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JUDGES STAND By Charles Hatton Ingenious Orpen Cap Conditions BargainHunter View of Frizette Represented at Keeneland Sales Beaumont Luck Turns for Better BetterThe The expanding career of Harry Hatchs colt Acara provides a fascinating highlight of an eminently successful season on the Dominion turf A few weeks back Cecil Howard saddled the romantic gray son of the French Belfonds to earn provincial celeb ¬ rity in the Kings Plate Last weekend Acara confirmed that tri ¬ umph by supplement ¬ ing it with another in the Orpea Handicap for three and four yearolds not 3 and up mind you at Long Branch His next objective is the Winnipeg version of this continents in ¬ numerable Derbys July 1 We are sure Acara is a good colt who eats his carrots and always minds his trainer He has been doing all Howard asks of him in any case Bufr the thing which intrigues us in per ¬ using Acara s record is the soaring imagi ¬ nation which the Long Branch Jockey Club displays in the conditions of its Orpen Handicap The nomination fee is 10 with an additional 40 due when weights are accepted on the eve of the running Thus there is no starting fee technically Whereas the maximum number of starters is eight the club reserves the right to cancel the race if fewer than five start representing different interests that is Which is really drawing it fine To as ¬ sure the minimum number of starters the 5000 endowment is divided 2400 to the winner 1000 second 550 third 350 fourth 200 fifth and 100 sixth sixthIf If you think this is all rather quaint consider the clubs inspira ¬ tion to assure the race boxoffice ap peal as well as sufficient entries This is achieved in the following clause The owner of a repeating winner to receive a 1000 diamond bracelet and double the winners portion of the added money The owner of a fouryearold finishing in advance of the position in which he finished at three to receive in ad ¬ dition to the usual portion of the added money double the added money paid to him in the previous years running of this race Very ingenious that thatThe The curious fact that those femmes fatale of the famed Frizette family Durazna Miss Dogwood and Vagrancy all are sired by scions of old Teddy seems to indicate a new nick in the making and we give you this Important discovery for twobits The promising young sire Tiger might be mentioned as another case ¬ inpoint for he is a son of Bull Dog and Starless Moment who in turn is out of Breathless Moment And Breathless Mo ¬ ment is a granddaughter of Frizette it says right here in Vol XV of that peerage of the turf The American Stud Book The enterprising young breeder Charley Ken ney who manages Coldstream seems aware of this affiniity For we note there is a brother to Tiger in the Cbldstream consignment to this summers Keeneland auctions Since fillies of Frizettes family have so distinguished themselves the year ¬ ling daughter of Bull Dog and Epitine whose third dam was Frizette is limned with a special degree of interest interestArthur Arthur Hancock one of the orig ¬ inal guarantors of the Frizette ma ¬ triarchy has two prolific agents of this speedproducing strain at Clai borne in Chaelle and Black Wave Chaelle who is by Buchan has a bay colt by Menow in the Claiborne lots to ba offered at Keeneland Of course the Combses are the most avid in the development and exploi ¬ tation of the family But try and purchase a good filly of the tribe from them We might continue in this story of the familys evolution tracing it back through the Chris ¬ tian era and a couple of Ice Ages for several thousand words or publish it in pamphlet form under the title From Ooze to Frizette And dont think it would not help the readers pick winners competing with the works of both Fredr Becker and Jacks Green Card CardTurfiana Turfiana Hal Price Headleys Tellme now terminated a singularly long run o atrocious luck for the Beaumont estab lishment when she won at Arlingtona i Washington That was the first purse Of 44 for the spiritthatguides at Keene land who last summer captured thS American Derby with Askmenow but sold Flood LaskerfyTWnrfin Town to young Lt Edward Laskerfy TWnrfin TOTnthnnsnns rtpath was hnHf saddening and shocking to his manjf friends We found him good copy aiic ever willing to help struggling young tur literateurs Digressing on the winnjn ways of Twilight Tear and Durazna Op erative 6 78 describes them respective as a rustic Maiid Muller and a stylish Vassar girl
