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, Here and There on the Turf Bold Ventures Injury Great j Shock j ! Bobs Belmont of Much Inter- j est 1 ! Mid-Western Tracks Start j Well J Granville Seeks Suburban Vic- J i tory j Bold Ventures injury, which came as quite a shock because the son of St. Germans and Possible was being admitted on all sides as being just about the best three-year-old extant, demonstrates once again the fragility of the thoroughbred and the uncertainty of racing. With courage and ability Bold Venture fought hard to get to the top, surviving heart-rending battles in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, but that is as far as he can go this season because Morton L. Schwartz and Max Hirsch think too much of him to risk his weakened leg in further training. The bowing of a tendon is one of the most prevalent yet serious of ailments encountered by the race horse and is more common among the good ones than with those of lesser ability because the superior horse runs harder and therefore puts more strain on his muscles. More bowed tendons occur at pasteboard tracks than those with good cushions, but whether Bold Ventures injury was influenced by a performance over a hard course is a matter that cant be determined. Needless to say, Bold Ventures defection will rob the three-year-old division of a good and colorful member, and it will make a difference in the interest manifested in events like the Belmont Stakes and Arlington Classic. Metropolitan racing enthusiasts were looking forward with great eagerness to the Belmont Stakes because it promised a meeting between Bold Venture, Brevity, Granville and White Cockade and offered the Widener and Woodward colts the opportunity to gain revenge from the redoubtable fellow that defeated the one in the Kentucky Derby and the other in the Preakness. Now there can be no three-year-old champion unless the others beat each other, leaving Bold Venture at the top because of his spring triumphs. Some other colt maj sweep all before him now but it would nol .Continued on fourth page,. 1 I i I r 1 1 1 s 1 i d r, if it HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page. be fair to the son of St. Germans to award the palm to another. The Schwartz colt is only the latest of a long list of good three-year-olds whose careers have been cut short by bowed tendons or other ailments. Last year Omaha was unable to last beyond July, being visited by some strange trouble. The year before, Cavalcades foot injury became too severe to permit him to fulfill autumn engagements and in 1929 Blue Larkspur bowed a tendon while in training for the Travers Stakes. Bubbling Over met the same fate after he had won the Kentucky Derby in 1926. Burgoo King was unable to keep going beyond the Withers after having won the Derby and Preakness in 1932, while in 1931 Equipoise was forced out of training on Derby Day when he reported with a quarter crack. Too early development and the existence of too many hard tracks may be considered the reason why so many good three-year-olds have not been able to last through the season, but this condition will improve as the conservation movement makes further progress and more attention is paid to the care of American race tracks. Hawthorne, Latonia and Detroit, which opened their summer meetings Saturday, all accommodated large crowds who wagered in brisk fashion, thereby indicating that racings new prosperity is prevalent in these centers. Hawthorne, for the first time, leads off the schedule of Chicagos major tracks in place of Washington Parkt but the change apparently is not making any difference because a very large crowd was present on opening day and the attendance has held up splendidly since. Kentucky evidently is coming back in a racing way after several very lean years, as Latonia is carrying on just as did Churchill Downs, which enjoyed, its finest spring meeting in a long time, not counting the importance and influence of the Kentucky Derby. The progressive spirit shown at Louisville is evident at Latonia and with finer racing material available the sport should remain at a high standard throughout the meeting. James Fitzsimmons has decided to start William Woodwards Granville in Saturdays renewal of the Suburban Handicap and the presence of that three-year-old in the field will add much itnerest to the mile and one-quarter event. The son of Gallant Fox and Gravita is being intended for the Belmont Stakes at a mile and one-half on the following Saturday and the Suburban will give him the opportunity for a thorough workout as well as the chance to pick up a matter of 0,000 or so. According to the scale, Granville will be the top weight of the field with his impost of 108 pounds. Judging by the workout tab, Capt. Phil Walker is getting the Howe Stables Only One ready for the race, although the son of Lucullite hasnt started as yet this season. Sunday morning the five-year-old went the Suburban distance in 2:06 in a move that was highly pleasing to the railbirds. Gallant Mac, Whopper, Identify, Good Goods and Good Harvest are other eligibles to Saturdays feature which have been prepared for the engagement and the race promises to be well worthy of Belmont, Park,
