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Here and There on the Turf « i I Cavalcade Is Hardly Ready May Miss Challenge Cup Dwyer Looks Easy to Omaha ii Homewood Stakes Promises Well i »■»»»»■»»»»»»»»»»»»■»»■ ■ ■■»■ 1 Since Memorial Day, which was nearly r four weeks ago, Cavalcade has appeared in 1 the public workout tabs three times and • these only recently. The trials he underwent were at five furlongs, six furlongs and I one mile and each was in slow time, accomplished easily. Last of these was Monday t morning when the speedy Brookmeade Stable four-year-old was sent a mile by trainer t Robert A. Smith in 1:41%. As this effort t did not require Cavalcade to level at any f part of the trial, it is evidence that he is not as close to a race like the Detroit Challenge Cup, which is the important attraction of f the coming week-end. The Brookmeade star . may have undergone some training we dont fc know anything about — he fooled us just before the Suburban — but this time it is very doubtful that he did so. With information 1 emanating from Detroit that he was an i unlikely starter in Saturdays attraction, therefore his Belmont Park trials rightly r appear to indicate that Cavalcade is quite ready to resume racing. Both Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloane and her [ trainer would be happy to be represented in the Challenge Cup, because the event is 5 made to order for the son of Lancegaye, being over a track that he negotiated nicely t In the Detroit Derby and at scale weights. Nothine would suit the Brookmeade folk i better than to have Cavalcade take on Discovery, Head Play, Azucar, et al, at equal 1 imposts, even though they feel their horse e can give the others allowances and beat t them. While Cavalcade may miss the Detroit special, he should soon return to the e wars because Smith believes in running his a horses when they are ready and last seasons three-year-old champion cant be so °_ far away from competition. The Brookmeade ~ board of strategy, however, probably will not determine Cavalcades campaign n until they are satisfied as to his condition. ■ He must have suffered a severe cut or two 0 when he unseated Johnny Gilbert at the beginning ■ of the Suburban. Discovery and King Saxon may have made Omaha look very foolish in the Brooklyn Handicap, but none of his opponents in a Saturdays renewal of the Dwyer Stakes at t Aqueduct will do that. Only a small field d will go to the post in the Dwyer, which has s. been reduced from a mile and a half to nine g furlongs, and it is not one calculated to fur- Continued on twenty-fourth page. HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF • Continued from second page. nish any upsets, although such have occurred in the race, particularly in 1929 when Grey Coat defeated Blue Larkspur. About the only certain opponents of Omaha in the [ Dwyer appear to be E. R. Bradleys Box-thorn , and Alfred Vanderbilts Cold Shoulder. Others that might have made trouble J . for the Belair Stud ace, notably Rosemont and Firethorn, are on the sidelines nursing injuries. Psychic Bid may not be ready to resume competition having been enjoying a L vacation, while Count Arthur, well seasoned [ at the moment, is remaining in the West. Omaha will be better acquainted with the nine-furlong distance than he was in the 5 Brooklyn, having another week in which to overcome the effects of his training for the » mile and a half Belmont Stakes and against such weak opposition he should have no j trouble. Victory in the Dwyer will mean that he duplicated perfectly the victories 3 scored bv his sire, Gallant Fox, up to this i time of the season. Gallant Fox added the ; Dwyer to his Triple Crown triumphs and I Omaha should do likewise. However, the ; general public has reached the conclusion l that Omaha is no such colt as was his famous - daddy, which did not meet defeat as a 1 three-year-old until the Travers. The Fox c did not step out of his division until in 1 the Saratoga Cup, whereas Omaha tried it t much earlier in the season. Following the Dwyer, Omaha will have three weeks until Ithe Classic, a rest he should thoroughly f enjoy. ] • [ , J . L [ 5 » j 3 i ; I ; l - 1 c 1 t f ] Washington Park concludes its thirty-one day meeting Saturday with the Washington Park Championship Handicap as the feature attraction. This event at a mile and a quarter promises one of the most interest-. ing contests of the long Homewood session with as many as ten horses competing for the winners share of the ,000 added purse. Head Play was assigned top weight of 130 pounds, but hardly will accept so Top Row may be the starting highweight with 124 pounds. A. A. Baronis dependable four-, year-old captured the Great Western Handi-J cap, which was at a mile and a furlong, and with D. B. Midkiffs Tearout, which finished second to him, they appear among the most dangerous candidates for the race. Tearout, which gets into the event under 109 pounds, displayed a sparkling performance in finish- ing third to Black Helen and Count Arthur in the American Derby. The latter was as- signed 108 pounds for the race, but he may not start. Other probable participants in-x elude Riskulus, Evergold, Gusto, Late Date, Watch Him and Sweeping Light. Riskulus is just coming around to good form again and E. L. Fitzgerald may elect to start the Northway Stable star, although he really is pointing for the Stars and Stripes Handicap at Arlington. Some of the other candidates for Saturdays race are doing likewise, but the field should be a good one nevertheless. Washington Park officials naturally are hoping for good weather and track conditions for the clos-i ing, but they are well used to disappoint-1 ments by now. Unsatisfactory conditions have prevailed during three-fourths of the meeting to date and but for the continuance of the bad weather, the session would have been a fine winner. Nevertheless, the support given Washington racing has been such as to show that Chicago is a better racing town than it has been during the past two years.
