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. . . . T Here and There j I on the Turf j I I Older Horses to Be Busy Satur- j day j I Four Handicaps Are Scheduled I Ladysman Is Trying Another j I Comeback Time Supply Resumes Training J Members of the handicap division will be very busy this coming Saturday with no j fewer than four events in various parts of the country on the days program. The most important of these races, as well as the most valuable, is the Brooklyn Handicap, a 0,000 added affair at Aqueduct, which promises to bring together Discovery and Roman Soldier, regarded as the two best handicap horses now active. Each of the other races will have ,000 added by the association and in the case of the Illinois Owners Handicap it will be the closing feature of the Hawthorne meeting. Like the Brooklyn, the distance of this contest is a mile and one furlong, whereas the horses in the Pontchar-train Handicap at Detroit and Puritan Handicap at Suffolk Downs will run a mile and one sixteenth. Another distance affair of prominence on Saturdays program is the La-tonia Oaks, engaging three-year-old fillies at nine furlongs for a ,000 added purse. Judging by the manner in which she has been going through her training paces since appearing in a sprint race more than a week ago, Nellie Flag may be regarded as a strong hope for the Illinois Owners Handicap. Warren Wrights filly apparently is coming back to herself and she may catch a so-so field in the race. The best older horses at Detroit may be expected in the Pontchartrain, which also may attract one or two not eligible to the Hawthorne feature although located at the Cicero course. The Brooklyn naturally overshadows the Puritan for eastern popularity but the presence of Discovery and Roman Soldier in the Aqueduct race may cause some eligibles to both stakes to prefer the Suffolk Downs engagement, even though the purse is half as much. Ladysman, which went lame while preparing for the Santa Anita Handicap, doesnt seem far away from an early return to competition. The son of Pompey and Lady Belle, which Clcaveland Putnam purchased from William R. Coe last fall, went a mile in 1:42, the other morning at Suffolk Downs and a few more serious trials should find him ready to run. Undoubtedly he is being pointed for the Massachusetts Handicap which is also the objective of Cavalcade, Discovery and other leading members of the older division. When Ladysman went wrong at the California course, it appeared the end of his racing career finally had arrived as he has been in and out of racing annually ever since he was a two-year-old! because of his fragility. When he eventually quits campaigning Ladysman will be retired to the western farm of his owner to head the stud. The Pompey veteran has run several remarkable races in his varied career and may have another good effort in him. Mrs. Frank A. Carreauds Time Supply is Continued on thirty-fifth page.. HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page. another well-known veteran which may be back for the Massachusetts Handicap. Although failing to hold Top Row in the Santa Anita Handicap, the son of Time Maker and Surplice made his California invasion a success but upon moving to Texas he went lame and has been out of training since. Now he is at work again, his latest trial being an easy six furlongs at Suffolk Downs. The chances of Time Supply making ready for the Massachusetts are much greater than those of Ladysman because not only is he the younger horse, but he does not require much drilling to be whipped into top condition. Time Supply likely will appear in a sprint and work up to the Massachusetts as he did at Santa Anita, although this is not entirely necessary with him. Three-year-olds will be engaged in two stakes on Wednesday, the Commonwealth at Suffolk Downs and the Gazelle at Aqueduct. The former is a six furlongs affair with S2.500 in added money and the Gazelle is for fillies at a mile and one-sixteenth with ,500 added. Inaugurated in 1887 at Graves-end with Firenze as the first winner, the Gazelle was run continually until 1910. being revived at Aqueduct in 1917 and offered annually there until hard times compelled its absence during the past three years. Quite a few good fillies are eligible to it including High Fleet. Split Second, Two Bob, Blue Sheen and Gold Seeker. The last named has been working steadily and may use the Gazelle for her first start since running in the Kentucky Derby. She has the Chesapeake Stakes to her credit. High Fleet the Coaching Club American Oaks, Two Bob the Kentucky Oaks and Blue Sheen the Acorn Stakes. Split Second is something of an uncrowned queen.
