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r t Here and There on the Turf Calumet May Not Have Derby . Starter Count Morse, Pharosay Going Easily ! Coldstream to Belmont After I Derby ! Singing Wood Trains Off Read- I ily ; t . Highly improbable is the notion that the Calumet Farm of Warren Wright will have a representative in the Kentucky Derby, although trainer Bert Williams hasnt given up hope of getting either Count Morse or Pharosay, or both colts, to the post in the Churchill Downs classic. The Calumet trainer hasnt been able to do as much with his charges as he had planned because of the bad weather which has prevailed throughout the winter and spring in Kentucky, and at this late stage of the game he doesnt care to do anything drastic in the attempt to have a starter in the three-year-old feature. The backwardness of the Calumet colts explains to a great extent why Eddie Arcaro, Calumets first-string jockey, was engaged to pilot Marshall Fields Tintagel in the Paumonok and Wood Memorial Stakes at Jamaica and the Derby, if the Belmont Futurity winner qualifies for the event. Williams is of the opinion that both Count Morse and Pharosay will prove better three-year-olds if they are not subjected to the final demands of the gruelling prep necessary to have them ready for a good Derby effort. Count Morse is a son of Reigh Count and Nellie Morse, and, like most of the get of the famous international star, wants plenty of time in which to come to himself. Williams realizes the fact and believes Nellie Flags half brother will prove a better three-year-old if he is not hurried. Count Morse was not a top flight youngster, but showed enough to convince his connections that he had something upon which to improve. He has plenty of engagements after the Derby and will not lack the opportunity to prove his mettle. Sun Teddy continues to be rated the best three-year-old prospect in the Calumet stable, just as he demonstrated himself to be the best juvenile in the establishment despite ailing knees. The son of Teddy and Sun-mela, a yearling buy at ,500, was not nominated for either the Derby or Preakness, so there is no incentive for Williams to get him to the races very soon. He was fired for his trouble last fall and is doing splendidly at the present time, with only a slight preparation under his belt. Pharosay also has done all asked of him, but Williams wants the growthy son of Pharamond II. to come to hand as he pleases. Nellie Flag, upon which high hopes of becoming the second filly winner of the Kentucky Derby were held, has been returnd to training and is the principal older member in the Calumet lineup. She did not race after the American Derby last spring, training off after the Kentucky Derby, in which she had much bad luck and then suffered a slightly bowed tendon. As has been the case during the past two years, Calumet promises to come up with several capable youngsters. Coldstream, the three-year-old hope of Charles B. Shaffers Coldstream Stud Stable, was not named for the Preakness because his owner and trainer, Alex Gordon, does not care to rush the speedy son of Bull Dog and Nimble Hoof, by Sweep, through his engagements this season. Coldstream has trained very well so far in preparation for the Derby, after which he will be given plenty of chance to freshen up again for the Withers and Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park, with the Classic at Arlington Park .Continued on eighteenth page. HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page. following next. Gordon pointed out that four such events like the Derby, Preakness, Withers and Belmont require a full season in England, whereas they are decided in this country within the space of five weeks. Singing Wood, a superior mudder, was unable to display any of his vaunted speed over a slow track in the Harford Handicap, opening days feature at Havre de Grace, and finished well back in the event, in which he was an odds-on favorite. The unexpected defeat of the five-year-old son of Royal Minstrel and Glade, without knowledge of a better reason, may be attributed to the more or less easy manner in which he trains off from time to time. Singing Wood was unable to flash two winning efforts in a row at Santa Anita Park and he lacked the ability to follow up his easy triumph in the opening feature at Bowie. Havre de Grace had a good opening despite the poor weather conditions which prevailed and with any sort of improvement in this respect the meeting should be the best spring session in some years for the popular Harford course.
