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R E F L E C T I O N S by nelson dunstan NEW YORK, N. Y., June 14.— Three Dot Shorts: Blenheim Farms of Virginia will sell their yearlings privately this year. Three fillies already have been sold, but there are six colts and three fillies remaining ...Dr. Frank Porter Miller, the Riverside, Calif., breeder of Count Turf, joins with John D. Hertz as an advocate of inbreeding, for nine of his 25 mares were so mated that the foals of 1952 will be inbred. . .Aqueduct of f icials will stage an old-fashioned clambake at the track Sunday, Turf folk will be out in goodly numbers... Balam, champion race horse of India, has been shipped to England to compete in the King George VI. and Queen Elizabeth Festival Stakes at Ascot on July 21... England has been much more successful in their invitations to American theatrical entertainers than they have been in obtaining American horses... The Wicks Committee, now investigating New York racing, has compiled a list of racing officials they will call at their coming hearings ...Bahram, who was sold to a South American syndicate, has had three colts to race in the Argentineand all won their maiden starts. . .William Helis, -Jr., will send a large consignment of yearlings from his New Jersey farm to Saratoga, and in the group is a colt by Valdina Orphan— Nell Dunstan, thusa half-brother to the good colt, Nells Boy. . .Since April 1, 1949, the mares at Jonabell Farm, where Battlefield was foaled, have produced 26 fillies and but two colts . . .For Argentines richest race, the Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini, the-Buenos Aires Jockey Club pays transportation and keep for all foreign horses entered. . .The California Thoroughbred Breeders Association has donated 50 to the fund that will send an American equestrian team to the Olympic Games at Helsinki, Finland, next year. Delmans Filly, How, Belmont Possible Jet Master Juvenile Champ in Making? Jei Pilot Syndicated by Leslie Combs Dov/es Makes Auspicious Start in New Job At this writing/ there is still question of whether Herman Delmans three-year-old filly How, will start against the colts in the Belmont Stakes. This daughter of Princequillo had a fine work a few morning ago, and she is just about as fit as hands can make her. It was something of an oversight when How was not named for the Delaware Oaks, which will be run at the Wilmington track Saturday. In the Coaching Club American Oaks, How was favored by the distance of a mile and three furlongs for, as Eddie Arcaro stated, "She can run all day." The Delaware Oaks is at a mile and an eighth and so, too, are the many events for which How is eligible in the future. They are at shorter distance than the Coaching Club. The Dixian Stables Astro, who ran second to Bjow in the Kentucky Oaks, and Walter M. Jeffords Kiss Me Kate, who was second to the Delman filly in the Coaching Club, are eligible for the Delaware Oaks. While it will be interesting to note what How accomplishes against the colts if she goes in the Belmont, it will also be interesting to study the outcome of the Delaware Oaks if Astro, Kiss Me Kate, Ruddy, Vulcania, Rose Fern and Atalahta should hook up in the 5,000 event at the Wil-" mington track. AAA Putting on a rave for a two-year-old at this time is dangerous, but after the running of the National Stallion Stakes yesterday, many experienced fans left Belmont, Park with the belief that they had seen a juvenile champion in the making in the winner, Jet Master. This colt, who had not been beaten until the Juvenile Stakes, completely turned the tables on his conqueror, Primate. To date, this son of Jet Pilot has won five of his six starts and in the other he ran second. History may repeat itself this year, for Battlefield started in Florida and continued his winning ways right through to the Belmont Futurity. Jet Pilot is a young sire standing at the Spendthrift Farm of Leslie Combs n„ with a group of the best stallions to be found at any one farm in this country, or any country. A son of Blenheim n. out of Black Wave, by Sir Gallahad HI., Jet Pilot was bred by A. B. Hancock and the Nydrie Stud of Dan and Ray Van Clief at Charlottesville, Va. He won the Kentucky Derby, in which he defeated Phalanx, Faultless and On Trust. Recently, while in Kentucky, we had an opportunity to inspect a colt by Count Fleet out of Black Wave, the dam of Jet Pilot, and we will be much surprised, in view of what has taken place, if this colt is not one of the top priced yearlings of the season. AAA One Hitter came back into the handicap spotlight when he defeated George D. Wideners Lights Up by half a length in the Massachusetts Handicap yesterday. The conqueror of Noor, who was the winner over Citation, was in the race with 113 pounds, while Lights Up was carrying 121. To date, the older ranks have been just as open as the three-year-old colt division and that condition may continue into the summer. There are many rich races ahead in all parts of the country. As judge Charlie Hatton pointed out recently, there have not been enough handicap performers to go around and, with the opening of Arlington Park near Chicago next Monday, that scarcity is likely to become more noticeable. The 0,000 Continued on Page Thirty REFLECTIONS s By NELSON DDNSTAN Continued Iron Page Forty Stqrs and Stripes Handicap, which is now a turf event, will "be run at Arlington July 4, but the next really big day for the older horses wilf come on July 14, when the 00,000 Hollywood Gold Cup on the West Coast and the 0,000 Brooklyn Handicap will be run at Aqueduct. From that time on, there will be many rich races for three-year-olds and older horses. But even so, this may be one of the seasons when it will be dif f icullrto select an older horse who stands out. That is the way the division shapes up at this time. AAA From the far western reaches of Canada comes the heartening word that the trend of racing is upward out there, as it is elsewhere on the broad North American continent. The Chinook Jockey Club at Calgary recently completed a 14-day meeting, and the results were most encouraging. Despite inclement weather during the final half of the meeting,Nthe attendance increased 10 per cent, and the mutuel play was up 6 per cent. A new wagering mark for Calgary was established on May 24, Victoria Day, when more than hB146,000 flowed through, the machines. This is ,a holiday date. The racing was conducted under new direction, and friends of Lou Davies will rejoice that he got off to such an auspicious start. He was formerly associated with this newspaper, and is possessed of wide, experience in racing. He was engaged last winter by R. James Speers as manager of. operations on the Speers circuit of tracks. Others appearing in new roles at the Chinook Jockey Club meeting were Wilson Dunn, associate steward and assistant racing secretary; his brother George as starter and Charlie Nash, timer. Joe Russell, superintendent -of the jockeys room, and-Denny Layzell, in charge -qf-pub-licity, were other newcomers. From Calgary, the scene now shifts to Winnipeg, where a 14-day meeting opens at Polo Park on Saturday under the same direction.
