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Here and There on the Turf j ! Paumonok Weights Create In-j! terest i ; Tintagel Rated With Older Stars Singing Wood May Be Horse to Beat Bowie Meeting Proving Sue- ; i cessful New Yorks long racing season will be inaugurated a week from today and interest in the thoroughbreds naturally is perking l : up in the nations metropolis. Those who will be at Jamaica next Wednesday, whether actually or in spirit, now are speculating on the outcome of the Paumonok Handicap, the traditional opening days feature. This sprint ; of six furlongs seldom fails to bring out a large field of the better sprinters and the coming renewal promises to be no exception. John B. Campbell, handicapper for The Jockey Club, has not changed his mind about the relative merits of King Saxon and Sation since last fall and they are again in a race with equal weights. They did not clash last autumn and so there was no way of knowing which was the better and until they do meet, apparently, Campbell intends to hold them in equal esteem. Meanwhile, another horse has come along to be placed in the same bracket with King Saxon and Sation. He is the three-year-old . Tintagel, Belmont Futurity winner last fall. All three of these Paumonok eligibles are rated at two pounds below the scale, King Saxon and Sation at 130 pounds and Tintagel at 114 pounds. If the latter has trained well since George Odom made up his mind that he could not be gotten ready for the Florida Derby, Marshall Fields colt may be a participant and perhaps a difficult colt to beat. Since quitting Florida, the son of Sir Gal-lahad III. Heloise, whose half-brother, Sgt. Byrne, won the race as a three-year-old two years ago, has been at Columbia, where he has had the proper facilities to be gotten thoroughly fit. Since its inception in 1906, the Paumonok has been a" good race for three-year-olds, Inquisitor taking the first running and "Red River, of the same age, the second. Since Coquette, Zev, St. James, Polydor, Mei Foo, Sarazen II. and Sgt. Byrne have been colts of that age to make good in the six furlongs dash. Very possibly Tintagel may use the Paumonok as the first in a series of races leading up to the Kentucky Derby at a mile and one-quarter. Sgt. Byrne went to Churchill Downs in 1934 after campaigning at .Jamaica but found the Derby distance too far for him and he has been reserved for sprinting almost exclusively since. Zev has been the only Paumonok winner ever to score in the Kentucky Derby, but he raced disappointingly in the Preakness in between the two events. Nothing has been heard lately that Tintagel will not be a starter in the Derby but announcement has been made that he will bp a contestant in the Paumonok and very likely Odom intends to test his charge in competition before making a decision regarding the Blue Grass classic. Tintagel, however, is not regarded as potential a Derby threat as Hollyrood, Brevity, White Cockade, Granville, Grand Slam and Ned Reigh, judging by the fluctuations of odds in the several future books. King Saxon, which shares with Sation and Tintagel the high weight assignment in the Jamaica sprint, was victorious in the race a year ago when he carried 118 pounds to 126 pounds on Singing Wood and 114 pounds on Only One. Singing Wood must take up 123 pounds in the impending renewal and Only One 116 pounds. In view of the good form he has demonstrated recently, the veteran son of Royal Minstrel may prove a tough one to beat if he accepts. He captured the Bowie Inaugural under top weight . in very neat fashion and his sprint work at Santa Anita Park was highly commendable. Unless the high weights have brilliant trials to recommend them, Singing Wood may be expected as the favorite in view of his proven condition. Attendance figures at Bowie continue to pin high and the crowd Saturday, when three-year-olds were brought together, for a dash of six furlongs in the feature attraction, tested the tracks accommodations thoroughly. Wagering also was very satisfactory to general manager Joseph B. Boyle and he is looking ahead to a very happy conclusion to the ten-day meeting. The Southern Maryland course is not taking the customary two weeks for its spring term and will have a longer autumn run as a result, but, nevertheless, the short meeting is proving successful and the spring season in the Old Line State appears on its way to being the best in quite a few years. Improved transportation facilities have aided in the increased patronage, but Bowies customers also appear better disposed towards the sport, a feeling that has been evident at every other track in operation since last fall. Now that Tropical Park has closed, Bowie is getting more horses and patrons from Florida and its session will gain even greater momentum during its final few days.
