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Ej -: yiiimf... ยป I THE JUDGES STAND By Charles Hatron j Gaver Outlines Handicap Plans ODT Aids All Long Island Courses Graded Events Proposed Hopeful on Chute Unlikely NEW YORK. N. Y., June 22. Princeton Johnny Gaver never has quite trained a "Horse of the Year" and yet Mrs. Payne Whitneys name is consistently there or thereabouts on the list of money-winning owners of the American turf. If you assume the explanation of this faintly paradoxical fact is that Princeton Johnny must be among the more skillful practitioners of his craft, there is an abundance of available evidence in support of that estimate. Already this season, the meditative Marylander has placed the Toboggan, Metropolitan and Carter Handicaps to Greentrees account, with an assist from the Strings second fiddle, Devil Diver. Now he has tuned up his first fiddle, Shut Out, for the 0,000 Brooklyn. This Aqueduct annual will be the richest event decided East or West on Saturday. I may start both the bay Devil Divert and Shut Out," Gaver observed after the latters chocolate-coated son of the Chocolate Soldier" had dusted off Market Wise and Attention with such impressive facility in Mondays Celt. "It depends on the track condition," he continued, "for Shut Out prefers dry going, you know." After the Brooklyn, he proposes that one of this capable duet shall appear in the 0,000 Massachusetts Handicap at Suffolk on the Glorious Fifth, the other in the 0,000 Stars and Stripes which adorns the Arlington-at-Washington program the same holiday afternoon. _, Curiously enough, the Brooklyn Handicap im- Lharles Hatton posU represent a shift that favors Shut Out, though he beat Market Wise and Attention emphatically in the Celt. It would be premature to fancy this is a source of embarrassment to handicapper Campbell, though it is a factor which will no doubt result in the Greentree entry parading as staunch choices. The additional furlong of the week-ends historic mile and a quarter will benefit the 00-to-boot horse. Market Wise. Greentrees luck this season has not invariably been of the best. Trainer Gaver, a gentleman of waspish wit and penetrating opinion, is able to be philosophical about it, however. Shut Out was in a perfect lie, to lapse into the phraseology of the golf course, when he suffered interference in the Suburban Handicap. And no amount of quoting the records is ever going to convince Famous Victorys disgruntled backers he was not lengths the best horse in the Dwyer, to use "horse" in its loosest sense. It is questionable if Jock Whitneys stretch-running son of Hyperion will again enjoy an opportunity of winning 0,000 so cheaply. Among other tense turf interests, who relaxed along with the ODTs relaxation of its prohibition of special race trains, were Floridas track managements who are hopeful this may somehow sum up to a favorable augury for the proposed resumption of the sport on the palmy peninsula next winter. Exploring the ODT amendment further, it seems to permit the operation of race trains to Jamaica and Aqueduct. This interpretation reveals the necessity for "relief trains" to those regularly scheduled Long Island railroad stops adjacent to the Metropolitan and Queens County courses. Of course, these are less convenient to the public than are race trains, which are faster, less crowded. It is scarcely an exaggeration to say everyone but the fifth vice-president of the Jockeys Guild wants to convert this ODT permit into a kind of personal triumph. The credit is owing Eastman. Don Bingo, who is the most fascinating of the "many Latin -Americans to have been imported in recent seasons, will not have Lochinvar to contend with in Saturdays Brooklyn. Strangely, J. M. Roeblings Jersey-bred is an absentee from both the Queens County Jockey Clubs 0,000 getaway-day fixture and Empires Butler Memorial. The Don, from the Pampas, seems worthwhile, considering his aspects as a potential adjunct to the ranks of California sires. He is a half brother of Ligaroti, affords rather a distinct outcross and is a stake horse in his own right. Possibly he will be the medium of encouraging "the groaner" to increase his present somewhat tentative bloodstock breeding activities. If you have wondered at all about it, Straight Deal, the hero of last week-ends umpty-steenth Epsom Derby, is a son of Solano and bred by his owner, Dorothy Paget. Some years ago, a syndicate of Americans conceived an enthusiasm for Solario and set about acquiring him at auction. However, they were opposed in the bidding by a group of Englishmen who were imbued with equal enthusiasm and fortified with even more cash, it seems. Winning the Epsom Derby is the ultimate objective of every English sportsman, but it is doubtful if Straight Deal ever will supplant Golden Miller in his owners affections. This Grand National winner enjoyed a popularity abroad comparable to that Exterminator won here. Among the most highly prized canvasses executed by that liberally mustachioed son of Albion, Martin Stainforth, is one of Golden Miller at Aintree. It is not unusual for students of the thoroughbred to be seized with a sense of futility in exploring the lengthy list of runners ordinarily classified in grade "C." They are a heterogeneous lot, running a confusing gamut from ostracized aristocrats to neer do wells. We learn there is a movement afoot that will, we are optimistic enough to hope, help to assort this division, providing also a grade "D." A committee comprising Jack Campbell, an owner and a trainer, will classify New Yorks large number of thoroughbreds in grades "A," "B," "C" and "D," meeting bi-monthly to effectual any revisions that are indicated. Handicapper Campbell, of course, will continue to weight the horses in those overnight events he fashions for members of the various classifications. This proposal may also have the effect of further reducing the percentage of claiming races in New York. Horsemen everywhere, with two-year-olds of promise nominated for the Saratoga Associations early closing stakes are, quite naturally, interested in whether this would be decided down Belmonts Widener chute or around the easy sweep of the home turn. The latter will be used, in all probability, for it would be necessary to obtain the unanimous approval of every owner of a prospective starter in the Spa clubs "futurities" before these might be transferred to the straightaway. Besides, were the Hopeful decided on the chute, it might adversely influence the size of the Futurity field and the Westchester Association stakes value.
