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Here and There on the Turf Quatrain Eliminated. Prospect for Belmont. Zev in Training. Fast Races at Latonia. Of course, it is disappointing to Frederick Johnson that Quatrain, his Belmont Stakes hope, should go amiss on the even of the run ning of that great stake race. The son of Omar Khayyam will not go to the post on Saturday and earlier in the year Mr. Johnson had high hopes of winning this race, large ly on the ability to stay that was exhibited by his colt. But after all Quatrain has not shown any thing since his two races at New Orleans in the winter that would warrant gtving him a chance against the best that will try for the Belmont Stakes Saturday. It is true that Quatrain has been decidedly unlucky through all his spring training, after being brought from New Orleans, but as has be:n argued before there was hardly enough shown, in either the New Orleans Handicap or the Louisiana Derby, to warrant rating him as more than a possible champion. As the date for the running of the 0,000 Belmont Stakes draws near it becomes more and more apparent that two sons of Man o War will probably be fighting it cut at the end. These are Samuel D. Riddles American Hag and Walter M. Jeffords By Hisself. Some may scout the idea that By Hisself will be able to fight it out with the Riddle cham pion. but Mr. Jeffords has a truly good colt and Bob Smith has been bringing him up to this engagement skillfully. A mile and a quarter in 2 :06:tr. rn Tuesday morning at Belmont Park would indicate that By Hisself is just about ready for the big race and he has always shown ability to "stay." one of the prime requisites for u victory over the milt and three eighths di.-tance By this it is not meant that By Hisself will defeat American Hag Saturday, but he has been showing enough to indicate that he will offer a worthy battle for the honors of the race. looking over all of the other probable starters for the Belmont Stakes, there does nst seem to be any one calculated to seriously bother these two sons of Man o War. Those of the H. P. Whitney nominations that still reman eligible are Backbune. The Bat, Coro nation. Courageous. Reminder and Overall. Not one of these has shown enough to occa sion trianers Gwyn Tompkins or Bob Smith any uneasiness. Then there is Chantey from the Greentree Stable, also trained by James Row?. This colt ran one race at Havre de Grace that was decidedly sensational. But ho failed in the Preakness Stakes and. while be ing prepared for the Kentucky Derby, bled slightly and was not sent to th- post. It is hardly expected that he will be started. Coventry, winner of the Preakness Slakes for Gifford A. Cochran, is far from being a sound colt and since that victory he has been soundly beaten so that he may be discarded Dangerous, another Cochran eligible, does not measure up to a Belmont Stakes and Battle Hfld has not shown enough to be considered worthy to start for such a race. Hying lObony i« not an eligibD, but even his victory in th.» Kentucky Derby would not make him appear particularly dangerous in the Belmont Stakes Kentucky Cardnd and Almadel. invaders from Kentucky, have not shown Belmont Stake, class in their race-; this year and BtMCtt would have to improve j-tly t give the Fisher colors a real chance Willis Sharpe Kilmer will have to depend upon Sunsard. if he has a starter Saturday and he is another thai does not ineasure up to either of the Man o War colts over a mile and three e ghths distance. While there were three nominated from the Rancocas Stable, they have all been declared j so that the Sinclair colors will not be shown, and looking through the list of eligibles, there I remains no hope for such a field as went to | the post in the Withers Stakes facing the i barrier. It is of importance to know that Zev is in training again. This swift running son of The Kinn, with the money earning record, will undoubtedly be seen at the post during the j Aqueduct meeting Hildreth has had Zev in training at Mr. Sinclairs New Jersey farm for i a considerable time and when he was moved to Belmont Park he was just about ready to be sent along at a swift turn of speed. He gallops ■ mndly and his return to the turf will be a popular one. While considerable work was done to resto-e a grateful cushion to the Latonia course, which ua.- ■ bit hard for the comfort of horses las year, the track remains a fast one, as is evi deuced by recent racing. Tuesday the trak ricord of 1 41*r.. for a mile and seventy yards, was again equalled. This time it was C. Ried inger s Caractus, a three year old son of Great j Britain and Orern, that hung up the mark. He [only took up % pounds, but wan with ease. after setting the pace a:l the way. and took the measure of rider horses. It is always desirable to have a fast track j when the cushion is not sacrificed in the inter .est of speed, and Latonia seoms to have kept much of its speed aiding surface with the new-cushion. At Belmont Park the horses have also bee-i showing fa«t performances on occasions There. Mr. Widener saw to it that the cushion was improved materially over that of other years. I Trainers generally welcome a cushion that 1 offers a grateful protection to the feet and legs of the galloping horses, and that it always be of much more vital importance than speel records. Word from Cincinnati of the coming meet ing at the new Coney Island track, which follows the meeting at Latonia, would indicate that it will be a popular term of racing. The stakes recently closed attracted a notable li9t of horses and already a great many of the stables now employed at the Kentucky Jockey Club meeting at Latonia. have arranged fttah ling at the new Ohio course. At the same time shipments have begun to Hawthorne, in Chicago, that conducts a mrCi I ing simultaneously with that at Coney Island, j so that the horsemen of the Middb West will I have a chance to make a choice and at the same time be relieved of a big shipping expense It is interesting to know that Benny Marin elli, the jockey so seriously hurt during the Jamaica meeting, is well on his way to recovery. Marinelli was hurt on May 8 and for a considerable time it was feared that his injuries would prove fatal. Apropos of the Marinelli injury is interesting to know that all the jockeys who rode in the races of Tuesday wore the protecting fibre skull helmets, as requested by the Kentucky Racing Commission.
