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: - ; 5 a a i y REFLECTIONS 1 By NELSON DUNSTAN Continued from Page Forty-Four the running of this race. After the victory r of Pintor in the Tremont we pointed out - that he was by the French importation, Goya II. On Saturday, at Aqueduct, A. G. Vanderbilts juvenile colt, Cousin, was the ; winner of the fourth race by four lengths. . This colt is nicely bred also, for he is by i Priam II., who came to this country as a i traveling companion to Goya II., both being brought here by the Almahurst t breeder. Henry H. Knight. Cousin is also an eligible for the Dover Stakes. AAA We note in Jim Murphys column, "Arlington . Park Note Book," that the stewards 3 at the Chicagoland course have barred upward . of 50 horses who have not won a t creditable race, in a couple of years. In i these days when many owners cannot t obtain stalls at a track, a movement such ! as this is certain to be commended. While ; the seasoned racegoer will not play such a I horse, there are many people who will be B attracted by the long price. Yesterday at t Aqueduct, they staged a mafden race in y which there were horses who ran anywhere e from six to ten times and had never been i in the money. There must be maiden races, ! of course, but it would seem to us that the e racing authorities could frame a rule which would adequately deal with a way in which 3 to remove these horses from competition i and thus create a change in the stall condition _ which is, today, one of the serious s problems of racing. Ben lindheimer, f executive director at Arlington and Washington _ Parks, is in accord with the stewards, . and, so, too, are many other racing executives we have talked with. There has s probably never been a period in American a racing when stall space is at such a pre-- mium, and the condition will most likely y get worse as time goes on. The only solu-e _ tion, in the final analysis, is to weed out tt those who obviously lack the ability to win n a race. They not only cost the owner money to maintain, but are the poorest kind of a risk for a certain portion of the wagering public.
