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i . , . . t Here and There on the Turf Heaping Reward Likely Favorite. Is Well-trained Yet Fresh. Sceneshifter Faces Stern Task. Brooklyn Weights Due Soon. -------------a Heaping Reward seems almost certain to rule the favorite for this afternoons renewal of the Latonia Derby, judging by the manner in which he has been brought up to the engagement by trainer Robert McGarvey. None of the outstanding candidates for three-year-old honors has been as lightly campaigned as the son of Sickle and Dustwhirl from the powerful establishment of Mrs. Ethel V. Mars and this freshness may be expected to stand Reaping Reward in good stead today as well as his coming engagements in the American Derby and Arlington Classic. McGarvey had the colt, which was not far away from being the best two-year-old of 1936, under colors for the first time this spring in the Derby Trial Purse at Churchill Downs, just five days before the Kentucky Derby. He finished second, beaten a length by the more seasoned Dellor, after going into the lead in the stretch. - In the Derby, Reaping Rewards bid fell short but it was good enough to land him In third place although h$ was eight lengths back of Pompoon, which was defeated two lengths by War Admiral. Following that effort, the colt was eased up in his training by McGarvey, until last Monday when he was tightened up in a mile race at Washington Park, which he won in the time of 1:37. Alfred Robertson, who will be riding the colt today as he has done so regularly in the past, began to pull up Reaping Reward at the end of that race when he remembered his instruction to work him out the Latonia Derby distance of a mile and one-quarter. The Milky Way colt recovered his stride quickly enough to go the full route in the creditable time of 2:05. That effort showed Reaping Reward to be fit and ready and therefore his position as favorite today is practically a foregone conclusion. Strongest opponent of Reaping Reward in pre-race calculations appears to be Flying Scot, but the Latonia Derbys only eastern candidate must spot all the others in the field three pounds by virtue of his victory in the Withers Stakes. John Hay Whitneys color bearer has sampled War Admirals speed on two occasions. The first time in the Preakness in which a steady performance carried him into third place eight lengths back of the mighty son of Man o War. However, he didnt do so well in the Belmont Stakes, dropping back after being well up for a mile. He can be expected to do better today, however, and Johnny Gilbert may even elect to hustle him to the front if the pace is riot very fast Flying Scot is not encountering any such opposition as he faced in either the Belmont or the Preakness, although he has nothing on Reaping Reward according to the records. However, this is Continued on, thirfy-sixt h page. HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page. the best Latonia Derby field in several years and should attract a capacity field to the Milldale course. Another good race for three-year-olds on the afternoons program is the Shevlin, which will be staged over the mile course at Aqueduct. As Flying Scot is being asked to come back for a mile and a quarter race one week after his engagement in the Belmont at a mile and a half, Sceneshifter is being called upon by trainer Earl Sande to try his luck in the Shevlin. His task admittedly is greater than Flying Scots, because the Shevlin field includes colts which have been tuned up especially for campaigning at the distance. Sande is confident Maxwell Howards star will go well, especially because the Aqueduct course is equipped with long stretches" and stayers hold an advantage over those horses with faint hearts or lacking condition. The son of Sickle and Stagecraft was sent a mile in 1:42 Wednesday by Sande to give him a taste of what to expect in the Shevlin. John B. Campbell, official handicapper for The Jockey Club, will be in executive session with himself during the next few days on the important matter of fixing the weights for the historic Brooklyn Handicap, to which the Queens County Jockey Club is adding the important sum of 0,000. The Brooklyn is scheduled for Saturday, June 26, and the imposts are due ten days previously, so the dead line is near at hand. Rosemont is expected to be the top weight, although Campbell will be called upon to consider the fact that five horses finished in front of him in the Suburban Handicap in which he carried 128 pounds. Among these was Aneroid, which, under 110 pounds, ran the distance in the extraordinary time of 2:01, which actually has been exceeded only once in this country. John A. Manfusos colt is expected to move up considerably in Campbells calculations, while Esposa and Memory Book, which finished second and third in the Suburban, also may be expected to be placed prominently in the handicap. With a race in him Rosemont should go better in the Brooklyn than he did in the Suburban and he is training well after having come out of the latter race in a sore condition.
