too lame to run in the second special. Off his Stars and Stripes performance, the four-year-old son of Pom-pey and Lady Belle looked like the horse to beat in the Arlington Handicap, but the knee trouble which stopped him as a two-year-old and again last season recurred. He will be sent to Saratoga to take things easy for a month after which Fontaine hopes to bring him back for racing during the fall. With plenty of opportunities in Maryland and elsewhere during the autumn, Ladysman might still be able to add another stakes victory to his Suburban Handicap score this season. He can not be expected to stand up under hard racing or even strenuous training. The work tab shows that Fontaine has handled Ladysman with kid gloves, asking him for speed as little as possible. Even this treatment was too much for the Coe star. -♦
