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JUDGES STAND CHAm$ mTTqN PIMLICO, Baltimore, Md., May 10. A new name has been added to those of Man o War, Whirlaway, Citation and others of Pimlicos heroes, painted in large, black letters on the yellow facade of the stand. It is that of Greentrees Straight Face, who only last Saturday won the Dixie. And Morton Weil, calling out attention to it, remarked that it appeared there, almost as if by some strange alchemy, before the sun was up. But then general manager John D. Jackson was never one to waste time. Of course, the stand here now is not only dated, its days are numbered, but we thought Straight Face ran a race deserving this tribute. It is unnecessary to insist he was the class of the field, reflecting that he won a Flamingo, KJC Stakes and Breeders Futurity. Again, he always has given his best performances when he is fresh, and George Poole brought him into the paddock with his coat blooming and every muscle perfectly attuned. But the enthusiastic week-end crowd of 17,492 appeared more impressed by the recent form of Capeador, who was ridden by the artistic Eddie Arcaro, and they backed him into favoritism. They were in agreement with handicap-per Colwill, who had made the Bull Lea gelding top-weight of the acceptances, if only by a single pound. He ran a good, though not good enough, race, finishing third behind Straight Face and Golden Gloves, and was fortunate to save ground making his move. Greentrees rakish bay son of Count Fleet dominated his field completely, every yard of the nine furlongs. Beautifully rated by little Bennie Green, he simply squandered his rivals while spinning over the distance in 1:51. This time was a mere fifth of a second off Chains course record, and Straight Face won with "such verve we had the impression he would surely have broken the mark were there any occasion for it. Straight Face Scintillating in Dixie Black-Eyed Susan Distinguishes Winner Can Fascinator Recover Form in Time? U.S. Purses Influence World Horse Values One often hears it complained contemporary jockeys have not the old-timers sense of pace, but an examination of the fractions in the Dixie is a credit to Green. Straight Face ticked off the quarters in :24,. :48, 1:12, l:382s, and rolled over the last furlong in :12. While the surface was termed "fast," horses were running ,six. furlongs over it in 1:14, and we believe it has been a great deal more conducive to speed. We came away with the impression Straight Face is sharp as ever he is going to be and if he canmaintain his resplendent f ormTheDancer may find him a fast-moving target in the Suburban. Bringing Straight Face to his peak takes a bit of doing, as it has been complicated by untoward things like his soreness in Kentucky at two, his knee injury in the Derby at three, and the further fact he appears something less than the most robust animal in training. AAA Neither Happy Mood nor Riverina was nominated for this week ends 0,000 Black-Eyed Susan, but we take it from accounts of the Acorn, this is no intolerable privation. The field for Belmonts mile CCA oaks trial was not particularly brilliant, except for Maine Chances Fascinator, who could not reproduce her Kentucky Oaks form in the brief space of five days. At some risk of seeming a crashing bore, kibitzing campaign strategies after the fact, this did not much surprise us. For the turf has developed a rare few fillies so constituted they could have brought off a double in the Kentucky Oaks and Acorn in the circumstances. Fascinator is a candidate for the Black-Eyed Susan. One now wonders, however, if she can recover her top form in the short interval of 10 days. Mrs. George D. Wideners Evening Out, ineligible for the Pimlico stake, was the champion of her generation at two, and is referred to as the leader still, until proven otherwise. At the same time we can tell you that her veteran trainer, Bert Mulholland, has never taken Fascinator lightly as a rival for her. A year ago, when Fascinators stablemate, Incidentally, was being glamorous, Mulholland opined that actually the former was the better filly. And she proved quite good enough to race Evening Out to a photo in a stake at Belmonts 53 spring meeting. We have yet this season to see Evening Out, but Fascinator has developed appreciably since her two-year-old form. So we do not know that the Erdenheim filly so far outclasses her. Perhaps the charming War Jeep filly has just been misunderstood. Certainly she has the conformation, the air of quality, and the competitive spirit that distinguish on Oaks filly. We are afraid we dont quite know at the writing if Queen Hopeful is a prospect for the Black-Eyed Susan, but the Kentucky Oaks runner-up could plane in momentarily with her stablemate, Hasty Road. She is, a wonderfully consistent filly. Woodvales Fancy Diver is an interesting proposition, if we judge correctly from the form she showed in Kentucky this spring, though there has been no announcement concerning the future of this string since their owners death. Also Philip Godfreys OAlison, who ran well in the Marguerite over this course, might ccme on from Long Island for this engagement. As you may know, the Black-Eyed Susan is a continuation of the Pimlico Oaks. It is a race that looks well in any potential broodmares performance record. AAA The opulence of .American racing, with individual Continued on Page Forty-Three JUDGES STAND By CHARLES HATTON Continued from Page Fifty-Two stakes worth more than 00,000, and an igenda of upward of 20 00,000 events, is bound to be reflected In new and higher values for market yearlings and an increased number of importations. The up-trending distribution lias, given European bloodstock a potential worth which is out Df all proportion to that which they have In England, Ireland or France. There the distribution is pitifully inadequate, and-it is becoming so that the thoroughbred is an expensive luxury, to be indulged by the diminishing circle of patrons who can afford to own him. It is an unhealthy situation when the winning of wagers at substantial odds becomes nearly imperative in balancing the stable budgets, as it is for many of the owners. More and more breeders and owners across the Atlantic are becoming aware that here is indeed "the land of opportunity" for translating their bloodstock into terms of dollars. And that their dollar .value is, far greater than their potential worth at home. Conversely there is the growing realization here that a yearling of the sort fetching 0,000 at bur auctions may be duplicated for about 0,000 at Goffs, Doncaster or Newmarket. This tends to increase the traffic in horseflesh. And it seems to us a good thing, reflecting upon the form here of such as Turn-to, Royal Serenade, Noor and so many others secured abroad in recent seasons. England has sometimes been criticized as stagnant in its pursuance of a program of racing unchanged in centuries. But we think that Americans should be glad Britons are so unalterably opposed to deviating from the old standards. The worth of the form there has been emphasized by the improvement shown by Royal Vale, Royal Serenade, Noor and others in competition in America, and by the results of the Internationals. There is much good for racing and the stud in our country to be gained by the discrepancies in the potential worth of horses here and in Europe. A. A. A Turf ana: White Skies has developed physically in a way to remind "Pat" Par-rell of Osmand. . . . Most owners doubtless breathed relieved sighs when Determine returned to California, but Harry Parr is quoted as saying, disappointedly, "We do not ieel Staffordshire is a- super horse, or that he cannot be beaten, but we would haVe liked to have tried Determine." . . . Pimlico now has a scale which prints records of jockeys weights . . . Harold Simmons, who is conditioning Correlation in Noble Threewitts absence, introduced that trainer to racing. A native Ulinoisan, Threewitt was a clever rider on the halfers in the middle-30s. . . . Willie Shoemaker flies liere to ride the Lytle colt if he is a Preakness starter. . . . Staffordshire was bred in Virginia, foaled in Maryland. . . . Pimlico this spring is competing with a major league ball club, one of no great promise, but which, nevertheless, has the undivided attention of many Baltimoreans . . . Canadas crack King Maple is to invade the States later in the season.
