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GEORGE SMITH, STAR HAWK AND R0AMER. Racing of the Three Stars at Belmont Park Awaited With Eager Anticipation. New York, May 18. — John Sanfords George Smith, winner of the Kentucky Derby, arrived at Belmont Park from Louisville, Ky., Tuesday with St. Isidore and the other Sanford horses that were taken west. The handsome black colt shipped excellently, as did the others, and when he was unloaded he looked fit to go to the post without a gallop. He is in the pink of condition, and should it bo the intention of Mr. Sanford to have him try for the Metropolitan Handicap against older horses he will find loyal support. In the same shipment that brought the Derby winner came the string of Frank Nolans Beverwyck Stable, including Lena Misha, his starter in the Derby. Lena Misha was the last of the illustrious nine that went after the big prize, so that now both the first and the last horse is at the big course. Tlie A. K. Macomber string, including Star Hawk, the English colt with the strong American strain in him, is on the way east. This racing establishment is sure to cut a most important figure in the racing about New York this year. Both George Smith and Star Hawk are engaged in the Metropolitan and Suburban handicaps, while the Sanford colt has an additional engagement in the Toboggan Handicap. It is not known that either colt will be sent against older horses at this time of the year, but it would be interesting to have them come together. Many who are back from the Derby have intimated that Star Hawk was the better colt at Churchill Downs and that he was the victim of bad luck and a badly judged ride. Others are just as sure that George Smith is the master of the foreigner, and it is that difference of opinion that puts a zest into racing. Andrew Alillers Roamer has been going along in sensational fashion since being moved over to the Jamaica course by trainer Goldsborough. and it is probable that he is intended for an early start at the Metropolitan Jockey Club meeting. His first important engagement is in the mile and a sixteenth of the Kings County Handicap, to be run Saturday, and he is asked to shoulder 133 pounds in that running. Should he dodge that fixture it is well-nigh certain that he will be started in the Metropolitan Handicap, to lie run at Belmont Park. May 25. and in which he has been handicapped at 132 pounds. Consuelo II. has been sent to Out of Reach this year and it is the hope that another George Smith will be bred. Out of Reach is now the premier stallion at James Butlers East View Farm, near Tarytown, while Mr. Sanford bought Consuelo II. before he purchased his Derby winner. It was the suggestion of Mr. Butler that the mare be sent back to his stallion and this offer was made before the black colt had scored his remarkable triumph. As a matter of fact. George Smith, though an American-bred colt, is more of an Englishman than is Star Hawk, the one to finish second to him. though the Macomber colt has to be programmed imported for the reason that he was born abroad. Star Hawk is English enough on the sires side, being by Sunstar, but his dam. Sweet Finch, was American bred and of stout American lineage, while George Smith is by an imported horse out of an English mare.
