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r , J Weighing In By E van Shipman Florida-Trained Colt Sharp in Local Starts Getthere Jack Likely Prospect for Saratoga Mickey Walsh Fayors Big Delaware Obstacles AQUEDUCT, L. I., N. Y., June .16. Florida form is not usually taken very seriously where two-year-olds are concerned, the early dashes there for this division ap r , pearing pearmg to to prove prove little little more more than man i pearing pearmg to to prove prove little little more more than man i that a colt or filly is quick and precocious. Every once in a while, however, a two-year-old who first reached the limelight down there ships north and continues winning in stake company, thus indicating that the trainer may have had a better prospect in the barn than he had suspected. George D. Wideners splendid little colt, Battlefield, was a case in point, while while this this season season both both the the so-far so-far J while while this this season season both both the the so-far so-far unbeaten Pollys Jet and that Polynesian colts toughest rival, Getthere Jack, made their first starts at the winter tracks. In Belmonts important Juvenile Stakes, Pollys Jet nosed out the Lily-Ann Stables Getthere Jack in as tight a finish as you could wish to see, there being plenty ,of credit for both at the end of five furlongs in :56 down the Widener chute. Yesterday, with no Pollys Jet in the field to bother him, Lily-Anns gelded bay son of Bimelech By Sea, by Pompey, led from end to end of a five and a half furlongs dash, caught the distance in 1:05 and never threatened at any stage of thetrip. Getthere Jack has stake engagements, both here at Aqueduct and, later, at Saratoga. Coaltbwn Colt Not a Top Prospect i Although eight others opposed the successful Get-there Jack yesterday, he was the overwhelming choice of the crowd, going off at odds-on and completely jus- tifying this confidence. The only others who received any consideration at all were Isidore Biebers Will of Allah, game winner of his last start at Belmont, and C. U. Bays handsome Coaltown colt, Viking Victory, from whom Will of Allah had snatched the decision in their last, getting up in the final jump. Now yesterday there was never any question of catching Getthere Jack, but thistime Will of Allah defeated Viking Victory beyond the shadow of a doubt, outgaming the Coaltown colt in the long Aqueduct stretch to finish a handy second, while Viking Victory faded badly after racing in the winners wake until the furlong pole. Despite his agreeable conformation, and his resemblance to his sire, Viking Victory will hardly do in top comparis. When the steeplechase trainers by majority vote de- , . cided against Delaware Parks .redoubtable "outside course" as a locale for that associations twin features, the Georgetown and the Indian River, Mickey Walsh was one of the minority. This successful horseman, who numbers a quantity of good flat runners in his barn as well as some of our top hurdle and chasing horses, is nothing if not versatile, and he firmly believes that imposing obstacles, such as are encountered at Delaware, have their place in this branch of the sport, as well as the more "flowing" courses with which we are familiar here at Aqueduct, at Belmont Park and at Saratoga. Walsh told us that even if for a "year or two the field in the Georgetown and Indian River should be of hunt meeting, rather than" "major track" quality, he favored holding on to those stakes as we have known them in the past. Walsh added, however that some of our best fencers, who are occasionally careless over smaller obstacles, mind their manners at Delaware, clearing the big obstacles with more style than they show at tracks where they can afford to take liberties. Jabneh Regarded as Dark One It was bad luck for jockey Hedley Woodhouse and for Mrs. Eugenia Bankhead, who has just purchased what was to be Woodhouses Belmont Stakes mount, the Bimelech colt, Jabneh, when that accomplished rider tumbled heavily in an earlier race and was unable to take part in last Saturdays feature. No factor in the race, Jabneh Wound up fourth, beaten some 20 lengths by Nashua. Previously, this colt had looked very good indeed against modest opposition, and some of us even suspected that trainer George Odom, who developed the colt for his breeder, Laudy Lawrence, might be sheltering a "sleeper" in his barn., After watching him attempt the classic mile and a half distance, and matched against a colt of Nashuas class, the verdict must be that Jabneh is only an ordinary three-yeairold. In front of the saddle, his conformation is pleasing enough, dimly recalling that of his lovely dam, the Beau Pere mare, Bellesoeur, but the "wobbly" action behind as seen on the walking ring is hardly reassuring. Now programmed as Saturdays fifth event at Roosevelt Raceway, instead of featuring Friday nights card as previously announced in this space, the Adios Harry Adios Boy match will not draw any larger crowd than it would have attracted at the earlier date. Saturday, however, does allow the association a greater interval between tonights American Championship Trot, a traditional feature, and this novel match, time that we are sure Nick Grande and his associates in Roosevelts publicity department will employ to good purpose. In all our experience, we cannot recall two young pacers gifted with similar intense speed, it being perfectly clear that Adios Harry and his rival could race below two minutes at their every start were they campaigned over mile tracks. As it is, and over Roosevelts glib minor oval, we expect them to show a mile within the "charmed circle" at their encounter this week end,
