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Judges stand carles hatton WASHINGTON PARK, Homc-wood, 111., Aug. 26. Mark-Ye-Well is giving all the usual indications of arriving at the top of his form, and this circumstance may well be rather disturbing in certain quarters. Like the Greentree and Sagamore stables, for instance. He stripped for the recent Spartan Handicap here looking wonderfully well, though "Mayor Jimmy" Jones remarked he could wish he were carrying more flesh, and his race was impressive, for he was beaten less than a length in :1:34 and was closing gallantly under topweight of 126 pounds. The time was recorded by High Scud, who was in receipt of 17 pounds, and it was the swiftest mile of the local season. The Spartan suggested Mark-Ye-Well as the one-to-beat for the 00,000 mile Washington Park Handicap out here on Labor Day. And Jones tells us he has been made eligible for the Sysonby Mile, though he added that from this distance it seems a oit like looking for trouble. Mark-Ye-Well is "fresh," however, and Tom Fool and Native Dancer have been campaigning busily, as Jimmy Kilroe observes, "He could be rough for anybodys horse if he continues to progress." Kilroe last fall rated him the equal of Tom Fool in a hypothetical handicap he drew up for a racing periodical. Not many are aware of it, perhaps, but Mark-Ye-Well gave his handlers considerable anxiety earlier this summer. He was very ill for a time, and actually it was touch-and-go for several days if he was going to survive a temperature which developed from a bad tooth. Before that he had a quarter crack. But he now is as good as new and may enliven things in races for the three-year-olds and upward during the remainder of the season. Mark-Ye-Well Eligible for Sysonby Mile Dancer Equal of Big Cy Hirtenstein Stan Has Beaten English Champion Pinza Interest Grows in Meadowland Renewal Discussions of the relative merits of Citation and Native Dancer continue, endlessly and as futilely, it seems to us. These things are a matter of opinion, of course, and everybody is entitled to one. We were interested the other day to have Paul Hirtensteins. For half a century Hirtenstein chronicled racings passing show in the Chicago press, and he saw virtually all of the greats and near-greats of the era. "I think The Dancer is at least as capable as Citation at the same age," the veteran estimated, adding, " in fact, I am not sure he isnt as good a three-year-old as I ever saw." That is among the nicest compliments ever paid A. G. Vanderbilts colt. Eddie Arcaro paid him one, if somewhat obliquely, out here the other day. The noted rider showed a profound respect for the grays record and fame when he told friends the day before the Derby he supposed the wisdom of substituting for Guerin might be questioned. A horse may be said to have arrived when Arcaro fears criticism if he chances to be beaten on him. That he accepted the mount was a tribute to The Dancer under the circumstances. Returning to the fairly unaswerable question of superiority between Citation and Native Dancer, Frank Butzow declines to attempt a comparison of their ability, but he does say, "The Dancer is even more popular, and more valuable to the sport as a box office attraction. Of course, TV has much to do with that." AAA There is some doubt if Pinza may be induced to come to America, but do not feel too badly about it, for we now have here a three-year-old who has beaten him. This is Allie Reubens grass stakes winner, Stan, who opposed-The Dancer in last week-ends Derby. It would be amusing could, we tell you he also has beaten the gray. Considering the slightly moonstruck esteem in which Pinza and the Sagamorean are held, who would that make Stan? As a two-year-old in England last season, Stan defeated Pinza in winning the Greensleeves Stakes of six furlongs at Hurst Park. That inexhaustible researcher, Coleman Kelly, has compiled Stans 1952 record across the Atlantic and finds that he was a very decent sort. He made eight starts and won the first six of them. Begin ning with the Ashley Stakes he accounted for the Iron-wood Plate, Leconfield Stakes, Glamer Stakes, Bishop Burton Stakes and Greensleeves Stakes in succession. He was then fourth in the Gimcrack, in which he was injured, reappearing at Newmarket for the Challenge Stakes, again running unplaced on extremely hard going. None of the stakes Stan won was of major importance to be sure, but we may at least say he showed the hardihood to put two good races together. Though Pinza won the Epsom Derby and Queen Elizabeth, he was not quite top-notch at two, when he inclined to be rather -growthy. The Agas filly, Neemah, gave him weight and a beating over a mile. But he has progressed extraordinarily this season and his many admirers have no doubt he will add the St. Leger to his earlier classic successes. AAA Turf course competition is nowhere more popular than here in the Chicago area, and interest is mounting in Continued on Page Thirty-Nino JUDGES STAND By CHARLES HATTON Continued from Page Forty-Eight Saturdays 0,000 Meadowland. This mile and -three-sixteenths is the richest of Washington Parks grass races, and it may bring together Oil Capitol, Crafty Admiral, Abbe Sting, Ruhe, Brush Burn, Stan, Sunglow, Pictor, Smoke Screen and Golden Trend. Abbe Sting has become known locally as a turf course "specialist," as a result of winning the Armour and Stars and Stripes, though it is incomprehensible to us why running on grass should be considered a question of horses adaptability. Crafty Admiral is an interesting candidate for the Meadowland. He was very unobtrusive at the finish of the Clang, which marked his initial start in many weeks, but , he has been working well for trainer Odom. And he is several cuts higher class than most of the eligibles. Handicapper Kilroe makes him a single pound inferior to Oil Capitol; the highweight under 126, , however. This sems a little equivocal, and if Crafty Admiral can reproduce the form he showed here a year ago, none of the i Meadowland nominees can concede him ; weight. It is difficult to know quite what to make of Oil Capitol, whose latest caprice was to finish unplaced in the Clang, after willing the Arlington Handicap. AAA Turf ana: John Conway of Dublin, consul of Ireland, was a recent Washington Park visitor. Chatting of show jumpers, he opined the" double bank in the Royal Dublin Society ring is fully as treacherous as Beechers. . . . Bubbley had an infected wither as a consequence of a broken saddle tree which chafed it. . . . Howard Reine--man misses none of The Dancers races, declares, "I would walk from Lexington to N. Y. to see him meetr Tom Fool." . . . Turns out Sir Mango was wearing shoes that were too tight in the Classic. . . . Alex Gordon observes that Flyamanita coincides with his idea of what a good race mare should look like... Much Sir Gallahad HT. about her.
