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JUDGES STAND BY CHARLES HATTON BOSTON Mass June 10 The question of the advisability of having prize awards back to fifth place broached by J Samuel Perlman pub ¬ lisher of DAILY RACING FORM and The Morning Telegraph in a meeting of the Thoroughbred Club was brought up again at the National Associa ¬ tion of State Racing Commissioners convention here The Thoroughbred Club directorate takes the view that fourth money should suffice But Robert O Read and many others agree with the pub ¬ lisher who feels a broader distribution of the distri ¬ bution is definitely indicated in the interests of a sounder racing economy This is a matter which war ¬ rants an objective study Of course racing cannot in ¬ sure those who invest in thoroughbreds against losses On the contrary George Swinbroad has estimated quite conservatively that it costs 3500 per annum to main ¬ tain a horse in training while the total purse monies pro ¬ rated among the 24000 active performers comes to 2686 We donot imagine that a couple of hundred dollars fifth money is likely to make the difference of whether owners remain solvent and active in racing or decide to disperse their holdings And perhaps as Perlman has suggested the fifth awards should be offered only in the highest priced claimers and allowance events This would have the effect of helping fill the better overnighters without encouraging horsemen to race the bad horses We do think that fifth monies merit consideration and an analytical examination by track operators Perhaps too much of the spoils in these inflationary days are going to the winners Perlman notes that of the 1525 horses that started at the latest Hialeah meeting 280 won 1607863 or 79 per cent of the purse money The dis ¬ parities of win and place awards in England is occasion ¬ ing a crisis on the turf there and if there is the slightest Study Redistribution of Distribution Suffolk Downs Becomes More Accessible Royal Bay Gem Is Candidate for Yankee The Changing Fashions in Bloodlines depression in our national economy we are likely to find ourselves in the same predicament predicamentA A A A AProm Prom time to time it has been urged that racing go in for more advertising of an institutional nature and too much can scarcely be said for the public relations value of describing to the public the distribution of the racing dollar It seems to us Judge Pappas here at Suffolk Downs is achieving something rather noteworthy in this direction Among other things the club is having Twen ¬ tieth CenturyFox technicians make a 20minute film at Suffolk showing training and racing scenes including the Massachusetts Handicap and what becomes of the racing dollar with its civic and charitable benefactions It will be shown at gatherings of the Kiwanis Rotary and other clubs during the off season and we should think it might make some new friends for racing By the way this is our first visit to Boston in several years and we note some improvements in Suffolks operation For one thing there is a new sixlane approach to the course stemming from the main thoroughfare from Boston This has simplified things appreciably for motorists Not to mention it may have avoided some rather grievous ex ¬ periences for them and for the sport and residents of a new subdivision along the old route Children of the families residing there play along the road Again the rapid transit subway now has been extended from Boston to the course which is a convenience reflected in the at ¬ tendance and play placing the track within 15 minutes of town The Eastern Racing Association as Suffolk calls itself now has in mind certain improvements which may be made following this meeting For instance it has stalls for 1050 horses but even that total is insufficient and 200 Rockingham stalls have been leased for this meeting Suffolk has some property on which it may construct more stabling facilities for future seasons seasonsA A A A AThe The 25000 Yankee Handicap on June 17 which is Suffolks most important race for threeyearolds has elicited the nominations of several familiar colts and one who is a genuine firstflighter This last is Gene Con stantins gallant little Royal Bay Gem winner of the Jersey Stakes Chesapeake and Peabody in a busy spring itinerary The status of this son of the Australian Royal Gem n depends mostly upon whether or not the weight arrangement is suitable Other prospects are C V Whit ¬ neys Fly Wheel A G Vanderbilts Social Outcast who is Native Dancers workmate and Harry Isaacs Isasmoothie The most interesting New England candidate genealo ¬ gically at least is Chris Chenerys Montenegrin who set a turf course record here and is by Bossuet or the Ger ¬ man Nordlicht The Jockey Club only recently got around to acknowledge Nordlichts birthright There is also a filly eligible Yankees respect for her winning ways This is a Challenge Me called Miss Joanne JoanneA A A A AThe The changing fashions in pedigrees have gone on some extremely unexpected tangents these last several years First of all there is the resurgence of the St Simon male line which was supposed to be extinct as Lexingtons then produced Hill Prince Prince Simon Tulyar and other luminaries Mares by Blenheim ns son Donatel lo n also have assumed a new importance the last couple of seasons They include the dams of the Epsom Derby first and second Pinza and Aureole and of Wilwyn hero of the first Laurel International Still another un unContinued Continued on Page FortyOne JUDGES STAND STANDBy By CHARLES HATTON Continued from Page fortyFour fortyFourfashionable fashionable line that has achieved a new and higher value latterly is that of Hurry On once so successful in European racing His descendant Niccolo dell Area a half brother of the famous Nearco last season sent up a number of stakes winners in ¬ cluding Englands twoyearold champion filly Bebe Grande winner of eight races from nine starts Jack Gerbers homebred has sort of anticlimaxed her 1952 form this spring running second in one of The Gui ¬ neas then going unplaced in the other It is theorized that perhaps the races were too close for her The idea of fillies beating her was not generally entertained at any rate and it is possible she will recover her form later in the season Gerber is among the Europeans who have shown a lively in ¬ terest in our International This would seem an almost quixotic assignment for one of Bebe Grandes sex but John Barry Byan observes She is a lovely thing and a real runner runnerA A A A ATurf Turf ana Among other things Oaklawn Park is to have more seats and a dining room if not a fall meeting DeSpirito strikes us as a better rider now really than when he was booting all those winners a year ago His technique is more studied less headlong and sans souci than in 52 The Atlantic Ocean a few rods away is a tributary of Suffolks innerfield lake Play on the turf course events here is highly gratifying to Judge Pappas who shares Ben Lindheimers confidence racing in this medium has a bright future in the U S There is bus service to Suffolk from Lynn Lowell Lawrence Salem Fall Biver Quincy and Brockton Not mind ¬ ing the weather is said to be a part of Bos tonians culture but with the per cent of winning choices at 28 they could wish the horses were as impervious to the squalls the steady east wind blows them
