The New York herald., 1921-04-08
BY HENRY v. KING.

Horsemen and Sportsmen who race
their horses on the metropolitan tracks
are going to petition the secretaries Of
the different associations for more maid
en- races this season. They are almost
unanimous that there should be a race
for non winners every day.
Richard I. Wilson. president of the
Saratoga Association, goes them one
better. He favors a stake race for
inaidens at every meeting. He has one
the Expectation--at his Saratoga course,
and 1t is huge success.
Horsemen who have raced in France
say that one Of the best events in that
country is the Prix Juigne. This is a
rich stake for three-year-olds which
rever faced a starter. II is at a mile
and a quarter and is worth at least
10000 francs. In the opinion of turf
men In France such races tend to i'm
prove the sport. for they cause horsemen
TO keep their charges out Of races as
Juveniles and develop them into sturdy
distance racers
Among those VINO are going to
request more races for mai6ens are Tom
Welsh. trainer for j. +. Widener; Jack
.Ievner, who has charge of George D..
Widener's string; Willie Midgley who
has charge OF Mrs. Payne Whitney's
flat racers; Sandy McNaughton, trainer
FOR Mrs. Wilfrid viau; Max Hirsch. who
handles the thoroughbreds belonging to
George w. Loft: Tom Healey who has
leen in charge Of the r. t. Wilson stable
for twenty-six years; James Fitzsim-
mons. Jerry Carroll. Simon Healey.
James Mccormick, Joe Notter. Jimmy
Murphy Paul Fox, George Odom, Frank
Herald. Lewis Garth. Johnny Mayberry,
John Whalen. Frank Regan. Ed Nash,
Louis Feustel and John Hastings.
They and many others agree Mat some
kind of maiden race every day will
h+lp the sport materially. They say 1t
will encourage sportsmen to buy year
,ings. because it will give every horse a
better chance of scoring victory during
a year.
1t was cold and bleak at the Belmont
Park track yesterday morning and
there wasn't very much impressive
work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Payne Whitney were at
the course in the morning and saw
their Derby candidate. Touch Me Not,
breeze an impressive half mile Accom-
panied by Good Bye he stepped the dis
tsnce fighting for his head in 0.52
Butts Fairbrother was in the saddle.
Weirer guided Good Bye. They also
saw some of their juveniles go half
mile. The colts were sent along at a
o.52 clip and the fillies at 0.54. Mrs.
Whitney inspected all OF her jumpers.
Clifford A. Cochran was another
sportsman at the track. He watched his
two Derby eligibles.' Smoke Screen and
Rsnksia. work. They We're sent along
at nice steady pace. covering the mile
in 1:o2 Ii seems as II these two colts
1,.,~y tai oil n
likely Mr.. Cochran will send them TO
kentucky for the classic
Jerry Carroll breezed Gypsy Lad and
By Jove. NJ L. Foley was at the course
20 see them in action and was satlsned
with the way they stepped along. They
will work again on Saturday prepara-
tory to their trip to Havre de Grace.
Toseph T. Widener was n visitor at
the track but he wasn't there to see
his horses. He came In the afternoon
TO look over the plant. He was enthusi-
astic over the way things have pro-
gressed and elated over the new stand
and track.
Late in the afternoon, long after Tom
Hcaley. his trainer. had left the course,
n. r. Wilson arrived to look over his
pets. He made tour OF the stable
and patted each OF his thoroughbreds
on the nose. He loves horse and
seemed to derive much pleasure from
the visit.
The Trout. the young jumper which
Jerry Carroll is. handling for ]. W.
McClelland was out for a stiff gallop
and acted as II he could race fast and
far. lie is in tiptop shape. but be-
cause the cross-country course has been
demolished, he has not had enough
schooling over the jumps.