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Here and There; on the Turf Maxwell Howard Leading Owner J Stagehand is Biggest Factor I Lawrin Puts Woolf Second 1937 Leader Gets Third Place --------.------..-------- Final statistics for the 1938 season undoubtedly will show Maxwell Howard as the leading owner of the year. Another owner of the same name, Mrs. Charles S. Howard, enjoyed the same honor for 1937, but there is no relationship. Mrs. Howard had the pleasure of having Seabiscuit sporting her silks for a major part of last year, although her husband took over the horse toward the end, but in the records she is listed as the champion owner. Seabiscuit tried very hard to attain the same honor for Howard this year, but he had the misfortune of losing the Santa Anita Handicap to Stagehand by a head, and that victory by the latter gave Maxwell Howard such a lead among the owners that it has not and will not be overcome. Some likelihood exists that Seabiscuit will run again this year, but the purse he could win wouldnt be large enough to affect the championship. Up to last week the few norses" sporting the black and white silks of Maxwell Howard, envelope manufacturer of Dayton, Ohio, had earned 26,495, an increase of 1,000 per cent over what they had collected the previous year. The vast majority -of this money was won by Stagehand in the 00,000 Sania Anita Handicap and the 0,000 Santa Anita Derby, although he won several stakes later, and The Chief contributed some in his victories in the Dwyer Stakes and Brooklyn Handicap. This total is nearly 4,000 more than the winnings of the Charles S. Howard stable and, although the possibility exists that Seabiscuit may run in the San Francisco Handicap at Tanforan on December 17, this event carries only 0,000 in added money now, and if raised in value to attract the champion, would go no farther than 5,000, or not enough to offset, the difference. As a matter of fact, the California Howard is in third place among the owners, being separated from the leader by the Woolford Farm stable of Herbert M. Woolf of Kansas City. Headed by Lawrin, the Woolf horses have garnered 11,950, but although the margin separating the mid-western sportsman from the leadership is comparatively slight, no attempt will be made to overcome it The Woolf horses are in Florida, but the chances they will have before the first of the year are not sufficient to make any material difference in the standing, despite the fact that Maxwell Howards stable has been put away for the year and will not swing into action again until spring, unless Stagehand makes a try for either the Santa Anita Handicap or Widener Challenge Cup. The latters horses are to be given a winter quarters vacation by trainer Earl Sande, who is appreciating such a rest himself. Fourth on the list of leading owners and likely to finish in that position is Hal Price Headley, who finished fourth to Mrs. Charles Howard last year after running a nip and tuck race with her until Menow was unable to fulfill his engagement in the Pimlico Futurity and Seabiscuit won the Riggs Handicap. Colorbcarers of the practical Blue Grass man have earned 63,853 this year, this sum being about ,000 below the 1937 total, so the Keeneland president cant be so disappointed if he is at all. As was the case a year ago, Menow was his principal gleaner, as Seabiscuit was during the past two years for the California Howards. Stagehand Continued on twenty-third page. HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page. hadnt been able to win as a two-year-old for Maxwell Howard, although it didnt take him long with another year on his age to reach the charmed circle. Greatest increase in stable earnings was that made by the establishment assembled by William E. Boeing. The Seattle manufacturer has been in the sport for several years as the partner of others, and he did not branch out on his own until last year with the horse Air Chute, which earned ,600 in his colors. This season was a vastly different story, however. Unafraid to spend his money, Boeing purchased numerous horses last winter at Santa Anita Park, among them a group from John Hay Whitney. In this collection was a juvenile son of The Porter and Minima, which developed into a good two-year-old, but into such an exceptionally capable straightaway runner that he won the Belmont Futurity, worth nearly half of the sum of 45,825 now accredited to the Boeing stable and putting it fifth. El Chico and Esposa placed William Ziegler, Jr., in sixth place and War Admiral gave the Glen Riddle Farms tenth ranking back of the busy stables campaigned by Mrs. Emil Denemark, A. C. Compton and the Calumet Farm.
