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Here and There Thereon on the Turf j i i iFlying Flying Heels Jamestown Lead i iSires Sires Staging Close Race Esposa Jacola Rated Equal I Time Alone Continues Choice Pharamond II with Menow Creole Maid Dah He Mythical King or twentytwo in all made a runaway of the race last season among the sires of twoyearold winners but the 13yearold son of Phalaris and Selene by Chaucer hasnt been so successful this year and no other stallion is filling his place Consequently the battle for honors in this respect is a wide open affair with the last accounting showing Flying Heels and Jamestown in a tie for the lead each with thirteen successful youngsters to his credit Close after this pair of comparatively young sires is a trio of veterans Sir Gallahad III Upset and Wise Counsellor each having out a dozen victorious sons and daughters Just two winners back of the leaders are Cohort Questionnaire and Stimulus while Royal Minstrel and Transmute have ten each eachWith With the season still having two months to go changes in the standing may be ex ¬ pected but there is very small likelihood that the leading twoyearold sire will have a total anything like that attained by Phara ¬ mond II in 1937 It is the exception rather than the rule that the leading stallions get will include as many as twenty juvenile win ¬ ners during a single season Of the current leaders Jamestown is more in the limelight than Flying Heels because his representa ¬ tives include a pair of good stakes winners in Johnstown and Birch Rod None of the sons and daughters of the Flying Ebony stallion has been able to capture a stakes but theyve accounted for thirtytwo races or two more than accredited to the Jamestown column Leading in the money winning column is John P Grier by virtue of the sensational success of his son El Chico which alone earned 84100 84100More More attention perhaps is paid in this country to the records made by sires of two yearold winners than anywhere else because of the greater amount of juvenile racing done in America than elsewhere but it sel ¬ dom Is true that the stallion able to pro Continucd on thirtyfifth page HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page duce a large group of early victors also can get a champion like War Admiral Seabis cuit Omaha Gallant Fox Reigh Count or Twenty Grand To be a successful twoyear old sire a stallion must be able to impart speed and precocity but the older champion usually is a horse which has required time for development as well as possessing a natural inclination to run over a distance of ground Only occasionally does the juvenile leader go on and then particularly if he is an exceptional colt so the person who desires a champion docs not always permit the standing of the twoyearold sires influence him The Washington Handicap feature of Laurels closing program Saturday promises to provide an interesting contest even if its two most outstanding candidates are of the gentler sex In his weights for the 15000 affair of a mile and onequarter John P Turner has treated the sixyearold Esposa and the threeyearold Jacola as equals on the scale with assignments of 123 and 117 pounds respectively and with Stagehand at 120 pounds they top the Washington imposts Stagehand having quit for the season William ZIeglers mare and Edward Friend lys filry are left as the leading candidates for the race and the chances appear very good that both will accept regardless of the track condition That being the case top honors in the filly and mare division may be decided considering that Marica has lost some of her standing Turner still holds Thomas D Taggarts good mare in high favor as she is rated only two pounds below Esposa and Jacola She easily had it on the Ziegler mare during the summer summerNothing Nothing has happened since the running of the Pawtucket Handicap a week ago yes ¬ terday to alter Time Alones position as the favorite for the New England Futurity and it will not be surprising to the writer at least if Mrs Frank Carreauds speedy colt should be installed at oddson by Narragan ¬ sett Parks racegoers Saturday More than likely the second choice will be Alfred Van derbilts Impound which was on the heels of Porters Mite when that colt established a new world record for six and onehalf fur ¬ longs and which gave Time Alone and Johns ¬ town such interesting competition in the Richard Johnson Stakes several weeks ago In addition to these colts the most likely starters in the rich event appear to be T M Dorsett Challcdon Easy Mon and Glided Knight For a race of its value the New England Futurity deserves a far better field but that should be forthcoming in the future
