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Here and There on he Turf Rosemont Near Readiness Brooklyn Aims for Belmont BelmontWashington Washington Park Opens Mon ¬ day dayChicago Chicago Owned Horses to Vie The Belmont Park workout tab now con ¬ tains the name of Rosemont but that doesnt necessarily mean that the son of The Porter Garden Rose will make an appearance under silks before the meeting closes on June 5 Richard Handlen trainer for Wil ¬ liam DuPont Jr had the fiveyearold out on the Belmont track the other morning for a trial of a mile and one furlong but his time of 159 was rather slow However it is indicative that Handlen has him well enough advanced for a reasonably early return to competition but whether it will be in the historic Suburban Handicap to be run a week from Saturday is something that should be determined after his next work Handlen realizes that he might have to rush Rosemont to have him ready for the Subur ¬ ban so the odds are that the Foxcatcher veteran will not be among those present in the mile and onequarter event eventRosemont Rosemont has plenty of opportunities ahead of him during the summer to be knocked out at this stage of the game and Handlen may be expected not to take any chances Next month is the Brooklyn Hand ¬ icap with 20000 added money while in July comes the Butler and Arlington Handicaps also with that kind of a purse He undoubt ¬ edly will be a candidate for the Massachu ¬ setts Handicap which will be an affair of 50000 and if he is still in action and doesnt have to carry the grandstand on his back Rosemont may seek his second Narragansett Special triumph Handlen gave his star pro ¬ tege a vacation after the Santa Anita but even so he must be careful with the son of The Porter because of his tender feet Rose ¬ mont has been out of action several times because of foot trouble the ailment usually recurring after a hard race Another horse due back to the races soon is Brooklyn with which E R Bradley hopes rather than expects to win the Belmont Stakes Dick Thompson practically began all over again with Brooklyns training after the colt was declared out of the Kentucky Derby because the son of Blue Larkspur and Kriockaney Bridge had been knocked out by the Derby prep Under slower preparation the colt has come along steadily and Thomp ¬ son has an excellent chance to get him ready for the Belmont It would not be surprising if Brooklyn was called upon to sport silks within a week for a comparative test to fur ¬ ther his conditioning Bradley after seeing the Derby and Preakness now must be con ¬ vinced that Pompoon can go a distance so there is very little likelihood that he and Continued on thirtysecond HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page Jerome Louchheim will resume their private wager as to the relative merits of the two horses it having been called off when Brook ¬ lyn failed to make the Derby DerbyWith With the opening of Washington Park Monday racing on the Chicago circuit will gain vastly new importance because the Homewood course is one of the most popular in the country The association has made elaborate plans for the meeting and it has been promised numerous good stables com ¬ prising fine horses so with excellent weather the meeting should be the best held at Wash ¬ ington Park in quite a few years Featuring the meeting will be the revival of the Amer ¬ ican Derby with 25000 added or another 5000 should War Admiral win it because of having won the Kentucky Derby The Glen Riddle star has been nominated for the race which is set for June 15 but plans for his shipment there will not be made until after the Belmont Stakes running Some good twoyearolds should be shown at the Homewood course attracted by the Wash ¬ ington Park Futurity and the Princess Pat Stakes both of which will run into sizeable I values Washington Park will have the stables of Warren Wright Mrs Ethel V Mars Mrs Emil Denemark and other prominent west ¬ ern owners and they should provide much of the competition during the thirtyday meeting Now more than ever before more horses are owned by Chicagoans which is a good thing for Chicago racing consider ¬ ing the competition for racing material of offered by New York New England Detroit Kentucky and other points offering the sport at the same time Greater in ¬ terest naturally will be displayed in races Involving Chicagoowned horses and there is a very good chance that the American Derby will be won by a local horse consider ¬ ing that quite a few of the better three yearolds belong to patrons of that city I among them Reaping Reward
