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BELMONT PARK HORSES APPEAR FIT andU Are Quite Forward in Condition and Will Be Ready for Opening of Metropolitan Season. New York. May S. — Nothing sensational has developed in the training quarters at Belmont Park recently. Every horse that is wanted for the •arlier racing is fit for strenuous trials, both in In- two-year old and the older divisions. Most of the work of the youngsters is confined to hail III education and short sprints. Indications .hcreforo. jMiint to the fitness of horses the first ime they are sent out. Not in recent years have andidates feaaaj so i»ositively conditioned as they are :his year. This is accounted for by the early out-loor work which liegan the latter part of February. N--t until they have been shown in public will the ,-oi.d two-year-olds Is- distinguishable from the p; or-r band, "as trainers have confini-d their methods to group works in most instances, the exceptions betas f«w. It can ha said, however, there are one •/ two quite promising youngsters in nearly every fashionable stable and some of those in the smaller mil less pretentious establishments will be heard from if thev live up to their looks and the way they act while working with their stable com pan taaa. What is more, they are showing intelligence it the barrier more so than usual. Horsemen who frequent the Jravesend track sjieak if the improvement Recount, Andrew Millers candi date for the Proaknoss. in rather favorable terms. "They must make no mistakes," said one of them just before Recount was shipped to Pimlico. "or thev will find Recount sifting along, while some of the" others may be distressed. One thing can be said of Jack Goldsnorough — he has his horse fit and lit is confident Recount will be a rather hard horse to beat." That Mr. Miller believes he has a winning chance is proved bv his footing the expense of a whole car to ship him to Maryland, which is costly these •lavs. As Pa pp and George Starr appear to lie tin-two most likelv contenders in the race in the absence of War iloud, Lanius. Lucullite, Tromne I„-i Morte and one or two others, Mr. Millers confidence in Recount is increased, as Papp has yet to prove himself a horse capable of going a long distance, and t;eorge Starr has not yet beaten any horses of stake calibre, though he is a much improved colt.
