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On the Trot " I Br MORRIE KURLANSKY 1 Bombers Delight Disappoints Special for Four-Year-Olds? Harmening Leads Keen Rivals MAYWOOD PARK, Maywood, 111., May 4. — Bombers Delight, a brown three-year-, old filly for whom an offer of 8,000, made by A. D. Knapp, owner of Brightside Farms Stable, was rejected last week, disappointed the majority of the crowd on hand Monday when she xmade a break at the start of the featured 20-class pacing stakes and eliminated herself from the race, trailing the field dismally outdistanced. There was no apparent reason for Bombers Delights rank behaviour behind the starting gate other than she may have gotten nervous being surrounded by horses as the 11 starters were lined up in two tiers. Although the race lost some of its glamour through this incident, not to speak of the hard blow dealt the chalk players, who were shut out in five previous races, the event revealed the potential class of Chiefs Star, recent winner at odds of 58 to 1. Youthful Joe Lighthill had the Direct Brewer gelding always within striking distance of the pace-setting Dell Creed and Sherrys Honor and, when ready to make his bid on the final turn, overtook this pair without difficulty and held Ross Abbe safely for a very recommendable j 2:06, which is a new record for this four-year-old. Mentioning that Chiefs Star is a four-year-old brings to mind that there are some other uretty shifty nacers of like age presently competing here, and what could be more of a natural than a special race for this age group. Imagine a field with these starters: Peter Vangundy, John Sitzmann, Chiefs Star, Ross Abbe. Maestro Pick, Roxburgh Carmen, Winifred, Minor Crystal. Assured. Jake Rodney and Dickie , Frost. An event like this, carded for any of the coming week ends, nrobably would outdraw even the perennial free-for-all race with Bhaven, Gay Order, Billy Wasson and Battlfi Prince, this quartet now being very well known to the local public. While we are sure management and the racing department would be only too glad to get a race like the one visualized above together, itll probably take some persuasion for some of the owners to enter their charges for the "four-year-old special." A good purse of lets say ,000 for a double-dash affair might do the trick. In perusing the above list, you came across Roxburgh Carmen, and for the benefit of those who were not present last Monday this Goose Bay filly from Glenn Kidwells hard-hitting barn won in such impressive style that it would be an oversight to omit her from any such field. Making her third start of the season, Roxburgh Carmen had plenty of wallop turning for home to halt Minor Crystals winning streak to win easily by three lengths in 2:07, which seems about par nowadays for a good pacing colt or filly. With a third of the current Fox Valley Trotting Club meeting in the record book, a look at ttie list of leading drivers reveals that competition at a Chicagoland track was never as tough and intense as it is this season. While Mel Harmening still holds the lead with seven victories, six drivers are tied for second with five wins each. They are Glenn Kidwell, who has by far the best percentage with five scores out of seven starts, a second and a fourth, and also won one of the qualification races not counted in the driver standings; Russell Britenfield,. Earl Roush, Lou Meggitt, Clarence Curtis and Gene Riegle. Three drivers are deadlocked in third place with four wins each, while eight have won three races apiece. Heres another one for general manager Max Brock: How about a contest to guess correctly the name of the leading driver at the end of the 44-night meeting? In order to make it even trickier, why not have the fans guess the number of victories to be chalked up by the leading driver, or name the first five reinsmen plus their number of wins? As a grand prize we would suggest a lifetime pass to all Fox Valley Trotting Club meetings. Harmening last week became the father of a boy, the third addition to the popular Iowans family, the first two being girls. ! . . . Wilbur Beattie, who sustained serious ! injuries in a spill here last October, was ! a recent visitor. Although still requiring a cane to walk, Beattie hopes to be on hand with his public stable for the Sportsmans Park meeting. He reports that Little Miss Judy trained excellently during the winter months and will make her bid for best three-year-old pacer in Chicago early next month. . . * Two well-known* stables arrived from New Orleans. . . . Hollis Regur, a Chicagoland regular, wound up as the leading owner-trainer at Magnolia Park, while the E. F. Wagners had their best . representatives in Theodores First and Fox De Luxe. The Regur and Wagner stables will- see action Jiere by the end of the1 week, i ; . r * 1 1 ~ 1
