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REFLECTION S by nelson dunstan NEW YORK, N. Y„ June 17.— Tomorrow will be the first of two days of racing of the United Hunts at Belmont Park and then the sport moves to Aqueduct for 19 days until July 11. The Htmis, of which Amory Haskell is president, has long been a sporting bulwark of racing. It lost none of its appeal with the revamping of its pro gram with flat races, hurdles and steeplechasing. Tomorrows feature is the sixteenth running of the New York „ , Turf Writers Cup, a hurdlT handicap for three-year-olds and older horses at about a mile and three-quarters, * while Fridays main attraction will be the 5,000 Temple Gwathmey, a steeplechase handicap for four-year-olds and older horses at about two and a quarter miles. The New York Turf Writers Cup has always been a race that appeals to owners of top hurdle and steeplechase horses and this is especially true of Mrs E. duPont Weir, who. nominated Golden Furlong, Master Mariner and Star of" Persia for this years renewal, and is starting the first named. Mrs. Weir won this race with Gold Oak in 1939, Picture Prince in 1942, Canford in 1946, and Clive of India in 1952. Mrs. Weirs Clive of India brought about a mild upset and the following day her jumper, The Mast, carrying 153 pounds, Drought another surprise by defeating Oedipus, who was attempting to win the race with the steadying burden of 163 pounds. AAA During the meeting of the Queens County Jockey Club will stage nine stakes at Aqueduct, starting with the Queens County Handicap for three-year-olds and older horses at a mile and a sixteenth on the week end. There is no let-up for the three-year-olds for the Yankee Handicap was run at Suffolk Downs today and on the week end the 0,000 Leonard Richards Stakes will be the feature at Delaware Park. Next Monday, Aqueduct will Two Days of Good Racing at United Hunts Top Jumpers Named for Temple Gwathmey Could Native Dancer Give Jamie K. Weight? Tom Fool Will Be Star at Aqueduct Course stage the 0,000 Shevlin and this race will serve as a prep for the 0,000 Dwyer, which will be the magnet at the Long Island course on July 4. It is difficult to say at this stage what sophomores will answer the bugle for the Shevlin and even more difficult to guess those who will match strides in the thirty-sixth running of the Dwyer on the holiday. -Native Dancer is eligible for the Dwyer, but the race will be run without Jamie K. Due to an oversight, he was not nominated. From now on it is going to be a question of how many will care to match their speed with the Vanderbilt colt and it is likely that we shall see small fields in the many rich events that are scheduled for the sophomores between now and the running of the Lawrence Realization next fall. Arlington Park will open next Monday and, needless to say, many of the topnotchers will ship to Chicago for the 00,000 Arlington Classic on July 18. AAA - It is regretable that his connections failed to nominate Jamie K. for the Dwyer. Under the conditions Native Dancer would have been forced to spot him 12 pounds. Bill Winfrey, trainer of the Vandebijt champion, is of the opinion The Dancer would be the winner even if Jamie K. were to start in the race under such advantageous conditions. In the Preakness and the Belmont these top three-year-olds carried 126 pounds and there was only a neck between them in % each race. Winfrey contends that Native Dancer is the type of horse who will do only what he is asked to do and no more. In the old days it was said that Exterminator was actually a loafer and would win by a very small margin in most cases. There have been such horses, of course, and Winfrey should certainly know whether this is true of the Vanderbilt colt. In yiew of the Preakness and Belmont finishes we believe there are people who would back Jamie K. if he had 12 pounds the best of it. The only way the point could be settled would be a race between the pair, but whether that will come about remains to be seen. Although they are certain to meet again before the season is over, we doubt that Jamie K. will have the benefit of 12 pounds. It looks as if the Norris connections slipped badly when they failed to name Jamie K. for the Dwyer. AAA Recent racing has been highlighted by the duels between Native Dancer and Jamie K. and the older horses, Tom Fool and Royal Vale. Two of the features on the Aqueduct schedule are the Carter Handicap on June 27 and the Brooklyn Handicap on July 11, This years Carter will probably attract Tom Fool, but unfortunately Royal Vale, recent winner of the Massachusetts Handicap, will not be in the line-up as he was not nominated for the race. At seven furlongs, Tom Fool will meet some worthy opponents, for among those named are Tea-Maker, Delegate, Northern Star, Cold Command, To Market, Hy-phasis and others who are at their best at the sprint distances. The Greentree colorbearer, who now is the champion of his division, may face, an even tougher task in the Brooklyn Handicap on July 11, as it is a certainty that John B. Campbell will assign him his full share of weight. Having won the Metropolitan and the Suburban, Tom Fool now has an opportunity to equal the feat of Whisk Broom. H., who won all three of these races in 1913. The Hollywood Gold Cup will be run the same day as the Continued on Page Thirty-Nine REFLECTIONS By NELSON DUNSTAN Continued from Page Forty-Eight Brooklyn Handicap and there is now a possibility that Jim Ryan will change his mind and keey Royal Vale here for the local race. Another meeting with Tom Fool would pack the Long Island course to the rafters. Others in the Brooklyn are One Count, Cold Command and One Hitter, who could not be discounted at the weight assignments. AAA Since the convention of the National Association of State Racing Commissioners at Boston last week, there has been asked, what was the most important topic discussed? In this writers opinion the most important by far was racings problem of taxation to the legislators. On this point, o ° John Morris, president of the Thoroughbred Racing Associations, spoke very sensibly when he said: "Without relaxing our efforts toward building good public relations, we should redouble our efforts toward creating a better understanding of racing and its economy on the part of legislators, some of whom see the sport only as a ripe melon ready for cutting. The relationship between increased taxation and dwindling pari-mu-tuel play, and consequent reduction of revenue, has been observed in recent years. Ill-informed or uninformed legislators, however, are quick to seek still further taxes on the participants dollar. It is up to all of us, as individuals and as the representatives of groups in racing, to fight the tendency toward ever-increasing taxation by keeping our legislators fully informed of racings economic facts of life. To keep our best foot forward in racing at all times we must understand each other and our mutual problems."
