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Here and There on the Turf Milky Way Colts Impress Tiger Endangers Downs Record Texas Season Closes Well Brooklyn to Seek Belmont Mrs Ethel V Mars most liberal buyer of yearlings at Saratoga these past few years has obtained some more good performers judging by early results The Milky Way Farm owner paid fancy and insignificant prices alike for her yearlings and she has been rewarded by seeing some of the high priced ones come through just as well as those which now are accounted bargains Doing her own bidding Mrs Mars at the 1935 sales purchased Reaping Reward Mili Milirtary rtary Case Ace Rations Taste and Talma Dee all of which developed into stake per ¬ formers the first two colts being her Ken ¬ tucky Derby candidates She paid more than 100000 for her young stock in 1935 and last season had the pleasure of watching them play a leading part in making her the theReading Reading moneywinning owner of the year At Saratoga last August the Milky Way Farm owner parted with 132600 for sixteen sixteenyearlings yearlings including the two which brought the highest price 18000 Trainer Robert McGarvey has been going along slowly with these youngsters but several of them have come to hand quickly enough for him to send them to the post Two of these Tiger and Sky Larking rewarded at the first asking on opening day at Churchill Downs Tiger a brown son of Bull Dog and Star ¬ less Moment by North Star II raced more impressively of the two colts but Sky Lark ¬ ing the other shapes up like a colt that should improve He is a bay son of Blue Larkspur and Risk by Sir Gallahad III Tiger was one of Mrs Mars moderatepriced purchases costing 4500 being ninth on the list of prices paid for the Bull Dog yearlings Sky Larking proved one of the stars of the sales costing 13500 13500Despite Despite the off condition of the Downs track last Saturday both Tiger and Sky Larking won in fast time the former run ¬ ning four and onehalf furlongs in 53 and the latter in onefifth slower time Cold streams record is 52 Because of the drying out condition of the track Alfred Robertson guided both youngsters well out from the rail Sky Larking obeying his riders handling perfectly Tiger however went to extremes in following out Robert ¬ sons wishes heading for the outside fence as he turned into the stretch and then duck ¬ ing to the inside when tapped across the nose with the whip Nevertheless he had so much speed that he did not bother any of the other horses in the race and won by several lengths With such colts as Tiger and Sky Larking Mrs Mars has designs on the leading twoyearold stakes of the coun ¬ try including the Bashford Manor Stakes this afternoon afternoonWord Word comes from Texas that Arlington Downs despite the absence of many of thei prominent stables which participated in other meetings had one of its most success ¬ ful seasons The certificate handle was far above that of the spring and fall seasons of 1936 and the crowds were greater Although there may be no further meetings at the palatial course which the late William T Waggoner built at a tremendous expense the spring meeting gave evidence that he sport is enjoyed by the citizens of Ft Worth and Dallas DallasThe The legislature adjourns May 12 and whether the bill repealing legalized racing will get JpegjjVotp isa question Many say that it will die in the committee and in that event it has been reported a special session will be called solely to abolish the sport Considering a special session will be an add revenue both from the certificate handle and admission taxes it seems hardly prob ¬ able that a larger burden will be added to HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second pagej the already heavy debt the state now owes The decision of E R Bradley and trainer H J Thompson to withhold Brooklyn from the Kentucky Derby came when the colt washed considerably following his effort in the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland He had lost considerable weight the preceding month as Thompson brought him nearer racing condition with workouts at stated in ¬ tervals and when he continued to do so following his two disappointing efforts at Keeneland his connections thought it ad ¬ visable to let up on him and to bring the son of Blue Larkspur and Knockaney Bridge back to the races at a more gradual pace Thompson now may be expected to point Brooklyn for the Belmont Stakes the mile and onehalf event to be renewed at Belmont Park earlier in June Blue Lark ¬ spur won the Belmont for Bradley eight years ago after disappointing hi the Derby
