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■■"" v . " ■.■■.,-:■: 1 ||HL— [reflections I -. By Nelson Dunsian • Uncle Miltie Returns to His Winning Form Preston Burch Discusses Brookmeade Sale Mrs. Dodge Sloane Overloaded With Horses Numerous Countries Enter Olympic Teams NEW YORK, N. Y., June 11. Three-Dot Shorts: Leslie Combs n., master of Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky, has the only three Bull Lea fillies to be sold at public auction this season, and one of them is out of Boudoir H., H., the the dam dam of of Your Your Host Host Joe Joe Donoghue, Donoghue, ■■"" v . " ■.■■.,-:■: 1 H., H., the the dam dam of of Your Your Host Host Joe Joe Donoghue, Donoghue, owner of the Hyperion stallion, High Bandit, and who ferries back and forth between this country, England and Ireland, has three more horses coming here in the next few weeks. . . . John W. Hanes, who was recently elected a member of The Jockey Club, and is a partner in the 10 mares bought by Leslie Combs II. from William Goetz, is one of the biggest shipping officials in this country. — The impressive increase in both attendance and mutuel play has encouraged Aqueduct officials officials to to the the belief belief that that their their meeting meeting will will officials officials to to the the belief belief that that their their meeting meeting will will ||HL— JSL--JBB top that of a year ago in both departments. . . . Eddie Arcaro will ride throughout the Arlington Park meeting, and then return to New York, but will go back when Calumet starts a horse in a stake at Washington Park. . . . Spartan Valor is expected to make his first start at Arlington Park in the 0,000 Equipoise Mile. . . . Although women are barred from the three-day events, Miss Marjorie Haines will represent the United States in the dressage tests at Helsinki late in July, and one of her opponents will be Miss Van Nagel of Germany, one of the best horsewomen in al Europe. Uncle Miltie scored a popular victory in the fifth race at the United Hunts yesterday and the throng gave the son of Heather Broom a nice hand when he entered the winners circle. In his recent starts, the Colando colt lacked the rally that characterized his races in the fall of 1950, and when he defeated Battlefield and Nullify in a six-furlong event at Jamaica in April, 1951. After his victory yesterday, we checked and found that he is not entered in any of the stakes at Aqueduct or Delaware Park, and that probably means he will be returned to Monmouth Park where he defeated Guillotine in an allowance race, then won the Lamplighter Handicap and ran second to his old rival, Battlefield, in the Choice Stakes. Last October, after a race at Belmont Park, in which he ran fourth, it was decided to give Uncle Miltie a long rest, and he did not make his appearance again until last week, when he finished fourth in a handicap to Arise, Northern Star and War King. When at his best, he can hold his own against top opposition and as he appears to like the racing strip at Monmouth Park, it will be interesting to see what he accomplishes at that attractive New Jersey course. We talked with the veteran trainer, Preston Burch, about the yearlings that Mrs. Dodge Sloane, the mistress of Brookmeade Farm, will sell at Belmont Park under the auspices of the Fasig-Tipton Company, Thursday morning of next week. "I am glad you asked me about it," Burch said, "for I want to stress that this is an absolute sale of all Brookmeade yearlings and I further want to go on record as saying that, in my opinion, it is the best crop that ever came from Brookmeade Farm. We have a Sun Again colt that I will match against any Ive seen, and we have other youngsters by Ardan, Pavot, First Fiddle, Shannon H., Stymie, Goya H., Whirlaway, Case Ace and our own stallions, By Jimminy and Grand Admiral. I feel that many of them will have successful racing careers. When we realized that we have horses at three different farms and we lack room for any more at our Belmont barn, I advised Mrs. Sloane to sell the entire group so there could be no thought that we were in any way culling our stock. We are just cutting down for this one year. The simple truth is that we are overloaded with horses and wish to place our operations on a more workable basis than is possible with so many." Next Tuesday is Bunker Hill Day in Massachusetts and the Suffolk Downs track will stage the 0,000 Yankee Handicap, the richest race at the East Boston meeting. This is the first handicap since the Belmont ended the "Triple Crown" series. It is natural that Eb Pons put Blue Man at the top of the list with 126 pounds. Alfred G. Vanderbilts Cousin is rated at 123, but as he is now at the farm in Maryland, he will not be a starter. Somewhat surprising to us it that Master Fiddle, 122; Charlie McAdam, 122, and Primate, 120, are asked to carry more weight than Armageddon, who is listed at 119, with King Jolie next at 116, and then Pintor at 115. We understand the White Oaks contingent is planning to send their Preakness winner to Suffolk Downs for this race, but, beyond that, we are not certain as to the other starters. The English importaiton, Olympic, is asked to tote 114 pounds, while Handsome Teddy, who won the Flamingo Prep and the Chesapeake, is in with 113 pounds, the same as Jampol. Lord Priam and Cajun are weighted at 110. The 5,000 Shevlin will be run at Aqueduct the day after the Yankee and many of the three-year-olds eligible for the Suffolk Downs race have also been named for the Aqueduct event. The Olympic schedule for equestrian events at Helsinki has finally been worked out and both the three-day events and the Prix des Nations will be contested between July 28 and August 3. Latest reports indicate that besides the United States, the countries represented will be Ireland, Argentina, Holland, Chile, Portugal, Brazil, Spain, Turkey, Roumania, South Africa, Norway, Italy, France, Denmark, Canada, England, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland and Sweden. There are some nations, such as Canada, which have entered horses only in the three-day events. The success of the United States team in Germany recently was hailed by horsemen in this country and Ned King, manager of the National Horse Show, said at Belmont yesterday, "That victory will give them the confidence they require. While they are probably the gamest group that we ever sent into competition, they needed the victory to convince them that they are as good as many of us have always believed they are. Our team, it must be remembered, are meeting some of the most skilled riders in the world. You can depend upon it, they will give the best in them." .
