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---------------------- Here and There on the Turf Galsuns Defeat Puzzles Trainer Del Mar Program Moves Forward Narragansett Stakes Draw Well Michell Cleared of Blame 4 With the defeat of Billionaire and Brooklyn by Grey Gold earlier in the week at Keeneland, followed by the disappointing performance of Galsun Friday, the Blue Grass hopes of providing this years winner of the Kentucky Derby took quite a tumble. Gosum, a companion of Galsun in the Calumet Farm stable, offered some solace in finishing second to The Queen, and he might have prevailed, for Black Look weakened suddenly in front of him, with the result that Basil James momentarily had to ease back the son of Hotweed. As Flying Cross will not be ready for the Derby, the chances that C. V. Whitney will have a contestant became fewer because of Black Looks failure to hang on after moving into the stretch under restraint white enjoying a comfortable lead. Frank J. Kearns, trainer of Galsun, naturally was stunned by the colts disappointing effort and he was unable to determine the exact reason. The big son of Gallant Fox Sunstroke, which drew the praise of all who had inspected him in the paddock, was making his first start since last August, but it is hard to believe that he was bewildered by the surroundings and the return to competition. Irving Anderson, his jockey, reported that Galsun attempted to savage Black Look while the two horses were racing head-and-head down the back stretch and that he struck the colt with his whip in order to make him put his mind back on the task at hand. Galsun thereupon dropped out of the running, Anderson said. He was wearing open blinkers, and Kearns intends to switch to full blinkers when he starts Galsun again in an overnight event Monday. Then will follow his engagement in the Blue Grass Stakes. Bing Crosby, whose fondnes for racing is so keen that he has added promotion of a race course to ownership of a stable, is going right along with, plans for the opening of the Del Mar track in southern California. This track, which is just north of San Diego but near enough to Los Angeles to attract large crowds from that important city, will be in readiness long before the scheduled opening on July 3. Crosby has done the proper thing in making an early announcement of the stakes and purses scheduled and in appointing the staff of officials. Horsemen now know just what to expect at Del Mar and they can make their plans accordingly. With Agua Caliente opening soon, many horses will remain in that section of the country, while others will be shipped down from Bay Meadows and Tanforan. Considering the present great popularity of racing In California, judging by the success enjoyed by Santa Anita, Bay Meadows and Tunforan, the Del Mar track should prove a good winner and in time it may develop into a very important venture. At the first closing of the 5,000 added Narrngnnsctt Special, whose value will be automatically doubled if the field includes any two horses that have won the Kentucky Derby, Prcakncss, Belmont Stakes and Arlington Classic, many prominent horses are included among the twenty-eight nominees.! The supplementary closing is due on July 15, and by that time the three-year-old stars will have been developed. They, too, can be named for the race, if not already included in the original nominations. All of the stakes for the spring meeting at Nar-ragansett Park, which opens this coming Saturday, closed with fine entry lists, indicating that the Rhode Island course is headed for what promises to be its most successful season. In anticipation of a good year, Walter E. OHara has had the entire plant made over so that it Is in spick and span order. The Florida State Racing Commission has cleared Bert S. Michell of all suspicio" in. connection with the positive reaction of tho Continued on twenty-third page.. HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page. saliva test made on All Round. However, Michells suspension was placed at sixty days in keeping with the rule that the trainer shall be held responsible for his charges. Horsemen have debated and argued this rule ever since it was first suggested, and many of them have expressed themselves in favor of the receiving barn, others against. Probably, the receiving barn could be made a practical affair if it was large enough so that all the horses could be placed in it at least two or three hours before the time they were due to run, and with the association then having full responsibility. It also would have to be available for schooling horses in it at the same time because horses become very nervous when placed in strange surroundings. Any trainer will state that it is impossible for him to be on hand at his stable at all times, yet they all should understand why they are held responsible for their horses.
