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I I Tagc Fourteen THE LEXINGTON SUNDAY IIERALD-LEADER Sunday December 3 1939 Fourth Annual Herald-Leader Golden Gloves Tournament Boxers Invited To Enter Now GOLDEN GLOVES OFFICIAL ENTRY BLANK Lexington Herald-Leader War Dog Wins Lynch Memorial Will Open Jan 29 FIRST Pure SfiOO: claiming West Virginia Loses 13 To 0 AMATEUR BOXING TOURNAMENT Woodland Auditorium Jan 29-30-Feb 1-2-5 1940 Eight champions In this tournament to compete In Southern Golden Gloves Tournament at Nashville Temu Feb 13-15 All expenses of trip and complete ring attire to be given each of eight champions Also champions will have opportunity to win way to National Tournament at Chicago Special free trips for Negro champions Please enter me in Herald-Leader Golden Gloves Tournament in the class marked below I agree to obtain my 1940 A A Card before competing (Cards may be obtained at Herald-Leader building after submitting entry) Be sure to check your weight class below 113 lbs and under 114-119 lbs 120-127 lbs 128-136 lbs 137-148 lbs 149-161 lbs 162-175 lbs Over 175 lbs all pretty complicated" Af Phone om( isotlisosa Name a Address City (oasassiss Team or Club (if any) Please Cheek: a State aaaaaaaaai laaaenaoaanaanaaaanooaaaaaaaaaoooooaaoaaoaaosaoo White Division Negro Division Mail or Bring This Entry Blank to Golden Gloves Headquarters Herald-Leader Building Lexington Ky Johnstown's Stud Prospects Widely Argued By Breeders Homer Cooke Jn By Gall Fowler SEATTLE Dec 2 UP) Because a former sports editor saw a need for some like the baseball average system of putting the yardstick on Individual and team performances on the gridiron the American Football Statistical Bureau came Into being Homer Cooke Jr now an employee in the King county (Seattle) office is -the man who cooked up the idea of standardizing statistical forms and methods secretary of the bureau whose statistics already are widely used to show what teams and individuals do from week-end to weekend In 1937 Cooke with the aid of Auditor Earl Millikin himself a former football coach and official canvassed major schools for statistics which they could compile They got a response from about 70 schools and performances on some 100 players Total Jumps To 85 Last year the total jumped to 85 schools and airmail reports speeded up the statistics This year 112 schools are in line with only one or two major schools missing from the list and the bureau still operating on a shoestring has become the official statistician for the American College Publicity Association Cooke feels that already the bureau has brought some order from the chaos which was college statistics In conjunction with Joseph Petritz of Notre Dame a prime George Washington Licks Mountaineers MORGANTOWN Va Dec 2 (UP) A 13 to 0 defeat at the hands of George Washington University today closed one of the most disastrous football seasons in years for West Virginia Five thousand fans saw the game Rolling up 13 first downs to two for the Mountaineers George Washington completely outclassed West Virginia which this season won only two games tied one and los( slx- Grady plunged over from the six-yard stripe in the second period to make the first George Washington touchdown and No-waskey converted The final touchdown came in the last three minutes of play with Walter Fedora scampering 47 yards across the goal line West Virginia recovered a fumble on George 20 early in the game but the Mountaineers were stopped three plays later Hialeah To Have Widener Week Program To Be Held During Final Week HIALEAH Fla Dec According to plans outlined by A Widener president of The Miami Jockey Club and Marshall Cassidy director of racing the 1940 Hialeah Park meeting Jan 10 to March 2 will be concluded in a blaze of glory The final week of the meeting is to be known as "Widener in honor of Joseph Widener whose contributions to turf betterment are known internationally The program as scheduled by Racing Secretary Charles McLennan will Include a stake or special feature race daily beginning with the $20000 added Flamingo Stakes for 3-year-olds and ending with the $50000 added Widener Challenge Cup for 3-year-old and upward i Other attractions during "Widener will include the Bougainvillea the Ponde de Leon Claiming Stakes the Hialeah Juvenile Championship the Palm Beach and the Black Helen Handicap The Hialeah Juvenile Championship has been an annual fixture and brings together only two-year-oil winners The Palm Beach will provide another attraction over the popular turf course It Is at a distance of two miles and conditions provide that only horses of the age of three and upward which have started on the grass at a mile and a half or longer during the meeting are eligible to compete Black Helen Handicap The Black Helen Handicap Is for fillies and mares exclusively of 3- year-olds and up It is named for CoL famous mare of that name which won the 1935 running of the Florida Derby a race later changed to the Flamingo Stakes In each of the feature events run during "Widener Week" a special trophy will be awarded to the owner of the winning horse It is interesting to note that the program includes every type of race for horses of every age and sex from three furlongs to two miles and with events scheduled for both the turf and main course The order of events far "Widener Week" is as follows: Saturday Feb 24 Flamingo Stakes lVn miles 3-year-olds Monday Feb 26 The Bougainvillea 6 furlongs 3-year-olds and upward Tuesday Feb -Ponce de Leon Claiming Stakes I1 miles 3-year-olds and upward Wednesday Feb 28 Hialeah Juvenile Championship 3 furlongs 2-year-oid winners Thursday Feb 29 The Palm Beach 2 miles on the turf 3-year-olds and upward which have started on the turf at a distance of 14 miles or longer during the meeting Friday March 1 The Black Helen Handicap 14 miles fillies and mares 3-year-olds and upward Saturday March 2 The Widener Challenge Cup Hi miles 3-year-oids and upward Handsome Elmendorf One of the handsomest estates In Kentucky is Joseph Widener Elmendorf farm This 1300-acre farm is devoted entirely to producing the race horses which race in the colors of the Philadelphia sportsman Sixteen Free Trips Among The Awards Here's the year's biggest boxing announcement for fans and amateur fighters: The fourth annual Herald-Leader Golden Gloves Tournament will epen Monday Jan 29 at Woodland auditorium Scheduled are five rights of boxing Jan 29-30 Feb 1 2 and 5 Amateur boxers who want to win their way to fame travel and other rewards that go to Golden Gloves champs are invited to register now for participation in this tournament The official entry blank for the 1940 tournament is published for the first time today in this paper Amorg the awards for amateurs competing in The Herald-Leader tournament will be 16 free trios Light champions in the White division will go to Nashville Tenn to compete in the Southern Golden Gloves tournament A special trip to be announced is being arranged for the champions in the Negro division Southern Trip Probably the most important charge in Golden Gloves plans this year is the Nashville trip Interviews with scores of amateur boxers and their friends revealed that the change was favored and as a result it is being put into effect by The Herald-Leader Last year the champions of The Herald-Leader tournament went direct to the Tournament of Champions at Chicago Most of the boys expressed the wish that they had had more experience before encountering the ration's leading amateurs at Chicago This year the Kentucky champions will get this additional experience and still have an opportunity to go to Chicago Champions of The Herald-Leader tournament will be given free trips to Nashville to compete in the Southern Golden Gloves Tournament at Hyman auditorium If a boy wins the title in his division at Nashville he gets another free trip to the Tournament of Champions at Chicago Thus there is an opportunity 2r-r two free trips this year and the advantage -of additional experience Boxers Like Idea "I like the was the response from practically all Golden Glovers interviewed concerning the change "1 know that if 1 win at Nashville 1 haven't got any business in that tougher compcti-t on at Chicago" was the response ef ore young boxer tickle my folks when I win the Southern said ere of the boys I'll never be a rational champ but I believe 1 can take the title at Nashville That's pretty good' isn't it? If the basketball team wins a Southern championship everyone does a lot of celebrating At Nashville the Kentucky champs from Lexington will be competing against champions from Chatttanooga Knoxville Nashville Birmingham Mobile Jackson and other southern cities Other Awards Planned Many other awards are planned for amateur boxers competing In The Herald-Leader tournament They will be announced later Every amateur boxer in Kentucky 16 years of age or over is eligible to compete Now is the time to enroll Fill in the coupon appearing in this paper mail it or deliver it to Golden Gloves Headquarters Lexington Herald-Leader Lexington Ky The weight classes will be the same as in past years If you eigh 113 pounds or less you are a Flyweight" if you weigh 114 to 119 pounds you are a and so on The complete list of weight classes follows: Flyweight 113 pounds and unci' Bantamweight 114-119 pounds 120-127 pounds Lightweight 123-136 pounds Welterweight 137-148 pounds Middleweight 149-161 pounds Light Heavy 162-175 pounds Heavyweight Over 175 pounds A boy competes only in his own weight class and thus cannot be matched against a boxer much heavier than himself Entrants will he required to pass a rigid physical examination before completing Amateur boxers: Send in the eo'jpon nowr Detailed instructions will be sert to j-ou and questions will be answered cheerfully lr queries concerning spectators' tickets may be addressed to Golden Gloves Headquarters Lexington Herald-Leader Tickets will not go on sale until Jan Broadwaycasting Bp Clem McCarthy Fro football Insiders tell you that Pittsburgh fans haven't warmed up to the "play for brand of gridiron sport and that Cincinnati will replace the Smoky City before another season Broadwayites bet heavily on Tim Mara's New York Giants to beat George Marshall's Washington Redskins because word was flashed up and down the Great street that the Giant playera had wagered $500 a man upon themselves Which reminds that a rabid pro football fan Chick Johnson of Olsen and Johnson in "llellzapoppin' thinks the rulers of that game should pick a city take over a stadium name it the Cherry Bowl and put on a game between two picked teama of pros (There's an Idea for you George Marshall Tim Mara and Dan Topping Get going!) Texas golf courses arc 4 with the blazing drives and accurate putts of Carl Hubbell The Giants' ace wrote New zanish Jack White of Club 18 that 1940 will be one of his greater seasons split they rarely produce championship teams) If you haven't caught the pictures of Jack Dempsey belting 10-To-l Shot Scores In Bowie's Feature By Mason Brunson BOWIE Md Dee 2 A mud-loving brown colt named War Dog won the $5000-added Thomas Lynch Memorial Handicap today with a sparkling performance that marked the closing of the fall racing season in Maryland Leading all the way and never challenged by any horse in the field of nine War Dog romped to a six-length victory in 1:47 2-5 the fastest time recorded in the live runnings of the mile and a sixteenth stake Challephen made favorite by the rain-soaked crowd of 12000 was second half a length ahead of Belair Stud's Wise Lady with Friedberg's Bala Ormont two lengths back in fourth Mrs Lewis' Great Union second favorite in the betting finished eighth Jockey Mannie Berg took War Dog to the front ft the start and the three-year-old son of Bull Dog-Flying Shot was eight lengths ahead of the pack swinging into the homestrecth Challephen managed to close up two lengths in the stretch drive but that was the best he and Don Meade could do The victory was worth $4500 to II Guggenheim's Falaise Stable and War Dog returned $2190 $770 and $520 for $2 Challephen returned $420 and $290 and Wise Lady $450 Tall Tree Bill Farns' worth ridden by Don Meade got up in the last strides to nose out John Ebonito in a photo finish and won the $2000-added Hardcastle Handicap six-furlong secondary feature Bill Farnsworth covered the distance in the good time of 1:12 3-5 and paid $840 $350 and $250 for $2 Jockey Mike Caffarclla rounded out a triple and made his record 20 winners for the meeting when he guided Scoria $2650 to a two-lengths victory in the last race on the card Two Aces was second and Sir Time third Bounding Corner was the 15th consecutive losing favorite Oxford Net Card Is Announced Hornets To Play 17 Games This Season GEORGETOWN Ky Dee 2 A card of 17 games Is faced by the Hornets of Oxford high school who- have been one of the atate's leading basketball teama for the last two seasons The llornets who will open their campaign at Oxford Tuesday night against Elkhorn have but two regulars from last sensational quintet back' in uniform Oxford's record Including tournament play shows 50 wins and four defeats for the last two seasons In 1937-1938 the Hornets went through their playing season undefeated but lost to George' town's Buffaloes in the district tournament finals and to Burgln in the regional tournament Last season Oxford dropped a decision to Covington Holmes during the regular schedule and fell before Madison high of Richmond in the regional tournament when the team was shot with injuries Included among Oxford's 25 victories lajt season were a pair of easy wins over the Brooksville high Polar Bears who annexed the state title by winning the annual tournament at the University of Kentucky The Hornets beat the Bears by 24-15 at Brooksville and 38-22 In a charity game at George' town Lost by graduation were Earl Duncan all-regional center Walter Hambrick guard and Billy Green forward Duncan and Hambrick now are attending Morehead State Teachers College Coach II Jones however stil has the nucleus of a good team left in Orem Wright forward and (Tod) Thompson guard Reserves from last year's squad returning are Buddy Schuhart Lorenza Traylor Carl Peters Wa Cannon Gene Munson Carlisle Giles and Reece Holloway Billy Rankin and Bill Rutledge transfers from Newtown are the other candidates The schedule: Dec Elkhorn at Oxford Dec Athens at Athens Dec Great Crossing at Great Crossing Dec 19 Burgin at Oxford Dec 21 Alumni at Oxford Dec 27 Stamping at Oxford Jan Berry at Oxford Jan 9 Rose Hill at Rose Hill Jan Sadieville at Oxford Jan 16 Connersville at Conners-ville Jan 19 Owenton at Oxford Jan 24-25-26 Scott county tournament Feb 2 Burgin at Burgin Feb 6 Little Rock at Oxford Feb 9 Lafayette at Lexington Feb Dry Ridge at Dry Ridge Feb 20 Deming High at Mb Olivet Feb Central at Richmond Stimulus Blood One of the outstanding sons of the noted sire Stimulus which is in stud in Kentucky is Sgt Byrne This horse a noted racer makes his stud debut in 1940 at the Timber-lawn Farm of Thomas in Bourbon county 3-ru-tldi and upward ona mlla and 10 yard: xLaronte 10S xMuarlo In US xLuiixfot-d 106 Incognito 106 xOxford Lad 106 xHuurr ini xLaxalo Flo 106 xKrxpha -106 xMIm Entry 106 Bojangles Ill xDrrby Dawn 103 Choxn 10 xPrrryboat 106 Olomor Ill Grape Vina 103 Eddie Gardner 111 Max Marti Ill Helen Mae 106 Ruffle Up 106 Milea Standish 111 SECOND Purse $600 claiming 3-year-olds six furlongs: Quick Quick 104 Mixa Reveille 104 xClock Winder 106 Kossa 107 xTureen 106 xJimmle 110 The Spotter 111 Mr Bo Ill Fleet Pat 00 xlltgh Joet 106 Whitdel 107 In the Shade 107 xNopalosa Donna 103 x8un Tricka 103 Wlilnchat Six Lottie 108 Little Beep 107 104 xNancy Sue 06 THIRD Purse 6600 claiming 3-year-olda and upward six furlongs: xCreslonisn 104 xHI Vic 107 Rickey Roo 108 Vote Boy 113 Flush 108 xFes 103 Chimney Top 108 Debris 108 xThe Jurist 103 xRoyksn 103 xOttoa Choice 111 xRhett 107 Cream Cheese 103 Maleman 113 xCrulia 104 xGlldaa Lass 104 xBetlck 101 xLegal Advice 107 FOURTH Purse $800 maidens 3-year-olds six furlongs: Indian Penny 113 Klckory 113 Super Chief 113 Manydtlme 113 Paganism 113 Scotty The Chirper 113 Wes Tex Mine Host 113 Dr Slicks Count Fits 113 Long Blind Law 113 FIFTH Purse t600 Claiming I-year-olds and upward six furlongs: Lasarus 100 Prum 117 Roman Pride -107 xGolden Ariel 103 Dedication Ill xGrecian Tim 107 Busy Lutrecla 108 xMy Day 101 xWaringa 106 Fiagetta 103 Chating 106 Good Man Ill xBarbara 108 xLittln Drift 103 SIXTH Purse $700 claiming S' year-olds and upward ona mile and 70 yards: xWsugh Fop 106 xLovlck 104 Wedding Morn 106 Kharfair Ill xSherry 104 xCesseless -101 SEVENTH Purse 6600 claiming 3-year-olds and upward one and one-sixteenth miles: My Blase 113 xMargsret Jones 104 xoswaine 107 Proposing 113 xAt Home 103 Fob 116 xRalldown 106 xNeat Pixy 106 High Fire 116 Cross Ruff 106 xU Demon Ill Merry Freda 108 xWatercure lit shown Payment 107 Easterner Ill xKuvrra 113 xHigliman 107 Grandmas Boy 116 My Crest 104 Inductor 113 EIGHTH RACE Purse 6600 claiming 3-year-olds and upward six furlongs: xBcna Bane 103 xAlrose 107 Sis Ormont 103 Arthur 108 Nim 107 Tipsy Pudding 107 xBurr Hickman 107 xEiernal Wave 103 xDixle Princess 10b The Lake 109 Ah Mi 107 French jack 106 xPolly Feu 96 xWoof 108 Light Hollo 113 Florid 108 Galley Bweep 113 xMalden Dream 101 x-Apprentice allowance Weather clear Track feat Charlestown FIRST RACE-Furxe $400 claiming 3-year-olda and upward four and one-half furlongs: Lena Girl 107 Alter PrinAx 107 Koaxun 105 Oormlry 113 Notoriety 114 xCanioni 10s Ann Groucher 107 Quarternary 113 Winking Moon 110 xMerab 104 xTavern 131 xMim Wing 106 xGreen Water 113 xColleen Donn 103 SECOND Puma $400: claiming 4-year-olda and upward Charlextown course: xNut Sundae 108 Nay Nay 114 Hagerstown Boy 113 strapol 110 iMiu Foul 105 Trivet 113 xGoantell 105 xHt Ada 105 xRun Out 113 Chief Hollis Ill Beacon Queen 110 Rim And Shine 110 xFUckamaru 106 xAuto Mart 108 THIRD RACK Puree 6400 claiming 4-year-olda and upward saven furlongs: Songxlop 117' xAna 100 xSquara Play 113 xChromo 113 xMy Grand 109 xLa Loutra 109 xMonologu 106 Frostbit 114 xAnya 108 xPrinceea Girl 106 xSugaboot 100 Dancing Cloud 13o James Pal 130 xMorvim 108 FOURTH PurM 6400: claiming l-year-olde six and one-half furlongs: xPeetomar lot xChicl Da Bota 103 Feather Tread 105 Counora 113 Sour Cherry 107 Stone Haven 105 Remotes 110 xSally May 110 Aateruk 107 allude King 103 Berwyn 10S Sedate 105 Timetta 107 Vendor Lien 114 FIFTH Purse $500: S-ycar-olds and upward: six and one-half furlongs Wag Earner 114 xCaidon 113 aMinlson Ill xAddia 114 Phona Dijon log High Hedge Ill aTedmelia 108 The Queen 108 Blablah 107 Llkly Lad 114 bDulte Ill Bullet 106 bTuleyriei Lin 110 -B and Christmas entry b-Mr and Mrs Feltner entry SIXTH Purse $500 claiming 3-yrsr-olds and upward ona and one-sixteenth mile: xSehley ooree 107 Brooke Herod 116 xMarcnlng Man 107 1 Tutticuno 116 Twilight Star 116 Count Me 113 Heraldic 109 xGrngls Khan 107 First Entry 113 Dohoev 113 Chsnnlng 113 David 113 Merrykin 113 xOcodralan 107 SEVENTH Purse $500 claiming 3-year-olda and upward pne and one-eighth miles: xMlss Mascara log Which Blond '111 Grandlflora 107 Juata- Pilgrim 109 xSehley Buck Duchess Del Ann Mowlea xBlox Hit And Run 117 Kssisr Holiday 113 111 Silent Shot 114 105 Dlan 113 107 Counter Pom 113 113 Darby Du 106 EIGHTH Purse 6500: claiming 3-year-olds and upward one and one-sixteenth mllrst 8ure Touch 116 xWoodbrldgo 106 Mondoit 114 Hoffberg 113 Maetako Ill Groucher Boy 109 Gay Jay 114 Minna 109 Howard 116 Dunlad 108 Free Spirit 114 Curves 105 Hastings View 113 Stamp 105 x-Apprentlcs allowance Weather cloudy Track slow Padley Leads Dayfon To 19 To 7 Victory DAYTON Ohio Dec 2 It was a one-man victory for the University of Dayton today when Jack Padley senior back scored two touchdowns and set the stage for a third to give his team a 19-7 win over Ohio Wesleyan Padley scored on an 11-yard dash in the first period but Wesleyan took the lead in the second when Les Michael passed 24 yards to Jim Reiser for the score John Zimmerman converted Padley intercepted a Michael pass on his own 27 in the third quarter and ran 73 yards for the touchdown Beno Keiter scored the extra point Padley threw a 29-yard pass in the fourth period to Bob Riedel standing on the Wesleyan 1-yard stripe Riedel plunged over for the score Werber First To Sign Red Contract CINCINNATI Dec 2 Billy Werber stellar third-sacker for the National League champion Reds was first under the wire today with his 1940 contract Werber whose offensive and defensive work played a major part in clinching for the Reds their first pennant in 20 years joined the team last year Recently he made an unsuccessful bid for a job as sports broadcaster on an Eastern radio chain mover great forward steps have been made in the standardization of football statistics and a code worked out to take care of certain scoring puzzlers has received wide acceptance "Complete standardization hasn't been achieved yeb but things are getting progressively Cooke insists 1 Provide Forms At Cost For printing costs only Cooke provides members of the A A with press box forms for keeping statistics After brief practice with them it is possible to have all game statistics complete within 15 minutes after the final gun A machine used in census tabulations grinds out the mass of figures In some cases the figures are allowed to simmer on the machine until the end of the season when they are totaled For the weekly reports the cumulative totals are computed Cooke admits it's "all pretty The machine he says also is similar to those used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in classifying fingerprints Only Cooke classifies of teams and players A new use may develop for the bureau's figures East-West Shrine game officials at San Francisco have inquired into the possibility of scanning the figures as an aid to coaches who must pick in many cases sight unseen the players to represent the East and West in the annual grid feature Jess Willard out from his heavyweight crown at Toledo (not Shelby Dick Vidmer) then you must be on your toes for their appearance in your town And are they clear! Also they demonstrate that no matter which referee of all time eventually has a monument erected to him as the greatest in his line it won't be Ollie Pecord The only rules he recognized at Toledo that July Fourth were the own No retired athlete ever kept himself in better shape than Gene Tunncy Is only 11 pounds heavier than the night he deci-sioned the title from Dempsey Guys who run flat-footed are said to be better ground gainers in broken-field running than the lads who lope along on their toes It takes a hard tackle to bring down Tuffy Leemans Ace Parker and Andy Farkas to mention a few stars who heel-and-toe their way to touchdowns Copyright) Horse Notes Hr Harkaway sd dam Periscope 2:03 V4 by Siliko Bay filly-Hollyrood Gencvlve by Hollyrood Harkaway sd dam Hr Janet By Hollyrood Hermes Br c-Hollyrood Catherine (sister to Hollyrood Phyllis 2:0014 etc) by Hollyrood Prince f-Hollyrood Janet (dam of Hollyrood Jessie 2:04 Hollyrood Prince) by Joe Dodge Br c-Hollyrood Sonia Dillon (dam of Hollyrood Boris 2:02) by Dillion Axworthy c-Hollyrood Phoebe by Holly-Prince Ro f-IIollyrood Biddie by Peter the Brewer f-Cinderella by Guy Axworthy Ch c-Hollyrood Phyllis by Hollyrood Prince Selections Fair Grounds Derby Dawn Respha Muscle In 3 Nopeilosa Donna The Spotter Quick Quick Vote Boy Rhett HI Vic Blind Law Indian Penny Manyatlmo 6 PRIM Busy Lutrecla Little Drift Wedding Morn Khar Pair Waugh Fop Easterner Denton Cross Ruff Woof Eternal Wave Light Rolls Charleston Notoriety Tavern Oormley 3 Hun Out Gnautell Miss Pool Jamra Pul Sungslop Rugs boot Rrmolee Perlomar Asterlck Tedmrlls Dll lie Wage Earner Brooke Herod Tut tlcurin Count Me Hit and Run Schley Buck Darby Du HOWARD Mondolt Free Spirit after three previous smashing triumphs He won the Derby with ridiculous ease defeating his nearest rival Challedon by six -lengths Probably his most disappointing defeat came when he ran fifth in a field of six in a sea of mud in the Preakncss at Pimlico the following week with the improving Challedon an easy winner During his short but brilliant career Johnstown showed phenomena al speed as evidenced in the Dwyer at Aqueduct In this fixture he went the mile of a mile and one-eighth race in 1:35 3-5 to set a new track record for that distance and then completed the route in 1:48 2-5 only one-fifth of a second off Discovery's record established a few seasons ago In the Withers at Belmont he equaled Man War's record of 1:35 4-5 and later with 126 pounds up in the Belmont one and one-half miles he nearly equaled War Admiral's record of 2:28 3-5 galloping the distance in 2:29 3-5 There is no question about it Johnstown was one whale of a fast horse and definitely could not be called a sprinter! After these -sparkling jferform-ances many sports writers and followers were calling him a superhorse and another Man o' War Even the veteran Jim Fitzsimmons his trainer rated him better than either Gallant Fox or Omaha which he also trained for the master of Belair Stud Jamestown sire of Big John was devil himself when it came to speed As a 2-year-old he won six of his seven starts racing against some of the best horses in a decade including Twenty Grand Mate and Equipoise He won the Suburban Handicap at one mile at Arlington Park like a true champ running eight furlongs in 1:34 4-5 Jamestown was second to Equipoise when that great American speed demon set a world's record for the same distance In 1:34 2-5 Since the son of SL James he by Imp Ambassador IV traces to Hampton he Is the only horse from that once-pre-potent line to get a Kentucky Derby winner Johnstown comes from one of the stoutest producing families in the general stud book His dam La France Is a daughter of the great Imp Sir Gallahad III which represents the best male line in French history Daughters of the son of Imp Teddy and Plucky Liege she by Spearmint have made an amazing Success as producers: thus they have made him the leading broodmare sire of the country While In training as a 2-year-old La France injured her right atifle and failed to become a starter but she has been a aplendid producer The good mare produces grand fillies as well as fine colts This was realized when she foaled the imp Jacopo filly Jacola best of her sex in 1938 La France is from the good mare Flambctte a stakes-winner by Imp Durbar II and dam of Flambino dam of Omaha and Flares La France has had four foals to reach racing age and three of them have won Her fifth foal a full sister to Jacola arrived this year She will be bred to Man o' War next spring Lexington Rifle Club Holds Initial Shoot The newly organized Lexington Rifle Club held its initial shoot Friday night at the University of Kentucky armory Weekly matches are scheduled throughout the winter and inter-city matches with the Capital City Club of Frankfort and the Louisville Rifle Club are planned Membership is limited to members in good standing of the National Rifle Association Information may be obtained from Dale Gerstcr secretary at Transylvania College The results of shooting on the 50-foot range follow: By Howard Endicott At Arthur Hancock's renowned Claiborne Stud there now resides in peaceful retirement a 3-year-old horse which makes his debut as a sire next spring This promising young stallion ia William Woodward's Johnstown runner-up to Challedon for 1939's top 3-year-old honors Ever since announcement of his retirement from the turf was made Johnstown has been the center of an heated controversy among students of thoroughbreds as to whether he will be a success or a failure at stud It probably w'ould be much safer to wager with Lloyds of London at prosperous odds that the sun will shine or not shine tomorrow than to go out on a heavily burdened limb and predict the future of a stallion just embarking upon a stud career Thoroughbreds are said to be most precarious animals but whatever the ruling it has been proven constantly that the best assuredly breeds the best Breeders of blooded stock have many pet theories that have worked as many times as they have failed when put to practical use For example some breeders believe in horse's turf performance alone: others disregard performance and emphasize his pedigree Then there are horsemen who believe in extreme speed' while others prize stoutness and soundness Many turfmen breed prized mares to stallions which have a strong tail-male lines others prefer a stout tail-female line The breeding of champions is a game of hide and seek with breeders seeking the hidden constituents that go to make up a champion and praying that the progeny turns out to be a crack stakes performer The story of racing career is short bitter and also sweet It is the story of a very fast well-bred horse which won the majority of his races in two years of competition only to have an unsoundness force him into retirement Truer words were probably never spoken before than those of A Estes pedigree expert when he said a few years ago "There is much evidence that we are near the limits of speed And if you don't believe it make a big red mark on a barn door every time you read of a fast horse breaking down and see how long it takes to paint the Such was the case of Johnstown and many others before him Johnstown won 10 stakes and placed in three others winning $169315 In two seasons he started 21 times won 14 and was three times third As a 2-year-old he took the Babylon Handicap Richard Johnson Stakes Remsen Handicap Breeders Futurity and was third In the Hopeful Stakes and Junior Champion Stakes He was fourth In the Flash Stakes and the Futurity As a 3-ycar-oid he annexed the Paumonok Handicap Wood Memorial Stakes Kentucky Derby Withers Belmont and Dwyer stakes His most important victory no doubt was in the Kentucky Derby Short St Opp Courthouse Hollywood's Charley Einfeld is up in the air (and not in one of those Coast-to-Coast-ln-1 6-1 lours streamliners either) Lexington Col Phil Chinn named a hoss Charlie- infcld for him and Mervyn Le Roy has him pepped up to putting down a smacker of a bet the minute those first Kentucky Derby odds come out in February But Ken Kling predicts that Charlie-lnfeld will be the champion sprinter of 1940 and wails Einfeld the Derby ain't a sprint! (But Warner Brothers' Bryan Foy and Mark Hcllingcr recall that a sprinter Morvich won the 1922 Kentucky Derby so why not Charlielnfcld?) One of Bill Corum's pals couldn't locate him (what with Bill cheering the Missouri football team all over the map) so told me confidentially that the delay in announcing any keep-or-seil decision on Joe Medwick has been due to a 50-50 split in the St Lou front office (When front offices Local Trotting By Jesse Shuff Latest addition to the broodmare band of trotters at Almahurst Farm Is Fair Face by Peter Volo She was brought down recently from Goshen having been bought from Cox Harkncss Edwards superintendent of Walnut Hall Farm and president of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeder's Association spent the Thanksgiving holidays with his son Harkness Jr at Aiken During his recent visit here Jerry Shively told of the new horse picture a story about trotters along Ihe same lines as the recent successful hit "Kentucky" a story of the thoroughbred A number of men and horses well known to the trotting sport will be featured In it There are 12 weanlings at the Hollyrood Farm of John Dodge All are by the farm sires Seven are by the young stallion Holly-rood llcrmes a son of Hollyrood Harkaway and The Debutante by Peter Pluto (4) 2:03 3-4 second Jeanette Rankin (4) 2:0314 by San Francisco 2:07 3-4 The other five are by Hollyrood Prince They are as follows: By Hollyrood Prince Bay colt-IIollyrood Lydia (dam of Hollyrood Audrey II 2:0214) by Spencer 1:59 3-4 Bay colt-Fcrlscope 2:034 (dam of Hollyrood Phyllis etc) by Siliko 3 211 4 Bay filly-Hollyrood Jessica by Hollyrood Harkaway sd dam Hr Janet (dam of llr Bessie 2:04) Bay colt-IIollyrood Priscilla by CORONA 1940 Advanced Speedline Models tcith Floating Shift and in addition touch selector piano-key action speed booster beautiful design easy operation ex- cellcnt work A Christmas present that will be useful for many years Round Up Your Bills! 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