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Here and There on the Turf Brooklyn May Tempt Caval ¬ cade cadeOmaha Omaha Rated Even With Old ¬ ster sterRace Race Starting Better Than Ever EverCleveland Cleveland Move Pleases Public John B Campbell has extended a gilt edged invitation to Robert A Smith to start Cavalcade in the Brooklyn Handicap a week from tomorrow by assigning the Brook meade Stable star only 126 pounds for that test over the mile and a furlong distance This is scale weight and if the son of Lance feaye and Hastily has recovered from the Injury suffered in his mishap in the Subur ¬ ban Handicap to resume serious training iithin the next few days he may accept the issue in the Brooklyn He is definitely icheduled for the Detroit Challenge Cup a weightforage affair which will be offered pn the ensuing Saturday and could use the Brooklyn as a stepup to the mile and three Sixteenths event at the Motor City course courseThe The New York handicapper has altered his Opinion slightly regarding the respective merits of Cavalcade and Omaha since he naade his weights for the Suburban Handi ¬ cap even though nothing has occurred to Continued on ninth page HERE AMD THERE ON THE TURFI Continued from second page give him a new comparison In the Subur ¬ ban Omaha was rated two pounds above the scale for threeyearolds while Caval ¬ cade was at scale Omaha is notched at scale impost of 114 pounds for the Brooklyn Perhaps Campbell still feels that Omaha is the better of the two colts at a mile and onequarter but over the shorter distance the older racer is superior There is no chance of Omaha going in the Brooklyn however and Cavalcade only may start if his condition warrants Smith does not in ¬ tend to take any chances with his chief protege protegeKing King Saxons impressive record and espe ¬ cially his decisive victory in the Queens County Handicap at one mile earlier in the week is recognized by Campbell in his al ¬ lotment of 124 pounds to C H Knebel kamps flashy colt in the Brooklyn In the Suburban King Saxon proved to many ob ¬ servers that the mile and a quarter was beyond his powers in first class company but evidently Campbell strongly believes the son of Saxon can maintain his speed up to a mile arid a furlong Knebelkamp can be expected to make a try for the Brook ¬ lyn and with Cavalcade declining King Saxon would be the starting high weight Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilts temperamental Discovery is at Rockingham Park for the weekend but he promises to return to Long Island for the Brooklyn in which he will be asked to take up 123 pounds The son of Display is overdue for one of his good efforts Starters at all American tracks have been able to reduce the average time that horses are at the post to a considerable extent during the past few years but very little thought has been given to the reasons for the reduction Undoubtedly the practically complete elimination of the use of stimu ¬ lants has had a material effect in cutting the number of fractious horses at the post but another prime reason is the almost uni ¬ versal use of the starting gate This ap ¬ paratus now is used at nearly every track in the country and the horses are so well used to it that the starters are haying less and less trouble every day in lining up the fields Twoyearolds are well schooled I in the device before they have their first taste of racing and thereafter they are very familiar with their duties at the post postA A plea is being made in New York for a change to the walkup method Without going into the respective merits of the vari ¬ ous methods New York would be making a very grave error in abandoning the start ¬ ing gate and the flatfooted start as it is now employed This matter of starting horses is one for discussion and action by all states New York would be worse off than ever to have the walkup system while other states employ the standing start sim ¬ ply because the horses would be compelled to learn starting over again and they would be confused as they met first one method and then another as they moved about the country Starting is less of a problem in American racing than it has been at any time if for no other reason than the fact that one method is in use and the horses know it well wellCleveland Cleveland racing fans may feel happier with the change from Bainbridge Park to Thistle Down which will be effected over the weekend Thistle Iown Is a much han ¬ dier track to the city and as a result should enjoy larger crowds than did the course at Geauga Lake Much interest is being dis ¬ played in the revival of the Ohio State Derby which is set for Independence Day at Thistle Down Many of the betterknown members of the second flight of threeyear olds may be attracted for the event to which is being added 6000 and victory will mean a fine pickup for one of these colts Cleveland has had racing spasmodically for years but the sport now appears destined to enjoy an uninterrupted run for some time to come Lou Smith climaxes a highly successful meeting at his Salem track tomorrow with a fine program headed by the Rockingham Park Handicap to which he is adding 10000 That sum was sufficient to draw Discovery from New York and the Vander bilt colt will be the starting topweight with 128 pounds Discovery performed at Rock ¬ ingham last fall but he was badly knocked about at the first turn and was unplaced coming back two days later with a worlds record effort at a mile and threesixteenths at NarragansettPark His connections and numerous followers hope that his second appearance at Salem will not be accom ¬ panied by bad luck Rockingham may never again enjoy the success encountered at this meeting because Boston is to have continu ¬ ous racing from riov on at more accessible tracks but Smith can say that in the com ¬ paratively brief period since New Hamp ¬ shire legalized parimutuels he has given good sport to the public good purses to tho horsemen much in taxation to the state and a fair return to himself
