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Here and There on the Turf Hash Derby Dark Horse Smith Is Bradley Rider Bull Lea to Havre Lantz Bill Doomed -- Tab-Hash as "worthy dark horse for the Kentucky Derby. . . . The aptly named son of Questionnaire and Delicacy, by Chicle, turned in a smashing workout the other afternoon after the races at Keeneland. . . . With Eddie Arcaro in the saddle and shouldering near the 126-pound impost stipulated by the conditions of the Churchill Downs classic, Hash shaded 1:40 for the mile over a dull track. . . . And he was waved down the final furlong by trainer John Gaver. . . . This colt appears better constiuted to carry the Derby weight over the exacting mile and one-quarter route than Third Degree. . . . But hes yet to display the class of his stable-mate. . . . However, his two-year-old record reveals promise. . . . He was second in events won by Johnstown, Ueau James and No Competition and was fourth to El Chico in the United States Hotel Stakes. . . . His lone victory in six starts was over a good band of maidens in the time of 1:05, at Saratoga. . . . Hash may be the choice dish at Louisville, May 6. Frank Kearns is anxious to give Bull Lea one outing at Keeneland. . . . After that the winner of The Widener will , be shipped to Havre de Grace for the Philadelphia Handicap. . . . After that mile and one-sixteenth race for 0,000, the Bull Dog colt will seek top honors in the historic Dixie. . . . William Brennan will train for the Man-hasset Stable and Mrs. Charles Shipman Payson exclusively. . . . Meaning, of course, that Mrs. Payne Whitneys daughter and Jock Whitneys sister is in racing on a large scale. . . . Rather than being discouraged by Thingumabobs fatal accident at Saratoga last fall, she became even more interested in the sport. . . . John Gaver will have the main division of the Greentree Stable. . . . The Marylander has worked hard and has come along smartly in the training profession the past few years. . . . Gustave Ring appears to have a likely colt in the Bowie Kindergarten winner, Rumba Gus. . . . The son of Saxon, from the good race mare No Regrets, was knocked down to Mrs. P. Da Lee Watts for ,700 as a yearling. . . . Shes the wife of the Ring trainer. The 1939 supplement of the Stud Book shows 5,331 foals of 1937 registered with The j Jockey Club. . . . Colts numbered 2,619 and fillies 2,712. . . . Fred Burton, the well known racing secretary, found 1,100 stallions represented by foals. ... Of this total, 355 sires had one foal each. . . . Clarence Lehr decided on one fifty-day meeting at Detroit to sidestep the Michigan State Fair, staged at the same course. . . . One meeting also enables a saving in operating expense. . . . Jack S. Young succeeds Joseph A. Murphy as the presiding steward. . . . Carroll Bierman will report to the main division of the Louis B. Mayer stable for the Hollywood Park meeting. . . . Hes now at Keeneland, where the motion picture executive has a group of two-year-olds in charge of Ray Kindred. . . . His next stop is Churchill Downs, after which he will go to the California track. Judge James E. Dooley has everything in readiness for Narragansett Parks opening Saturday. . . . Horsemen should find the Rhode Island course a happier racing grounds this season. . . . Less interference from persons who dont know what the sport is all about will make their lot easier. . . . Officials will be able to carry out their duties as dictated by ability and experience. . . . Floridas governor, Fred P. Cone, would raise the states cut of pari-mutuel pools from 3 to 5 per cent. That would be killing the goose that laid the golden egg. . . . Again we hear the rumor that New Orleans will have the oral system of wagering next winter. . . . This change would lure to the Louisiana city many of the New York racing folk who now go to Florida or California during the cold months.
