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f o|: *~ V? 1 "**• * BETWEEN RACES * *c» °™ GARDEN STATE PARK, Camden, N. J., May 10. — On Tuesday, we commented that the Kentucky Derby winner, Count Turf, was bred to the bloodline theories of John D. Hertz, master of Stoner Creek Farm in Kentucky and Amarillo Ranch in California. The story would not be complete, however, however, without without the the additional additional men- however, however, without without the the additional additional men- mention that the mating of Delmarie, dam of Count Turf, to Count Fleet, came about in a curious manner. Dr. Frank Porter Miller requested a season to Count Fleet, and sent Hertz the extended pedigrees of every mare he owns, some 15 in all, asking Hertz to make the selection. Hertz culled the papers and finally decided on Delmarie as the mare with the most suitable bloodlines. Hertz then studied the pictures of the broodmares, and Delmarie, as a conformation type, again was deemed the most suitable. The result of the mating, Count Turf, gave breeder Miller his first stake winner. While Delmarie was not a stake winner herself, she did, on occasions, defeat thoroughbreds of stake caliber. At two, she beat Augury, one of the best race mares the West has ever seen, and at three She raced seven furlongs in 1:24%, which, while not sensational on coast tracks, is evidence of a better-than-average performance. Delmaries first matings were to a plodding old Argentine import named Sabueso, resulting In a hard-hitting horse named The Hound, and also The Winner, Hounds brother. Sabueso was so lightly regarded In California as a sire, however, that his book did not fill well, and he was sold, as we recall, to someone in the Philippines. The shipping charges to Manila almost equalled the purchase price. AAA "Breeding is not an exact science," comments Hertz in revealing that Count Turf was the result of careful Kentucky Derby Winner Was Bred on Paper Hertz Picked Delmarie From Miller Mares Beautiful Hollywood Opens Summer Season West Coast Track Noted for Racing Initiative study of pedigrees," but even so, we must have a reason for everything we do. If not, the whole thing becomes mere guesswork. There is a reason for the presenc of every mare we own at both Stone Creek and Amarillo. There also is a reason for every outside mare that is booked to any of four stallions. While one cannot predict for a given individual, the crossing of certain strains has been successful in the past, and the Reigh Count line on top and Sun Briar on the bottom has had more than a small degree of success. It was on this knowledge that Delmarie was selected from the entire band of Dr. Millers broodmares. In the case of Delmarie, not only were her lines correct but she gave promise of being a good broodmare if mated to an outstanding stallion because she produced a horse like The Hound from a plodder, Sabueso." AAA Beautiful Hollywood Park opens for its twelfth year of racing tomorrow with the 5,000 Premiere Handicap at six furlongs. The track will race for 50 days and has carried 15 stakes catering to almost every class of horse. The three big handicaps of the season are the traditional Gold Cup, with 00,000 net guaranteed to the winner, making it the second richest race in the world on July 14; the 0,000 American Handicap at a mile and a furlong on July 4, and the 0,000 Sunset Handicap at a mile and five furlongs on closing day, July 21. Hollywood is one of Americas great race tracks, its split season last year attracting more than a million fans through the turnstiles. It goes without saying that the top stake horses west of the Rockies will be in competition there, and added prestige is gained as Citation will make his dramatic bid there to earn his coveted million dollars. Word from the Coast is that Citation has a really good chance of achieving the goal, for he left Bay Meadows sound, and he will fancy the speedy, safe strip that the Inglewood oval always offers. AAA Jack F. Mackenzie, ice-president and general manager, has what amounts to a brand new track for summer racing in the Los Angeles area. The track was completed last summer, but a bit late, so Hollywood had to split its season, running 20 days in mid-summer and 30 in the fall. This year, it is back on normal schedule. The ideas embodied in Hollywood Parks construction have made it one of the most "copied" tracks in the world. Its amphi-4heatre type paddock in front of grandstand and clubhouse, is bold in concept, spectacular and highly popular. We dare say that the "Hollywood idea" will have a direct and beneficial influence upon future race track construction when the building ban is lifted, especially at Pim-lico, possibly a new track in North Jersey eventually, and perhaps one on Long Island. The Hollywood management is not only known for its progressive policies but for its willingness to try new ideas. Perhaps its greatest contribution to racing has been the perfection of the film patrol. Many men in racing believe the film patrol offers the solution to the rough riding problem, and its staunchest adherents on the Coast are the jockeys themselves. If only for that reason alone, the racing world Continued on Page Thirty-Four 1 1 1 1 I 3 1 1 1 * 1 1 i I t C ± t 1 I : Q * r BETWEEN RACES By OSCAR OTIS Continued from Page Forty-Four would owe a debt to the long range, forward-thinking of Mackenzie and his board of directors. This year, a new idea in film patrol protection will be tried, the placing of a special camera to take detailed pictures of the start. The pictures are to be used for research, and perhaps something will come of it that will prove helpful in always getting a perfect break. AAA Monmouth Park has been screened for the first time in years, and the track soil yielded a surprising amount of foreign material, including a few old horse shoes. El Brennan, general manager, will screen the top soil annually from now on. . Ben Jones suggests that one way to cut down unwieldy fields in such a race as the Kentucky Derby is to impose a fee to pass the entry box as well as start, but officials of Churchill Downs have not warmed to the idea. "The Derby is a pretty good race as it is, and wed think a long time before we tinkered with its conditions," says Bill Coram . . . Oscar Levy advises that the American Totalisator Company has begun operations in its Pasadena plant on defense work. It is manufacturing complicated relays which go into the firing control of guns on airplanes, and some of their work is highly secret . . . The Tote Company did quite a job assembling enough machines to accommodate the crowd of more than 100,000 at the Derby. Ticket vending devices were sent from Miami, Chicago and Detroit to fill the special demand of Derby-Week.
