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T--------------- ...-. ..t Here and There on the Turf Cycle Makes Good as Nautch j Fails Enthusiasm High as Jamaica Opens j Milky Way Entry Texas Derby j Choice Silas Masons Death Shocks j Racing j I i... . . 4 Declared out of the Harford Handicap, opening days feature at Havre de Grace, to leave the burden of representing the Howe Stable entirely with Nautch, Cycle was sent to Jamaica to start in the feature of New Yorks first program of the season, the Paumonok Handicap, Nautch could do no better than take third honors back of Jay Jay and Bright Haven in the Harford, but Cycle came through impressively to defeat Psychic Bid, King Saxon, Tintagel and the others in the Paumonok. Cycles victory in the Jamaica traditional inaugural feature was something of a shock as the punters had given much support to King Saxon and the entry of Tintagel and Quel Jeu, while Psychic Bid was next in importance. In the running of the six furlongs sprint, the four-year-old son of Sickle and Flam-bette was in evidence all the way, having so much speed that he soon had Tintagel raced into submission and then drew out to maintain a comfortable margin over Psychic Bid and Tintagel. Cycle was accounted a good sprinter all last season but was hardly considered in a class with King Saxon. C. H. Knebelkamps veteran- speedster took up 130 pounds to 111 on the Howe colorbearer at Saratoga last summer and beat him without effort and Sation took two decisions over the Sickle gelding carrying 140 pounds on one occasion and 133 pounds on the other while Cycles burden was 111 pounds each time. In the Paumonok Cycle shouldered 108 pounds but Capt Philip M. Walker had him trained to the minute and he made good in a convincing manner whereas his stablemate had failed in the Harford two days previously. King Saxon and Tintagel, like Cycle and Psychic Eid as well, were making their first starts of the season and they can do better, especially the Knebelkamp five-year-old. Tintagel continues to look like a sprinter that has difficulty holding his speed in races around a turn. Despite the absence of ideal conditions, a large and enthusiastic crowd was present for the New York opening. It is up to the entire racing fraternity to maintain that enthusiasm because in doing so the crowds will be greater throughout the season than has been the case for years. This may be expected because a better spirit prevails among those charged with providing the sport, from the heads of the racing associations down to the grooms. If a good show is offered daily the attendances will be such as to prompt the associations to make them even better. Numerous changes have been made in the effort to improve conditions and others will be made as their needs are impressed upon the powers. Most of the leading stables with their better horses, keener trainers and finer jockeys are in New York and it is up to the associations to make the best possible use of these principals in providing the daily sport. Equalling the recent record-breaking effort of The Fighter, his companion in the Milky Way Farms Stable, Sangreal hat Continued on nineteenth page. HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page. qualified for tomorrows renewal of the Texas Derby just as well as the Bull Dog colt. The two of them, with Doran thrown in for good measure, give the Milky Way establishment a Texas Derby hand that will be very difficult to beat, especially if Mrs. Silas B. Masons He Did is an absentee due to the sudden death of her husband. A large field for the 5,000 added affair, at a mile and one furlong, has been talked about, but it should be of medium size con- sidering the caliber of the leading candidates. Rushaway, victorious in the Louisiana Derby, seems the best of the others because of the excellent manner in which he ac-i counted for the Fair Grounds event. I The sudden death of Silas B. Mason was quite a shock to racing people, as it was in other walks of life in which he was very prominent because the noted contractor and builder has steadily extended his thoroughbred holdings in recent years. He was a partner in the Warm Stable, which purchased Victorian and The Nut from the late Harry Payne Whitney for a very large sum and he has maintained a fine stud at Duntreath Farm near Lexington since Victorian was retired to the stud, that horse dying a few years ago. A year ago Mason purchased Hartland, the vast breeding farm built up by Johnson N. Camden, and he had some of his horses there, both places being under the supervision of his nephew, Horatio Mason. With the dissolution of the Warm Stable, the horses in which Mason was interested raced under the banner of his wife, and they included such good ones as Head Play, Sun Portland, Valevictorian and He Did, J. T. Taylor being the trainer, as he was of Victorian when that horse won the 00,000 Agua Caliente Handicap in 1930. Mason knew horses and liked them, on and off the track. He was fond of racing of the right kind and was a leader in underwriting the Keeneland undertaking. a- ! J j ! I J i j
