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JUDGES STAND Sy CHMUS HATT0N% GARDEN STATE PARK* Camden, N. J., May 28. — Gene Moris enormously successful spring meet comes to a climax this holiday week end with the Jersey Stakes on Saturday, the Colonial Handicap on Monday, an upsurge of about four per cent in attendance and play, and per capita wagering wagering of or a a slightly siigntly incredible incredible wagering wagering of or a a slightly siigntly incredible incredible 00. The Jersey has no less a box- office attraction than is Bob Lytles stretch runner, Correlation. And even though he was a tardy favorite in both" the Derby and Preakness, experts in such matters expect he will be an overwhelming choice, having finally escaped the orbits of such- stars as Determine and Hasty Road. Trainer Noble Threewitt observed: "I am not acquainted with some of tfiose horses, but the Jersey looks on paper to be the easiest race Correlation has found in a long while. In any case he has come up to this race entirely satisfactorily." There is a rather disturbing theory in some quarters that a horse wants a race over this track to get the feel of it, but then they have been shuttling back and forth between Maryland and New York all spring and have seemed to win or lose on their merits. * A A Nearly as we can tell there is no very pronounced difference in the texture of the going on any of the Atlantic seaboard courses. Owner Lytle is expected tonight, to be present for the Jersey, and the uncommunicative •Willie Shoemaker arrives Saturday morning to have the mount on the tall bay son of Free America. By the way, his Irish dam, Braydore, now has a yearling filly and a colt foal by Reading II., out in California. Under the terms of the Jersey, Correlation carries 126 and gives Harry Isaacs local stakes winner, I Geegee, eight poundsj most of the others getting in at 111 pounds. It will come Fabulous Garden State Meet Reaches Climax Correlation Entertains in Jersey. Renewal Garden State Park Admirably Landscaped Environments Importance to Sports as one of the major upsets of the spring season if any of these earn penalties at the Wood winners expense. * * * For our part, the most breathtaking view in the world is that of Paris and the Isle de France from the lofty, flagstoned terraces of the Chateau St. Germaine, especially at dusk, when the white, Morracan dome of Sacre Couer seems to float like a mirage in the sky above the gaily lit city. Less romantic, but not bad, as race tracks go, is the perspective right here at Garden State Park. There is a lake, garnished with swans who do their best to make it look idyllic. Everywhere are trees, neatly cropped hedge rows and banks of bright flowers. This latter theme is extended to the disputed territory of the winners enclosure. But mostly we think the thing which distinguishes Garden State Park from the 64 other American tracks is its gracious Colonial architecture., It is almost as if a bit of Mount Vernon were transplanted here. These and other aesthetic flourishes rescue it from being a cold, rather uninviting "plant," of the sort where everything is functionally geared to the "tote," and one has an obscure suspicion there are trapdoors at the cashiers windows. The importance of the sports setting has been cited by no less knowledgeable an authority than the late William Woodward. We do not know how in the name of Flying Childers this might be measured and reducted to a statistic, like the attendance and play. And yet we believe it is a factor contributing to those vital figures. It is fairly well established that many people go fishing or golfingv because they find relaxation and escapism on the water or strolling about a meadow. They do not just like t#rj catch fish or poke at a golf ball, they like the environ- J ment. Perhaps the best illustration that turfgoers are J equally responsive is to be found in the preference sum many have for facing on the grass courses. And in thefl popularity of such delightful parks as Hialeah, Arlington Saratoga and Santa Anita. Hialeah, once described as a M botanical garden with accompanying horse races, indeedflll attracts thousands of tourist annually just to savor tlv A scenery. A AAA Turf ana: Among Ralph Beaver Strassburgers f ou M candidates for the next The Garden State is the colt* Wilkes, who is by Court Martial, and is a half-brother A Worden n. Another interesting nominee is Equivant, whoj is by Alibhai, out of Brownian, and is thus a three-parts flj brother to Determine. . . . Jockey Willie Hartack has afl large and reserved following here. . . . The Regret has! been suggested to Walter Donovan as a name for Garden * States new two-year-old filly stake, but Monmouth and J Hawthorne already have named stakes features for that™ product of the stud in New Jersey. . . . Coming as it does, so near the seasons close, The Garden State might bandmt developed along championship lines. . . . Shouldnt wonde£ if Royal Fan can beat most of those now masquerading J as Oaks fillies, though she was claimed at Bowie. . . "JB That the cross of Roman and Fair Play does not neces-.J sarily come to both speed and stamina is a matter of rec/J ord, as Hasty Roads sire has for years produced sprinter bred to daughters of Man o War It will be interesting to note if the expensive Roman Boat marks an exceptior jl . . . The crowds very obviously enjoy Garden States J sunken paddock, on the lawn before the stand. * A , ; . _ M
