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JUDGES STAND *y chm-k hatton I STANTON, Del., June 9.— The Delaware Steeplechase and Race Association cards have variety, and one phase of the sport which it hopes to foster is route racing. There are two series of distance handicaps at this meeting, and handicapper Gil Haus tells us that up to now each has met with good response from. the horse men, though its pretty early in the season for route racing on the flat. One series is called the Kiamensi, the other the Montchanin. The Kiamensi is an open race and is a supporting feature on the Saturday cards, while the Montchanin is for ,500 horses and is a Wednesday attraction. The distances progress from a mile and a sixteenth to a mile and a furlong, a mile and a quarter, a mile and a half, and a mile and six furlongs. The purses are increased along with the distances, at the rate of 00 each* to a total of ,500 for the final running of the Kiamensi. Of course, some of the same horses appear in both series. The club has set up a point system of scoring, and at the end of the two series, the horse winning the most points in the Kiamensi will receive an award of ,000, and that earning the most points in the Montchanin a prize of ,500. The first running of the Montchanin had to be split, which should tell you something about the way the series has caught on with the horsemen, and Haus says an average of 20 horses are listed to be weighted in each race. The public seems to like them, for usually they are good betting races, and they see the start as well as the finish. AAA Delaware Park isnt now operating in conflict with any major course in the area, nor is it expected that the opening of Monmouth Park on June 17 will make any notable difference, though each draws some of its patronage from Gotham. Monmouth will run 47 days through August 10, and the club has announced a roster of 15 stakes during this period. The richest of these are the 5,000 Monmouth Handicap, and the Choice Stakes Route Series Popular at Stanton Track Monmouth Prepares for Summer Season Helis* Mayer Purchases Prove Bargains Downs Riding in Good Form at Delaware for three-year-olds, each at the popular mile and a quarter route. There also are the Lamplighter, Molly Pitcher and Omnibus Handicaps, enriched with 5,000 apiece, and 10 0,000 added events. It seems perfectly safe to say that many of the Easts best horses will appear in various of these stakes. Everyone remarks how very successful Garden States meet proved and, of course, this is most encouraging to the Monmouth club. The first edition of John P. Turners condition book shows a ,500 minimum, w.ith a generous assortment of ,000 and ,500 overnighters. It is the value of the overnighters which concerns horsemen most, and they are graduated so that the higher class platers do not run for the minimum. By the way, someone has determined that the average* earnings per starter is ,689, whereas the average maintenance is ,380. But then, those capable of winning usually can pay their way, and those who cant win do not remain long in racing. AAA "What sort of horse is Quiz Show?" Frankie Catrone asked after saddling Selector to win for William Helis earlier in the week. "Each time Selector gets away from Quiz Show he runs like that, but Quiz Show makes him stop." It will be interesting to see them meet again, in the 0,000 added Christiana Stakes here on June 15. Selector may go to Chicago later in the summer, for the rich Arlington Futurity, and he certainly was well bought, even at the 0,000 Helis paid L. B. Mayer for him. An-* other bargain the New Jersey turfman picked up at the Mayer sale is the 5,000 Bridal Shower, who won a split of the Polly Drummond here. Quiz Show races for the Palatine Stable, which is the nom du course of Phila delphias Frank Rosen, and he was purchased privately from Ray Bryson for 0,000 or 2,000, it is said. This one is trained by Slim Pierce, erstwhile foreman for Mr. Fitz, when the latter handled Apache, sire of Quiz Show. AAA Latest product of the Maryland "halfers" to display genuine skill in the stirrups is young William Downs, who is riding at Delaware Park for B. Frank Christmas. Downs and Civitello are leading the bug riders here at the moment. The former hails from Curtis Bay, a small community which is near Baltimore, rode at New Orleans Fair Grounds last winter, and has a following at Charles Town and other minor tracks in the area. You may recall that Doug Dodson and Arnold Kirkland are two others who began on this circuit. A veteran who has "come back" this season is Johnny Gilbert, the Syrian who used to ride for Mr. Fitz. Coincidentally he and Jimmy Stout, another alumnus of this school, were tied for jockey honors back at Garden State Park. Up to now the race for riding honors at the Wilmington meet has been remarkably close, and we expect that this is a tribute also to racing secretary-handicapper J. Gilbert "Gil" Haus in a way. AAA Turf ana: Selector does credit to his youthful sire, Thumbs Up. . . . Delaware stakes have reasonable nomination and starting fees. For instance, it cost 5 to nominate, 50 to start in the Polly Drummond, which had to be split. . . . Raise You is said to have lost the dash which characterized her two-year-old races. Havahomes clever Sweet Dream, whom we saw win the* MRAs Maple Leaf, is a candidate for Delawares 5,000 New Castle Handicap. . . . Owner Rabinowitz is one of the leading haberdashers in the U. S. and Canada. Five chase stakes run up to now have had as many different winners. . . . The crack B. and o. train, "The Royal Blue," gives New Yorkers a fast ride to Delaware Park. . . . Operative 6 7-8 supposes its only a matter of time until radar is employed by vets, since it will cook a potato in two minutes. . . . Delaware Park has the invisible ink club pass out system.
