Evening star., 1933-09-19
|EQU|PO|SE IS ONLY
| STAND0UT Of TURF.
Awarding of Titles Proving
Tough Job for Owners
and Writers.
BY ORLO ROBERTSON,

n YEW YORK, September 49,
nj Award of the turf cham
l Y pionships this season gives
horsemen and racing ex-
perts their toughest job in years.
Here it is past the middle Of septem-
her and the racing season on the wane
with only c. v. Whitney's EquipolSe a
stand-out, and even that great little
chestnut's rating must be qualifled by
naming the distance OF ground.
The 3-year-olds began early IN May
at Churchill Downs with the running
of the Kentucky Derby and so far, with
all of the important stakes decided,
about all they have done is to produce
at least five claimants for the title.
The 2-year- have battled through
a series of rich stakes at Arlington Park,
Saratoga and Belmont Park and cut OF
them have come three flllies and one
colt with titular claims.
Fails at Long Distance.
n EQUIPOISE paraded through seven
r., straight races from mile to
mile and three-quarters, giving
away many pounds in almost
90 the two miles Of the Jockey Club
gold cup at even weights he failed
trailing two horses he previously had
beaten at shorter distances.
If the championships were de-
cided on the number of stake
victories. regardless of impor-
tance, the 3-year-Old title would
20 to Samuel Riddles War Glory.
The son Of the mighty Man O. War
accounted for the Dwyer at Aqueduct,
the Kenner and Saranac at Saratoga
and the Lawrence realization at Bel
mont Park But in the rich Arlington
classic and the $25,000 Travers at Sar-
atoga, both run over heavy tracks, he
trailed Mr.. Dodge Sloane's Inlander.
On fast tracks. however, Inlander was
just another 3-year-old back among
the also rams
E. r. Bradley's Brokers Tip. winner
of the Kentucky Derby and Mrs. Silas
Mason's Head Play. victor in the Freak
ness, put forth title claims early in
the season but neither stood training
Brokers Tip has not faced the
barrier since finishing last in the
Preakness. while Head Play Was
turned out after running far back
in the classic.
Mrs. James NJ. Austin's Mr. Khay-
yam, S400 purchase as yearling, SET
a new track record in winning the
Chesapeake at Havre De Grace, de-
feated Head Play in the Wood Me-
mortal and American Derby, but then
began to finish out of the money and
has not figured prominently in the
stakes since.
Present Difficult Problems
As for the 2-year-olds, Charles T.
Fishers Far Star won the $25,0O0
Arlington Futurity Bradley's Bazaar
was first home in the $4,000 Hopeful.
F. A. Burton's Wise Daughter trimmed
the best of the turf youngsters in the
Saratoga Sales Stake and Saratoga
Special and then Mrs. John Hay Whit
ney's Singing Wood, with nary stake
victory to his credit, stepped out in
front to take the turf's richest purse,
the Belmont Futurity. worth 81,700.
True Far Star failed to stand
training for the Futurity, while
neither Bazaar or Wise Daughter
were eligible.
The Bradley filley, English Bred, was
beaten in the Matron by C. v. Whit
ney's High Glee, which could do no
better than fourth back of Singing
Wood in the Futurity So little was
thought of Wise Daughter as yearling
that she was not kept eligible for the
Hopeful and Futurity.
In the handicap division, along
NTH Equipoise must be ranked
his conqueror in the Jockey Club
cold Cup-the Whedtley Stables
Dark Secret
While "Ekky' was winning the Phila-
delphia Handicap. the Metropolitan and
Suburban Handicaps at Belmont Park.
the Arlington Handicap, the Hawthorne
Cup and the Wilson Mile and Saratoga
Cup at Saratoga. Dark Secret showed
the way home in the Brooklyn, Empire
City, Manhattan and Merchants and
Citizens Handicap and the Gold Cup.
In running his total earnings to $780,
970, Equipoise turned In the most i'm
pressive race Of the year, winning the
Arlington Handicap under 135 pounds
in the fast time of 2:o23s for one and
one-quarter miles.