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!r j Here and There on the Turf Bull Dog Fillies Star at Laurel Milky Way Farm to Fore Again Privileged Maintains His Rank- ing Profit Spurs Keeneland Bull Dog, which has been trying hard to become as famous as his brother. Sir Gal-lahad III., as a sire of winners and has been more successful in getting sprinters and mid- J die distance performers, would have enjoyed Saturdays racing at Laurel if that had been possible. Two of his daughters were eminently successful at the Maryland State Fair course over the week end, Talma Dee jumping into the limelight by a handji, victory in the eleventh running of the Selima Stakes, which had 2,480 for the winning patron, Mrs. Ethel V. Mars, and Floradora returning to winning form by accounting for the Maryland Handicap, at one mile and a quarter. Talma Dee, whose dam was the excellent Kentucky race mare Barbara, by Prince Palatine, led all the way over the mile distance to take the measure of fourteen other two-year-old fillies, including practically all of the top notchers and Floradora came from behind the pace to outgame Memory Book In the three-year-old event, running the distance in the excellent time of 20315, under 112 pounds. On the scale, Floradora carried only one pound less than the top weight, the Green-tree colt, which on Wednesday gave Count Arthur a sound trouncing in the Breeders Stakes at Keeneland. She displayed the same sort of form which marked her easy victory over High Fleet in the Alabama Stakes and if her other efforts since that race at Saratoga had been as consistent she probably would have been regarded as the champion of her division, rather than Geo. D. Wideners dependable filly. Apparently, however. Dale Shaffers filly is the better performer over a route of ground, but she had her job cut out for her in winning Laurels outstanding attraction for three-year-olds, as Memory Book was bearing down heavily at the end and probably would have won in another stride or so. Talma Dees Selima Stakes victory was the greatest of her comparatively light career, as she got into the race with sufficient allowances to get eleven pounds each from Apogee, the top weight and seven pounds from Mae-cloud. Apogee and Maccloud were the two principal stakes winners in the field with the Matron winner Wand an absentee. Both of these lassies were far back in the early running, Apogee because she was away a tangle and almost unseated her rider from which she never recovered. Maecloud, however, advanced steadily and displayed a creditable performance. In the meantime Talma Dee had the speed to Lake the lead and she held sway throughout under the capable rating of Alfred Robertson. It was the second richest triumph of the season for Mrs. Mars best one having Farms Stable, the Milky Way Ace in the Arl- been the victory of Case ; Continued oil thirteenth ,; , : t ; 1 l 1 ; 1 E s Z 0 h y 1 in - a t- d s il :J A HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page. ington Futurity. The end of the season probably will find the earnings of her stable stacking up favorably with the sum of more than 00,000 she gave for yearlings last August. Privileged, Calumet Farms colt by Sir Gal-lahad III. and Concession, which displayed his class among the nations two-year-olds by running second to Pompoon in the Belmont Futurity when in receipt of only two pounds from that colt, while giving weight to all tho oilier Btnrlcra except Dogaway, maintained Ills Btnmltng by his victorious performance In the Anlsley Handicap nt Empire City. Called upon to carry top weight of 120 pounds, Privileged was up with the early lenders and ran down Zostera in the Btrctch to win going away by a half length. The latter had tip only 109 pounds and he forced Privileged to run the five and three-quarters furlongs In l:09fc, which Is creditable time over the short course nt the Yonltcra track. Regardless of what he docs during the remainder of tho season. Privileged will go Into the records as a ranking member nt his division, but it is doubtful if he is held in greater esteem as a thrcc-ycar-old prospect by his connections than Galsun. Keenelands inaugural meeting of nine days was completed with a profit of 510,000. which put its directors in a very happy frame of mind, because a loss had been expected, even with tho many good horses promised the new Lexington track but which failed to put in an appearance. The weather also failed to behave as well as it might have, but little complaint was forthcoming on this score because that part of the country had gone so long without much rain that when it did arrive the natives couldnt very well complain about it Much work is yet to be done at Keeneland and the profit from the first meeting, regardless of how slight it may have been, should serve as an incentive to carry out the improvements as soon as possible. Being more concerned about racing and horses than anything else, the directors ha-e their minds made up to add more sand to the main course to cause it to dry out more quickly and they will install an inner sand course for winter and spring training A. spring meeting of thirteen or more days is contemplated, which, it is hoped, will be really nation-wide in importance.
