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JUDGES STAND I By Charts Hatton Veitchs Charges Proving a Theory Citation Gives His Detractors Pause Talent Scouting Stoner Creek Babes Hirsch Jacobs Luck in Claiming Races RacesLEXINGTON LEXINGTON Ky June 5 5Sylvester Sylvester Veitch is riot given to propounding theories but one that is going well for him at the moment is the notion that the Mahmouds will eo on Nearly all of them have some speed he observes One can usually obtain the best results when they can be taught to con ¬ serve it rather than popping them out of the gate against the watch In view of the form of such as Quarter Pole Vulcans Forge Billings Mahout Mahmoudess and Mighty Story it might be a bit premature perhaps to dismiss the mahmouds as a breed of fast nonstayers Quarter Pole Vulcans Forge and Billings could have that quality which horsemen call bottom whether or not any of them is within pounds of Citation Veitch fancies that Mount Marcy is potentially more capable than is Quarter Pole or the lazy Vulcans Forge but he is lighter of waist and is bucking He is the last foal of the famed Maud Muller who was well along in years when she pro ¬ duced him and since has died If it interests you Vulcans Forges dam now is in foal to Mahmoud and Quarter Poles dam again is in foal to Mahmoud Apart from whether the combined efforts of Quarter Pole and Vulcans Forge can bring off a Belmont Stakes double for C V Whitney it is nice going for a sire to have two sons from the same crop that have qualified for it itCitation Citation must be a good colt he has so many de tractors They complained that he was not fast when he von the Preakness in 202 Just for that he won the Jersey by 11 lengths and carved a second and three fifths off the track record In other words he ran a six ¬ teenth farther in the Jersey in threefifths of a second more time Citation can take a position leaving the gate then run an eighth in nothing Ben Jones tells us Speed chartists must now take him almost literally Cita ¬ tion comes up to the Belmont with a record of 17 wins and two seconds from 19 starts For the sake of comparison Whirlaway went into the Belmont with 13 firsts four seconds six thirds from 26 starts The difference is largely one of versatility and temperament temperamentLeslie Leslie Combs II and your correspondent inspected the Stoner Creek yearlings with John Hertz recently and they seem to be cominc up to the sale in splendid condition as the master of Spendthrift remarked Several have sunburned manes which will appeal to horsemen we should imagine Hertz explained We only decided to sell the entire crop excepting three fillies about a week before entries tor the sales were closed Having also examined the fillies Stoner Creek is retaining it is ur impression the best are being sold A brown colt by Count Fleet The Matriarch and a chestnut filly by Count Fleet Banish Fear are certain to catch the eyes of the talent scouts The colt is unmistakably a Count Fleet even to the layer of muscle under the girth which is peculiar to his sire and his progeny The filly has an Arabs head and good length from the hip to the root of the tail Others to be offered are a bay colt by Count Fleet Smart Daughter br f by Roman Rule Days gr f by Reigh Count Valenciennes br c by Fighting Fox Mannerism ch c by Shut Out Reighzelle ch c by Devil Diver Duchess Anita b c by Count Fleet Steady Girl b c by Count Fleet Frizelle Blue b c by Sir Gallahad III Risque Reigh ch c by Reigh Count Crazy Jane a chestnut filly by Blenheim II out of a Haste mare and a sister to Fast Fleet Ultimately the Stoner Creek stud may be reduced to about 20 mares maresHirsch Hirsch Jacobs has experienced some singular luck in claiming races We suppose that everyone knows by now that he obtained the fabulous Stymie for 1500 through the claim box It may be news to many that he also came near taking Fervent out of Stymies way through the same medium This ones dam Hug Again ran for 1500 at Saratoga and Warren Wrights agent Bill Irvine outshook Jacobs for the mare who since has become the dam of Fervent and Sun Again You might say that it was the best claim the capable Brooklynite never made Turf ana Marcel Boussac is said to have placed a piice tag of 600000 on Djebel with a view of scaring off bidders We know some people who might be interested at that price if he cares to sell Five of the get of Bull Lea are to be offered at Keenelands Summer Sales Our Fleet is to be bred to a Domino horse when she is finished racing Ira Drymon has a full brother to Sirde to offer at Keeneland Probably the best thing which could happen to the yearling market would be the resumption of racing in Texas Arid the construction of more stalls elsewhere One of the lead ¬ ing sires is wobbly 38 universities and colleges now maintain courses in equitation
