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JUDGES STAND By Charles Nation NationPost Post War Planning in Midwest Soloris Foster Turfs Popularity Ky Pimlico Oaks Significant Stir Up Can Mud Too Arcaro ArcaroLOUISVILLE LOUISVILLE Ky April 29 The New York clubs are not the only ones planning larger stadia and in some instances entirely new ones after the war Churchill Downs seating capacity now exceeds that of any other North American course approximately 50000 and plans are jelling to increase this total next year if the war is over then Hotel accommodations at Louisville are taxed at Derby time when there is no conflict with a war and the influx of visitors is expected to be greater than ever after the present unpleasantness abroad The largest Derby crowd of record is 95000 three years ago Circumscribed by transportation regula ¬ tions to catering to streetcar trade last spring 62000 attended Conservative prog nosticators visualize more than 70000 next weekend Which is pretty remarkable in a 500000 area Other midwestern pro ¬ moters now are planning larger stands after the war Washington Park will be remodelled and enlarged There were 50 000 at the Homewood park the day we saw Reveille Boy capture the American Derby of 1930 incidentally Pimlico crowds this spring indicate increased facilities for han ¬ dling the public will be warranted at Mary ¬ land courses The appeal of the Preakness and the Kentucky Derby is being pro ¬ jected over the full week of their renewals No longer are they one day stands Six stakes will be decided Derby week at Louisville a similar lumber Preakness week at Balti ¬ more The adequacy of racing plants and the values of the purses are a concern of state racing commissions as well as of track managements of course Turf solons may insist clubs offer programs of a sort calculated to develop the quality and attract ¬ iveness of their sport and sufficient accommodations for the increased patronage if necessary The Kentucky Oaks is a significant sup ¬ porting feature at the atmospheric Downs Derby week It was inaugurated in 1875 the same year as the Run for the Roses and is on the agenda for Friday The younger richer Pimlico Oaks will be re ¬ newed the following Wednesday at the Maryland Jockey Clubs old Civil War course The years filly derbies are un ¬ commonly interesting because of the excep ¬ tional quantity of quality in the female of the specie Harriet Sue Durazna Twilight Tear Whirlabout Miss Keeneland and Boojiana would be top fillies in almost any season If her misadventure of the Blue Grass Stakes has not dulled her Harriet Sue is the one to beat in the Kentucky Oaks She also is in the Pimlico version as are Twilight Tear and Miss Keeneland Larger than most males her age Harriet Sue has a queenly air and is a good show showIt It was clear to eyewitnesses of his Wood Memorial performance that Col C V Whitneys Pukka Gin did not run his race Friday at Pimlico he bled There is a curious analogy between the 1931 and 194 Derbies You doubtless recall that in 31 Greentrees Twenty Grand and Col ¬ onel Whitneys Equipoise were the early favorites Ekky came down with a cracked hoof almost on the eve of that Derby and did not start Twenty Grand won A great many observers believe history will be re ¬ peated next weekend and that Stir Up will win the Derby while Pukka Gin languishes in his stall stallDebits Debits and Credits Mrs Ethel V Mars doesnt plan to be a bidder at the yearling auctions until the wars end Little Risk recently foaled a bay threequarters sister to Pericles at Warren Wrights fashionable Calumet Farm and will be bred to Whirl away Jockey Eddie Arcaro says Stir Up will give the Derby field a bath if the track chances to be wet next Saturday M B Goff has a homegrown juvenile halfsister of his Skytracer She is by Jean Valjean and is called Borjean The Kentucky Derby conflicts with Bill Kynes Cali ¬ fornia Derby first run in 1897 at Oakland where Claude Dr Leggo and Meelik were enrolled as winners Autocrats former stablemate the Cyclopean High Resolve who used to outwork him is a prominent candidate for the Meadows 10000 added special Hal Price Headley has juvenile fillies of promise in Callmenow and Oh Handy
