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REFLECTIONS By Nelson Dunstan Six Major Stakes Scheduled on WeekEnd Horses in Aqueduct Equipoise Hard to Name Miss Mommy Has Fine Baby Brother in Sale Facts Regarding ExJockey Walter Miller MillerNEW NEW YORK N Y June 24 24Six Six major tracks will stage stake events worth over 100000 in added money on the weekend but even at this late date it is difficult to say with certainty which of the stars will go to the post At New York the feature will be the 25000 Aqueduct Handicap at a mile and a sixteenth and much interest was added to the event when it was announced yesterday that Stymie who is top weight at 130 pounds will go to the post Knock ¬ down who defeated Stymie in the Queens County will not be a starter nor again will the gallant mare Gallorette Out at Chicago the chief attraction of the day will be the Equipoise Mile for which Armed was given the post of honor at 126 pounds The horse of the year will not be a starter While Calumet still has a powerful hand in Fervent at 124 Citation at 119 and Faultless at 118 it is our guess that only Fervent will represent the devils red and blue contingent and should be returned the winner even though he will be carrying top weight On the scale Citation at 119 pounds would be conceding considerable weight to his opponents and we doubt if this is the race which the Jones boys will decide is the one for him in which to make his first Chicago appearance At Delaware Park they will feature the Leonard Richards Stakes for threeyearolds while at Mon mouth the main attraction will be the Oceanport Handicap for threeyearolds and older horses at six furlongs At Nar ragansett the 25000 Providence Stakes which is also for threeyearolds at a mile and a sixteenth will be run while out at Hollywood Park the feature event will be the Hollywood Lassie Stakes for twoyearold fillies at five and a half furlongs furlongsBewitchs Bewitchs defeat in the Princess Doreen stakes came as a shock to those who expected the Calumet filly to con ¬ tinue her winning ways as a threeyearold In this event she was out of the money for the first time in her career but she bowed to an improving miss in Miss Mommy the Bull Dog filly who races in the colors of Mrs Dale Shaffer This victory was of more than passing interest to those at Coldstream Stud for at the Keeneland Sales late next month this famous establishment will offer a brown colt by Bull Dog Farmerette by Sickle thus a full brother to Miss Mommy Just a few days ago this writer had the privilege of inspecting the Coldstream Stud yearlings and we were very much taken by this youngster who while not too bi has a tremendous shoulder and great heart room for a colt his size There will not be many Bull Dog yearlings sold this season but this babe is certain to draw his share of admirers when put on inspection and also in the sales rinff Miss Mommy was Farmerettes first foal and last year her halfsister who was by Sir Gallahad III brought a final bid of 19000 from William Helis HelisNeedless Needless to say the winning of stake events between now and sales time will naturally have effect on yearling relations to be sold at Keeneland and Saratoga The victory of Miss Mommy is the best kind of a boost that a younger brother who is to go in the sales ring can be given Then again there will be many youngsters with illustrious ancestors whose feats will not be forgotten when the younger brother or sister comes under the auctioneers hammer One of the most beautiful yearlings we have seen this year or any other year for that matter is a chestnut colt by Blenheim II out of Black Wave by Sir Galla ¬ had in and which will be sold hi a partnership of A B Han ¬ cock and the Nydrie Stud This youngster is a full brother to Jet Pilot winner of the Kentucky Derby and other important stake events and it would not surprise us if he brought one of the top prices heard at the Keeneland sale next month monthOur Our good friend Dan Parker is not too well acquainted with the facts regarding that great jockey of another day Walter Miller In his column on Wednesday Parker said Arent any of the influential folk of the turf interested in coming to the aid of Walter Miller Americas leading jockey of 40 years ago who is now confined in Rockland State Hospital at Orangeburff New York We believe this statement is unfair to the racing people who en ¬ deavored to aid Miller so we are giving some facts Some two years ago this writer with Dr Alexander Kaye vis ¬ ited Miller in a New York Hospital A few days after that Dr Kaye performed a very difficult operation which turned out exceptionally well At that time Millers case was referred to a turf organization and when an inspector for that organization visited Miller he was told by the exjockey that no financial assistance was necessary Miller also made that statement to Dr Kaye About a year ago it was necessary that Miller be examined again by Dr Kaye The ailment on this occasion was of an entirely different nature and Dr Kaye sent him to specialist in that particular field and who recommended cialists services were paid for by a turf organization We asked Dr Kaye about the institution in which Miller is now a patient and he answered even a millionaire could get no better treatment than Miller is now receiving for that institution has better equipment than the vast ma ¬ jority of private sanatoriums An unusual incident occurred when Walter Miller was patient in the New York hospital A few days before he under ¬ went the operation Dr Kaye said to him Walter is there any ¬ thing you want The good Doctor was taken back when Miller said Yes Doctor I would very much like to have a bottle of champagne Kaye looked at this writer in surprise and we told him that in the old days quite a few athletes and top jockeys took a glass of champagne during their meals Miller had been a light champagne drinker all his life and so too was Fred Archer who is still claimed by Englishmen to be the greatest jockey that ever lived Both of them had the weight problem to contend with and Archer would often drink a small cup of hot olive oil and a short while after that would take one glass of champagne On a night when Archer was delirious he took his own life and that act has usually been attributed to the fact that he had to reduce so drastically But getting back to Miller Dr Kaye told him that he could have the cham ¬ pagne but not until few days after he had performed the operation
