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----------t Here and There on the Turf Case Ace Fails to Impress Heelfly Must Improve Calumet Dick Now Handicap Star Delaware Park Program Enticing l- . . 4 Case Ace, one of the Milky Way Farms coterie ol three-year-old prospects, lost con-siderable caste as a candidate for the Texas Derby and Kentucky Derby honors by his defeat at Arlington Downs Saturday in the Blue Bonnet Handicap, a dash of six furlongs. Held at odds-on because of excellent speed shown in trials, the son of Teddy and Sweetheart was fractious at the post and broke none too well, but after racing up to the leaders he was done. This was hardly the sort of an effort which could be expected for a first class candidate for important events over such distances as nine furlongs and a mile and one-quarter. The conclusion to be drawn is that Case Ace has failed to develop into a stayer with the cause being attributed to his knee ailment, suffered last August at Saratoga, and to his breeding, which suggests him as more of a sprinter than anything else. On the same program at Arlington Downs, Heelfly, the speedy three-year-old in the Three Ds Stock Farm, was unable to maintain his speed over the mile and seventy yards distance in the Trial Purse, finishing third to Robert L. and Mars Shield. However, the son of Royal Ford and Canfli was only narrowly defeated after being hard used in getting to the front and something must have been taken out of him through his fractiousness at the post. He will have to display improvement, however, in workouts or a future appearance under silks to com- strong support in tbe Texas Derby Lmand if Reaping Reward goes into that 5,000 added affair Saturday in good condition, as was Indicated the other day by his workout over the mile and a furlong distance in 1:64. Military, which ran second to Fairy Hill in the Santa Anita Derby, also is intended for the Texas Derby, and with Reap- Jng Reward and Mars Shield gives Milky Way Farm a representation which is to be nvied. dijumet Dick, gelded son of Gallant Fox and Martha Snow, by Sir Martin, at five vears of age, has developed into a prominent member of the handicap division, his latest and most important triumph having come in the Southern Maryland Handicap, Saturday, at Bowie, in which he earned ,875 Wan-en Wright gave 3,000 for Calumet Dick as a yearling and he was given plenty of time in which to develop, making his debut late in the season. Failing to come to expectations as a three- or four-year-old, he was dropped into claiming ranks last summer, passing to E. K. Bryson for ,500 at Hnrntoga. Under the banner of the Maryland owner, Calumet Dick gradually im-pittfed and nftcr a scries of victories at Pirn-Yttt a fid 13ovlo he was given a chance in the Thomas K. Lynch Memorial Handicap, but failed to finish In the money. Finding himself at the Fair Grounds this winter, Calumet Dick won two of his five starts, both in stakes over the best older horses seen in New Orleans, was second twice and third in his first outing. With this record to recommend him. Calumet Dick came back after a brief vacation to head New Deal, Mucho Gusto and Weston in the Bowie Handicap a week ago Saturday, and then repeated his triumph over those horses in the Southern Maryland, for which his impost was boosted to 121 pounds. Track conditions have made no difference to the Calumet cast-off, which has improved, as may be expected from a sound horse of his breeding. He will be meeting better members of the handicap division in his future engagements, but Calumet Dick will start his efforts against them with less weight to shoulder than that which marked his Southern Maryland impost, Delaware Parks inaugural meeting of twenty-five days will be offered from June 26 until July 24, with a program of five 0 000 stakes, two ,000 events and a purse minimum of ,000. Despite the competition for racing material offered by New York, New England, Chicago and other tracks, this schedule of events is certain to attract a large number of better horses. The new course on the outskirts of Wilmington has been designed to become one of the most attractive in the country and, sponsored by William Du Pont, Jr., owner of the Fox-catcher Farms, it is certain to offer sport that will be appealing to the public and horsemen alike. Delaware Park is not being constructed as a commercial proposition, the first thought in Du Ponts mind being a program of beautification, so that with the completion of the grandstand, stables and other buildings, the plant would be ready made. The track proper has been laid out for nearly a year, so that the soil would settle properly before horses were asked to run over it.
