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JUDGES STAND By CHARLES HATT0N GARDEN STATE PARK, Camden, N. J., May 29. — Tracks in this area are planning some special diversion for turfgoers on the holiday, Gene Mori offering the Colonial Handicap for fillies and mares and Don Ross picture postcard course, Delaware Park, a renewal of its Brandywine Handicap. The Colonial has the popular Sunshine Nell, the outsize Dixie Flyer, and the Betsy Ross winner On Your Own, a sister to the brilliant Assault who seems to take this relationship seriously. The Brandywine has Cold Command, a little horse who can be difficult under a little weight, and the storied Royal Governor. We are looking forward to seeing this old favorites performance. Repeated efforts have been made by the veterans kind owner to convince him that now that he is 10 he should be content to settle down with an apple in dignified retirement. But each morning he gets up and has a dozen two minute eggs and wants to be off to the races. Last week end he amazed even trainer Jim Ryan, which takes some doing, by winning a mile and three furlongs turf course event at Belmont Park. There is a story the Celt did not realize how far this race was when he filed Royal Governors entry, and was resigned to seeing him beaten when it was called to his attention. AAA But "The Gov." came through with flying colors, cutting the corners and beating Turgueneff, who is only half his age, by the margin of his long thin neck. Conceded his adversary 11 pounds as well. This assured Mrs. Thourons gelding a large and not altogether sentimental following in the Brandywine, which lie won as a five- -year-old in 1949 when he established the race record of v- 1:42%. Up to now the angular chestnut has compiled ■ • Fine Holiday Programs in Philly Area Royal Governor Seeks Second Brandywine Seasons Two-Year-Old Fillies Lively Lot First U.S. Nasrullahs Show Stakes Class earnings of 54,625, and even in the midst of racings present opulence this is nice going for a horse sired, by a teaser and foaled by a mare whose original owner did not consider worth the ieed bills. Memorial Day for several years now has been marked by track attendances ranging into astrological figures, authenticating that racing has become Americas number one spectator sport. With two such interesting features as the Colonial here and the Brandywine down at Delaware Park it seems unlikely the conflict is going to very noticeable at either point, and with any luck in the weather both should have banner crowds. * AAA The season seems to this properly impressed observer to be graced by a particularly gay lot of two-year-old fillies, and we. look forward to some keen sport in the summer stakes for them. Of course it would be premature to now attempt any definitive rating in the division. It is even possible the smartest of the generation has yet to make her acquaintance with competition. But the Dickey Stables Rancocas winner, Menolene, has a lot of dash, Calibornes Courtesy is a highly contentious little item, and Mrs. Grahams Fantine Busher is surely a first flighter. Filly stakes at this time of year frequently draw unwieldy f ields, so that post positions become a consideration of more than usual importance. For example it would have taken a genuine standout to have won the local stake breaking from Smart Devils and Fantine Bushers positions, far out in the course. Also the large fields are conducive to crowding and Red Letter Day seemed in close quarters momentarily here, so we shall not be at all surprised if she proves more formidable in her next engagement. An aspect of the seasons two-year-old filly racing of interest to breeders is that Nasrullah appeals to have sired at least three of stakes calibre in his first American crop. These are Courtesy, her stable-mate Delta and Mrs. Wallace Gilroys Queen Nasra. Before his importation, the son of Nearco got an Epsom Oaks winner in Musidora and a crack two-year-old of the sex in Belle Of All, thus the emergence of these fillies is in accordance with his stud record in Ireland. There is a tendency among some of the Cailborne staff to prefer Delta to Courtesy, and the. National Stallion second is the taller filly Courtesy strikes us as the more stoutly bred proposition however, for she is out of a daughter of Hyperion, whose blood runs like a thread of gold through the warp and woof of world bloodstock breeding. The other is out of a mare by Stimulus, an agent of sheer speed and precocity. Since each now lias been placed in a stake, A. B. Hancock, Jr., may be glad he owns both. Queen Nasra is out of Bayborough, another of the daughters of Stimulus. One would never guess this relationship however, for she is cast in the elegant mould of the classicist and looks very British, rather than the sort for these five furlong dashes. Now palpably unfurnished, one has the impression that she may be a more valuable piece of property at three. AAA Turf ana: The TRBP has a brochure explaining its f unctions... John Galbreath is racing an aptly named five-year-old stallion, Agitator II., by Nearco out of Continued on Page Fifteen JUDGES STAND By CHARLES HATTON Continued from Page Fifty-Six Sedition, at this point. . .Arctic Wind may have won an invitation to the next Laurel International in capturing the Irish ■ Guineas. . .Four Morgans tracing to Andrew Jacksons Tenn. stud carted the associate stewards to their stations Saturday. . . Native Dancer might wear better racing on the turf. . .The new grilled iron decor in the clubhouse is much admired. . .Determine rivals Black Gold and Clyde Van Dusen for the dubious distinction of being the smallest Derby winner. . .Cain Hoy has seven candidates for the next Garden State, including Magic Morn, a son of Nasrullah and Good Morning Guggenheim seems to like especially. Calumet Farm made nine eligible. . .The French Goya II. sired a clever sprinter in the filly Stepper Upper. . . The stand here has five levels, perhaps the highest pressbox in the country and, happily, an elevator. . .Howard Reineman was * a recent visitor. . .Johnny Madala, formerly of the FBI, is safety director at this course, . .Pimlicos publicity offices will be transferred from the administration building to the stand in the process of the remodeling now in progress. . .Garden States thumping success is in spite of some most unfair weather. ..John Barry Ryan was out to see Slippy run the other day. . . Louie Haggin and A. B. Hancock Jr. came up from Kentucky for the Rancocas. . .It is a near thing between Sammy Boulmetis and Willie Hartack for riding honors at the meeting.
