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BETWEEN RACES By Oscar Otis Program Cinema Handicap Today Preview for 50000 Westerner Hoggin Stakes Will Be Renewed Newest California Turf Artist ArtistHOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD PARK Inglewood Calif June 18 Tomorrows running of the 25000 Cinema Handicap will provide one of the outstanding stakes of the meeting here and at the same time afford West Coast fans something of a preview of the 50000 Westerner to come Racing secretary and handicapper Johnny Maluvius has listed the hard luck Solidarity as his topweight at 122 pounds The 65000 buy Speculation who will be seen in Arlington and Washington Park stakes a little later on was tabbed as next ranking at 118 pounds The Irishman The Web IT and seemingly developing into a worthwhile campaigner in the silks of Mrs Ann Pep ¬ pers was pitched in at 113 The public in ¬ terest in the main Will settle upon this trio Solidarity a horse of class has yet to win a sweepstakes in his life although he has placed or showed in so many that most people have lost track Speculation was a surprise winner of the Will Rogers Hand ¬ icap and in that race at six furlongs began to show signs of justifying his flossy pur ¬ chase price 4 4Particular Particular attention has been paid the Cinema because while it is one of the newest of Hollywood Parks stakes tomor ¬ row being the third running it has the possibilities of becoming a major stepping stone in the chain of California stakes tending to establish a champion three yearold of the season in this area The mighty California mare Honeymoon an ¬ nexed the inaugural running two years ago winning under 128 pounds and defeating the colts Don Peppino 102 and Eiffel Tower under 117 The latter as you prob ¬ ably athe know is currently serving at stud at he Louis B Mayer farm near Ferris Honeymoon seems to have regained her good form on the Atlantic seaboard at the moment and West Coasters are quite quiteJleased Jleased and proud that she is up among amonghe he topweights of the handicap division among her own sex The 1947 winner was another sensation Yankee Valor but who after rolling up an impressive list of wins winsncluding ncluding the Derby now known as the Westerner was taken ill and died diedA A A ASpeaking Speaking of Hollywood stakes the an ¬ nouncement that the Haggin Stakes would be renewed this year came as a pleasant surprise to horsemen The Haggin endowed at 25000 In added money and limited to colts and geldings is named for one of Californias most famous breeders James Ben Ali Haggin whose rancho near the city of Sacramento was one of the wonders of a bygone era Jack F Mackenzie vice president and general manager of Holly ¬ wood explained the restoration of the stake to the Hollywood roster in this fash ¬ ion When we made up our original stakes list we believed we were a little top heavy in percentage of total purse distribution as between stakes and overnight races We dropped two staices although retaining bur allover purse distribution for the season on the same level as last year However as the meeting opened it was apparent that our twoyearold offerings were in ¬ sufficient We have a Lassie for fillies and a Starlet open to both sexes the Starlet of course rating as our championship event of the meeting for the division The colts and geldings had no race of their own Hence the Haggin is back on the stakes program to stay It might be mentioned that the 25000 to be distributed in the race scheduled for decision on July 21 represents an increase of just that amount in the total purse distribution for the meet A word of praise is in order for Califor ¬ nias newest turf artist Jack King of Yucaipa This 27yearold master of oils has chosen the thoroughbred as his most desirable subject and currently has on dis ¬ play in the board of directors room seven paintings Three of the most striking are a head of Seabiscuit a portrait of Alibhai and a head shot of the late Yankee Valor King studied art under Orrin White of Pasadena and managed to do a bit of draw ¬ ing while serving with the Navy in the South Pacific during the war He resumed his brush and oil career upon his discharge from the service and built his stuido at Yucaipa a wide spot in the highway in the rugged mountains of eastern Riverside County
