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BELMONT TRAINERS ACTIVE Horses Crowd Training Track During Morning Hours Tuesday. Cochran Thrce-Tear-OIds In Half Mile Trials Sarazen Out for Exercise After a Short Rest. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 23. The pleasant weather of the last few mornings brought practically all of the horses quartered at Belmont Park out for exercise. The training track was dotted with horses all through the work hours and there were a number of Preakness and Derby candidates among them. C. H. Shilling had the Gifford A. Cochran three-year-olds out for gallops. Revenue Agent and Sun Flag worked a half mile together in :51, finishing out the five-eighths eased up in 1 :06. Sunspero and Spic and Span went a half mile in :49 and finished out five-eighths in 1 :05. Nellie Kelly and Miss Kenny were sent a half mile in :52. Lawrence Waterbury was among the spectators during the training hours. He saw Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt II.s Sarazen, the future favorite for the Kentucky Derby, go a half mile in :57. The gelding had not been out for several days and he was not asked for speed. ST. JAMES NOT OUT. George D. Wideners St. James, another of the prominent Derby candidates which is training at Belmont Park, was not out for a trial Tuesday. Monday morning the Widener colt was sent a half mile in :53 under stout restraint. He has not been asked for speed as yet. There were a number of two-year-olds out for trials. The best workout shown by the youngsters was that of two from the Gifford A. Cochran barn, which went a quarter mile in :22. W. H. Karrick brought the W. R. Coe horses outside for the first time this week. He is not hurrying the horses in their preparation and indications are that he will not begin the 1921 campaign until the New York season opens. George Odom is also moving slowly with the horses of R. L. Gerry and Marshall Field III. He has made no definite plans as yet but says that the training progress of his charges will govern his decisions. If the weather continues favorable he may ship the stable to Maryland. A Kentucky campaign is also being considered. Superintendent Pels is working on the main course and expects to throw it open for training purposes within a few days. A number of the trainers have complained of the dust on the training oval.
