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* fflrF* " - *■ tmw ammtm Maryland By Joe Hirsch Cubed Ice Eye-Catching Two-Year-Old Turns Back Good Field With Authority Kin of Epsom Derby Hero Arctic Prince PIMLICO, Md., May 12.— Frank Gall saddled an eye-catching two-year-old for Justin Funkhouser yesterday who ran as good as she looks. Cubed Ice, a daughter of Arctic Prince, from the French dam Real, she by Va-tellor, was bet down to 4-5 by turf -wise Baltimoreans and scampered to a four-length victory in front of a decent field. It was Cubed Ices first score in seven starts, but she has been second four times, including outings in Gulfstream Parks Singing Tower Stakes and the Bowie Breeders Stakes. Funkhouser bought the dam dam from from the the Aga Aga Khan Khan sale sale at at dam dam from from the the Aga Aga Khan Khan sale sale at at tmw " ammtm *■ Keeneland in 1952, Real carrying this foal at the time, at a price reportedly in the neighborhood of 0,000. She was a stakes winner of some repute in France and her sire is a rather noted Gaelic stud. Arctic Prince, of course, won the Epsom Derby in 1951. Placed in stud shortly after, Cubed Ice is from his first crop. Gall, a veteran horseman who is also general manager of Funkhousers Pioneer Point Farm in Centre-ville, Md., is high on this miss and she is nominated for the 0,000 Rancocas Stakes at Garden State on May 25. Should she do well in New Jersey, she will also have many other opportunities as she is liberally staked in eastern juvenile distaff events throughout the summer. Incidentally, she was ridden yesterday by Phil Grimm, a 21-year-old Smithtown, Pa., apprentice, who is now with Gall. Frank leased his contract from Bob Lundmark and thinks hell make a fine rider. He says the boy has a good seat on a horse and is smart enough to learn quickly and profit by his mistakes. Grimm broke his maiden at Charles Town this spring, and impressed West Virginia racegoers with his ability. He had a double here yesterday and is definitely a promising "bug" boy. Charles Town Construction Near Completion Leeds Riely was a visitor from Charles Town and reports that another phase of the continuous construction program at that neat little course is near completion. He was referring to a three-story edifice that has been going up immediately behind the grandstand, which will house, among other things, new jockeys quarters and another bank of mutuel windows. This last is for the comfort and convenience of grandstand patrons. A passageway will extend from the last row in the grandstand to the new wagering area, which means that patrons no longer must make the trek down to the floor level wickets to place a bet. The jocks room will include the latest in equipment and, according to Riely, will be thoroughly tiled throughout. Buth Riely and Charles Towns president, A. J. Boyle, are construction men and do all their own building, which, of course, means a sizable saving to the association. Because of this, they have been able to keep adding to the facilities of the track, which, for its size, rivals many of the best plants in the East. Nor are the improvements limited to the front side. The pair have built a number of cinder block barns in the stable area, and plan to continue replacing the wooden barns year by year until the entire program is complete. Riely noted that Charles Towns spring meeting went over qiute well, despite several days of conflict with Bowie. The plant averaged in excess of 15,000 daily, several Saturday handles going over the 00,000 mark, a tribute to the remarkable drawing power of the small but well situated course near the Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia state lines. Charles Towns summer meeting opens July 1, runs through August 20 and as of this moment may conflict with Marylands half-milers. However, there is some talk of a rearrangement of dates in the interests of good business. The fall session, too, running from November 23 to December 17, will overlap a bit with Pimlicos meeting. The eastern racing calendar is expanding in both directions and it may eventually mean year-round sport as they have in California. Yet, despite the expanding schedule, it seems that an equitable arrangement of non-confliction involving Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware and West Virginia is nowhere in sight. DuPont to Judge Yearling Show Around the Track: William duPont, Jr., master of Foxcatcher Farms, will judge the annual yearling show held on the grounds here next Wednesday. . . . Bobby Goldman dropped in tihs morning in the interests of the "Suffolk 21" and the entire festival of racing that Judge John Pappas is staging at the East Boston course. Goldman will leave for New York tonight. . . . Jimmy Hechter reports that Walter Crismers Elber-whirl, winner of the Baltimore Spring Handicap on opening day, has broken down. Examinations are under way to determine if the injury is a bowed tendon or a broken sesamoid bone. . . . Al Fahey notes from Wilmington that Charley McLennan likes Regret as his top selection in Delaware Parks poll of the best fillies and mares in American racing history. Pimlicos director of racing lists as his other choices: 2, Artful; 3, Firenze; 4, Imp; 5, Miss Woodford; 6, Princess Doreen; 7, Pan Zareta; 8, Top Flight; 9, Anita Peabody, 10, Gallorette. . . . Gene Weymouth checked in from the farm and says that his Our Emblem is coming along well with his training and may start here in the near future. . . . Jack Loome, who has been ill this spring, is recuperating and on the job onee again. I i ■ ! i r c - •• « f ri ■ lii-i .••■* ; i»i
