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V - - - T Here and There on the Turf Whizzaway Texas Derby Hope j - Climbed Ladder From ,000 ! Plater j ;! Should Check Foal Registra- J tion t Black Helen Chesapeake Prob- j ability j j Whizzaway, whose sensational winning streak is only slightly marred by a disqualification, has served notice on the camps of other leading candidates for Saturdays running of the Texas Derby that he intends to add one more triumph to a list now numbering nine straight, The chestnut son of Whiskaway and Style, by Under Fire, belonging to the New York-owned Geneseo Stable, was not taken seriously during the first half of his winning streak, but in two Btarts at Arlington he has knocked off some of the best horses of his age quartered there. As a consequence he can be expected to go postward in the 5,000 added event Saturday with considerable backing, although probably not enough to make him the favorite over Roman Soldier. The Cohort colt has proved his class on numerous occasions, whereas Whizzaway is getting his first real opportunity. The Geneseo colt began his sensational streak December 20 at Fair Grounds in a dash of six furlongs, in which he was entered to be claimed for ,000. He made such a show of his field that trainer A. F. Dayton was tempted to run him back a few days later for ,500. Again Whizzaway came through with a performance beyond the expectations of his connections,- so he was entered in a race under allowance conditions. The track was muddy and he had the veteran Earl Pool in the saddle. Making his way up stoutly through the stretch, Whizzaway got to the front at about the sixteenth pole, to win going away by a length over Raffles Problem. However, he messed up the latter horse in going past him, for which he was disqualified. In two more starts at the New Orleans course Whizzaway kept up his good work. The second of these starts marked his first venture beyond six furlons, but the mile distance made no difference to him, apparently. Quitting Fair Grounds in. mid-January, with trainer Dayton satisfied he had a fair colt, Whizzaway rested for more than a month. Resuming competition at Oaklawn Park in a three-quarters sprint, he won again, coming from behind the pace in the stretch to finish out the distance in 1:12. The son of Whiskaway did not run again for a month, a mile and seventy yards race next attracting him. He once more came from back of the pace to score conclusively, being timed for the race in 1:42, which equalled the track record. It was then decided that Whizzaway deserved a chance at important money, and he did no more racing until moving to Arlington Downs, where he has made two starts in prepazation for the mile and a furlong Texas Derby. In the first of these, at a mile and one-sixteenth, he followed the pace closely and then wore down South Gallant in the stretch to beat that fellow a neck. His final effort prior to the Texas Derby was over the mile route Tuesday, when he won a handy triumph at the immediate expense of the Louisiana Derby winner, McCarthy, while third honors went to the favorite, Whiskolo, which had distinguished himself by running second to Gillie in the Santa Anita Derby. The Milky Way Farms colt may have needed the race, as it was his first outing in two months. Little can be taken from Whizzaways performance, however, as he had up 115 pounds, five less than he will carry Saturday, and he covered the mile in 1:37, just a second off the track record. This marked the colts ninth straight time that he led his field to the finish and his sixth consecutive .official victory. Roman Soldier cannot afford to take any chances with him Saturday. A report has it that a certain prominent juvenile in this winters racing is not a two-year-old at all, but a three-year-old, in which case the colt has a distinct advantage over his rivals, even though he had been foaled in the autumn. To a large extent, The Jockey Club, which is charged with the registration of horses in this country, depends upon the veracity and integrity of breeders in reporting foals and their markings. This is a very important task, one whose seriousness is not overlooked by the leading breeders. Occasionally honest mistakes have been made in the registrations of foals, but there have been cases in which yearlings were deliberately registered as being younger. Fortunately, this practice is so slight as to be hardly noticeable, but nevertheless, The Jockey Club cannot afford to take any chances. However if that organization has a field representative to check on registrations the fact is not generally known. Narragansett Park is certain to have excellent racing this season because Walter OHara will offer a purse and stakes distribution that will attract good stables and horses, but the Pawtucket course will not have all the representation from leading es,-tablishments that, the able publicist, Billy Ames, says it will draw. For one thing, Colonel Ames says such prominent owners as Mrs. Payne Whitney, Mrs. Isabel Sloane, C. V. Whitney, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and Warren Wright will send the main divisions of their stables to Narragansett Park. That hardly will be the case, although undoubtedly they will send some of their horses there, including candidates for the rich stakes OHara is expected to program, but New York racing will be too attractive this summer for the leading metropolitan stables to break their routine to any great extent, while Wrights horses, with the exception of the few in charge of Frank Kearns, will remain In the West until the close of Arlington Park. The statement has been attributed to William Hurley that he had decided not to start E. R. Bradleys Florida Derby winner, Black Helen, in the ,500 added Chesapeake Stakes, which is to be renewed at Havre de Grace Saturday, but yesterday morning the fleet daughter of Black Toney and La Troi-enne worked a mile in 1:43 over a track that was not quite at its best. This trial, more or less puts the stamp of approval on her condition and is something of an indication that Hurley intends to run Black Helen in the Chesapeake, in which she can be expected to rule the favorite. Without her the Chesapeake appears a wide open event with the field not as stout as usual due to its advanced running and the lateness of the training season in that sector. Last year the race was run on the second Saturday of the Havre meeting instead of the first as is the case this spring, and the public will not have much of a line on the Chesapeake starters unless most of them were winter campaigners. Preston Burch indicated several days ago that Commonwealth would be a starter, which only can mean he is satisfied with the present condition of the Endurance Handicap winner.
