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■ . ii. JHuiiJM Reflections By Nelson Dunstan ■ Nashua and Swaps Race on Week End Derby Winner Meets Elders on Coast Determine to Carry 126; Swaps, 115 NEW YORK, N. Y., June 7.— Nashua and Swaps will be starters on the week end, but with 3,000 miles between them. Nashua will go to the post in the Belmont ■ . ii. Stakes Stakes and and we we can can see see very very little little Stakes Stakes and and we we can can see see very very little little serious opposition for him. Swaps will be under colors in the 00,-000 Californian at Hollywood Park and he has a job cut out for him. It will be the first time that he will meet older horses and one who will line up against him is Determine, winner of the Kentucky Derby in 1954. Deter- " mine is asked to carry 126 pounds, while Swaps will get in with 115. .At •At the the Preakness, Preakness, George George Hum- JHuiiJM .At •At the the Preakness, Preakness, George George Hum- Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury, said to this writer: "If Swaps and Nashua meet again, then can count me in regardless of where the race is run." We could only answer that there are 100,000 others who would want to see the race that would bring these two together again. While the Belmont looks easy for Nashua, the Californian appears to be a crucial test for Swaps and Rex Ellsworth is to be commended for sending his colt against older rivals at this time of year. Canadian Fans Await Queens Plate Canadian racing fans are all "het up" about the - Queens Plate, which is to be run on Saturday. We were in Toronto last week end and cannot recall when there were so many different opinions as to the winner of Canadas leading horse race. Senator Jim, who is owned by Jack Stafford, Sr., won a division of the second Plate Trial at Woodbine last Friday and when we left for New York he had been established as favorite for the "big one." The Stafford colt in his previous start had finished a close second to Ace Marine in a division of the six-furlong Plate Trial, decided on May 25. Several Canadians have tried to buy Senator Jim, but it is doubtful whether Stafford would take 0,000 for the horse, who is conceded a royal chance in the classic. Ace Marine is a close second and there are others who must be given consideration in this race. ✓In the paddock, Senator Jim, a son of Bunty- Lawless, who is a Queens Plate winner and one of Canadas leading sires, was very impressive. He defeated Fairator so easily in,the mile and 70 yards event that it is easy to foresee-why he should be the favorite for the Canadian classic. This writer is frank in saying he does not know enough about the other horses to make any further comment, but we do know that a Canadian is just as anxious to win this stake as an American is to win the Kentucky, Preakness or Belmont. Three Dot Shorts: Eddie Arcaro and Earl Sande won five renewals of the Belmont Stakes and Arcaro has a fine opportunity to tie with Jimmy McLaughlin, who rode six in the seven years, from 1882 to 1888. . . . "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons has won five Belmonts and will probably make it six wiith Nashua, but that will not be a new record as Jimmy Rowe saddled eight winners in the early days of the century. . . . Andy Schut-tinger has sold his Stromboli Farm in New Jersey, once the home of Sam Hildreth. . . . Dutch and Glenn Ellis are now making their Dhu Varren Farm at Far Hills one of the breeding showplaces of the Garden State. . . . Duval Headley has a half-brother to Pollys Jet at his Manchester Farm in Kentucky, but the newcomer is a bottle babe as his dam, Marys Dell, died after foaling him E. P. Taylor, who is being called "Canadas Mister Racing," will soon visit England for an audience with Queen Elizabeth. . . . Wine List is back in training as he is a shy breeder. ... A recent survey shows that there are 98 thorcjghbred farms in the Blue Grass region of Kentucky and they embrace more than 82-000 acres, with 237 stallions and over 2,750 mares on them. . . . Queens Own, Canadian Horse of the Year in 1954, has a bowed tendon and will be rested for the entire year with the hope that he can return to racing in 1956. Clean Sweep by Nasrullah Offspring Nasrullah performed something of a feat when he sired the one-two-three horses in the Ashland Stakes. . . . Jumping fans should obtain a copy of "Steeple --chasing in America," edited by Chris Wood, Jr. . . . Ambiorix was slow to start, but his yearlings will be in high demand this year, for besides High Voltage, 40 per cent of his winners have won or placed in stakes. . . . Henry H. Knights Almahurst Farm will send an impressive group of 43 yearlings to the Saratoga sales and half the dams were either stake winners or have produced stakes winners. ... A full sister to the ill-fated White Skies was recently sold in Kentucky for a reported price of 0,000, the buyer being Robert Cuda-hy. . . . Calumet Farm has 32 foals of 1955, including three in California. One colt is by Tom Fool, out of the good stakes winner. Two Lea, by Bull Lea. . . . Canada has 150 stallions standing in six provinces, Ontario being the leader with 63. . . . B. A. Tompkins, first president of the Greater New York Racing Association, is a Yale graduate, class of 1915. . . . There will be many rich events in July, for besides the 10,000 Delaware Handicap on July 2, four other 00,000 races are scheduled, as well as one at 5,000, and 10 at 0,000. . . . Belmont Park is ahead of the 1954 totals In attendance and mutuel play.
