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i Here and There I on the Turf j i Louchheim Realizes Ambition Is Keen on Winning Derby ! Improvements Prove Beneficial j Jacobs Nears Trainers Record I---------------------------- In Pompoon, Jerome H. Louchheim has the best horse hes ever owned, and he has been trying for quite some time to get a champion, the hope, of every one who owns a thoroughbred. Strangely enough, the Philadelphia sportsman did not realize his ambition until a time when his stable was the smallest it has been in many years and only when a gangling yearling which cost him ,000 at the Saratoga sales last August developed into one of the smoothest running pieces of horseflesh this country has seen in quite some time. We do not know that Louchheim, through his trainer, C. F. Clarke, had suspicions last winter and spring that Pompoon was a good colt, but whether or not the colt displayed early promise, his owner was given the very great satisfaction of seeing him go up the ladder steadily until his victory in the Futurity proved the son of Pompey Oonagh the first true two-year-old champion the country has had since 1931. Further than being the tops in his division. Pompoon Jso is giving his owner the anxious .pleasure of being a real three-year-old prospect. If all goes well with Pompoon, it can be expected that he will be trained for the Kentucky Derby, an event Louchheim always has supported liberally, whether or not he was represented by a starter. Hardly a Derby of recent years has gone by but what the Philadelphia sportsman has entertained a large party of friends at the Blue Grass fixture, going to Louisville in his private car. His orange and white silks came very close to victory in the 1932 renewal of the Derby, when Economic finished second to Burgoo King, and that son of Infinite probably was the best horse Louchheim had owned prior to the advent of Pompoon. It is to be hoped that Pompoons success will cause Louchheim to expand his thoroughbred holdings, because he ever has been a stanch friend of the sport, taking both his victories and his losses graciously. At one time he gave financial support to the operation of Oriental Park and for several years he has owned a farmin Maryland in partnership with Henry S. Horkheimer. Official figures, as released by the State Racing Commission, show that Aqueduct had the most successful meeting of i s long Saratogas session was its best and history " vears It is not difficult to under- grandstand ana changes in the an- thc betting JS to create a liquated plant were sc and consc- MrtyMlh W Continual on . i HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page. sound. Underlining the improvement in the patronage at Aqueduct and Saratoga as well as the other New York tracks, however, is the progressiveness shown in the operation and conduct of the sport. The racing commission, composed of Herbert Bayard Swope, John Sloane and John Hay Whitney, is responsible for practically everything that has been done to Improve the sport and it is not through yet. Next season should be , an even better one, especially if the com- j mission goes through with some of the changes it has under contemplation. Other tracks may find a good lesson in the unprecedented success of Aqueduct This track, although nearest to Manhattan and Brooklyn, had the worst plant and followers of racing naturally could not be very enthusiastic over the racing there. Not more than a hundred thousand dollars has been spent in its improvements, but they were enough to be almost directly responsible for the increase in Aqueducts attendance from 72,769 at the 1935 autumn meeting to 107,287 at the recent term, which was three days longer. Even though Saratogas patronage was better this year, it would be much greater with a commodious grandstand and a better arrangement of the betting department. Even Belmont Park could use some j changes in its plant and a most welcome one would be a new railroad terminal in back of the old clubhouse. The double gained by Hirsch Jacobs Tues- j day at Jamaica with Lord Tournament and Good Visibility brought his total of victories for the season up to 139, according to the records kept by the statistical department of Daily Racing Form. Jacobs generally is credited with three more victories, but the records compiled by this newspaper for the American Racing Manual recently were re- : checked and they show the total of wins for the Brooklyn horseman totaling 139 at the end of Tuesdays racing. This number docs j not include the victory of Amagansett at the j Cedar Hurst Hunts meeting, but takes in his triumphs in steeplechases at the regular j tracks. Regardless of whether the Jacobs . total is 139 or 142, he is well on his way to surpassing the record of 1-19 held by the late C. B. Irwin and the end of next week may find him in possession of the honor for having saddled the most winners in a single season. I
