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j, , Here and There on the Turf Weights Aid in High Fleet Victory Filly Champion Yet to Be Named King Saxon Runs Again Monday ! Washington Park Steps Out a A fine race was offered by the Coaching Club American Oaks, but the mile and three furlongs race failed to reveal the three-year-old filly champion of the season. That accolade probably will not be awarded until the running of the Alabama Stakes at Saratoga in August. High Fleet, daughter of Jack High, a top miler, and the Man o War mare Armada was in receipt of ten pounds from both Split Second and Blue Sheen and she turned that advantage into victory. At level weights it is doubtful that the speedy filly from George D. Wideners stable would have turned back the stretch bid of Split Second. Blue Sheen, taking up nine pounds over the impost she carried in the Acorn Stakes at I one mile, in which she barely nosed out V High Fleet, found her impost too exacting and was done after going a mile, although in her previous race she appeared just as good a staying prospect as the daughter of Jack High. That those very wise men who write on small blackboards at Belmont Park had High Fleets chances in the Oaks gauged properly was revealed in their opening odds, which had her an equal choice with the entry of Blue Sheen and Reminding, while Split Second was not far behind. The public went for High Fleet in a mild way and for Split Second more heartily than for the entry, with the result that they closed as equal choices. With the advantage of ten pounds in weight over Split Second and Blue Sheen, the daughter of Jack High used her speed to go to the front after the first three furlongs and to jump into such a good lead entering the stretch that Split Second was unable to run her down at the finish. In their future meetings High Fleet and Split Second must suffer the same penalties and only then will the superiority of one or the other be established. King Saxon, which has been taking matters easy since he was cuffed about in the running of the Metropolitan Handicap, may be expected under silks again Monday in the Queens County Handicap, which features the inaugural program of Aqueducts summer meeting. Charles H. Kncbclkamps speedy five-year-old son of Saxon and Pol-tova was assigned top weight of 126 pounds for the mile test and judging by the excellent manner in which he has trained for the engagement he may prove hard to beat. Only the other morning King Saxon was sent nine furlongs in 1:53 over his home course at Aqueduct and that trial should have him in prime fettle for the Queens County, a race the Knebelkamp racer accounted for last season under an impost of 118 pounds. King Saxon will have to give chunks of weight to all of his opponents as none of the other higher weights arc likely Continued on third page. HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page. to accept. Opponents of King Saxon may be expected from among Count Arthur, Good Harvest, Good Gamble, Observant, Gallant Mac, Mantagna, Thursday and Palma. Washington Park, which will hold its meeting in August and the early portion of September to include coveted Labor Day this year, has announced a program of seven stakes, headed by the 0,000 added Washington Park Handicap at a mile and one-quarter. A good horse could start but at the beginning of the meeting in a ,500 sprint, move up to a ,000 mile affair and then to a nine furlongs event of similar value before going after the richest prize. It is good to see racing by older horses encouraged in this manner because they furnish the kind of sport in which the public is interested. For the following year, Washington Park has announced a pair of future events for fillies and for two-year-olds of all sexes and they promise to be the richest races on the program. This country has all the valuable two-year-old stakes it needs right now and encouragement for racing by three-year and older horses should be given by the associations. Very likely the men behind Washington Park have come to the conclusion that the best manner in which to stimulate the interest in Chicago racing was to encourage more persons to own horses, and races like the Washington Park Futurity and Princess Pat Stakes would be something to strive for. Two such events as those along with an attractive program of stakes for older horses at least will have the effect of keeping some horses in Chicago which otherwise, might be shipped to Saratoga during the month of August. With a quartet of rich races plus a couple of minor stakes at Washington Park and Arlington Park, it should give Chicago two-year-old racing of an importance comparable .with that .at Saratoga, and Belmdnt Park1, but wilf itlead; the way to better racing by three-year-olds and older horses Z
