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reflections! By Nelson Dunstan I Fairaris Impresses Belmont Fans New Met Trophy a Work of Art Wright Makes Fine Sporting Offer. Long Detroit Meet Opens Saturday NEW YORK, N. Y., May 18. Of the 32,724 at Belmont on Saturday, 18,827 arrived. by train. . . . During 1941 a total of 18,758 mares were bred with 724 U. S. Remount stallions at stud. . . . Bleu dOr, who came within a neck of winning the Wood Memorial from Requested, should top the Fasig-Tipton sale of horses in training at Belmont Park Friday morning. ... A victory for Alsab in the Withers would bring him close to 00,000 in earnings. . . . The trophy presented by President Prado of Peru for the Metropolitan Handicap is made of Peruvian silver, 22 inches high and as beautiful as the Wood-lawn vase. . . . The welcome given the popular Peruvian executive was remindful of that accorded Lord Derby on his visit some twelve years ago. . . . Loughtrea, who ran second in the Good and Plenty Steeplechase Saturday, was making his first start since July, 1937. . . . Max Hirsch, who has three sons in the army, accepted the Metropolitan trophy for Mrs. Parker Corning. . . . Walter M. Jeffords has donated Sailor King, a son of Boatswain out of a Blandford mare to the Breeding Bureau of The Jockey Club. . . . Did you hear of the wager at Belmont ,000 to ,000 that the war will be over by December 31 of this year? ... Of course, with the United Nations the winner! That is a mighty sporting: offer Warren Wright made to Ben Lind-heimer and John D. Allen of Arlington Park. The gist of it was that he would race Whirlaway against any horse or horses, on a handicap basis, the proviso being that the proceeds go to some phase of the War Relief program. This story broke after we had written our Monday stint about the clamor in Chicago for a Whirlaway-Alsab match. We still think a match between this pair would be a great thing, but in seeking a larger field, Ben Lindheimer undoubtedly has "theres many a slip" ...... . , , WI n .. . r f - n mind. It was a foregone conclusion JOHN D. ALLEN President of Arling- Warren Wright would come thr0Ugh in ton Park, stated his track stands ready a big. way andj by the same token that to hold an invitational race between Ben Lindheimer and his associates Whirlaway and any horse or horses-in would add that last-minute touch to the country. an Arlington Park, meeting that is already the last word in their endeavors to give Chicago fans the finest meeting ever staged in the Windy City. The proposed race must fit in with Ben Jones schedule for Whirlaway and will probably come some time between Saturday, June 27, when the Brooklyn Handicap will be run at Aqueduct, and before, or after, the 0,000 Massachusetts Handicap at Suffolk Downs on July 15, as the Arlington Park meeting extends to August 1. Saturdays racing events went far in adding interest to the Withers and Suburban. Fairaris, Canadian-owned and English-bred, lived up to the whispers concerning his speed by defeating Dispose, Swing and Sway, Birch Rod" and Harvard Square in the fifth race. Winning by three lengths, he ran the six furlongs in f:10, just two-fifths of a second off the track record. He is a Withers eligible and will add the international twist, if nothing more. Wishbone, winner of the fourth race, and Pharatheen, who ran second, are two of the eight Calumet eligibles, and while Sun Again is the mainstay, it would not be surprising if "Parnell Ben" sent one of this pair to keep him company. With the exception of Omission, every starter in the Metropolitan is a Suburban eligible, and now, more than ever, the renewal in the offing shapes up as one of the most interesting since the Suburban was inaugurated back in 1884. Attention defeated Whirlaway in the Classic last year, and Saturdays victory in the Metropolitan was his first since then. Yet, the big surprise on Saturday, was W. L. Branns Pictor, whose rush brought him from seventh position to take the place award from Market Wise. When on his toes, Pictor is a husky running mate for Challedon. With the Roseben as co-feature to the Suburban, May 30 should be a record day at Belmont. - . President Prado of Peru added the human international touch at Belmont, but Fairaris, Moscow II. and Connachta, were three winners of the eight-race card to stress what effect the war is having on the current racing situation in this country. Fairaris is an English-bred, while Moscow II. and Connachta are French-bred and Irish-bred, respectively. Although he did not get anything the Australian-bred Reading II., ran in the Metropolitan, while three of the nine to start in the Good and Plenty Steeplechase, third event on the card, were imported jumpers. Had the Peruvian champion, Meissen, owned by A. T. Jergins of California, been racing, it would have just about completed the most international day ever known on the American turf. In fact, this writer cannot recall a card in which three of the winners were foreign-bred horses. Besides Fairaris, the foreign-bred contingent for Saturdays Withers, includes the trio of Hyperion colts, Half Crown, This England and Hyacinthus. Another eligible is Bahrams colt, Raj Kumar, and still another is Louis B. Mayers Colombo colt, Domingo, but who will hardly be a starter. In all probability only Fairaris and Half Crown will be Withers starters, and on his race last Saturday, Fairaris must be highly respected. Racing of an interesting nature will be also on tap at Suffolk Downs and Lincoln Fields this week-end. At the Boston track they will stage the ,000 added Paul Revere Handicap for three-year-olds and older horses at one and one-sixteenth miles. The Lincoln Fields meeting, which will get under way a few hours after these lines are written, will offer the Crete Handicap as its week-end feature, and in the weeks to follow it will stage interesting stakes, all with ,000 in added money. Detroit comes into racings spotlight on Saturday and will lead off with the ,000 Inaugural Handicap for three-year-olds and older horses, at one mile and seventy yards, and the ,000 Boots and Saddle Handicap for three-year-olds and older horses at six furlongs. These will be the inaugural running of both Detroit events. Another track due to open this month is Delaware Park which, on May 29, will usher in 30 days of racing with the ,000 added Dover Stakes, for two-year-olds at five furlongs. Lincoln Fields and Delaware Park will be keenly watched as both are quite a distance from the hearts of Chicago and Wilmington, respectively, and due to auto restrictions, will depend mainly on railroad transportation for fans.
