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Show FOR THE PONY LOVERS nnn nnn nnn nnn TURF NEWS AND YARNS i BY JACK SALLE E. LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 17. Ohio patrons of the turf who get an opportunity oppor-tunity of seeing some good racing only when the sport is holding forth at La-tonia La-tonia are enjoying an inning now. Though there have been some good race meetings held at the Milldale track, a new record in both attendance and class of racing seems ahead of General Manager Man-ager John Haehnieiater, who has done evervthing he can to make the "19113 meeting there a real success. There was general regret among the wiseacres that Star Hawk was not named to go iu the Latouia derby. The Maeomber colt apparently had the big race at hia mercy, but his owner failed to name him, and tho second battle between be-tween George Smith and Star Hawk must come in the east later in the summer. sum-mer. However, there are many who believe be-lieve that George Smith will beat the son of Suns tar whenever they meet at any distance with the weights enual. George Smith is one of the best 3-year-olds in the country, and with Jockey Loftus in the saddle he has no excuses. His owner, Mr. San ford, hasn't seen his good colt run since he bought him. At Churchill Downs. John San-ford San-ford came all the way to Louisville to see the derby and then went into one of the rooms downstairs in the grand-' grand-' stand where he could not see the running run-ning of the race. His nerves won 't stand the shock of a close race, and had he been out in the open that Saturday when Star Hawk made his cyclonic rush in the stretch, the master of Hurricane Stud could not have but suffered tremendously tre-mendously from nerve trouble. The race was too close for comfort. Hawthorne Meeting. - Next in importance to the L-atonia meeting in the eyes of many Kcn-tuckians Kcn-tuckians is the coming meeting next month in Chicago at historic Hawthorne, one time the property of Edward Corri-gan. Corri-gan. There is to be no betting except of the oral variety. The renewal of the American derby has caused a lot of talk, but the event will not attract the fields of old nor will the purse be as rich. However, the winner will get something like $3000, which is not a small sum. Friends of Jefferson Livingston are trying to get him to prepare his colt, Colonel Vennie, for the American derby. The Livingston eligible would not have to be chasing at George Smiths or Star Hawks in that event, and he is a classy colt. He has a world of early foot and apparently can go a route. He wfeuld have been a contender in the La-tonia La-tonia derbv, but he was kicked in a race at Louisville by Old Koenig. Mr. Livingston, Liv-ingston, the ketchup king, has not decided de-cided yet what he will do about preparing pre-paring Colonel Arennie for the big race. John W. Schorr has not the colt in Harry Kelly he believed him to be a month ago. " The son of Ultimus is getting get-ting very sour and refuses to do his work without wearing himself out, and his trainer and rider. In his last start in the Juvenile stakes, the closing stake of the Douglas park meeting, it took nearly half an hour to get him away from' the post. He won a length and more to spare, but the public, which had wagered on fun extensively, decided that he is not worthy of being given such consideration. He has won all his starts and the next big engagement comes in the Cincinnati trophy at La-tonia La-tonia near the close of the meeting, and many are of the opinion that if he does not improve in his post behavior he will not keep up his fine record. rec-ord. There are several that are close to him, and if he tries to run his race at the post he is not going to keep his record clear. "Many have weakened on the son of XTtimus and would not wa-eer wa-eer on his chances to beat Ultimatum, the eastern crack. Fight on Secretary. There was a lot of ugly talk about, the Kentucky turf last week and as late as Monday afternoon. Seventy-seven Seventy-seven horsemen wanted to remove Walter Wal-ter H. Pearce as racing secretary of ; the two local tracks and Latonia. No charges were preferred asainst hira and it is believed that had there been they could not have been substantiated. Secretary Pearce has done more to break up "finessing" and a few other, gentle arts of the turf than nnv other official. The horsemen overdid their part in the affair by not only demanding demand-ing the resignation of Pearce, but also wanted to name his successor. That lent color to the statement the turfmen had an axe to grind. After a conference matters were straightened out and Pearce will com-I com-I plete the season in the canacitv ;is j racing secretary. However, it is possible pos-sible that he may be elevated to a stewardship in the fall. The latter po- sit ion will place him where he can keep ! un his vigilance for of f -colored work ! and he can protect the public at least as much as he can in his present pla-e. While there was nothing to amount to in the fight on Pearce these fights 1 cannot help but injure the standing of' the sport in the community. This tempest tem-pest m a teapot, as it was characterized by those who knew about both sides of the controversy and who would not take any part in it, has opened the eyes of the officials aud from now on the patrons of the turf have been given to understand that their rights will receive re-ceive even better protection than in the past. Schorr Still Winning. John V. Schorr, the Memphis millionaire mil-lionaire brewer, is still the same lucky old horseman as of years ago when stakes just floated into his exchequer. He won a lucky victory with Ed Crump over Hoamer iu the Kentucky handicap. handi-cap. The Schorr colt slipped through on the rail and won when lioamer swerved. However, the race was run just to suit Ed Crump and it also marked two victories for Schorr in the rich stake out of the four times it has I been run off. Schorr also won the! Breeders' Futurity, Juvenile and Spriug1 Trial stakes this spring, making his total winnings in stakes and purses stand close to $20,000 for the year. i , The Canadian season gives promise of being one of the best in recent years. , Since the installation of the pari-: j mutual system of betting the jockey clubs have been able to declare greater dividends, to increase the values of J stakes and put in improvements that' I were out of the question in the past. ! The new way of wagering has appealed to the players and as a result the sport , is booming despite drawbacks encountered encoun-tered due to the great war. While there is good racing in the east at present, Saratoga is going to come nearer to former records set by the Spa next August than any time ' since the rehabilitation of the sport in ; the Empire state. Many of the Ken- I tuckians are going to race at Saratoga j this summer and not a few of the big ! stables now in Canada will ship to the ! States for the meeting. It will be at Saratoga where the championships are j threshed out again this year. Last ! year Koamer and Thunderer earned their titles there. Regret had already wrested the crown from the one-time queen Yo Tambien in Kentucky, and nothing showed in the east that was her equal. It seems that history will repeat again this year. |