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Here and There on the Turf West Has Edge in Futurity Winner May Be Chicago Owned OwnedDetroits Detroits Latest Offer Discdvery Training Well The West particularly Chicago holds the upper hand in the Arlington Futurity last Important event on the Arlington Park pro grain This dash of six furlongs which will gross close to 60000 may develop into a hotlycontested affair but in speed and numbers westernowned twoyearolds ap pear to have the edge over the youngsters from the East The leading Chicagoowned candidates are Warren Wrights Nellie Flag and Elmer Dale Shaffers St Bernard Nel Nellie lie Flag a tall wellbuilt daughter of Amer ¬ ican Flag and Nellie Morse having more the appearance of a colt than a filly has won her only two starts in a manner be ¬ speaking speed and class Her last triumph was at the immediate expense of C V Whitneys Today which had come from New York widely heralded heraldedSt St Bernard a trimmade colt by Sir Gallahad IHs brother Bull Dog from Eager Cissy has shown such great speed in his workouts and winning race here that he may be the favorite in Saturdays event The West has several more smart Futurity hopefuls two of which Jack Howards Al ¬ buquerque and Hal Price Headleys Pre ¬ eminent will carry the principal hopes of the Kentuckians Norman Churchs Toro Nancy a maiden which ran second toMotto in the Arlington Lassie Stakes will repfe sent4 California s Today and Special Agent are the two out ctanding Futurity candidates from the East The former may have needed the race in which he ran second to Nellie Flag as Sonny Workman did not abusef he Which bne colt when he saw the chancespfoyerr taking the Wright filly very slim indeed Saturday should find Today ready to put forth everything he has when Workman gives the word Special Agent Mrs Isabel Dodge Sloanes candidate displayed a good effort in running second to Albuquerque last Saturday and he should be especially benefited in the Futurity by the fact that the Howard gelding probably will have St Bernard gqing alphfe with him in the early stages Tbi years Arlington Fu ¬ turity promises to be the best race since the event was inaugurated in 1932 1932The The Detroit association is still hopeful that a meeting may be arranged between C V Whitneys Equipoise and Mrs Isabel Dodge Sloanes Cavalcade This cannot come about until the English threeyearold has filled his engagement in the Travers Stakes at Saratoga Springs and following that engagementhe has a natural meeting with the son tjf Pennant and Swinging in the aratoga Clip jj Mrs Sloanes great colt only has two en ¬ gagements for the Saratoga springs meef ing and they are in the Travers and the Cup There is no reason why the Cup should be passed up other than the fact that any special that will be arranged between these horses would naturally have a greater value than this natural meeting Then there comes the Lawrence Realiza ¬ tion at Belmont Park where Cavalcade would only meet those of his own age weightforage affair at one mile1 totvh1ch 15000 is added and to be run September 15 sJnayJbeso attractive that it may be I Continued on nineteenth page HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page brought about There is no denying that such a race would have a greater appeal with the public than any of the regularly scheduled events of all the year Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilts Discovery which has raced so brilliantly back of Cav ¬ alcade in the triumphant march of the champion will not haveto meet him in his next engagement This comes in the Ken ner Stakes at one and threesixteenth miles to be decided at Saratoga Springs August 14 The son of Display is at the Spa making ready slowly for this engagement and while in a monetary way it is a prize that does not compare with those he has lost to Cavalcade it has a real historic interest interestThe The Kenner was first run in 1870 and while the distance has been changed from time to time it has always been a prize of importance Among its winners have been Dark Secret Mate Whichone Alan o War Reigh Count Omar Khayyam and various dayWith others that were best of their day With neither High Quest nor Cavalcade among the eligibles on all that he has shown it would serm that Discovery is best of those engaged 4Bud Stotler has given the good colt a short rest but he is gallop ¬ ing again and there is ample time to bring him up to the race at the top of his form Discovery has proved himself a thorough campaigner already and he is of tough stock with Display for sire and Ariadne for Jiis dam
