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Here and There j on the Turf i ! Granville Out of Dwyer j Fitzsimmons Taking No Chances j j High Time Heads Two-Year-Old J j Sires j Tanforan Announces Futurity j James Fitzsimmons, trainer of Granville, yesterday found himself in the position of being able to state that the Belmont Stakes winner will not participate in the Dwyer Stakes, feature of Saturdays program at Aqueduct. William Woodwards good three-year-old had been "intended as a Dwyer starter after he came out of the Belmont in good condition and realizing that the colt was more than ready for a mile and one furlong effort after having run at ten and twelve furlongs on succeeding Saturdays, Fitzsimmons allowed him to breeze only seven-eighths in 1:35 on Thursday, his only trial of last week. Under ordinary circumstances, Granville would have been ready for another workout three or four days later, but rain fell almost steadily on Aqueduct over the week-end, making the sandy track so hard that Fitzsimmons was loathe to risk his star three-year-old, especially after Invermark reported back to the trainer after his winning race Saturday with a spread foot. Aqueduct dries out very quickly and probably will be in excellent condition today but as Granville missed a workout over the week-end Fitzsimmons doesnt care to take advantage of the improvement in the track to give the son of Gallant Fox and Gravitate only one trial when two arc required. Absence of Granville from the Dwyer field means the Woodward colt must await the Arlington Classic late in July for his next three-year-old engagement, although it is quite possible that he will be a starter in the Brooklyn Handicap a week from Saturday. This mile and a furlong affair, carries a purse of 0,000 and weights for it will be released tomorrow. With Granville out of the Dwyer, the Whcatlcy Stables Tcufel may be the only starter saddled by Fitzsimmons and Mr. Bones, which lost the Belmont Stakes by only a nose, looms as a strong favorite. Arlington Park, which in agreement with the other Chicago tracks had a minimum purse policy last season of ,000. will have purses of 00 during its thirty-day meeting opening a week from Monday, but the thousand-dollar average will be maintained. The values of the overnight events have been graduated by racing secretary Charles McLennan so that only the cheapest kind of horses will compete for the smaller purses while the better thoroughbreds will have opportunities in races worih .,000 or more. Only two events at 00 each will be offered daily and always sufficient other races will possess a value greater than ,000 to make up the difference. This arrangement should suit the more important stables which will be represented at Arlington by horses of quality, and undoubtedly will have an influence in attrartinr better material to the Chicago course. Arlington has no worries about having enough horses to par- Continued on thirty-sixtl page. HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page. ticipate in the cheaper races, but it could use several more barns even though its stall capacity is larger than any other track in I. the country. The prolific High Time which several ! times has headed the list of sires of two-year-old winners, holds a slight lead in the race for 1936 honors with the race slightly more than half over. The veteran Ultimus stallion, now standing at Dixiana, has out ten winners, the most important of which is Foolish Moment, winner of the Clipsetta Stakes, but ho also is represented by a snappy colt in Shootin High. Both of these youngsters are owned by Dixiana, the nom de course of Charles T. Fisher. Second to High Time with only one less winner, according to the latest tabulation, is Sickle, which vies with Chance Shot for being the leading sire at Joseph E. Wideners farm. Sickle, whose best performer so far is Brevity, has not been a stakes winner as yet this season, although Advocator appeai-s a promising colt. Stimulus, another steady sire of two-year-olds, and the California-owned Bis-touri, are next on the list wth seven winners each. Encouraged by the fine success of its spring meeting and the splendid progress made by California racing in the past winter, John W. Marchbank has announced the Tanforan Futurity with 0,000 added to be run at the San Bruno course for the first time in 1938. Nominations which will be of foals this year close on August 15. The event will be over the mile distance and is scheduled to be staged during the autumn meeting of 1938 and it is certain to prove popular with California breeders and with those breeders elsewhere who may have an idea of selling their products in the western state or shipping them there for racing. As the Los Angeles Turf Club also i has a 0,000 Future event for two-year-olds, although they must be California-bred, the effort to promote the best interests of the sport there is a very serious one.
