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JUDGES STA By CHARLES HATTON SUFFOLK DOWNS East Boston Mass June 6 Today has been some ¬ what more momentous than most in turf circles what with the tidings knighthood flowered in the Epsom Derby when Sir Gordon Richards finally fulfilled himself as a jockey on Sir Victor Bassoons indef atiguable Pinza the decision of the classical Oaks at Belmont and the arrival in this center of new world culture of racing conimisisoners from all over for the nineteenth annual National Association of State Racing Commissioners convention This last is the busi ¬ ness at hand for the writer who chronicled the first some what tentative such forum and off and on has attended a good many others across the years Though the commissioners and their guests are off to neighbor ¬ ing Little Rhody for a holiday Sunday they will get around to some objective business when they convene at 930 am Monday At this session there are to be studies of such pertinent matters as uniform rules and procedure night racing and offcourse betting which is less a hot potato than in the past before Kef auver stamp taxes and so forth The vexed question of state revenues is in our opinion the first concern of contemporary racing In general the thoroughbred sport can cope with the problems originating from within and is perfectly content to submit to reasonable tote tariffs But takes such as that now imposed on New Yorkers can only be harmful involving the law of diminishing re ¬ turns For one thing it tends to defeat its own purpose because it has had the effect of impelling some really big bettors to transfer their play to other more inviting fields The climate among experienced commissioners regarding oppressive takes always has been decidedly cool A B Hancock Jr has supported the position in past conventions with a convincing amount of statis NASRC Will Study Turf Sports Problems Delaware Film Patrols New Speed Record Royal Governor Is Training for Comeback More Opponents Loom for Native Dancer Dancertical tical evidence the law of diminishing returns is not just empty rhetoric thought up to disconcert greedy legislators legislatorsA A A A APeople People who know about the processes of film develop ¬ ment are bound to be a little incredulous of this but on a recent morning we held a splitsecond watch on Dela wark Parks film patrol development and it printed and dried the film of a race in three mins 20 seconds This marks an important advance in race photography for of coure a minimum of delay in projection of the film comes to less tedium and suspense for track patrons while awaiting an official decision in instances of inquiry or foul claims In the past Lester Bernd head of Delawares film patrol used to pull out all the stops on the developer an apparatus reminiscent of a Bugs Baer fantasy and could not beat five mins Most processing about the country still takes six minutes to produce a film of satis ¬ factory quality The inventive Bernd streamlined the routine and has film capable of withstanding the hyped up solution without damage to the sensitive emulsion He has even clocked the runners who deliver the film from the towers to the lab and in good weather that from the crows nest nearest his department is in the developer in 50 seconds By the time it has been sped through the interminable series of spools in the developing machine the film from the remaining towers has been delivered Until this season it was supposed that 5 minutes 45 sec ¬ onds was the absolute minimum of time required to prepare a film for showing In the movie industry the interval still is a leisurely four hours and the normal temperature of the developer is 68 degrees But the new film with its resistance to heat clearly impressionable at high speeds has enabled Bernd to set what might be called a new track record recordA A A A ASleepyeyed Sleepyeyed dockers at Delaware Park wondered if there were poltergeists in the stable area when recently a strangely familiar gelding breezed past but investigation reassured that it was indeed Royal Governor Perhaps inspired by the success of those old troupers TeaMaker and Delegate the nineyearold has emerged from his retirement And there is a suggestion the versatile son of Pilate will again carry Mrs Weirs gold braided colors if he stands In his prime Royal Governor was like his stable companion Royal Vale equally at home on sandy loam or turf courses It was in this latter context he ran one of his biggest races when he defeated Volcanic for the Stars and Stripes His career now extends over 88 starts of which he won 23 was 11 times second and 13 times third earning a total of 301035 He has been idle since 51 and apparently the prosaic life on the farm palled on him Trainer Jim Ryan who recently breezed him a half in 51 says it will be quite some time before he races assuming that he can but we will con ¬ tinue to train him lightly and see how he responds Only a few days ago Delawarians saw one of racings hardy annuals in TeaMaker who has something of the same appeal for turfgoers Elkridge had for chase enthusiasts It is a genuine pleasure to watch horses so competent experienced and professional who go about racing as if they know their business businessA A A A AIt It is idle to attempt comparing Native Dancer with Continued on Page FortyOne i JUDGES STAND STANDBy i By CHARLES HATTON Continued from Page FortyFour FortyFourdead dead and gone turf heroes at all intelli ¬ gently What intrigues realists more is how he compares with Tom Fool In the Sub ¬ urban Tom Fool proved that he is not only a horse of inflexible courage but consid ¬ erably more stamina than many of us suspected including his breeder Duvie Headley Before the Preakness we com ¬ mented that Native Dancers tasks are going to become increasingly difficult as the season progresses and there now is quite a clamor for Cousin Alfred to place him versus Cousin Jocks fouryearold It is a fascinating thought though it may seem to the colts owners a good bit like looking for trouble But whether or not Native Dancer ventures out of his age divi ¬ sion he shall have to give away some weight in the Dwyer and later engagements for threeyearolds The most interesting aspect of the Suburban was the time of 200 Whisk Broom Hs 200 flat al ¬ ways has been questioned and little Joe Notter whorode him always has stead ¬ fastly maintained He was capable of going a mile in 136 then putting hi a quarter in 24 seconds Tom Fools performance seems to give the record more credence Having so nearly equalled WhiskfBroom ns mark Tom Fool may now emulate him by bring ¬ ing a triple in the Metropolitan Subur ¬ ban and Brooklyn traditionally the three most important handicaps in American racing racingA A A A ATurf Turf ana Shining On who won at a thumping 27930 mutual is the first win ¬ ner for his Pennsylvania sire Industrial a horse the late W G Helis once considered a Derby prospect The recreation program for track personnel at Delaware in ¬ cludes movies almost nightly boxing semiweekly softball quoits volleyball table tennis billiards badminton and croquet which can be even more insidious than golf Track supertindendent Clarke Pardees maintenance crew numbers 150 I Appeal might be appropriately named Eye Appeal for all his unfashionable breeding whatever that may be
