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Here and There! I on the Turf I i - i Ruby White Making Good j Greentree Hires Roberts J Vanderbilt String Largest j Big Yearling Sale Likely I -.---..-..4 Ruby Whites excellent work at the barrier at Hot Springs earned him the berth at Omaha. The red-thatched White also has been approached by several other associations. His presence at the fall meeting at Detroit is a possibility . . . Ernie White is the new pari-mutuel manager at the Nebraska course. He succeeds Herman Frank, who is prevented from returning there, due , to his connection with Edward Burke . . . Frank will serve under Burke at Delaware Park as he does at Havre de Grace . . . Alex Gordon isnt in any hurry to resume training horses. The popular Illinois Scot wintered famously at Hot Springs and after his annual spring visit to Lexington will establish headquarters on Long Island. . . . Gordon and Jack Howard continue as the top men among horsemen who roll their own cigarettes. They can whip out a very entertaining story while doing it, too. Ben Jones will have about forty-two horses under his care when he assembles the various divisions of the Woolford Farm Stable at Churchill Downs. It will be the largest establishment at the Kentucky Derby course since the late Kay Spence held sway with the Audley Farm horses . . . Porter Roberts has been hired by the western division of the Greentree Stable. He will ride under John Gaver at the Keeneland and Churchill Downs meetings. Roberts had a good season at Hialeah Park, where he was connected with Hugh Jacksons stable, trained by Cary Winfrey . . . Phil Reilly did very well for himself with the sale of the horses he took to California. Now the well liked veteran is in the market for fresh material. Only the old timers know that at one time Reilly served as a racing secretary . . . Part of the Kentucky Derby broadcast will be done by Warren Brown. The Chicago sports writer is an old hand at broadcasting and always has been worth an attentive ear . . . Menows workouts at Hialeah Park show that the Futurity winner is not far I , away from the races. He will not get that chance until the Keeneland meeting, opening April 14. The first race to which he is eligible is a mile and one-sixteenth event on opening day, in which the son of Pharamond II. and Alciabiades would have to shoulder top weight of 123 pounds. But trainer Duval Headley may wait until the second day to start him in the six-furlong Trial Handicap . . . Best of the three-year-old prospects at Bowie ready for hard campaigning are Sir Raleigh and Sun Egret. Both were stakes winners at Santa Anita . . . The largest stable in Maryland is that of Alfred Vanderbilt, with more than fifty head . . . J. P. Jones is conditioning forty horses at the Old Ross Farm, near Laurel . . . Emmet Potts and .Anthony Pelleteri are other trainers with extensive establishments. Francis Albertanti is doing the publicity at the new Inglewood course. The former New Yorker gained most of his experience in other sports, but no one in his profession has more friends. ... A streamlined French Lane will do the turf writing for the Chicago Tribune this season. The affable Lane has fully recovered from the illness which put him on the sidelines for several weeks during the winter. . . . Blind Poet is gradually learning how to run. He is the mammoth horse Tom B. Young is training for Dr. Charles Hagyard at Keeneland . . . Seabiscuit is running slightly ahead of War Admiral in their race for the most earnings. But the California-owned horse would have been the worlds leading winner but for his narrow defeats in the last two runnings of the Santa Anita Handicap. He has been racing a year longer than War Admiral, but the latter took good advantage of the lucrative opportunities offered three-year-olds. Dispersal of the Southland Stable has left Ray Kindred without a job. However, the developer of Myrtlewood will not be without horses for long. Trainers of his ability usually arent ... A preliminary line-up of the yearlings to be offered at Saratoga indicates a larger vendue than customary. Persons who pay attention to such things find it difficult to predict the market. So much depends on the financial health of the country. Value of yearlings should be pred-I icated upon their potential earning capacity . . . Highlight of the broadcast commemorating Man o Wars birthday was the splendid co-operation of the famous horse. He never made a false move, even when crunching sugar with the microphone pressed against his mouth. His new quarters now are only twenty yards away from the cottage constructed for owner Samuel D. Riddles use.
