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JUDGES STAND By CHARLES HATTON CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky May 1 The eightieth Kentucky Oaks was a beautiful race and re ¬ sulted in an unanticipated success for Mrs Elizabeth Grahams curvaceous filly Fascinator This generously marked bay daughter of War Jeep had won the Columbiana back at Hialeah and was a stakes winner at two but had been debited with several dull performances Trainer Eddie Neloy had her in splendid condition for the Derby eves mile and a sixteenth however and she advantaged further from an artful ride at the hands of jockey Tony DeSpirito Jen jay and Queen Hopeful at ¬ tempted to outrun her going to the clubhouse turn and hadnt quite enough dash Johnny Adams took a wrap on the favored Hasty House filly but Bailey on Jenjay seemed inclined to make an issue of setting the pace and DeSpirito allowed him to move to the front rather than make excessive use of his filly in the early phases of the race Entering the stretch as Adams moved with Queen Hopeful DeSpirito called on Fascinator who regained the lead and withstood the resolute Roman filly in the final drive For the most part DeSpirito has confined his talent to cheap horses but in the Oaks this youngster impressed us as a topnotch money rider If Fascinator can continue in her present high form she may prove an interesting rival for Evening Out or whoever the other filly stakes bring out during the season War Jeep has sired a number of fast horses but this filly who is out of the Bull Dog mare Miracle Sister is his first classic winner as we recall Her race here lends an added element of interest to the Coaching Club and Delaware versions of the Oaks OaksA A A A AThe The Preakness is decided over a course and a route a mile and three sixteenths which some of those who Fascinator Shows Class in Kentucky Oaks Preakness Surface Differs From Derbys Pimlico Places More Emphasis on Speed Darius Adds to Fame of Phalaris Line appeared in the Derby may prefer Pimlicos is not unlike many another eastern surface in that it has more sand than loam apparently whereas the Downs course has a heavy mixture of clay which is conducive to lively times in normal conditions but can become very enervating when muddy Also the form students might well bear in mind that the Preakness is a sixteenth of a mile shorter than the Derby and the conformation of the course presents a shorter homestretch This tends to place a trifle more empahsis upon the importance of sheer dash and cleverness somewhat less on the stamina to stay the accepted classic distances It is of Course more remarkable when the Derby winner accounts also for the Preakness than otherwise But the notion here is that there may be a greater incidence of Triple Crown heroes in the years to come now that the candidates are afforded more time between these engagements This affords colts who are delicate doers or uncomfortable shippers or come out of the Derby slightly fragmented a better chance of running at the top of their form at Pimlico and later at Belmont Park ParkA A A A AThe The importance of the Phalaris male line was stressed once again at Newmarket the other day when Darius took the 2000 Guineas first of the ancient English classics Sir Percy Loraines colt is a son of the blind Dante who is in turn by the great sire Nearco Darius is a big bodied colt and proved one of Englands nippiest twoyearolds last season There has been some question if he is quite so genuine as he might be recalling that his dam some ¬ times turned it up But he ran on heartily enough over the desperate mile at Newmarket which is English rac ¬ ings headquarters Dante was not so immediately successful in the stud as his brilliant racing record seemed to indicate he would be but in the last couple of years he has sent up several performers of the top notch These include the Aga Khans filly Diableretta And he is repre ¬ sented among English threeyearolds this year by the Queens temperamental Landau who stopped in the Guineas nevertheless has a great deal of backing for the Epsom Derby It is possible he will appreciate the sea ¬ soning of the Guineas and Sir Gordon Richards has an high opinion of him It is interesting that the Guineas third Poona is coming shortly to the United States He has speed and is a son of Tudor Minstrel a most accom ¬ plished miler of a few years ago And as you may know Tudor Minstrel is by Owen Tudor who is in turn by Hyperion Owen Tudor was something of an in and outer nevertheless won the Derby Among the stoutest stayers in Ireland is his daughter Excelsa ExcelsaA A A ATurf Turf ana Ev Clay notes that last Monday when Hia ¬ leah opened as a public park there were 4500 sightseers present 1034 cars in the parking areas There are many superstitions in racing The other day Noble Threewitt learned Correlation was occupying the stall Native Dancer had here a year ago promptly changed his accommoda ¬ tions He rather than the horse was stall walking Somewhat similarly Allie Reubens wears the neckties for which his horses seem to run most successfully One OneContinued Continued on Page FortySeven JUDGES STAND STANDBy By CHARLES HATTON Continued from Page FiftyTwo FiftyTwohears hears many complimentary things of Ogden Phipps address before the KTBA here Louisville this past week has been one huge traffic jam Fishermans g r a n d a m Prudery ran third to Behave Yourself in the 21 Derby nosing out her then un ¬ beaten stablemate Tryster At stud Prudery became the dam of the Derby winner Whiskery The Louisville sire Royal Gem H has been admired by scores of visitors to Warner Jones Hermitage here this week
