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Here and There on the Turf Sport at Two Points Changes ChangesHomewood Homewood Meeting Promises Well WellFillies Fillies Command Belmont In ¬ terest terestChampionship Championship Not at Stake Today marks a change in location of two of the nations most important racing cen ¬ ters with the sport in Illinois and New Eng ¬ land shifting from Aurora to Washington Park and from Narragansett Park to Suf ¬ folk Downs respectively In New England the action is going from one major point to another but in Illinois racing goes into the big time after having enjoyed a very suc ¬ cessful session at the Fox Valley Jockey Club course Joseph Cattarinich and his as ¬ sociates do not claim to operate a major track at Aurora and they do not attempt ito operate it as such but they do try to add gome tone to their meeting by staging the Illinois Derby with 12000 in added money The session which closed Saturday was the most successful since it came into manage ¬ ment of the Canadian promoter and it au auers ers well for the remainder of the season in inle le Chicago sector Washington Park opens its term of five weeks with an ambitious program headed by a revival of the American Derby with 25000 added plus an additional 5000 if the winner happens to be War Admiral by vir ¬ tue of his triumph in the Kentucky Derby With this important fixture coming a few days before the scheduled date for the Brad dpckLouis fight for the heavyweight cham ¬ pionship it will have increased importance because of the presence of many additional ports lovers in Chicago Not only will the American Derby cause many of the better threeyearolds to be quartered at Washing ton Park but the Washington Park Futurity old stars of both sexes With the Home wood course displaying the same increase in patronage as was enjoyed by Aurora it should have the best meeting since it was taken over by new management Prospects for success at Suffolk Downs are exceedingly bright judging by the re ¬ ceipts during the past nineteen days of rac ¬ ing at Narragansett Park Despite incle ¬ ment weather during a greater portion of the term including most of the better days the Rhode Island course played to extraordi ¬ narily large crowds daily and it is reason ¬ able to expect that the East Boston course will take up where Narragansett Park has left off Practically all of the stables whose colors were flaunted at Walter OHaras popular course will be at Suffolk Downs and the public has become well acquainted with its members Suffolk Downs however may have its troubles in gaining the same distinction as its forerunner in the matter of winning favorites as Narragansett closed possessing an average of well over 40 per cent in this respect respectBecause Because of a quirk in the calendar by which Memorial Day will be observed next Monday the new week at Belmont Park will be sans an outstanding feature with Saturdays program being featured by the Juvenile Stakes This contest will prove something of an index to the National Stal lion Stakes which forms an important part of the final program the ensuing Saturday The Corinthian Steeplechase will be the other feature on Saturdays card at the Nassau County program as the Suburban is j held over to Monday which will be a holi ¬ day Many promising twoyearolds are eligible to the Juvenile however and the dash of five furlongs for a purse of 2500 may attract an exceptional field Through tne6VeHIttw Belmont features are the Har ¬ lem Claiming Stakes Tuesday and the Acorn Stakes for threeyearold fillies on Wednesday The Acorn is the principal qualifying test for the Coaching Club Amer ¬ ican Oaks which is to be renewed a week from Wednesday WednesdayA A small field seems likely for the Coach ¬ ing Club American Oaks with one of the principal contestants being Sweet Desire which accounted for the Pimlico Oaks for the Detroitowned Bomar Stable Principal of the New York candidates for the mile and three furlongs event to which the Westchester Racing Association is adding 3500 are Dawn Play and Royal Raiment Dawn Play one of the better twoyearold fillies uncovered last year met with consid ¬ erable trouble in her effort the other after noon because of being on the inside in the early stages but closed rapidly when taken to the outside for the final quarter mile Royal Raiment the John Hay Whitney hopeful has shown convincing form and will be strongly supported However the out ¬ come of the Acorn should play an impor ¬ tant part in speculation on the Coaching Club American Oaks Absence of Mars Shield which won the Kentucky Oaks for the Milky Way Farm stable prevents the American Oaks from being a championship affair
