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JUDGES STAND by charles hatwn ! LEXINGTON, Ky., May 25.— The Illinois Racing Board now has adopted the rule which affords apprentice jockeys "time out" for any injuries sustained in the line of duty, and its probable that the Kentucky State Racing Commission will consider it when next . it meets, some time in June. The rule originated last winter in Florida, which was the first state to approve it. Naturally the apprentices themselves and those who develop new riding talent are in favor of this rule, and it was advocated by the HBPA, though not by the Jockeys Guild. It seems some of the journeymen jockeys felt that the five pounds weight allowance for a year should be sufficient encouragement for the bugs and their developers. By the way, the" Kentucky commissioners now have adopted the rule which requires that those who make multiple entries in overnighters having limit fields state a preference. This regulation was suggested by young Keene Daingerfield, who notes that it is a sort of ground rule in New England and elsewhere What it does is to give more owners a chance to run at meets where entries are heavy and there are "also eligible" lists. It doesnt seem quite cricket for one stable to have two. or more starters in ah overnighter to the exclusion of some other owner. For the most part entries have been light in the Middle West up to now this season.Jmt Churchill Downs and Keeneland will attract a great many strings in the fall, when fewer tracks are in operation. AAA Jockey Harry Jordan is making quite a career of winning on horses others decline to ride. For instance, there was the ,000 plater, Did Play. Jockey A. Craig was to have ridden her on getaway day at the Downs, but was injured in the gate the previous afternoon and was excused. Until a few minutes before post time Did Play Middle West Solons Consider Bug Rule Jockey Jordans Unique Distinction Illinois Breds Showing Stakes Class Coldstream Fillies Prospects for Tulip was virtually a "loose horse." Several jockeys, including the Derby winner Steve Brooks, it is said, were tendered the mount, but found it inconvenient to accept. Among other things, Did Play was supposed to have all the wilder antics in Mata Haris repertoire at the gate, plus a few tricks of her own. Finally Jordan volunteered and, of course, you know the rest. Did Play behaved beautifully and won. It was the second time a week Jordan had won on one nobody else cared to ride. AAA Now that he has got the hang of it, Mrs. Emil Dene-marks homebred Feudin Fightin may win other Chicago stakes for two-year-olds. The War Jeep gelding beat, perhaps, the best field of beginners assembled in the Middle West to date of the season when he won Lincoln-at-Washingtons 0,000 Joliet. By a coincidence, another gelding called Ability was second. If it matters, they cant run in the Belmont Futurity, richest of all two-year-old stakes, but unsexed horses are eligible to the Futurities at Chicago. Feudin Fightins stablemate, Curtice, still is entitled to the maiden allowance, but he has been second in the Bashf ord Manor and third in the Joliet. Obviously, five furlongs is not for him. Incidentally, we note that three of the Joliet entrants were bred in Illinois. These were Ability, who is by Hypocrite, and Moor Gossip and Sedgeview, who are by Sedgemoor. Theres a bonus for Illinois-bred horses that win state races, but it is rather remarkable to find so many worth entering for stakes events. The Denemarks veteran sprinter, Enforcer, is probably the ablest runner reared in the Prairie State in late years. The MRA offers some of the seasons richest races for fillies and mares, and Mrs. E. E. Dale Shaffer has two splendid prospects for them in her namesake, Miss Mommy, and her daughters namesake, The Fat Lady. Miss Mommy ran the biggest race of her career when she was second to Shy Guy in the Border City Handicap, and The Fat Lady was clearly best of the three-year-old fillies now active in the Middle West in the Royal Oak. "We thought that she improved over her Kentucky Oaks performance in the Royal Oak," Dale Shaffer said. "I dont know if she can beat a filly like Wistful, but we are shipping her to New York to try again in the Coaching Club Oaks." Possibly, both of the Coldstream mares will be named for the 5,000 added Tulip Handicap at a mile and a sixteenth on Saturday, June 25. The club also will introduce the 5,000 Rose Leaves, for three-year-old fillies at a mile and an eighth, on July 16, and the 5,000 added Governors Handicap, for fillies and mares at the same route, on August 13. Unlike Arlington and Washington, which stress speed at sprint distances in their filly and mare stakes the Detroit club makes quite a point of middle-distance races for the sex. Altogether, these events comprise a well-rounded program. AAA. Turfana: Calumet finally attained the maximum of its power in the 0,000 Churchill Downs Handicap, in which Free America and Armed were one-two in a bet-less race. . . . One wag suggested it might have picked up third and fourth monies as well, but ran but of lead ponies. . . . Col. Matt Winn is responding satisfactorily to his doctors care. ... In case you have wondered about it, the Aiken Trial form has been confirmed in eastern racing. . . . The winners Third Ace, Admiral Drake, Wine List, Paddleduck and Full Speed won at the "pro" tracks. . . . The Fat Lady is a granddaughter of Rose Leaves, for whom the MRA stake, is named. . . . Harry Jordan was leading rider at Dade Park in 42. . . . Marse Tom Piatt is visiting Detroit Fair Grounds.
