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t;r 1 Here and There on the Turf Volitant Loses Supporters Lost to Good Filly in Walden Appears Well Able to Go Route Loafing May Have Caused Loss a 4 In many quarters these past couple of months the suspicion has been entertained that the 1939 Kentucky Derby winner would prove to be Volitant, the son of Disnlay Flighty Anna, by Flight of Time, obtained by the Saratoga Stable as a yearling for ,500, but in view of the result of the Walden Handicap, doubts that he is a good colt are multiplying. Before going any further as to the qualities and shortcomings of Volitant, however, it may be well to mention that while the Saratoga Stable is a new establishment, its partners long have been well and favorably known in the sport, being George H. Bull and John A. Morris, president and secretary respectively, of the Saratoga Assotiation for the Improvement of the Breed of Horses, otherwise the company operating the Union Avenue course where the most sporting meeting in the country is conducted. j Volitant lost the Walden Handicap to Ins-coelda at Pimlico, Tuesday for one of a collection of several reasons, not the least of which is the fact that Herbert M. Woolfs Kansas-bred daughter of Insco Griselda, by Wrack, is a good filly. Other causes for his downfall may include the summarizations that he tired, loafed or is not a top colt and simply dogged the issue to put it bluntly. 1 In any event, he isnt regarded as quite a formidable three-year-old prospect as he was beforehand, although there isnt an owner in the country who wouldnt like to have him in his stable. Volitant looked all over the winner of the Walden at the furlong pole after having easily drawn away front his opposition previously, but thereafter and despite the employment by Harry Richards of some riding finesse, he permitted Inscoel-da to get to him and beat him. I That Volitant should have tired in the late stages of the Walden running is diffi-cul to believe considering that ten days previously he had won the Spalding Lowe Jenkins Handicap at one mile in heavy mud and had been given a stiff mile trial in between. Being a son of Display, he had the 1 breeding to like a distance, although his dam was by the sprinting Flight of Time, and in this respect, he seems to be of the physical type that would go on. His record encourages the belief that he is a good colt because in six starts now, Volitant has been victorious on four occasions, including the Jenkins and Saratoga Sales Stakes, and the only other time he was second was to El Chico in the Junior Champion Stakes, in which he finished a length back of the champion after having made up ground in the final furlong. Now comes the notion that he might have loafed after taking a commanding lead in the Walden. This contention probably has the support of his connections and jockey Richards. In all of his other starts, the Display colt either had to come from behind or had horses running with him. After the, Jenkins, in which he could only defeat the former plater, Tin Devil, by half a length, the Bull Morris colt wasnt very anxious to go away from Good Odds when the latter weakened after setting the pace, but did so under strong urging. Tin Devil then ranged alongside and Richards had to shake up Volitant vigorously to make him pull away from that youngster for his narrow triumph. In the. Continued on twcnty-thif1pdyefj " HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from segond page. Walden, Volitant was held in strong reserve while following Time Alone and Impound closely. The former collapsed at the far turn, putting Impound in command, but Volitant wished to run down the Vanderbilt colt and Richards permitted him to do so, whereupon he opened up his good lead, which his rider tried to maintain by spasmodic punishment, but to no avail. If Volitant shortened his stride because he had to have company, different riding strategy, whereby he will be held in check until the last possible moment, may be necessary. But if his defeat was caused by any other reason other than that Inscoclda is an exceptionally good filly, the Display colt isnt as good as his reputation would have him. As for the Walden winner, she is a filly that began racing during the winter at Illalcah Park, but which developed into tho winner of the Arlington Lassie Stakes. After a vacation of more than two months, she came back to place third to Johnstown and Birch Hod In the Nursery Handicap, and to Smart Crack and Mattcrhorn in a race at Jamaica. In her last appearance, the Solium Slakes, she was far back In tho early stages, but got to Big Hurry, tho ultimate winner, In the wtrctch, only to weaken.
