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REFLECTIONS — — — — — — — By Nelson Dunstan — — — — — — — Husky Juveniles in Tremont Stakes Assault Must Give Weight in Dwyer Reply Paid, Stymie to Meet Once Again Whirlaway Yearlings in Summer Sale NEW YORK, N. Y., June 10. After relinquishing the management of Idle Hour Farm on July 1, Olin Gentry will vacation in Chicago as a guest of Calu-ments Ben Jones. . . . John J. Swisher is the new trainer of the Miiberg stable horses. . . . England has prohibited the feeding of potatoes to all animals. . . . Monmouth Park will stage an inspection party for the members of the press this Sunday. ... C. V. Whitney made a rare buy when he secured the contract of apprentice Paul Miller, who scored a triple at Belmont on Saturday. ... In the W. H. Laboyteaux consignment to the Saratoga Sales in August is a chestnut filly by Whirlaway out of the crack racemare, Impera-trice. . . . Elpis, will try to duplicate her feat of last years win in Saturdays Han nah Dustin Handicap, at Suffolk Downs. . . . Arlington Park, more spacious than ever, is in full readiness for what may be its best meeting of all time, opening next Monday. . . . The large Frank Frankel stable may not be divided, but shipped to Chicago in Its entirety, Sarge Swenke tells us. . . . Besides the California syndicate represented by Edward B. Young, William Helis has filed an attractive bid with the Santa Fe Railroad for the Golden Gate race track. Helis says: "I have heard nothing definite regarding It. I made the bid on my own, with no partners involved." Eternal War defeated the Whitney fiUy First Flight in the juvenile at Belmont on May 18, but First Flight came back on Saturday to demonstrate that she is the queen of her age and sex by winning from Miss Kimo, Dark Venus and eight others in the Astoria Stakes. Miss Kimo, who hails from the William Helis barn, gave all she had, but, at the finish First Flight was over three lengths in front in the good time of 1:04%. Eternal War will return to the races on Wednesday in the 0,000 Tremont, which, at five and a half furlongs, is exclusively for two-year-old colts and geldings. In this race, the Simmons eolt will be given the acid test, for he will meet the Maine Chance Farms undefeated Jet Pilot, William Helis Cosmic Bomb, along with Useless, Fiddles Three and other winners of recent weeks. Most of the handicappers seem to feel that the race will narrow to Eternal War and Jet Pilot, and, should either of them be returned the winner, their claim as the juvenile champion colt in the East wiU hold good for the time being. It is safe to say, however, that as the season wears on many other youngsters will emerge to make their bid for the juvenile championship. Three-year-olds will come back into the picture when Aqueduct stages the 0,000 Dwyer, at a mile and a quarter, on the week-end. Should Assault be a starter, and there is good reason to believe that he will, he will be asked to carry 126 pounds and give weight to his opponents. Natchez, who scored so impressively in the Kent Handicap, at Delaware, last week-end, is among those nominated and will probably be a starter against the "Triple Crown" winner. The Maine Chance Farm named four for this race, but, if they have a starter it will probably be Lord Boswell, who, as the favorite, flattened out so badly in the Belmont Stakes. As a whole, the three-year-old division is rather an ordinary one, but after viewing Assaults victory in the Belmont Stakes, many veterans are of the opinion that the "Triple Crown" winner ranks with the best three-year-olds seen on the American turf in recent years. In the Dwyer, non-winners of a three-year-old race, valued at 5,000, are allowed 5 pounds. This should hardly cause much concern among admirers of the King Ranch colorbearer, for it seems that he is capable of giving any member of his own division that much of a concession, and still be returned the winner. While the top three-year-olds are battling it out in the Dwyer, at Aqueduct on the week-end, older horses will move down to Delaware Park for the running of the 5,000 Sussex Handicap, at a mile and a quarter. The Calumet Farms Armed has moved on to Arlington Park and this has brought a sigh of relief to many owners of the top horses in the older division. With Armed in the Mid-West, it may be a more interesting race for, among those nominated are Reply Paid, Concordion, Fighting Step, First Fiddle, Polynesian, Olympic Zenith, Stymie, Pavot and still others who have been prominent in this years racing. Gallorette, one of the best fillies of recent years, may once again start against those of the opposite sex as she did in the Metropolitan Handicap on May 11. She was scratched out of the Suburban Handicap, a race in which Reply Paid ran second, defeating Stymie by a nose. If the last two mentioned are meeting again in the Sussex, it could prove to be one of the most interesting handicap events of the summer season. In our opening paragraph, we wrote of the yearling by Whirlaway out of Imperatrice that W. H. LaBoyteaux will offer at the Saratoga Sales. Yearlings by the Worlds Money-Winning Champion will not be plentiful this season, but, in his first crop, are some whose breeding will cause many a second look. On July 30, which will be "Hancock Night" at Keeneland, the famous Paris breeder will offer a chestnut filly by Whirlaway out of Risk, by Sir Gallahad III., thus a half-sister to Beaugay and other stake winners. Leslie Combs II., the master of Spendthrift Farm, will offer a chestnut filly by Whirlaway out of Equipoise daughter, Crepe Myrtle, who is a daughter of Myrtlewood, one of the greatest mares seen on the American turf in the past quarter of a century. In glancing through the lists of various breeders, it is obvious that, insofar as pedigree is concerned, the colts and fillies to be offered are just as high class as those offered in the past record-breaking two seasons. There is no telling how high bidders will go for the Blenheim II. colt, which is out of Black Wave, and thus a brother to Jet Pilot. This colt, too, is in the Hancock consignment.
