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Here and There i On the Turf Match Race Not Likely Soon Cavalcade Busy for Six Weeks What is Champion Worth Plat Eye Meets Try Sympathy NarragansettPark and Detroit are bidding for a match between Equipoise and Caval ¬ cade at weightforage Nothing has been heard from other associations but that doesnt mean that these are the only two tracks hoping to arrange such a contest Matt Winn who has staged more special races than any other manager in the busi nessis very receptive toward such a con ¬ test and in fact he made preliminary over ¬ tures to the interested parties back in June when Cavalcade won the American Derby Colonel Winns next meeting is at Lincoln Fields during the month of September SeptemberThe The various promoters anxious to bring these two horses together may just as well know it now that such a match is impos ¬ sible during the next six or seven weeks unless the purse offered is so great that Cavalcade is attracted away from the sched ¬ ule now mapped out for him Mrs Isabel Dodge Sloane and her trainer Robert A Smith have decreed that the threeyearold champion shall race next in the Travers which is at Saratoga on August 18 Two weeks later he will go in the Saratoga Cup at a mile and threequarters and then on September 15 at Belmont Park he will go after the Jockey Club Gold Cup Cavalcade is also eligible to the Lawrence Realization RealizationEquipoise Equipoise and Cavalcade could meet in either the Saratoga Cup or Jockey Club Gold Cup hut it is not likely C V Whitneys great veteran has just been returned to speedy training and while he could be had ready for the Saratoga Cup the writer has a notion he will be reserved for events at distances no farther than a mile and a quar ¬ ter After the Jockey Club Gold Cup has been run and Cavalcade has had the oppor ¬ tunity to be sharpened up for shorter racing the match with Equipoise may be arranged but not before that if the Sloane colt is to pursue the schedule now in force forceAs As a consequence Equipoise and Cavalcade probably will not clash before October which would be too late for Lincolin Fields but not too late for the second meeting at Narragan sett nor for Laurel nor Jamaica nor the United Hunts If the latter organization makes up its mind to put on such a race it probably would have the best chance be ¬ cause the owners of the horses involved are so friendly to sponsors of the amateur meet ¬ ing The track getting the match probably will have to offer a purse larger than 20000 which is the highest bid reported so far and it should be the one capable of accom ¬ modating thousands and thousands of peo ¬ ple No race ever held such brilliant pros ¬ pects as this A London report states that this years Epsom Derby winner Windsor Lad has been sold by the Maharajah of Rajpipla to M H Benson English breeder for 50000 or about 250000 in our money This is quite a price for such fragile goods as a race horse but it does not constitute a record Call Boy when sold following the death of his owner Lord Curzon fetched 300000 and this is the largest figure now scribbled In the books Prior to Call Boys sale Tracery stood at the top at 265100 which an Argentine sportsman paid August Belmont As a stipulation of the sale was that Windsor Lad was to remain in Eng ¬ land and also under the care of his present trainer it is evident that Benson purchased the colt with the view of placing him at the head of his stud studIf If Windsor Lad is worth 250000 what price Cavalcade Prices of such thorough ¬ breds always are fixed by the law of sup ¬ ply and demand A million dollars could be offered for Cavalcade and it most likely would be turned down Some such price is said to have been promised for Man o War and also for Reigh Count but their owners refused to bargain Man o War has shown that he was worth a great price as he has commanded the largest stud fee ever exacted in America without having been publicly advertised From a cold busi ¬ ness standpoint Cavalcades greatest worth from this year on will be in relation to his ability to sire good winners After the current season he will not be in a position to earn so much on the race course courseSaratogas Saratogas workout tab shows Plat Eye working threequarters in 117 and this may mean trainer Bill Brennan will have the Greeritree Stables handy juvenile back in silks Monday for the Flash Stakes one of the features of Mondays program at the popular New York course The son of Chicle has been out of action since he won the National Stallion Stakes just as many good eastern youngsters have been due to the coughing epidemic Brennan has had ample time to bring Plat Eye around slowly and if the colt is in good form Monday he may be hard to beat even though he will be called upon to carry 125 pounds and give away weight to all his opponents W R Coes Bluebeard which ducked the Arling ¬ ton Futurity may be a Flash starter also Marshall Fields Sir Lamerack LamerackThe The one to beat in the Flash however will be Mrs Willis Sharpe Kilmers Try Sym ¬ pathy which has developed into one of the nations best twoyearolds as indicated by his victories in the Hyde Park Stakes at Arlington and a couple of added money af ¬ fairs At Detroit The gelded son of Tryster turned six furlongs in 1 14 in preparation for the Flash and he only has to run back to that work and to his western form to show Plat Eye andtheothera likely to go in the Monday event to sprove himself a Very tough Voun fellow
