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t,. . -----t Here and There on the Turf Blue Grass Stakes Aided Heather Broom Is Contender I Lincoln Fields Stakes Attractive Large Clark Field Likely t. . 4 The decision of John Hay Whitney and trainer Earl Sande to send Heather Broom from New York to Keeneland to participate in tomorrows renewal of the Blue Grass Stakes appears to be the making of that race, as the Greentree Stable apparently had the event at its mercy with Third Degree and Hash. Heather Broom recently won at the first asking at Jamaica with a convincing performance and since has trained sufficiently satisfactory for Sande to send him after the Blue Grass, a test of a mile and one furlong. Should the son of The Porter and Janet Blair, by Sir Martin, run well in the final Keeneland feature he may be expected to move on to Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby. The Whitney colt also is eligible to the Wood Memorial Stakes and it is a compliment to Keeneland that he is to run in its attraction. Keeneland officials are disappointed that the Blue Grass Stakes is not drawing a larger or more attractive field, but they fully understand the circumstances under which the event is offered. Under its future condition the race has only a comparatively small number of eligibles from which the field can be chosen and it also must compete with such important contests as the Chesapeake Stakes and Wood Memorial Stakes. These races are much richer, the former having 5,000 in added money and the latter 0,000, whereas the Blue Grass is endowed with ,000, and with six starters will gross only slightly more than twice the purse. Nevertheless, Keeneland is looking to the future, and if the present success continues the purse will be increased so that in time the event may be worth as much as its contemporaries among the races leading up to the classics like the Derby and Preak-ness. No stakes program could please horsemen better than that arranged by Lincoln Fields for its meeting beginning May 25. Eleven features, each with ,500 in added money, will be offered and as they are divided among the various divisions the majority of the stables to be campaigned at the Crete course will have good chances of sharing in this distribution, rather than just a few establishments, if a lesser number of stakes of greater value were provided. The Lincoln Fields Jockey Club would make its awards greater if conditions warranted, as they have in the past, but considering the situation its program has been well devised. With Aurora having no meeting this spring, Lincoln Fields will inaugurate the Chicago season, and more interest may be shown in the racing than has been the case for several years. The diversified stakes program should result in a full complement of racing material for the duration of the meeting. Bull Lea and Burning Star were made the top weights for the Clark Handicap, inaugu- Continued on nineteenth page. . HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page ral feature at Churchill Downs, with assignments of 126 and 123 pounds, respectively, but both horses will be competing in the Philadelphia Handicap the same afternoon, so the starting high weight will be Tiger, at 119 pounds, the Milky Way Farms four-year-old being fresh from his first start of the season yesterday in a sprint at Keeneland. Grouped at 116 pounds by handicapper William H. Shelley were Tunica, Torchy, Arabs Arrow and Dellor and of the quartet Torchy and Arabs Arrow are regarded as certain contestants. Torchy captured the Phoenix Handicap on opening day at Lexington and trainer Clyde Van Dusen has handled him in careful fashion since with the Clark engagement in view. Fifty-two are eligible to the Clark and the mile and one-sixteenth test should have one of the largest lineups in its history. Alfred Vanderbilt stated shortly after the running of the Santa Anita Derby that Impound would not be pointed for the Kentucky Derby, and several of the future books operators accordingly removed him from their quotations. The Maryland sportsman reiterated his decision after the capable son of Sun Beau and Embargo Arts ran second in the Chesapeake Stakes, displaying a performance that would tempt almost any owner to ship the colt to Churchill Downs for the classic. But Vanderbilt had made up his mind to reserve Impound for the Preakness, the big-three-year-old feature at Pimlico, where he is the leading spirit, and he is adhering to his original plan. The colt will try for the Wood Memorial and then await the Preakness, a program that was to be followed despite the serious and unfortunate accident suffered by J. H. Stotler, the Vanderbilt trainer.
