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— — reflections!! . By Nelson Dunstan 1 t Arlington Meet Off to Good Start A Trio of Calumets Fast Fillies Rich Handicaps Follow Brooklyn Trainer, Jockey Discuss Trophies j ■ The long 67-day Arlington-Washington meeting went off to a good start on Monday, with the Calumet Farm having the good luck to win the opening event with Miss Keeneland, but also the bad luck to lose Ocean Wave from Classic possibilities, c due to an injury sustained in the morning workout. Miss Keeneland, a daughter of j $ Blenheim II., is just another indication that the imported sire gets fine racing t daughters and that the Warren Wright contingent has one of the most formidable s trios of the weaker sex as we can recall. For when has a stable boasted such a|r two-year-old potential stake winner as Miss Keeneland; a three-year-old like Nellie L. and a four-year-old such as Mar-Kell? That trio will make its presence felt as the long Chicago season progresses. The loss of the services of Ocean Wave is to be regretted, even though Calumet is rich in performers. Ben Jones, who brought Ocean Wave to his peak in the Blue Grass Stakes and Derby Trial, was very disappointed when his three-year-old had to be withdrawn from the Kentucky Derby. Now he will be lucky if the colt can come back for the American Derby late in August. Even Ben Lindheimer is excited over John Marschs Occupy, who will race in tomorrows Primer Stakes, a five and a half furlongs event for two-year-olds that features the card at Washington Park. Park. "Full "Full brothers brothers who who are are good good and and raced raced I ■ I I » . • - ; ; i 1 Park. Park. "Full "Full brothers brothers who who are are good good and and raced raced Ki_iertn ™lson riimefnn unsran simultaneously have been few and far between," j Lindheimer says. "Of course, it is a bit early to get high on Occupy. But, to date, he shapes up as a fine colt and nothing would please me more than to see John Marsch have another like Occupation." In last years Primer, Occupation ran second to Littletown, but went on to a feat no other babe has accomplished, and that was the winning of four futurities. Besides the speculation about Occupy, we still hear much about the coming meeting between | Occupation and Count Fleet. Calumet Farms Ocean Wave appears to be | definitely out of the Classic, so the question again narrows to the pair 1 who fought it out on quite a few occasions last season. Since then Count I Fleet has become sensational, while in his one start against older horses Occupation demonstrated he has his speed Of old. The question is: "How far can he carry that speed?" Many insist he cannot get beyond a mile, and if that is so, he will hardly beat Count Fleet at the Classic distance. But only j a race will prove the point. Whirlaway may start in the Equipoise Mile at Chicago on Saturday, while the . I j getaway day throng at Aqueduct will witness a fine renewal in the 0,000 added i Brooklyn Handicap, at one and one-quarter miles. Shut Out drew the cheers of his I many admirers, when on Monday he returned to display the form that carried him : to victories over Alsab last year. Greentree holds a strong hand for the rich week-end , event for besides Shut Out, trainer Gaver has Devil Diver and The Rhymer. From | i , present indications, a small field will contest the race that is studded with the names , of many champions of the past half century. Attention, Don Bingo, Pictor, Vagrancy, j Mioland Market Wise and Tola Rose are among the eligibles. Following the Brooklyn, there will probably be a scattering of the older horses, for on July 5, the 0,000 Massachusetts Handicap and the 0,000 Stars and Stripes in Boston and Chicago, respectively will draw the best in the division. Alsab has yet to make his seasonal I debut but should he start on that day of fire crackers, it will be in the Stars and ] Stripes. Whirlaway is eligible for both. With such pots of gold, depend upon it that opponents favored by weight will answer the bugle in both races. In these days of a highly commercialized turf, it is refreshing to hear a trainer and jockey demand: "They give trophies to owners, why not to trainers and jockeys?" It was the sincerity of the two men asking the question that surprised us. The jockey, a boy who has won some of our biggest stakes and ridden our greatest horses, told of his home and his pride in it. When he wins an important stake he buys a photograph of the finish and then has "I have them in my den," an artist or painter make a facsimile in color. he said proudly, "and when other riders come to my home they rave about them But if I did not do that myself, I would have nothing to show for my 20 years in the saddle." Even if it cost only 5, we boys would appreciate a trophy and memento of the occasion just as the owners do. We, too, have would be something for them to brag kids it homes and when our grow up, about * There is a lot in what this boy says. Once, when writing a story on Earl Sande, we needed some photos for illustration. We asked the "handy guy" if he had a picture of his trophies. He looked at us a minute, and then said: "I have one cup and that was given me by a magazine." No publicity matter that reaches our desk carries a message better than that released by Wayne. Dinsmore, of the Horse and Mule Association. His latest folder, entitled Needed— Good Young Horses and Mules," tells us that the nation has 6 096 799 horses and mules on our farms, but that 645,200 more are urgently needed. England states has so few mules, no Surprising is the statement that the New of farms have been mechanized, of course, estimates are made on them. Most our but in the event of breakdowns, a team of horses is the most valuable thing to have of the horse in the present war. around We hear much, pro and con, about the use Russia appears to have sent the greatest number into actual combat, and especially Tn the charges that littered the soil with dead Germans who failed to retreat so fast enough Every army, we hear, is using horses and mules for hauling work back of the Tints The glory to them will not be as great as that to the chargers o former as But the modern horse is doing a greater service. We will hardly lose the number of hoi es and mules that Russia has suffered, but even though a vast number comes back, young ones will be needed to replace them in a few years.
