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- -- f Here and There j on the Turf j Firethorn to Skip Brooklyn j il Was Injured in Suburban j i Mr. Bones Is Strong Favorite. . ! - j Woodward. Will Try Again j Firethorn will not be a starter in next Saturdays running of the Brooklyn Handicap I as he has been eased up in his training since he gained a nose decision over Granville in the Suburban Handicap on Memorial Day. I The four-year-old son of Sun Briar and j Baton Rouge suffered a slight ankle injury in that event and trainer Preston Burch thought it best to give Firethorn plenty of time in which to overcome the ailment. That it was not serious is indicated by the j fact that the Walter Jeffords colt has been j galloping steadily at Belmont Park and he is ready to resume hard training at any time. In passing up the Brooklyn, Firethorn has nothing in sight until the Massachusetts Handicap, which is scheduled for July 22 at Suffolk Downs, and he will be taken to the Boston course Monday along with other members of the Jeffords stable to be campaigned during the summer. Although Firethorn will not be among those present in the Brooklyn next Saturday, the event will not be lacking in interesting aspects, especially with Discovery and Roman Soldier being intended. Quite a few other horses are expected to accept the weights, so the field will be large enough to insure plenty of action. The Brooklyn, weather permitting, can be expected to draw a very large crowd to Aqueduct and its new accommodations have been thoroughly taxed. Slightly less than 10,000 persons were presr ent at the. Queens County Jockey Club course last Saturday and the grandstand was crowded although the lawn was deserted due to the rain. The Brooklyn should crowd the lawn as well as the grandstand. At any mutuel track a clash at this time between Discovery and Roman Soldier could be expected to attract 30,000 persons or more. Mr. Bones, which demonstrated in the Belmont Stakes that he could extend his speed a mile and a half when rated properly, will be called upon this afternoon to run only a mile and one furlong in the Dwyer Stakes. The field for the Aqueduct stake numbers only six and is not nearly so keen as that for the Belmont Stakes, so the son of Royal Minstrel and Rinkey can be expected to rule at very short odds. Pullman, Excite and Jean Bart have the speed to go with John Hay Whitneys good colt unless Johnny Gilbert lets him run at his best clip, which he wont, and Memory Book and Gean Canach are the plodders. Jean Bart can be sent to the front or rated in back of the pace so whichever way he does will be the way trainer Burch and jockey Harry Richards decided. The son of Man o War has been training in very sharp fashion of late and may prove troublesome to Mr. Bones. As he collapsed after going a mile and a quarter in the Belmont Stakes, he can be expected to fancy the Dwyer distance more heartily. Gean Canach, winner of the Shevlin Stakes with a corking stretch-running effort, gets his first opportunity over a distance as much as that of the Dwyer, and Continued on thirty-third page. j 1 I I 1 ! J 1 1 . HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF .Continued from second page. Mates half brother will have the support of quite a few persons who know their horses, to run down Mr. Bones and the other speedy horses in the race. The Brookmeade Stable colt will be benefited by the two long stretches and the small field because he is a long-striding fellow that several times has had difficulty in settling down to his best pace. Memory Book also should fancy the Aqueduct course but the son of St. Germans has disappointed so frequently this year after training well that a good effort from him will be something of a surprise. Qmaha failed to win the Ascot Gold Cup, but that will not discourage William Woodward from trying again. The son of Gallant Fox and Flambino has done very well in England and he is not through yet, but when he is retired Woodward may replace him with another American-bred colt because the master of Belair will continue in his crusade to convince England that good horses are bred and raised in this country. Perhaps The Jockey Club chairman has already thought about sending Granville to England at the conclusion of the current season, providing the Belmont Stakes winner comes out of his campaign in sound fashion. Because he is not eligible to the English stud book, Omaha will be returned to this country when he quits racing to be retired to the stud where he will join his sire, Gallant Fox, and grand sire, Sir Gallahad HI.
