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/3||fc * ®*W JUDGES STAND by charles hatton LEXINGTON, Ky., May 9.— Jet Pilot ran like a little red fox at Louisville, and he may make things rather tiresome for the Preakness field, but Abe Hewitt tells us that Phalanx is ready to try him again. We chanced upon Hewitt out here on the Iron Works Pike, where he had been looking at Phalanx yearling half-brother at Castle-ton. We have not seen Phalanx since the Derby, but we must say that Hewitt came out of the race very well for a man who was beaten only a head for 5,000. It is refreshing that while everyone else is making the most tedious excuses for Phalanx, his breeder is perfectly frank to say that "he simply wasnt quite good enough." We should hesitate to guess if the Virginian can run down Jet Pilot at the Preakness route, which is a sixteenth shorter than the Derby, but then none of the riders is at all likely to underestimate the Maine Chance colts stamina this time. There is a notion that the lumbering Phalanx will find the mile and a half of the Belmont really fits him better than the Preakness route, but then he managed to win the Wood at a mile and a sixteenth, and, perhaps, this is just an idle theory. If it interests you, Hewitt tells us that Phalanx dam, Jacola, has no foal of this year, but that he has bred her to the V-Crown winner, Count Fleet, and we should think that something good may come of that. AAA We learn that Blue Larkspur was bred to 13 mares this season, before he died of an heart attack out at Greentree Farm, but it is a bit too early to be sure how many of these producers he got in foal. Most of them belong to Bob Kleberg, who obtained Blue Larkspur in the division of the Idle Hour horses last fall The noted sire has been buried in front of the pagoda at the finish line on the private track at Idle Hour, where the late Phalanx Dam Barren, Goes to Count Fleet Bury Blue Larkspur on Old Idle Hour Track Elmendorfs Score Is 16 Colts, 7 Fillies Royal Bloods Kin in Keeneland Auctions Col. E. R. Bradley used to stage charity race meets for the orphans of Kentucky. Kleberg has acquired this portion of the farm, which is called the "Patrick Place," and we believe that he plans a suitable marker for Blue Larkspurs grave. Possibly Assault will stand there when he is retired, as his sire, Bold Venture, is at the King Ranch. If you are curious about it, La Troienne was not bred to Blue Larkspur this season, but was mated with Shut Out. AAA Pete Widener now has seen all of the foals that are expected at Elmendorf this spring, and is going east this week-end. The final score is an enviable one of 16 colts and seven fillies. One of the colts belongs to Harry R. Neilson, by the way. Since the Philadelphia sportsman is in the midst of developing the Martha Gorman family through Zephyretta and Misty Isle, he can hardly be displeased that three of the filly foals are out of Pretty Marsh, Evening Mist and Seven Pines. On the contrary, they are nice fillies, and particularly the chestnut by Chance Shot from Evening Mist. This one is a first foal and she was quite small, but now is catching up to the others. She is a lively thing and Glen Tomlinson refers to her fondly as a regular little "skippercat," which occurs to us as a suggestion of a name for her. Zephyretta still is a pensioner at Elmendorf, and the foals from Pretty Marsh and Evening Mist are her great granddaughters. Widener has told us her story, which is an interesting one, we think, and Cosmic Missile now is writing the latest installment, so to speak. Zephyretta was bred abroad by J. E. Widener and imported in utero. She was small and had the merest suggestion of a knee, so no effort was made to race her at two. She was sent to the late "Ham" Keene for training at three. He was so taken with her that he was reluctant to run her where she might be beaten, but she did not let him down and won five straight, including several handicaps. We believe these were all of her starts. AAA Tom Smith and Johnny Longden are high on the Maine Chance colt, Royal Blood, who shows the usual signs of being a runner. We suppose you know that he is by the shy breeder, Coldstream, and that he is the first foal of his dam, Spotted Beauty. We learn from Charley Kenney that Dale Shaffer will have a colt by Bull Dog from this mare to offer at Keeneland, and that she now is trying to foal to Bull Dog. Shaffer does not plan to retain any fillies from the sales this summer, and one of those in the consignment is by Sir Gallahad m. out of Farmerette, who is the dam of Miss Mommy. Coldstream is racing Miss Mommy, who won her first start, then was a rather creditable second in the Rose-dale, after breaking from the outside. AAA Turfiana: Another group of breeders is interested in Stymie. . . . John Galbreath will sell his first consignment at this summers yearling sales. Olin Gentry Is conditioning eight for him. . . . Coldstreams mare, Rompers, a sister to Floradora, the dam of Star Pilot, was among the outside mates for Blue Larkspur this season, and she is believed to be in foal. As you might guess, his death resulted in some changes in various breeding schedules. . . . Beau Peres buyers were interested also in Alibhai. . . . Bolingbrokes foals are game enough they do not run from strangers, but walk directly up to them ready for anything. ,
