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SUPERMAN FAVORITE FOR BELMONT. Salvidere Will Not Start — Benninqtons Offer for De Mund — Gossip. New York. May 28.— At I ending the announcement bj John B. Madden that Salvidere will not be one of the starters for the Belmont Stakes there is general disappointment. After the withdrawal of the son of Betvidere and Sallie of Navarre from the Brooklyn Handicap, it was confidently expected that tin- gelding would make his Inst appearance in this ii ii Stake which is to have its forty -iirst running as the feature of the big Decoration Day card at Belmont Park. Mr. Maddea explains that Salvi-ih-i" baa been angering with an ulcerated tooth, lias not been feeding properly and is not in condition for a bruising race at one and three eighths miles. The Belmont Stakes has a guaranteed value of 925,000, of which the w inner sets .«: !. 000. the scad 92,009, the third 91,000 and the nominator of the winner 81,000. in addition the owner of the winner will be presented with plate to the value of ,000, the -ii; of August Belmont. This* stake is the oldest ami riehesi of the Ixtares in this conn try exclusively foe three-year-olds. With Salvl den oat, 81 perman is certain to be the favorite ami it is !.. !■•• expected that he will have Peter Pan to accompany him as the second string from the stable of James K. Keene. Frank Jill. McCarter an. I Charles Fdwar.l are sine to siart. Mr. Whltnej may conclude to sen.! Panmonok to the post ami Okenite or Don Enrique may represent Mr. Bel-moat. I». C. Johnson may decide to take a ohanjce with Senator clay ami there is a possibility that Mr. Madden will conclude lo stall Faust, though thai son of Mirthful and Imp is not given mm h consideration hereabouts. Newton Bennington is dickering with Paul .1 Bataey for De Muml. II.- has offered the roaug Cle. lander 815,090 for the three year old Bon of C.hltiinh and ira. i..--i 1 . This is just one Ihird of tin- amount Mr. Kainey paid Mr. Bennington for the colt after he saw him work that fast half mi.e last spring. Mr. Kainey told Mr. Pennington that he would consider the oiler and would give him an answer after a consaltaHea with trainer earth, who will be back from Kentucky tomorrow mm niin Garth lias no high opinion of De Muml and it is not Improbable that he will advise his employer to Bell. In so doimr Mr. Kainey would be booking a 1. H ,f K_i.n7 plus training expenses for a year. De Mauds earnings for him to date foot np 827,930. Mi- Bennington bought De Mund as a yearling for 83 - ". won N7TO for his Iirst start and sold him for 845,009 within a year of the time he bought him. Incidentally. Mr. Bennington has been k.-eping an eye on De Munda half brother. Chapaltepec, in the stable oi Fred Bariew. He says Bar lew made no mistake when he turned down Matl Allens offer ..I slo.oini for this c.lt. lie declares that if he will run up to his private trials. Chapaltepec will whip any Iw •• ear old that has raced to date. He believes Chapultepee is a much better colt than He Muml wis Ibis lime last season. Milt Allen says that the condition of the fotir-year-oM Accountant is highly satisfactory. The liligrane coll is recovering From Ihe eflects of the injury be sustained in his stall on the eve of the Brooklyn Handicap, which was saaViently serious to prevent his starting for the log prize at Gravesend. Pul Accountant will hardly he ready for tlie races ■ lot.- the end of the ftbffpshf ad Pay meeting, if indeed he starts at the Coney island track. He may i"l -ot to the post until the Brighton. Accountant has grown into such a handsome horse Mr. Allen is determined to give him a fair chance. Mr. Allen lias always considered Accountant high class. He never harbored ihe theory that the Filigrane coll won a great deal of money last season simply because he was lu.ky. It would, however, be hard to convince a great 1 1 1 • ■ 1 1 v people that James- P. Brady was not extremely tortaaata through the mis-fortuae of Harry Payne Whitney in haying Purgo-mastet ga wrong mi early in tiie last season as he .lid. Halifax and Prince Hamburg are in great c.n.li lion. John W. Kogers cannot recall when Prime Hamburg was better. Every tiaae Sogers looks at Prince Hamburgs feet he swears silently. lor if it were not for a couple of ringbones. Bogera believes that Prince Hnmbaij weald be a. high class racer at any distance. Herman Brandt, who has been having a fine time at the races evei Since he brought Ihe stable of Bamey Bchreiber np from Hot Springs, is afraid he may have trouble winning sgata with his big sprinter. Tom MeGrath. This colt has been BMC since his last race at Giaveaead ami Brandt says that it will lie necessary to lay him up during the I.elmont lark meeting.
