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t ■"■■ "I Judges Stand By Charles Hatton Play, Wagering Up at Garden State Park Corum Says Swaps Proved The Most Horse Ellsworth Colt Is Typical of the Hyperions. GARDEN STATE PARK, Camden, N. J.. May 10. — The meeting here at antiseptic Garden State Park is nothing less than fantastic, Walter Donovan reporting an an increase increase of of 10 10 per per cent cent in in at- t an an increase increase of of 10 10 per per cent cent in in at- attendance the first seven days, and one of 6 per cent in wagering, with the daily average hovering lucratively around ,000,000. On the upcoming Saturday there is the 0,000 added Jersey Stakes of nine furlongs, which promises one of the widest open "betting races" of the season, with the probables ranging through Simmy, Impromptu, Chuck Thompson, Ambers Ambers Folly, Folly, Grandpa, Grandpa, Sara- ■"■■ "I Ambers Ambers Folly, Folly, Grandpa, Grandpa, Sara- Saratoga, Cup Man, Go Lightly and Mandil. Mori and Donovan naturally are highly gratified with the response of both the public and horsemen to their programs thus far in the meeting, and they have been extremely fortunate in the weather. Per capita play exceeds 00. Summer Tan, the Derby third, is an eligible for the Jersey Stakes, but it is not much expected that he will be a starter, having come out of the Derby with a feverish ankle. This tourist, incidentally, found Garden State Park delightful as ever, with no visible difference between clubhouse and grandstand facilities. The fastidious policing of the grounds is a compunction against dropping cigaret ashes, to say nothing of fragmented mutuel tickets. And we learn that even now Mori and Donovan are busily engaged in pouring concrete for an extension of the grandstand at Hialeah Park, which they obtained equipped with a mediterranean type chateau for a clubhouse. "Serving the public" is their watchword, and judging from the volume of business they are doing it is a sound policy. Owner Dedicated to Western Racing We could not agree more with "Derby Bill" Corum that Swaps won the 81st "Run for the Roses" because he was the most horse, at least as of last week end. The son of Khaled now is back in the Golden State and will add lustre to racing there, having no aspirations of winning the Triple Crown. Ellsworth was asked if he would be interested in making the son of Khaled a supplemental candidate for the Preakness, but he is like Andy Crevolin dedicated to West Coast racing. At the moment it appears that the Derby second, Nashua, will be the one-to-beat for the hilltop classic. He had no excuse in the Downs mile and a quarter and indeed was the only one of the field to offer much resistance to the invader from the West. Meanwhile his slick striding rival Swaps is pointing for the Westerner and the Hollywood Gold Cup. And you may be sure that he will jampack California tracks the remainder of the season. The aging and ailing Aga Khan will be delighted to hear that a son of Khaled won the Derby, for he has an abiding confidence in the Ellsworth stallion and an appreciation of Hyperions influence on bloodstock. Though Swaps is out of a Beau Pere mare, and we saw his great grandam Betty Derr a half sister to Clyde Van Dusen, win Downs stakes, it is perfectly clear to anyone who knows his antecedents that the Derby winner inherited his individuality from Hyperion. He has the same chestnut color, compact conformation and well defined limbs as Lord Derbys celebrated stallion. California in late years has lost a number of first rate sires to Kentucky, among them Alibhai also by Hyperion but it seems safe to say that if and when Swaps is retired to the stud it will be on the West Coast, for there is the base of Ellsworths widespreading bloodstock breeding operations. He will be a popular replacement for Khaled when the time comes, for actually the imported English sire out-bred himself in this instance. Shoemaker Attends McDaniel Funeral Turf ana: Jockey "Wee Willie" Shoemaker planed to California immediately after the Derby, to attend "Red" McDaniels funeral. . . . A. B. Hancock, Jr., who reared him, and Eddie Arcaro, who rode him, could find no excuse for Nashua in the Derby. . . . Lou Pond-field returned to Baltimore, to commute between Pim-lico and ThistleDown. . . . Churchill Downs has vague plans for more seating capacity, building up and back. . . . Bill Corum s mother is going racing at this Louisville meeting. . . . "Mickey" Tenney looked very dapper in a light gray suit, the first we have seen him wear, saddling Swaps the other day. . . . Calumet now has Swaps grandam Iron Maiden. . . . John Hertz leaves tomorrow for Gotham, then the West Coast. . . . There were three showings of the Derby on Louisville TV last week-end. . . . The Downs management estimates that light shower last Saturday cost about 50,000 in handle. . . . Gov. Wetherby created some more Ky. Colonels last week. . . . Track superintendent Tom Young, originally employed as a landscaper, stayed on 44 years. ... A truckload of mint went into juleps at the Downs last week end.
