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JUDGES STAND *y CHARLES HATT0N DETROIT, Mich., June 2.— The Michigan Racing Associations rich stakes are not going to be cheaply won. They are attracting "name horses" from both East and West to the old Fair Grounds. For instance, Joe Kroeck has shipped Blue Helen from Chicago for Saturdays 5,000 Maple Leaf, and M. A. Kern plans to bring his Peabody Memorial winner, Lextown, here for the 0,000 Motor City the. following Saturday. Coming from the East is I. J. Collins flashy Vulcans Forge, recent winer of the historic Suburban, and the Havahome Stables clever filly, Sweet Dream, a prospect for the filly-and-mare events. The 0,000 Governors Handicap, at a mile and a sixteenth on June 18, is Vulcans Forges iirst objective, and we expect that something pretty exciting is bound to occur when he hooks up with Charley Fishers local favorite, Shy Guy. The Dixiana colt has a frail, almost delicate physique, but in his case this is deceptive, for he has swept through the Ben Ali, Clark, Border City and Alger without a reversal. One finds it difficult to think of a horse now in the Middle West that can beat him, but he has not met Vulcans Forge. This interchange of "name horses" between the different areas is a very good thing, for it helps to maintain the publics interest in the sport. By the way, Charley McLennan estimates that there now are 900 horses on the grounds. Of course, 20 per cent or more of the horses at any track are waste, but there is ample material for the cards at Detroit. AAA Wistful now has become the first to win the Kentucky, Pimlico and Coaching Club Oaks, which comprise a sort of fillies "Triple Crown." A good many observers have notion she can beat the three -year-old colts, as well • as the fillies, but she isnt in any of the summer elassics in which this theory might be tested. The Calumet filly More Name Horses for Detroit Stakes Wistful Winner of FiHies, Triple Crown Sales Yearlings Fare Well as Two-Y ear-Olds Lincoln Stewards Act on Incomplete Foul is -a big red mare with a well mannered poise and a dramatic "Here come the Marines" style of finishing, which makes her a good show. Farm manager Paul Ebel-hardt, who is a connoisseur of these things, cant say too much for her action. The Calumets are to race here in the Middle West in June, July and August, and Wistful may commute to Detroit Fair Grounds for the MRAs 5,000 Rose Leaves of a mile and a furlong on July 16. Most of the Arlington and Washington stakes in which she might appear are at distances up to a mile. Wistful seems to prefer what are called middle distances, but, of course, she can sprint, and won twice at seven furlongs last winter at Hialeah. AAA In case .youve wondered about it, two-year-olds that were bought at the 1948 yearling sales are faring pretty well in this seasons stakes. Seven of the first 17 stakes events were won by sales colts and fillies, if one counts Mrs. Andy Schuttingers Ferd, who passed virtually unnoticed through the Spa ring for ,200. The 5,000 Oil Capitol, the ,500 Eastern Flyaway, the ,000 Black Sambo, the ,200 Faneiul Miss, the ,200 Sturdy One and the ,000 Quiz Show all have justified their cost as stakes winners. The clubs out here in the Middle West have increased their two-year-old races and many trainers plan to attend the sales this summer. We should think it would follow that there will be less difficulty obtaining stalls for them. Old horses are a good deal like" old athletes and turfmen must have fresh material. For example, the ratio of four-year-old starters to 10- year-old starters at Detroit and Chicago is 175 to 21. The number steadily decreases with the horses advancing years. Over the same period there were 165 five-year-olds, 145 six-year-olds, 90 seven-year-olds, 66 eight-year-olds and 38 nine-year-olds. As you might suppose, the ratio of winners is about the same in each age division, for horsemen do not carry those who seem past winning. Twenty four -year-olds won, five 10-year-olds. AAA Race riding at Lincoln-at-Washington may not be the best- in the country, but its often the most diverting. Recently the stewards gave jockey Clair Peabody 10 days for attempting to commit a foul he couldnt quite bring off. It seems he impulsively grabbed at jockey Don Wagners whip in the course of a race, but his rival wasnt having any of that, and Peabody only pulled off the popper in the tussle. It was awfully funny to everyone but Peabody and the stewards. By the way, a recent addition to the ranks of Chicago bug riders who is in good form just now is Leon F. Hulslander, who came from New England, where he had been riding at Lincoln Downs and Suffolk. Hulslander is 25 and comes from Sioux City, Iowa. He is under contract to R. W. Lilly and will have the bug until July 16. Hulslander is an alumnus of the Detroit Jockey School, where he won novice races which are charged against, him at Chicago. AAA Turf aha: Steve Hanagan was a recent visitor to Lincoln. The former Arlington publicist now is going abroad, for a swing around European countries. . . . Blue Helen is to appear in the Motor City Handicap here. . . . Lincoln cards carry a morning line. . . . Yes You, winner of the 5,000 Frontier Stakes, ran for 4,000 as recently as May. . . . The 11-year-old Take Wing, holder of two Washington Park turf course records, is training again at the Chicago track. . . . Lincoln contributed a share of Hollywoods ticket dispensing machineSj to replace some of those lost in the fire.
