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JUDGES STAND B CHARLK HATTON BOSTON Mass June 9 To be realistic about it there are no pana ¬ ceas for some of the turfs problems such as the rebellious mutinous atti ¬ tude that will always exist among a certain element of horsemen toward the purse distribution But we think that the NASRC may achieve as Walter Donovan says more uniform ¬ ity in some of its basic fundamental rules and rulings Donovan appreciates that racing in Kentucky for ex ¬ ample presents a special problem concerning the claiming rule So in the Blue Grass State there is closed claiming in twoyearold events the first half of the season to pro ¬ tect those who have invested in yearlings and developed them over the winter from the ravages of haltermen re ¬ turning North in quest of fresh racing material But why there should be rules providing advances of 25 per cent for a given period in the evaluation of all claimed horses in some states and of only winners that are claimed in others frankly escapes this department Nor have we heard any very reasonable reason why the same appren ¬ tice rules will not prove practicable everywhere Also it Would be interesting to know why a uniform drugs rule may not be adopted and more importantly why there is not more uniformity of the rulings in instances of infractions Convention by convention the NASRC members who have been around long enough are coming to realize that it is not so much a question of thinking up more rules in racing as it is one of a uniformity of interpretation ap ¬ plication and rulings rulingsA A A A ABen Ben Lindheimer who pioneered turf course competi ¬ tion in the TJ S on the scale we enjoy it today now has taken another progressive step in the right direction with his decision to provide grass training tracks at both Arlington and Washington Parks This will enable him to Uniformity of Rulings Concerns NASRC Turf Training Courses A Progressive Step Epsom Oaks Winner Has Many US Cousins Sophomore Stakes Feature WeekEnd Racing Racinggive give his patrons more racing on the main turf courses And that Chicagoans prefer racing on the grass to the sand surfaces is emphasized in an analysis of theTittend ance and volume of play Lindheimer says that he feels certain the day is not too distant when we will see as many races on the grass as on the sandy loam It is simply a question if our turf can withstand the traffic at long meets As you may know the meets in Europe where all of the sport is on the grass are of only three or four days duration The development of training courses will of course help to protect the going on the main tracks There can be no question that turf is the most natural and desirable context for racing horses and from the pub ¬ lics point of view it enhances the color and appeal of the sport Racing silks and the sheen of the horses coats are more striking against a backgrond of greensward than in the dustclouds so often kicked up by fields racing on a skinned track We have not the statistics at hand but grass racing must be very formful on the whole else the public would not wager more heavily on such events than when the same fields meet over the sand surfaces American bloodstock interests may congratulate them ¬ selves they have much of the blood of Lord Dickie Astors Epsom Oaks winner Ambiguity available here For this fillys sire Big Game is a son of Bahrain the un ¬ beaten Derby winner who served for some years at Saga ¬ more and North Wales It is regrettable Bahram who comes of the Blandford male line was expatriated to South America though it seemed no very great wrencn at the time In addition to Big Game now in service at the National Stud Bahrains son Persian Gulf has been suc ¬ cessful at stud in England And in this country we have his son Sun Bahram and the former champion Noor who is his grandson on the distaff In his day the Irish Blandford was ofter referred to as the greatest sire in the world and his status was comparable to that of Hy ¬ perion in contemparary bloodstock production Our Blen ¬ heim n and his son Mahmoud are scions of Blandford in what is called tail male and he appears close up also in the pedigree of Tulyar His blood is considered a factor for the stamina which is a prerequisite of winning the worlds turf classics classicsA A A A AThreeyearolds Threeyearolds of the sprinting persuasion will have a stakes opportunity here at Suffolk on Saturday when the club features the 7500 John Alden Handicap which is exclusively for this division at six furlongs Of course the classicists will be preoccupied the same afternoon with trying to win the Belmont on Long Island Coincidentally Delaware Park also will offer a threeyearold stake as its Saturday attraction in the 25000 Kent of a mile and a sixteenth Delaware deliberately renews its Kent on Bel ¬ mont Day and if one thinks about it deeply enough this seems a rather appropriate date Because so often the first two Triple Crown events turn up just such a sound favorite as Native Dancer one the owners of few three yearolds can hope to have much chance of beating This comes to a sizable field of good class threeyearolds at Delaware which cannot compete with Belmont in the matter of added monies And sometimes the Kent is won by a colt or gelding these last are barred from the Bel ¬ mont who eventually proves a serious bidder for the major threeyearold stakes Among its recent winners are Hall of Fame and Your Host That Suffolk should present presentContinued Continued on Page FortyOne JUDGES STAND STANDBy By CHARLES BUTTON Continued from Page FortyFour FortyFourits its John Alden the same afternoon as the Belmont and Kent is fully as logical of course for it is aimed at the speed special ¬ ists animals who would be completely out of their element at either Belmont or Dela ¬ Turf ana Pericles may be stood at stud in Greece where racing has resumed The annual preopening Arlington press party is scheduled for the Blackstone June 18 Royal Vale is by all odds the best prospect for Atlantic Citys turf stakes re ¬ stricted to foreignbred performers owned in the United States The refreshed Mohammedan who recently dried but the Delaware surface in lill may prove a bidder for sprint honors Peter JBrandsness who handles reservations and stall applications for Arlington says the volume of requests is unprecedented in the courses history If Texas racing is re ¬ sumed and Dan Hice is interested as an entrepreneur nobody need be surprised
