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t Here and There j on the Turf : Mr. Bones Is Good Prospect j May Make Trouble in Withers ! Knight Gallant to Be Reserved I Trainers of Bold Venture, Brevity, Red Rain, Granville and the other contenders for three-year-old honors viewing Belmont Parks sport Tuesday had that uneasy feel-ting after Mr. Bones won the Swift Stakes with a mighty smooth exhibition. John Hay Whitneys big brown colt, which apparently has the makings of the best son Royal Minstrel has produced, led all the way under excellent rating from Johnny Gilbert, being able to draw away through the stretch when called upon after Postage Due had made what appeared a winning challenge at the head of the stretch. Not only did the son of Royal Minstrel and Rinkey, by Pennant, defeat Postage Due, but he also took the measure of Aneroid, Delphinium, Bow to Me, Speed to Spare and Wha Hae, all better than average three-year-olds. Delphinium was considered the best of Mr. Bones opponents, but the small son of Blue Larkspur was unequal to the task of taking up 119 pounds and holding his speed over the greasy track which prevailed. Because of his fine effort, the Whitney colt now is considered one of the best prospects for Saturdays renewal of the Withers Stakes, at one mile. In the Swift, with 114 pounds up, he ran the seven furlongs in 1:24 %, which, while more than two seconds slower than the track record, was very creditable, considering the condition of the track. It offered uncertain footing because of a sharp shower just before the races. This may have had something to do with Delphiniums undoing, as he appeared to be laboring in the early running, and George Woolf had to ride him with an iron hand, although his recent fast race at one mile, in which he defeated Red Rain, may have dulled his speed. At any rate, Mr. Bones ran back to his recent performance at a mile and seventy yards at Jamaica, which he covered in 1:42%, beating Tatterdemalion and Corundum among others, and he quite evidently has developed into a good three-year-old prospect. Mr. Bones is an extraordinary looking colt, possessing a long barrel, but his quarters are much like those of a sprinter. His legs are long and they set on long pasterns, which in time may prove troublesome. Because of his length the Whitney colt requires plenty of freedom in which to settle into his stride. He was on the inside in his recent race, but broke alertly and went right on running with the result that Gilbert was able to ride him as he wished. Speed to Spare hooked up with Mr. Bones right after the start and went along with him to the stretch, but Gilbert was not called upon to relinquish his hold and only roused his mount when Postage Due ranged alongside in the stretch. The tactics used by the two Vanderbilt colts would have had perfect results but for the superiority displayed by Mr. Bones. The colt has yet to demonstrate his ability to carry weight against the top-notchers and to go a distance, but he shows plenty of promise for doing both and may make his owner very happy for having purchased Royal Minstrel for a large sum in England and imported him to this country to head the Llangollen Stud. Convinced that he has in Knight Gallant one of the best two-year-old prospects ever to come under his practiced hand, Robert A. Smith, trainer of the Brookmeade Stable, intends to take every care with the colt in the hope of taking one of the richer specials to be offered later in the season. After the son of Sir Gallahad III. and Anastasia, by Wrack, scored by eight lengths at Belmont Tuesday, Smith said he would not be called upon again for hard training until time to whip him into condition for the Arlington Futurity, which is scheduled for August 1. Knight Gallant, which finished second in his only other start, cost 1,500 as a yearling, being purchased from the Morven Stud. In addition to combining the same crosses that produced Omaha, Knight Gallants second dam is Marguerite, which also foaled the mighty Gallant Fox, another son of Sir Gallahad III. He has a physique in keeping with his breeding.
