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Here and There 1 on the Turf Bottle Cap Finds Early Speed j ! Gains Revenge on War Admiral j Maedic Meets With Trouble j Chicago Season on Last Lap j a ---....-4 Bostonlans two good sons among the two-year-olds Bottle Cap and Maedic were In action on different fronts Saturday, with the former scoring one of the most impressive victories of his short but never-- i thcless noteworthy career as the Macmerc Farm youngster found poor racing luck and an impost of 126 pounds too much for him in the Remscn Handicap. Bottle Cap, running in the mud at Laurel, handed a clean-cut defeat to War Admiral, which had won the Eastern Shore Handicap in such hollow fashion and very fast time two weeks previously. In that event, the Millsdalc Stables Bostonian colt was slow, as has been his custom, in settling into his stride, and he also ran into trouble on the turn, only to make up ground very rapidly in the stretch to lose secondary honors by less than half a length. Anthony Pelleteri, New Orleans horseman, who is trainer and part owner with Melvin L. Emerich, Chicago sportsman, of the Millsdalc Stable, thought something could be done about increasing Bottle Caps early speed, and the colt wore blinkers for the first time in competition in the Richard Johnson Stakes. Bottle Caps blinkers were not full-sized, however, and he was able to sec to the side as well as to the front In the start of the Johnson he broke with the others and then seemed to hesitate as War Admiral stepped to the front In about fifty yards, however, the son of Bostonian and Trig, by Chicle, was in his stride, and, finding ample room on the inside, was no more than two lengths away from the paceniaking Glen Riddle colt on the far turn. As the latter was guided in the better going away from the rail. Bottle Cap slipped up on the inside to take the lead in another furlong, and he came into the stretch with a couple of lengths to spare. Then it was no trick for him to hold War Admiral safe, the latter finding the footing uncertain as he tired near the finish. Bottle Cap, undoubtedly a better mudder than the Man o War colt, had five pounds in his favor whereas he gave two pounds to War Admiral in the Eastern Shore. As War Admiral finished eight lengths ahead of Yellow Tulip, the third horse among the ten starting in the Johnson the race amply demonstrated the superiority of the two leaders over the others. In the Eastern Shore, the Glen Riddle color bearer scored by five lengths over Orientalist with Rex Flag and Bottle Cap alongside the Dene-mark colt. Bottle Cap had a good excuse in that race just as he had in two previous stake efforts, in which he finished second, his inability to settle into his stride quickly caus-. fng him to run into trouble. The condition jvas remedied, at least as far as a muddy Continued on thirty-fijtn pagfr HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page. track is concerned, in the Laurel stake. The Johnson was Bottle Caps seventh victory in eleven starts, which is no mean record even if he hasnt scored in one of the richer events. Under his impost of 119 pounds, he ran the six furlongs in 1:12, which was more than a second faster than the time required by older platers in a previous race when the going, if anything, was better. Macdic, supposedly one of the best of mud-dcrs among the two-year-olds, by virtue of his Hopeful and Grand Union Hotel stakes victories, had this favorable condition in the Rcmsen, but under his weight of 126 pounds he was unable to recover sufficiently from the interference received in the early running, to get to the leaders. The victory went to Walter A. Carters Clodion, a gelding by Pharamond II. from Alice Gass, by Peter Quince, whose lone previous score in five starts was in a maiden event. Clodion caught Juliet W. in the opening quarter and then opened up a long lead that saw him unchallenged thereafter. He apparently is an improving sort and more may be heard from him later.. Maedic, which has been in steady training since the winter season, perhaps has begun to feel the effects of the long campaign, especially now that he is in the control of the handicappers. As his remaining engagements are few, it will not be surprising if he is put away until next season. Illinois racing moved into the homestretch yesterday with the opening of Sportsmans Park, the half-mile course near Hawthorne which will operate until the final day of the month. Lincoln Fields, whose meeting ended Saturday, was not as satisfactory to the management as it might have been, stepped into a spell of bad weather which the backers of Sportsmans hope to avoid. The Cicero track, however, has the advantage of being nearest the center of Chicago and this advantage undoubtedly will be felt. Approximately a thousand horses are available for the meeting and judging by the entries for opening day they are ready to run in good-sized quantities. With the Chicago season waning, the sport naturally is gaining strength in the South where River Downs and Epsom Downs are in operation and Keeneland makes its, debut on Thursday,
