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H i JUDGES STAND y cmrles hatton WASHINGTON PARK, Home-wood, 111., Aug. 22. Ben Lindheimer is presenting Chicagoans some wonderful racing out here this summer, and the American Derby was only the beginning of a series of events climaxing the sport at Arlington and Washington. The Princess Pat on Wednesday engages the liveliest of the two-year-old fillies developed here in the midlands, and this six furlongs has an estimated gross of 05,000. On the week-end there is the 0,000 Meadowland, last of the roster of turf course features. The nominations suggest high class fields in both races. In the Princess Pat are Queen Hopeful and Greek Lady, who deadheated in a division of the Mademoiselle, and Spy Magic, who won the other half by seven emphatic lengths. The situation as regards two-year-old .filly stakes here could not be more unlike that in the East, where there is virtually no-competition for Mrs. Wideners unbeaten Evening Out. Queen Hopeful injected a highly contentious element into proceedings locally when she beat Miz Clementine inches for the Lassie. In her turn she has caught -a tartar in Greek Lady. And if one may judge from the Mademoiselle, whatever occurs in the Princess Eat is going to be pretty exciting. The Meadowland promises to; mark a further improvement in the general calibre of the horses now competing on turf courses in this country. For the eligibles include Oil Capitol, Crafty Admiral, Abbe Sting and Stan. The result could have some interesting implications for the "Triple Turf Classic" and the Washington, D. C, International. The aging Oil Capitol is something less than the most reliable animal in training, nevertheless still is no horse to take liberties with, and handicap-per Kilroe makes him the actual topweight with 126 -3Munds, though his stablemate Stan is level with him on-the-scale with 118 pounds. Crafty Admiral would carry Climactic Stakes at Washington This Week Luck of the Irish and The International Is Eyening Out Superior Also to Colts? Randall Has New Daily Double Machines 125, and Abbe Sting, who won the Armour and Stars and Stripes has 121. It ought to be a good show. Patronage in this area, like that in Ohio seems to have momentarily "levelled off." It is still big business, however, with 271,826 sending 9,399,576 through the tote in 17 days, which comes to a gain of some three per cent more than 52 wagering. AAA. John Schapiros announcement the Washington, D. C, International at Laurel will have a purse of 5,000, with 0,000 net to the winner, naturally was well received by the connections of potential invitees both here and across the Atlantic. Since the club "picks up the tab" for all foreign entrants and their connections flown to Maryland, and there are no nominating nor starting fees, the cost of staging the race comes to a great deal more, actually, then meets the eye on the program. One hears it totaled about 25,000 last fall. At the moment it is anybodys guess who, eventually will be invited for the International. But the result of the inaugural, and the missionary work in Europe, have stirred very keen interest, and Italy, Germany, France, England and Ireland all hope to be represented. The Irish were deeply disappointed last fall, when all three of their invitees came down with the cough, and perforce declined. Of course two of the field, Englands Zucchero and Canadas Indian Hemp, were Irish-breds but it isnt the same thing. A Celtic possibility for the first renewal is the strapping chestnut Thirteen of Diamonds, whom we saw run creditably, without quite winning, however, in the Irish St. Leger at The Curragh. He had won the Derby over the same course, with its desperate incline of about 10 degrees the last three furlongs, and we should think he might get a mile and a half over Laurel comfortably enough. Out here at Washington Park, Harry Trotsek has shown a turf course performer of promise in the imported Stan, who added the Grassland to Allie Heubens extraordinary sequence of stakes successes. He is by Kingsway, sire also of Royal Vale. Kingsway is not considered a terribly important stallion across the Atlantic, though Americans are likely to think him so. In any case Stan may well prove worthy the committees consideration as an invitee for the International. The Reuben string will be active at Laurel, and the Ohioan purchased him specifically to race on the turf. AAA Evening Outs showy record of four stakes in four starts to date of her expanding career has some observers wondering if she is not superior to the colts as well as the fillies. It "Would be interesting to see this theory tested. And we can tell you George Widener was never one to evade an issue. Thus if she has any engagements in common with the colts and trains on satisfactorily, it is probable she will be given the opportunity of proving the two-year-old champion. Fillies have dominated this age division of tener than any other. As recently as 1946, First Flight won the honors, and there were no colts could cope with Top Flight and Regret, few with Anita Peabody. Evening Out is individually and genealogically the sort of filly who is unlikely to be defeated by the increasing distances of her races. On the contrary her pedigree suggests an Oaks filly. For she is a granddaughter of Epuipoise and Eight Thirty from the family of Evening. And she Continued on Page Forty-Seven JUDGES STAND 1 By CHARLES HATTON Continued from PageFHty-Two has more size and substance than most of her rivals. Indeed appears most masculine in contrast to such a charming bit of femininity as Incidentally. AAA Randalls Saul Silberman has installed completely automatic Daily Doubles ma- 1 chines for the meet now in progress, and they are credited with an assist in enabling the club to increase its Daily Doubles play 28 per cent. The machines are of Australasian vintage and constitute a separate unit in the Tote. An independent totalisa-tor in the mutuels department keeps a running total on every doubles combination sold. This eliminates the necessity for 34 "takeoff" men, and the necessity for combining the totals sold on each machine. And mutuels manager Lou Schultz observes these devices also have reduced the margin of error in calculating doubles prices to almost nothing. Thirty of the machines are in operation daily, 34 on Saturdays and holidays. Apparently these gadgets have attracted international attention. A few days ago an Argentinian turned up at the Cleveland course to inspect them, with some notion of introducing them in Latin America. The visitor amazed general manager Elmer Vickers when he casually remarked that on a recent afternoon a track in Buenos Aires had a fantastic attendance of 200,000 and that the mutuel crew numbered 9,000. x AAA Turfana: Ben Lindheimer plans ultimately screening Washington Park entirely with tall trees, a la Hialeah Park. . .Willie Pool, dean of Ohio riders, has a restaurant hard by Randall Park, which he calls The Ptomaine Pit. "If you git a tuff steak, trow it at me. And if you miss, Im still mad at the butcher!" We are assured he serves nothing but the best actually. . .The recent winner Miss Degree has had an interestingly varied career, performing in such disparate places as Aqueduct and Charles Town against Hill Prince second to him in the Babylon and racing for ,000... Evening Out is not in the Hopeful. . .Fred Burton writes ThistleDowns races, but the official family includes four other racing secretaries in Raleigh Leigh,- Charley McLennan, Jimmy Ross and Jack CKeeffe. . . Fasig-Tipton is arranging a fall sale on L. I. Zip goes another million !... Geldings are not eligible for the International, though it couldnt matter less to breed improvement I were one to win it.
