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! Here and There I ! on the Turf I Gean Canach Finds Himself i Is Prospect for Longer Stakes Cavalcade Is Nearing Condition J I Jacobs Ahead of Former Sched- ! J ule j The patience of Robert A. Smith, trainer of the Brookmeade Stable, in the handling of Gean Canach, was finally rewarded j Wednesday when the son of St. Germans -and Killashandra won the Shevlin Stakes and ,525. It was the second triumph for Mates half-brother, which cost Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloane ,500 at the 1934 yearling sales at Saratoga, and of course the most important as. his other victory was in a maiden affair. Gean Canach failed to come around as a youngster and went to the post only twice, but Smith bided his time with the colt and this spring he has been able to send him to the post regularly. The -experience he gained was just what Gean Canach needed as he learned what was required of him when the colors were up, and on Memorial Day he came from well back -to nose out Invermark for his first victory. Then followed a second in a Class C race, with his Shevlin score ensuing. Gean Canach was ridden in the proper fashion to win the Shevlin, in which he defeated a group of capable three-year-olds. Sammy Renick had him free of interference in the early running, taking him up when it appeared he would be blocked, in a manner that kept the Brookmeade colt in his stride and then guided him to the out- -side for an unobstructed rush through the stretch. He came so fast through the final straightaway that he made up seven lengths to overtake Gleeman and Excite in the final stride or two. Others behind Gean Canach were Pullman, He Did, Transporter, Teufel, Bright Plumage, Maeriel and Bien Joli, so the field he defeated possessed considerable quality. The son of St. Germans is still improving and as he apparently likes distance- -running he may prove troublesome in future three-year-old stakes such as the Dwyer and Classic. In the past Cavalcade has twice breezed a mile in better than 1:45 and the Brookmeade star may not be as far away from the races as might be supposed otherwise. The son of Lancegaye and Hastily did not break down at Santa Anita, according to the general impression, but his heel was badly bruised when the shoe from the other foot was pulled loose and struck him. This ailment has been cleared up for some time and with his right foot in better shape than in a long time from the quarter crack suffered last year, Cavalcade has been able to gallop steadily and more recently to undergo speed trials. Trainer Smith is in no -great hurry to return the three-year-old champion of 1934 to the races but if he comes around Cavalcade may get to the post next month. Smith intends at present to -ship his stable to Arlington Park, where the Stars and Stripes Handicap on July 4 and the Arlington Handicap on August 1 I .Continued on twenty-third page. - " . HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page. are open to Cavalcade, but the veterans first objective may be the Massachusetts Handicap at Suffolk Downs on July 22 as the latter affair will be worth in excess of 5,000. Hirsch Jacobs increased the number of winners he has saddled this season to seventy-one when he sent out Amagansett to defeat Santi Quaranti in the steeplechase at Aqueduct Wednesday and the Brooklyn horseman appears well on his way to being the leading American trainer for the fourth year in succession. With the season but little more than half gone, Jacobs has more winners than in any previous year at this time and if he continues his present gait he will surpass his best total, which was 127, made in 1934, and may threaten the record of 147 made by C. B. Irwin in 1923. Even though he again may be the leader this season, Jacobs has to gain the honor in two more successive years to equal the achievement of H. G. Bedwell, who reigned from 1912 through 1916 after heading the list for the first time in 1909. Jacobs has nearly all platers in his stable and he is not afraid to drop them down in class to increase their winning chances. Rebellion, which showed so much speed in his trials at Belmont Park that the veteran A. J. Joyner visioned another Jamestown, sire of the colt, looked more like a promising colt in his winning effort at Aqueduct than he did in his two outings at the Nassau course. In his races down the straightaway, Rebellion tired badly after flashing early speed but on Aqueducts "elbow" course the George Widener colt stepped to the front at the start and held sway throughout to cover the five furlongs in :59 in the face of a light breeze. He carried only 102 pounds and defeated Danger Point, a high class plater, by a length and a half. Now Joyner and his aide, W. F. Mul-holland, may be expected to pit Rebellion in top notch company again, although the colt is not engaged in either the Tremont or Great American Stakes.
