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! j i j ! j j CHANCE PLAY WELL LIKED I ♦ Son of Fair Play Much Improved Over the Winter Months. ♦ Considered FsraUdahta Hlval for Pompey in iTlmsal Stakes — Other Kligihles Ineier IMscussIon. ♦ NEW YORK. X. Y. April 12— In discussing the -hanccs of Pompey and Chance Play in the Belmont Stakes of l!2fi, there are many who favor the son of Fair Flay, though tin- bitter did not measure up to the high hope entertained for him last year. Chance Play is further advanced in his training for the Relmont. than Pompey. He lias improved a lot over the winter, and has caught tic- fancy of those who have been watching the- morning gallops. Many of the best of the get of Fair Ilay are leggy at two. Han o War was of this type, though the "wonder hois, " was not so high on the leg as Chance Play at the same age. The late Major Belmont liked his Fair Ilay colts to be- tall and awkward as yearlings. A. J. Joyne r. who trained Fair Ilay. and has had a lot to do with his get. doesnt want a Fair Play that is not leggy. In addition to Pompey and Chance Play, the Belmont eligibies Include several colts that showed form last year in public, as well as many horses whose- private trials were high. Included in the former are Haste. Mars. Navigator. Flight of Time- and Crusader. Tn the latter dam are- Nomael and Tallwood in Unstable- of Mat-shall Field : Fair Wind, owned by loseph E. Wide-tier: Colorful, in the barn of William Zieglei. Jr.: Dress Parade, in the Glen Riddle lot: Tempest, a half-brother to Spur, owned by James Butler, and Vlidon and Max ne of the- Rancocas Stable. Of the- Belmont eligibies that raced with distinction last year. Flight of Time has improved le-ss than any colt that can be named. He has not developed during the winter, and fails to fill the- eye-, as Display, in the same stable, does. The latter, a son of Fair Play. had tnanv friends last season, and wound up the- year most creditably. Tom Healey likes him very much, and he- might be the lion in the path of several that seem to outclass him at this writing. nattering reports of the conditions of Blsndin, Color Sergeant and Macaw of the Whitney string, const from Rrookdale. From Maryland, the- news is that Rockmaa and Chocolate Soldier are doing we-U. while Flyman and Rock Star in the Rrookmeade lot are going along to the satisfaction of their new trainer G. R. Tompkins. Crusader is moving like a champion in his gallops, and some- of the Marylanders already declare that he will be the equal of American Flag. untiniic-il on twelfth pnge | ; | CHANCE PLAY WELL UKED Continued from first page With the above supplemented by Amber-jack. Bull Bun. Longworth a taking son of Son-in-Law. Lancaster. Nurnii. Navigator. Festival. Flatiron. Barcolo. Rocky Lane, and Sabine, there would seem to be a prospect of a much bigger field than ordinarily for the Belmont of IMS, Those who have been following the career of the English bred three -year-old, Carlaris. in Low.-r California, will have an opportunity I to s.-e this fleet son of Ihularis in action I during the Saratoga meeting, as he has been entered in the Miller. Huron and Saranac at j that point. When the youngster was sold at Saratoga Springs in 1924, he was not particularly engaging. He was very tall on the I leg and deficient in the quarter. The fact that h-- was by Bhalaris. a phenomenally fast s..n t Bolv melus. made him an atractive proposition to many There was some surprise that In- did not bring more than the ;,.".iMi at which In was knocked down to W. T. Anderson, representing the Chula Vista Stable. That Caralaris is a fa.st horse is evidenced by the time has made in his various races on the coast, though it must not be forgotten that Tijuana is a hard, fast tr.uk. There will be a lot of interest to so-bow Carlaris perforins in the Fast against such three-year-olds as Iompey. hance Play, Canter. Bubbling Over. Flight of Time, POOt Time, and others that might be named.
