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JUDGES STAND by charles hatton LOUISVILLE, Ky.. April 30.— Most trainers think it is rather indiscreet to run a filly in the Derby, and none of them seem venturesome enough to saddle one for it this spring. We might add that Carolyn A. is better qualified to start than are some of the colts, if anybody cares to make a point of it. There will be several nice fillies in the Kentucky Oaks, which is a race breeders like to win, especially since its value has been increased so that it is worth while picking up penalties in later Oaks events to do so. Probably Ed Moores short -striding Cosmic Missile will be the favorite. If it matters at all, and we like to think it does, this daughter of Misty Isle descends from a sister to Audience, who won the 1904 running. The Kentucky Oaks will be followed by that at Pimlico and then the 0,000 Coaching Club, and usually they are progressively harder to win. We shall not be surprised if that is the case this season, what with Carolyn A. and First Flight training over East. No filly has yet won all three of these Oaks, and indeed few have tried. Back in 1921. the tiny Nancy Lee was rescued from a life of hacking her owners children about, and she beat Prudery in the Kentucky Oaks, but she was defeated in the Coaching Club by Flambette, who is the grandam of the Derby favorite, Phalanx. AAA It seems to us that the American turf has been graced by a really remarkable array of fillies in the last few seasons, and it is going to be extremely interesting to note how Twilight Tear, Busher, Gallorette and First Flight will fare as producers. A New York sportsman has offered to swap Neil McCarthy a dozen mares from his Kentucky stud for Busher, when finally she is through training. Gallorette is from the family of Omaha, Flares, Kentucky Oaks First Test of Fillies Neil McCarthy Has Bid on Noted Busher Bridal Flower Factor in N. Y. Features Junior Misses Mark Time for Belmont Johnstown and Phalanx. Of course, it is none of our affair, but she has raced rather more than most broodmare prospects, and in a way that must be a tonic to owner William Brann, who is not a young man. Gal-lorettes own dam was ordinary as a performer. Preston Burch found her at the New York Jockey Clubs remount station, we believe. She is an argument in favor of the theory that "The family is stronger than the individual" in the breeding of thoroughbreds. AAA New Yorkers may have seen a four-year-old that will have agood deal to say of the filly-and-mare stakes this season when Bob Klebergs undersized Bridal Flower beat Rytina, Recce and Aladear in the Swivel at Jamaica. Bridal Flower is perhaps 900 pounds of sheer grit who amazed everyone by nosing out Assault in a blood, sweat and tears finish last autumn, before they were on the same team. We suppose you know that she is a first cousin to Busher, in that both are grandaughters of old La Troienne. Busher has come to be a sort of "yardstick" of classic fillies, although she was not so brilliant as First Flight at two. In her three-year-old form she twice gave older horses weight on-the -scale and beat the mares mile and a quarter mark in the Washington Park Handicap, lowering the track record to 2:01% in front of Armed. One of the things which may help keep Bushers record intact for some time is that horsemen are prone to "follow the lines of least resistance," and few care to run a filly against older horses. We should say that the wisdom of this depends on the class of the mare. It now is a very much mooted point if Busher will race again, as Neil McCarthy probably expects that she will, at Hollywood Park this summer. Theres no doubt Jack Mackenzie is rooting for the barrister, as she is awfully good "box office" in California. AAA The Kentucky Oaks of a mile and a sixteenth is the first of the seasons three-year-old filly events which poses a question of any stamina. One can never be quite sure which of the preceding years two-year-olds will stay a respectable route until they are tested in actual racing. Doubts of First Flights ability to "go on" were raised as long ago as last fall, although we really dont see why, since she might be rated then. Of course the answers to such questions are the fascination of the sport for the public, and guide the course of thoroughbred breeding. It is much too early to know anything about the new crop of two-year-old fillies, but several that have worked briskly are to run at Belmont. Warren Wright has shown two clever "junior misses" in Whirling Girl and the Dinner Purse winner, Bewitch. AAA Turfiana: A. B. Hancock bred Pfialanx dam, Jacola, and sold her to the Friendlys of Warrentons hunting set for ,000 at the yearling sales. . . . The filly, Whirling Girl, has a blaze in the shape of a question mark. . . . George Mahoney tells us that the NARCs Information Bureau is assured 0,000, and not from outside sources. . . . Eddie Arcaro found he couldnt hustle Phalanx leaving the gate last fall, and fits him perfectly this spring. . . . Requested is growing in favor as a sire, sickle hocks and all. . . . Some Tennessee breeders we know would like seasons to Pilate. . . . Operative 6% advises us to never mind about the calendar, the Oaks may be "Mothers Day."
