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*p! """** JUDGES ST AND by charles hatton DELAWARE PARK, Stanton, Del., June 23. — The 1951 three-year-olds have created an inscrutable little jigsaw puzzle for handicappers, but we may at least say they arent dull. Counterpoint fits in nicely as the leader at the moment. But it wont be possible to see the entire picture with with any any real real clarity clarity until until after after the the with with any any real real clarity clarity until until after after the the Leonard Richards and Dwyer Stakes and the Arlington Classic, and perhaps not even then. Hill Prince didnt begin to be The Horse of 1950 until his smashing performance in the American Derby. And that was his second attempt, after an absence of many weeks. Somewhat similarly, Uncle Miltie, Roughn Tumble and Big Stretch have been refreshed, and Count Turf cant be dismissed in safety. Counterpoint has come a long way for Syl Veitch, and he says, "My colt doesnt give up easily." But his view of the Whitney colts rivals in future stakes is anything but smug. "Uncle Miltie has been breezing again and they say he looks and acts well," the Long Islander said. "Then theres little Sunshine Calverts horse, Roughn Tumble, out at Chicago. I know he is a good colt." Several of the leading 1951 three-year-olds have been trained with some interesting variations on the conventional routine, and they have responded very satisfactorily. As you know, Battlefield wasnt very cooperative in the spring, and was shuttled between Erdenheim Farm and Belmont Park, which changed his mental attitude so that he ran kindly. Counterpoint is turned out three days each week at Old Westbury, a diversion which tends to relax him. We learn from Jack Skinner, the noted steeplechase trainer, that he has been schooling Big Stretch over the hurdles. Not with the object of racing him through the field, but rather on the theory that the change will renew his zest for competition. "He seems actually to enjoy it," Skinner observed. "And he goes along without a pony. I have had him on all the tracks there are at Belmont." It is hoped this constant change of scenery and curriculum will revive his interest in racing. AAA Skinner, who led the 1950 chase trainers, thinks this Big Stretch Schooling Over Hurdles Skinner Sees Successful Chase Season Arlington Park Honors Warren Wright Busanda Candidate for Rich New Castle colorful phase of the sport will have one of its most successful seasons this year. "The trial week of steeple-chasing at Pimlico went very well I thought, and the races are drawing larger fields," he observes. "There is an unusual number of green jumpers, which suggests there will be more material for these races in the future. And I understand that Monmouth Park plans eventually to have steeplechasing." Big Stretch is by no means the only flat horse Skinner has trained over hurdles. He has schooled many two-year-olds over them and finds that it helps develop the driving muscles of their hind quarters and often makes a clumsy colt more clever. In addition to training horses, he breeds a few, and this summer at Saratoga will offer the only Stymie yearling consigned to the sales. This is an attractive colt from a mare bred remarkably like Hows dam. AAA Arlington Park will honor the memory of the late Warren Wright this week, when Ben Lindheimer introduces a new stake, the 0,000 Warren Wright Memorial, of seven furlongs, on next Wednesday. It is appropriate that the fashionable Chicagoland course should name a feature for him, as he was a stockholder and one of the staunchest supporters of racing there. The Warren Wright is exclusively for three-year-olds, and Plain Ben Jones may saddle Mrs. Wrights colt, Fanfare, for it. He is among the last few crops bred by the Chicago sportsman. There is also a possibility that the Wright will attract several other candidates for the 0,000 added Classic on July 21. For instance, it would seem a likely placing for Rougn Tumble if he is up to a race. Wright often told us that in his opinion Citation was the best horse he ever owned, and it was his fondest hope that he would ultimately become the first "million dollar horse" in the history of the sport. For a time it was touch and go whether the horse would stand, and if he would give it the old college try in the event he did stand. But he now appears to have recovered some resemblance of his form and is within 7,290 of achieving his objective. AAA Delawarians interest in next week-ends 0,000 New Castle Handicap, for fillies and mares, was sparked up a bit when Ogden Phipps Busanda, a candidate for this mile and a quarter, dusted off How and others of a top field in the Top Flight Handicap. Earlier in the Belmont meet, Busanda had joined the select company of filly winners of the Suburban Handicap. How was far from disgraced in her effort to beat older mares, as she was conceding Busanda five pounds on the scale. Gil Haus is analyzing the form of the 62 New Castle eligibles and will release his weights late Monday, but there is some indication that Busanda, How and Kiss Me Kate are tentatively pointing for the race. Later in the season, some of the eastern fillies will journey to the Midwest for the 0,000 Arlington Matron, of one mile, on July 14. How is an eligible for both this event and the 5,000 Gazelle Stakes, which is for fillies her own age, three days earlier at Aqueduct. AAA Turfana: Mrs. Truman occasionally goes racing at Charles Town. . .Gil Haus will officiate at Rolling Rock. . . .Joe Brocater, Jr., is pinch hitting for Fred Burton at Waterford Park during conflicting dates with Charles Town . . . Steeplechase jockey L. McMorrow, who won the 49 Aintree Grand National on Russian Hero, is riding through the field at Delaware . Whats left of Elkridge likely will appear in the Indian River, to attempt a sixth success in the local chase Royal Governor was in a spot of trouble in his latest essay, and was running as he can run at the time . Delaware had two mile and a sixteenth events, two at a mile and a quarter, and one of a mile and a half, on a recent card . . . Local horsemen petitioned to saddle outside the paddock stalls, as horses fret and may injure a rider in hot weather. The stewards readily consented . . Local horsemen mourn Robert Wal-den, who won the 1898 Kentucky Derby with Manual.
