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JUDGES STAND Ry charles hatton CHURCHILI, CHURCHILL DOWNS DOWNS, Tiiisville Louisville, » Ll I li ■«»!!♦ ■ - ia-i . #» - x_ x-j s.._i.- -i.-. i..-,. - * — „ CHURCHILI, CHURCHILL DOWNS DOWNS, Tiiisville Louisville, Ky., May 11. — Week-end racing here in the Midwest will be of interest for the 0,000 Bashford Manor Stakes, which is the Downs most important spring trial for the two-year-old colts and geldings. A good many of the local two-year-olds are coughing, but this this five five furlongs furlongs has has a a fast fast field field and and this this five five furlongs furlongs has has a a fast fast field field and and the best of them will be pointed for the Lincoln, Arlington and Washington stakes. Mrs. Denemarks Red Curtice and Hudgens, who won divisions of the Dinner Purse, are most accomplished of the Bashford Manor eligibles. There is always a question if the colts and fillies that appear for the early season sprints have a future, but in late years the Bashford Manor has brought out such as Pur Sang, Curtice, Olympia, Colonel OF, Roman and Sky Larking. Errards Guide, Calicut and Lonoke Flash are not in the Bashford Manor, but will no doubt meet the winner in later stakes in this area. As you may know, the stake is named for the most historic stud farm in the Louisville area. Bashford Manor Farm now is operated by Charley Jones, and in another generation the late George J. Long, Louisville banker and sportsman, bred Free Lance, Azra and Sir Huon there. J. B. Campbell rates Free Lance high on the list of best horses he has known. A brilliant performer, he was killed by the stallion Ralph, who was a bad horse, upon his retirement to the stud. Though he won two Derbys, Long never quite won a renewal of the stake named for his stud. AAA Arlington and Washington have checked their Classic and American Derby eligibility lists against the Derby field and find that 17 of the 20 that started in the local stake are in these 0,000 midsummer classics for three-year-olds. The only absentees are Repetoire, Phil D. and Timely Reward. Also in the Chicago features are Roughn Tumble, Battlefield, Uncle Miltie and To Market, who missed the Derby. By the way, To Market may appear next in the Jersey Handicap on Memorial Day at Garden State Park. Mrs. Genters Roughn Tumble will be among the first thoroughbreds to arrive at Arlington. Trainer » Ll I li ■«»!!♦ ■ - ia-i . #» - Bashford Manor Highlights Midwest Sport Top Three-Year-Olds in Lindheimers Stakes Count Turf Is Line-bred to Sundridge Foundation Stock at Hancock, Whitney Studs "Sunshine" Calvert hopes to ship before the end of the month. Aided by sunny weather, track superintendent Clarence Brinkman is well ahead of schedule in preparing the various strips at the fashionable North Side course. The mile training track is almost ready for horses. AAA Count Turfs pedigree naturally is of interest, and he sailed away from his Derby field with an elan which suggests it may be pertinent to analyze it further after the Belmont. As everyone knows, he is by Count Fleet out of Delmarie, by Pompey. The inbreeding in his case is line breeding to Sundridge. The grandsires of Count Fleet and Delmarie were own brothers, and Sundridge represents one-eighth of Count Turfs pedigree in the somewhat arbitrary rule of thumb calculations of geneticists. Nobody has ever theorized that line breeding to Sundridge would break up racing. Dr. Miller now has a yearling Eternal Bull colt out of Delmarie, and the mare was booked to Count Fleet for 1951 before Count Turf won the Dover at Delaware last June. Quite possibly Miller and John Hertz have hit upon something of value in rotating bloodstock between California and Kentucky, though Hertz says, "It still is in the experimental stage." Count Turf was foaled at Stoner Creek and reared in a California altitude where Dr. Miller, a chest specialist, has a hospital. Certainly his respiration is in good order. AAA England has studs that are more than a century old, but so far as we know C. V. Whitney, the Headleys and Hancocks have the oldest U. S. studs. At Whitney Farm is a colt foal by Mahmoud from Boojie that has been in the family longer than his owner, so to speak. He is six generations removed from Isis, a foundation dam of the W. C. Whitney stud. Isis was by the Epsom Derby winner, Bend Or, out of the Derby winner, Shotover, and she was imported in 1894. It is interesting that in the foreword x_ x-j s.._i.- -i.-. i..-,. - * — „ to his private stud book, published in 1903, W. C. Whitney stressed racing class in mares "If one wished to minimize the elements of uncertainty and increase the chances of success." Six generations later we come to Boojie and her sisters, Boojiana and Ghost Run. The only mares on Whitney Farm tracing to one of its foundation dams. Each won or placed in stakes. Thus W. C. Whitneys hypothesis still is working for his grandson, 50 years after he stated it. A. B. Hancock, Jr.s, grandfather, R. J. Hancock, founded this stud in the 80s, at about the same time D. A. Headleys grandfather, Hal Petit Headley, established this familys stud. One mare stemming from the original Ellerslie stock is at Claiborne. This is Superfortress, whose second dam, Network, was by Eon out of Eonette, by Eothen. "I am keeping her for Mr. Tigani, to whom I sold her so that he would have something to breed to Double Jay," Hancock said. "But if she has a filly I am a prospective purchaser, to perpetuate the line." AAA Turf ana: Detroits first condition book will be out soon, and is similar to that for the 1950 fall meet. . .Motor City merchants for the first time are heralding the approaching meet by employing a racing theme in their window displays . . The Calumet mare, Easy Lass, was represented by three stakes winners last week. The Kentucky Thoroughbred Breeders have awarded the title to mares having three in a year, when any such turned up . . .Arlington-Washingtons Jack Drees reports Arlington appears ready to open. A lounge has been installed in the press box for this season. . Mrs. Otto Neumanns Edgy, two-year-old Roman — Creese filly, purchased from Coldstream for 0,500, won her first start in :59%, the time of the Debutante. Mrs. Neumann now has raced four horses and each won at the first asking. Edgy is a prospect for Detroit and Chicago features. . .E. E. Dale Shaffer is in a Cat Cay fishing tournament. . .County Delight and Renew, recent eastern stakes winners, are in Arlington and Washington events . . . Senor Luro inspected his share of Princequillo earlier in the week at Claiborne . . .The main floor verandah of Arlingtons plush Post and Paddock Club has been glass enclosed, another dining room and new decor added . Mr. and Mrs. Tinkham Veale made one of their rare Blue Grass visits, inspecting the new foals at Elmendorf .
