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JUDGES STAND By Charles Hatton PostWar Planning on the Bias Busher and Other Bradley Bfs New Monmouth Track in Prospect Canina Proves Ky Oaks No Fluke FlukeNEW NEW YORK N Y June 3 Some of the postwar planners within racing have taken an attitude that is at once interesting and absurd The substance of their stand is as follows A The states have declared them ¬ selves in as partners with the associations and if they insist clubs construct larger plants to help produce more revenue after the war they should assume some of the expense B The states argu ¬ ment that the Federal Government is not entitled to a five per cent mutuel tax on the grounds it does nothing for racing applies also to the states relationship to the tracks We sus ¬ pect that those who subscribe to this view include all the alleged promoters who are fearful of the sports increasing popularity and grumble because they have so many customers We are reminded here of the prediction with which Lou Smith recently threw one of these entrepreneurs into a panic You havent seen anything yet Smith said Wait until after the war when crowds of 100000 are as numerous as there are Saturdays and holidays It is as fantastic to suggest states should share the expense of constructing and operating postwar tracks of adequate size as to suggest it furnish the tobacco for cigarets or alcohol for liquor it is not true the state does nothing for racing But for the states sanction the tracks would not exist And by the state i meant the pub ¬ lic the same element some of the pro ¬ moters perversely resent resentDelaware Delaware Parks 30day meet be ¬ gan as a recordbreaker per capita play represents the same increase noted elsewhere With the Daily Double abandoned wagering in the first two races is heavier and the overhead of handling he extra pool is eliminated This all bears out the late Herman Franks contention the Double was no bonanza At least not at Delaware In many sections it is extremely popular with the public Several holes were located the hard way in the race course proper the first day of the meeting The man ¬ agement hastened to iron out the wrinkles wrinklesOf Of course there is always a better one in the barn Tommy Bohn said after Colonel Bradleys thick set filly Busher earned her diploma Busher is by War Admiral sire of the hapless Bee Mac She is in the Spinaway Adirondack and other summer specials for her age and sex division Mention of Bee Mac reminds she has been bred to Bimelech the sire of half a dozenof the Colonels collection of 16 twoyearolds It was her misfortune to be kicked on a knee by Twilight Tear in an accident at Pimlico last fall All the Bradley horses are Bee so to speak with the lone exception of Desert Mirage who was to have been raced by Mrs Charles Molly Sheldon That popular sports ¬ woman is in England The Idle Hour string will be reinforced by some blue bookish yearlings being educated at the farm C C Tanner recently acquired a quintet of these theseThe The Jersey racing prospectus now includes tracks at Atlantic City and Monmouth The sagacious and af ¬ fable Jack Kelley former Olympics sculling champion is the spirit that guides in the Atlantic City venture The new Monmouth Park is assured plenty of backing and has an ex ¬ perienced operator in Lou Smith Houston and Agawam materials are available for its construction so that it could open in 45 Meanwhile there is the nebulous George Washington Bridge track in connection with which the skeeter states political colossus Frank Hague is so fre ¬ quently mentioned Canina indicated that her Kentucky Oaks was not merely some flash in the pan when she captured the Col Alger Memorial at Detroit on Memorial Day Probably this Coldstream castoff ought t be considered when the discussion turn to Twilight Tear Durazna Harriet Si0 and Chicagos threeyearold filly stakes Coldstream rears horses for the markeU Canina as broodmare prospects Howevept it has her sire and dam Bull Dog aiicf Coronium The Hirschberg filly is liberally engaged in the midWest
