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i , f • j [ , . . . l * " ; t * " 5 " [ ; * . j WEIGHING IN By EVAN SHIPMAN Continued from Page Two any doubt at all that she is of stake caliber. Incidentallys robe is as unconventional and as smart as a daring Schiaparelli gown. The roan is liberally sprinkled with red, the general effect being a medley of red, white and blue, but resembling a highly feminine ; version of a Scotch tartan rather than the national colors. Unlike the great majority of "off color" thoroughbreds, her head is delicate and refined, the pencilling of the ; profile as haughty and aristocratic as you please. Her curves tend toward the arab-l esque, and there is a hint of the desert in ; the refinement of line. Incidentally, we believe, is the first of the get of Mr. Busher to reach the races. We do we recall our first vivid impression of that wonderful chestnut. Brief as was his juvenile campaign, his lone campaign, Mr. Busher remains, in our view, the most impressive two-year-old we have ever seen. On the day that Citation won the Belmont Stakes, Mr. Busher captured a two-year-old dash down the same Widener chute where his daughter shone so brilliantly yesterday. Well, it seemed to us at the time that Mr. Bushers performance matched in quality that of Calumets great colt. It would be a cruel disappointment if he failed to transmit his resplendant class to his progeny, but if Incidentally can be taken as a sample, no such deception is to be expected. Apprentice Willie Lesters riding has sev- eral times earned praise in this space. He : is the best youngster we have seen in the saddle for some time, and we are confident that, unlike many apprentices, he will out- live the weight allowance. Usually, this boy rates a horse well, seeming to have a natural sense of race tactics, but yesterday Lester came up with a ride that was so peculiar that we can only suppose him to have obeyed strict orders. It is impossible ; to believe he would have thought this one up "on his own." In the final event of the day, a mile and a sixteenth affair for 0,000 platers, Lester took Pennfleur to the top and reeled off a half in :444/5 and six furlongs in 1:10%, being a half dozen lengths in advance of the field at this stage. Naturally enough, Pennfleur was reeling after the droll exhibition, and he wound up, of course, out of the money. Earlier in the day, as good a handicap horse as Sun Rene had not been able to show that kind of speed, and, believe us, Plennfleur is no Sun Rene. We repeat, that we cannot believe Lester rode like that unless he was following orders. Many is the time that, left to his own devices, a jockey could win a race, but paddock instructions, followed to the letter, bring, instead of vie- i tory, some such wierd result as this.
