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Jri -™_ New Jersey By Teddy Cox Colonial Cap Next for Speedy Venomous Filly Displays Tremendous Burst in Prep Jones Brings Princess Turia Back Slowly GARDEN STATE PARK, Camden, N. J., May 13.— "The Pride of the Yankees is in the limelight these days, and it has nothing to do with the New York baseball club. Instead, the figure holding the center of the stage is a New England-bred filly who impresses this observer as the fastest member of her sex on the American continent. She is B. A. Darios Venomous, four-year-old daughter of Mel Hash — Spiteful Sue, by Heather Broom. Her next engagement will be in the 5,000 added Colonial Handicap over this c6urse on Thursday, May 30, and unless unless handicapper handicapper Mathias Mathias C. C. -™_ unless unless handicapper handicapper Mathias Mathias C. C. "Ty" Shea packs too much weight on her sturdy, ironlike frame, she bids fair to further establish herself in her goal of being the queen of the 1957 femme sprinters. Her half-sister, Blitzen Dandy, by Bull Dandy, is also aiming highly in the two-year-old division and she is also a member of the Bill La Rue-trained Dario organization. During a rather lengthy stay at Lincoln Downs, horsemen there told us of Venomous phenomenal speed. They said she could outrun any living thoroughbred for a half a mile and that only the best could beat her up to six furlongs. Consequently, when she made her seasonal bow at Laurel she attracted a great deal of attention from the writer who was fortunate enough to be on hand. Her race was good enough, but there was nothing sensational about it. She was never pressed while taking an early lead and galloping the remainder of the distance for a facile triumph. In her Garden State debut, however, she was brilliant and what impressed the most was the fact that no effort was made to utilize her vaunted early foot. Instead, she was taken from off the pace for the first time in her career, even though she was never far away from the lead. Evidence of La Rues Horsemanship When the clever apprentice, Howard Grant, gave her the word in the stretch, however, she bounded away with a tremendous burst that was electrifying. The 1:10 for the six furlongs was the fastest of the meeting and she returned to the unsaddling enclosure without taking a deep breath. La Rue has done a marvelous job in bringing her back to the races, after she had been subjected to the firing irons for osselets during the winter months. The operation was successful, but Venomous still isnt totally sound, .so far as her overall health is concerned. She suffers somewhat from sinus trouble and her able groom, Johnny Semacko, who has been with her since she came to the races, keeps a watchful eye on the weather. Whenever it becomes cold or damp, Johnny keeps her neck and throat covered with wool and he ministers medication to keep her nostrils open. He believes she races best only when the air is warm and clear. Princess Turia, winner of the Kentucky Oaks, Acorn Stakes, Black-Eyed Susan Stakes and the Cleopatra Handicap last season, was among those vanquished by Venomous blinding speed. However, it might be well not to discount the Calumet four-year-old, for she came to the paddock with all four legs wrapped in running bandages, which was an indication that Mayor Jimmy Jones is being somewhat careful as he prepares her for her more important future engagements. While she finished a steady-going third, this most certainly was not her best race. Another New Englander, Hello Mom employed the same race as her Colonial prep. She forged to the front -at one point between calls, but found Venomous lethal thrust too much. Monmouth Executives Among Visitors Jersey Jottings . . . Bayard Sharp entertained a party in the clubhouse. . . . The" Monmouth moguls were on hand in force, being headed by the top man, Amory L. Haskell, and Eddie Brennan and Phil Iselin. Brennan says two new entrances and a new parking area have been constructed in back of the grandstand. . . . Bob Killen, who now serves as William Hal Bishops aide de camp, was formerly a valued member of the Milton Resseguet organization. Like Bishop, he is a hard, untiring worker, and a thorough horseman. . . . Gordon Coogan, who owns the property on which the Polo Grounds is built in New York, and who is a director in the Freehold Harness track, is a daily visitor. . . . Jack L. McKnight is girding for the 5,000 added Cherry Hill Stakes with his worlds record holder, Bolero U. Trainer Leonard Hunt is carefully mapping his campaign for King Hairan, owned by Leo Edwards and Harry Massey. The colt may wend his way to the Ben Lindheimer-operated tracks in Chicago, Arlington and Washington Parks, and could conceivably remain in the area for Bob Careys Hawthorne session. . . . Vine-marc Stables Comes a Tide was one of the bargain purchases of the 55 Garden State Park sales. The gray son of Chicuelo — Tempesta was obtained for only 00 and won 5,220 in his initial season at the races. Vinemarc is the nom de course of Don Levine and James DiMarco, of Philadelphia. Levine is the son-in-law of John B. Kelly, president of the Atlantic City Racing Association and brother-in-law of "Princess Grace."
