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JUDGES STAND Sy CHARIJSHATT°» GARDEN STATE PARK, Camden, N. J., May 24. — It is always a pleasure to go racing at this sumptuous, impeccably clean course in sylvan South Jersey, and on our arrival a few moments ago we found that the amenities for the public have been improved just since last fall. There is an an extension extension of of the the grandstand, grandstand, plush plush an an extension extension of of the the grandstand, grandstand, plush plush new decor in the club dining room and a cozy guests lounge. Next fall the entire stand will be heated. But before turning our more or less undivided attention to the sport here, a word about last week-ends Preakness. Few have been more rewarding from a spectators point of view and one imagines it will be quite a while before those who saw it forget the desperate struggle between Hasty Road and Correlation over the final furlong. It was excitingly like the finish in the Derby Trial, Allie Reubens colt finding that little extra to "hang" Correlation in the last yards. This observer has never thought that Hasty Road really cares to go much beyond a mile. He seems to waver momentarily at that point, and thereafter to be running on his nerve, as horsemen say. AAA Most horses like the first eight furlongs the best, and it is this unfailing courage of Hasty Roads which makes him formidable at middle distances, particularly when the early pace is moderate. It was just casual enough Saturday; the Roman colt was able to run the final sixteenth at approximately the rate of the first, and Noble Three-witt and Harold Simmons, offering no apologies for Correlation, believe that won for him. "I thought Correlation ran well," Threewitt observed, "but the difference was that the first mile of the Prep was run in 1 :37% and that of the Preakness in 1:38%, over pretty much the same sort of race track." Correlations people had entertained Analytical View of Preakness Renewal Hasty Road Benefited by Adams Rating John Jackson on Toeless Racing Plates Grass Racings Advantage to Players some notion Jet Action could prompt a sizzling pace, •thus giving the Lytle colt an assist, but he was not keen enough* to make Adams pull out the stops. And we believe that if Bushef s son had been very aggressive, the astute Adams would have taken back anyhow, so that the result may have been the same in either case. The Preakness winner is not specifically a front runner, you know. On the contrary, some of his most impressive races found him comings from behind, though he has been "waiting in front" this spring, at an economy of ground and avoidance of possible trouble back in the ruck. AAA We understand Hasty Road is going to Belmont Park, but are not prepared to say if he will be a Belmont Stakes starter, though owner Reuben fancies he will stay a mile and a half. His ankles have been suspect and at Belmont he will have access to treatment to keep him "racing sound." Needless to say he is by common consent the noblest Roman of them all. And his success in the Preakness is at once well deserved and adds a fillip of interest in his future, which is largely concerned with Arlington and Washington. Correlation, coming here for Saturdays Jersey Stakes, seems a nearly impossible "lugger inner," despite corrective equipment, firing for a minor splint and Shoemakers best efforts, here js a theory that he might have been a punctual favorite Saturday except for Shoemakers preoccupation with keeping him straight, but then it was our view he had the Calif ornian in high gear coming to Hasty Road. The colt was doing his best, and was beaten honorably. As for Hasseyampas misfortune, he would likely have been closer, but after all he was in position of being in trouble because he wasnt outrunning Correlation. AAA John D. Jackson, who general manages Pimlico so ably, has some interesting observations on the subject of racing plates as they affect turf courses. He prefers, like Santa Anitas "Doc" Strub, that horses competing over grass surfaces run in plates that are sans toes. "If one examines the impressions horses hooves make on the turf, it will be found that they do not contact the ground flat footed, nor on their heels," he remarked. "The imprint is of the toe, penetrating the sod at an angle, and to a greater depth than you might imagine. It is as if a chisel were driven into the ground. When the plates have toes there is a divot torn from the tracks surface as the hoof is withdrawn. This inclines me to think that toes handicap rather then help a horse running on the grass. As a matter of fact, I am not sure they are so advantageous as many suppose to a horse racing in the sand. Ray Bell seems to me to have a point in saying that a horse equipped with toes has an added strain on his underpinning when he strikes a hard ridge in the track. Of course, these ridges can be removed with California harrows, but I suppose they occur frequently. I expect the play on turf races at Pimlico will increase along with the greater emphasis on this phase of the sport and the establishment of the form. Actually racing on the grass has an advantage to the player over competition on the main tracks. The going on the turf varies far less than it does on sand surfaces, so that the factor of track con- . ditions need not concern form students as it does handicapping the average race." Jackson added that he feels it Continued on Page Forty-Nine I JUDGES STAND By CHARLES HATTON Continued from Page Fifty-Two j is a mistake to have a turf course and not develop the sport in this context beyond the novelty stage, for in that case players will continue to be hesitant about supporting them in the "tote." As we have previously observed, Chicagoans will wager appreciably more on a turf event than they will when the same field meets on the main track. There was never anything tentative about their acceptance and approval of these colorful contests. Their enthusiasm was apparent from the outset, not unlike that of Atlantic City patrons. This observer for one believes with Ben Lindheimer that the day is coming when turf course competition in this country will assume a magnitude comparable to that on the skinned tracks. AAA Turfana: Royal Fan, a striking looking three-year-old daughter of Royal Gem n. and Pitcher, by Shut Out, is by no. means the worst looking filly Duval Headley has bred. Not long ago she was a creditable second to For Free, who ran in the Preakness, more recently drying out the sloppy Pimlico surface with six furlongs in 1:11%. . . . That Marylands comparatively low 10 per cent take enhances the sports appeal for players was shown at Laurel, which attracted a daily average of 500 New Yorkers. . . . Tink Veale of Cleveland has a very superior mud runner in Galcibo, who won the Dinner Purse and is by the obscure China Bull. After defeating his field by eight emphatic lengths, he wanted to roll in the going en route to the stables. . . . Native Dancer is no such astonishing post horse as Tom Fool, but films show that usually he is first to break. . . . Delaware Park now has a splendiferous track kitchen. . . . Garden States success in the land of Quakers, curfews and folding sidewalks is a constant source of amazement to us and envy to most of Gene Moris contemporaries. . . . The hedge serving as the inner boundary of Pimlicos turf course is kept thin enough not to trip a horse crowded into it. . . . John Schapiro was impressed with Oises winning performance in the recent Milan Gold Cup. Also in the attendance was Jorge dAtucha, who once owned Endeavour n. . . . Max Glucks mare, Fair Clarissa, now at Newmarket, has one of the first foals by Sir Winston Churchills gray Colonist n. The mare doubtless will be imported to Elmendorf. . . . Two years ago, Paddy Prendergast selected, at the Dublin yearling sales, a filly for export to Mexico, where she would race for his good friend, Senor Carlos Gomez. Named Orizabat she has won her last five races, including the Mexican Oaks.
