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Here and There Thereon on the Turf Challcdon Proving Himself Now Seeks Pimlico Futurity Volitant Exhibits Laziness Jacolas Effort Impressive Challcdon is steadily proving himself to be the best horse bred in Maryland in several years perhaps since the days of Chase Me or Tred Avon His triumph in the New Eng ¬ land Futurity was accomplished by a genu ¬ ine performance and was at the expense of a field which although not the best that has been assembled this season included sereral highranking youngsters The heavy condi ¬ tion of the track probably was beneficial to W L Branns homebred colt because the get of Challenger It early demonstrated mudrunning ability and his son from Laura Gal by Sir Gallahad III is no exception Before the New England Futurity however Challedon had shown fine promise on a fast track having won the Maryland Futurity at Laurel LaurelHis His victorious effort in Narragansett Parks principal contribution to the twoyearolds was undoubtedly Challedons finest perform ¬ ance particularly as it demonstrated a nat ¬ ural fondness for going a distance George Seabo gave him plenty of opportunity to set ¬ tle into his stride as Time Alone went to the front as expected but when the final half mile was reached the Time Maker colt began to weary and Challcdon was on his way for ¬ ward achieving an advantage that was more than Impound and Gilded Knight could dimin ¬ ish By finishing so well the Brann colt indicated that he will not be at a disadvan ¬ tage next season in competing over longer distances in the important threeyearold fixtures fixturesChalledon Challedon now aims for the Pimlico Fu ¬ turity in which his opposition probably will be more serious than he encountered at Narragansett but he may be expected nev ¬ ertheless to give an excellent account of himself because some improvement as the result of seasoning should be forthcoming Consequently the Baltimore event should determine just how much class Challedon possesses The Walden probably could serve the same purpose but it is the present in ¬ tention not to run him in that race Con ¬ fronting him in the Pimlico Futurity will be Benefactor Big Hurry and Third Degree among others and if he can get by them suc ¬ cessfully Challcdon unquestionably can be considered a top flight juvenile Volitant would be his principal opponent in the Walden and that colt already has placed himself in the forefront of the division Volitant whose lone defeat was admin ¬ istered by El Chico did not capture the Spalding Lowe Jenkins as easily as was generally expected but this is better under ¬ stood after the report of Harry Richards who said he had to make the colt do every ¬ thing The son of Display and Flighty Anna by Flight of Time breezed alongside of Good Odds for the first five furlongs but when the latter began to weaken he wanted to drop back with him Richards roused Volitant to get him into a clear lead but then Tin Devil advanced and appeared ready to go by the Saratoga Stable colt at the furlong post and Richards had to ply his whip freely Despite this urging the Dis ¬ play colt drew away just slightly although in all probability he had plenty left leftSmartest Smartest performance of all last Saturday probably was that of Jacola in winning the Continued on thirtyfirst fage HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page Washington Handicap in which she nego ¬ tiated the mile and onequarter of heavy going in 206 under scale Impost of 117 pounds The daughter of Jacopo and La France by Sir Gallahad III responded per ¬ fectly to rating tactics and went to Great Union willingly when called upon The lat ¬ ter colt held on In very capable fashion in the stretch and Jacola had to give him an argument for about a sixteenth before her superior ability manifested itself None of the others were able to bother either Jacola or Great Union after the first quarter al ¬ though Idle Miss might have done so as she was moving along very easily when she met with her fatal accident Esposa ran consider ¬ ably below her best notch and it Is difficult to believe the track condition was respon ¬ sible
