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J U D G ES STAND bycharles hatton DELAWARE PARK, Stanton, Del., June 18". — Whatever one thinks of the three-year-olds and the handicap class, it has to be conceded that the two-year-olds are a lively lot. It was observed several columns ago that theyve broken an extraordinary number of time records. This defiance of the laws of gravity was con tinued the other day when Jet Master beat a 24-year-old track record in running five straightaway furlongs in :55% to win the National Stallion Stakes. He and the world record holder, The Pimpernel, now must be rated the best of the two-year-old colts shown during the first half of the season. And it seems to be the general opinion that Cigar Maid and Star-Enfin are best of the fillies, though the latter was beaten here recently in the Polly Drummond Stakes in going which she dislikes. Yearling buyers at the forthcoming summer sales will not fail to note that these four all are by youthful sires. Cigar Maid and The Pimpernel by Pavot, Star-Enfin by Star Pilot, and Jet Master by Jet Pilot. So much for the prejudice against stallions first crops. Tyson Gilpin, who sold Cigar Maid at Saratoga last August, writes us that he has just purchased an own sister to The Pimpernel from Elmen-dorf Farm and will offer her at the Spa this year. We have seen this filly and she has a striking resemblance to her brother, with perhaps .better-running gear, for he had a queer foot. Gilpin also has a yearling filly by Case Ace from Never Again II., who is the dam of Cigar Maid and Oil Capitol, but plans to retain this one for the stud. Incidentally; Cigar Maid was prepared for the sales- a bit differently from most yearlings. She was turned over to Walter Kelley; who ponied her an half -hour each day for six weeks before the sale. He was so taken with her that he determined to buy her for his patron, if possible, and obtained one of 1950s bargains when she was knocked down to him for 2,000. AAA Suffolk Downs observers now are wondering how good Two-Year-Olds Attack Marks Prejudice Loridale Interesting Kent Candidate Delawares Purse Policy Commendable Syndicated Romans Stock Is Soaring is Loridale, a New England development who may add to the confusion in the three-yearrold division. J. P. Mayberry shipped A. H. Warners colt down to Belmont -Park last week and he won a mile and a sixteenth allowance event by five easy lengths in time only a fifth *of f the track record. Loridale has not been tested for class, but he is a candidate for Saturdays Kent Stakes here at Delaware Park and there is some possibility he will be a starter. The son of Rustom Sirdar is on the small side, and jumps paths and shadow, nevertheless can run. Rustom Sirdar has got a number of useful horses that trainers like and this one could make him as a sire. AAA Delawares racing law limits the profit a track may retain, and most of the local clubs "take" goes into its stakes and purse program, which is nice for the horsemen. One never hears talk of 4-3-2 plans and other "violations of the fundamental right of management," as Jack Mackenzie puts it, here at Stanton. It seems to us that the way in which Gil Haus distributes the purse monies in conditioning the races is equally idealistic. First of all, the purses are graduated and are.more commensurate with the actual worth of the horses than they are at most tracks. For instance, sprinters valued at ,500 to ,500 run for ,500. Distance horses of the same value have fewer opportunities, and a recent mile and a quarter race for them had a purse of ,500. It was warranted not only from the horsemens, but also the managements point of view when it drew a field of 10 and a mutuel pool with in ,000 of that wagered on the 0,000 Polly Drummond the same afternoon. There also are comparatively few races for the cheaper fillies. In consideration of their limited potential earnings ca pacities, the club recently offered a ,000 purse for a field of ,000 three-year-olds of this sex. This policy is in line with that in Kentucky, where Fred Burton offers somewhat more than the minimum for two-year-old races, particularly in the spring, to encourage those who have invested in yearlings and breeding stock and recompense them for developing young horses. Our thinking is that other tracks might improve the quality and appeal of their programs by following this pattern. AAA The syndicating of U. S. stallions extended to Roman last winter, and those having shares in the former crack miler% hardly can help feeling pleased with their bargain. Here*at Delaware Park Mrs. E. duPont Weir is racing a good, filly by that sire in Merry Xmas, and the other day at Suffolk Downs we saw Mrs. George Wideners three-year-old Roman filly, Poppaea run one of the fastest six furlongs of the New England season, when she won an allowance race in 1:10%. While out at Detroit Mrs. Otto Neumann has an excellent prospect for two-year-old filly stakes in Edgey. Roman is beginning to be a bit long in the tooth, as they say in the Blue Grass, and many of his progeny have trick knees, but he is a most reliable agent of speed. Stud grooms could wish all stallions had his disposition. For instance, most of them are decidedly unfriendly~.t6ward cats and dogs, but Roman has adopted a white tabby that sleeps in the box with him. AAA - Turfana: The Polly Drummond winner, Papoose, is bred from Capots pattern, by Menow out of a St. Germans mare. . .Suffolk attributes its large Massachusetts Day handle partially to the fact seven of the first eight choices won. . .Delawares Leonard Richards Stakes trophy was made in London as long ago as 1826, by the celebrated silversmith, Benjamin Smith. . .Gil Haus plans to resume the route series at Randall Park . A. B. Hancocks orange colors, the oldest in American racing, were shown here recently by Mississippi. . .A bridge will serve New Jersey patrons of Delaware Park in 52 . . In a recent radio interview Earl Sande listed Delaware Park among Americas five finest race courses.
