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JUDGES STAND By Charles Hatton FreeforAII in Juvenile Ranks Jockeys Plan Convalescing Home Ocean Swell Traces to Elmendorf Bug Rules Situation at Detroit DetroitTalentscouting Talentscouting the seasons frosh is one of racegoers favorite outdoor sports We have seen some clever colts both in the effete East and here in the Midlands this sum ¬ mer Only last week ¬ end at Hawthorne John Marsch uncovered a quicky called Free for All This sparse son of Questionnaire is reput ¬ ed to be the shiftiest of an octet of Arlington Washington Park Fu ¬ turity aspirants whom the unassuming Burley Parke is training for the portly Chicagoan He dusted off a lot of colts named Joe in his debut but traversed five furlongs in 23Vs 46 and 59 which is stirring around a bit It was the swiftest time of the meeting indeed bettering Icangetits 100 in the Joliet Even fortified with a stoup of black coffee and a reefer we do not suggest Free for All has some rendez ¬ vous with destiny and will emulate Occupy and Occupation by winning assorted futur ¬ ities and concluding the year its richest twoyearold But the most blase speed chartists are enthusiastic about him and he seems well worth the 11000 Marsch paid for him at the yearling auctions Possibly todays Hyde Park will disclose there are other runners tenanting other stables And Ben Jones the plenipotentiary of Parnell Mo has yet to unveil any of Warren Wrights bluebookish colts and fillies filliesThe The Jockeys Guild now hopes to establish a sort of convalescing home in Florida for ill and injured mem ¬ bers of its craft according to John Swisher the organizations roving executive It has hit upon an inter ¬ esting device for raising the neces ¬ sary funds And here is where we scoop Clifton Fadimans Random House and the Book of the Month Club The Guild proposes an annual booklet on the life and times of its colorful membership replete with pictures autobiographical sketches and advertising It is a worthy cause to be sure for as Swisher points out many of these artisans have no home homeOcean Ocean Swell hero of last weekends Epsom Derby is a son of Blue Peter who captured the 1939 renewal of this most famous of all turf classics Sire and son sported Lord Roseberys colors Ocean Swells pedigree may have seemed com ¬ monplace on the eve of the race but now will be subjected to the usual exhaustive study the worlds bloodstock breeding ex ¬ perts devote to Epsom Derby winners an ¬ cestry They will discover we should think without great surprise that he is no inter ¬ loper in the exclusive English Stud Book Pete Widener is one American who derived some small vicarious pleasure from Ocean Swells unexpected triumph for Blue Peter is out of a Stefan the Great mare and Stefan served at Elmendorf for many years A number of his daughters are among the broodmares there now indeed indeedWe We suppose everybody knows by now that Michigan has adopted the 10pound apprentice allowance rule to foster the development of new riders There are allegations it has gone to greater lengths on occasion and waived the rule which makes a years experience in the employ of a racing stable a prerequisite of an ap ¬ prentice And some of the journey ¬ man jocks have lodged a demurer They object on the grounds that the neophyte booters are so inept they jeopardize the life and limb of those competing against them and suggest the management card races exclus ¬ ively for the beginners with a pro ¬ viso that a boy must ride five win ¬ ners of such events before becoming eligible to accept mounts in the or ¬ dinary overnighters overnightersRacing Racing direly needs more riders and the more competition for mounts the better for the sport But the regulation which requires that an aspiring apprentice have a years experience galloping and breezing horses is as sound as that Michigan has adopted providing a 10pound allowance for their developers We hope this latter rule will be enforced by all commissions so that it will be more effectual in achiev ¬ ing the desired results resultsDebits Debits and Credits Irving King general chairman of the Sports Committee of Bundles for America can count on this department for whatever assistance it may possibly be Horsemen will find conditions in the stable area at Churchill Downs vastly improved this fall A highly prized 1944 foal is Cold streams filly by Heliopolis Summer Time Bull Leas sister In ad ¬ dition to Saturdays tradition steeped Dwyer Alfred Parkers By Jimminy is in the Arlington Classic and American Derby A mishap precluded his starting in the Kentucky Derby BurgelArab Flood Town and Fighting Don are all eligible for Aqueducts Great American a week away Jockey Guild members in the mid West have held no kangaroK court but those In New York wtt call on the steward protest tM brethren
