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BELMONT STAKES SA1URDAY Outstanding Feature of Belmpnt BelmpntMeeting Meeting Reserved for Decision Decisionon on the Closing Day NEW YORK N Y June 10 The Belmont Stakes the outstanding feature of next Sat ¬ urday when the most successful meeting of the Westchester Racing Association is sched ¬ uled to close has a following all its own as is deserving of a stake dating from 1SC7 Originally contested for at one and three quarters miles and having a value of a few thousand dollars outside of the appropriate trophy which has always been offered for it the Belmont Stakes has been run at vary ¬ ing distances but has finally reached the point where it is a true Derby test of a mile and a half and is worth 6r000 6r000The The Belmont unlike many other substan ¬ tial turf prizes for threeyearolds does not make its appeal a few weeks or months be ¬ fore its running but has two closings one for foals and the other for yearlings thereby stimulating the bloodstock industry to a de ¬ gree that is not understood by the public at large largeLike Like the Futurity that greatest of autumn prizes for twoyearolds which is also de ¬ cided at Belmont Park the Belmont Stakes is a direct and much needed incentive to thoroughbred production Each plays its part in maintaining the industry on an even keel While the Futurity is for the produce of named mares and there is always the great ¬ est interest in the quality of their offspring much the same sentiment attaches to tho older stake for which the pick of the foals and yearlings are entered enteredThe The premiums to the nominators of the placed horses in both of the Westchester events play their part in promoting interest in these particular features and in racing in general They are a voluntary offering on the part of the association to the breeders of the country The small breeder who has had the good fortune to produce a horse capable of winning either and who has sold his candidate prior to the race will have something more tangible than the glow of satisfaction that every man feels when some ¬ thing of his own triumphs over the best in the land And the big breeder never gets so blase that his pulse does not quicken as he sees a colt or filly for whose existence he is responsible flash to the fore in a Belmont or Futurity The premiums to the nominators of the first second and third horses in the Belmont Stakes are 2000 to the nominator of the winner 1000 to the nominator of the second and 500 to the nominator of the third whether they are the owners of the horses on the day of tne race or not notIt It is only natural therefore that a race like the Belmont full of traditional and his ¬ torical interest should be popular It was born in 18G7 has been maintained at a sacri ¬ fice through the stormy periods of the turf in the United States and is bigger and bet ¬ ter today than at any other lime in its existence That it will be kept alive as long as the thoroughbred type is produced in this country is the belief of those who have an abiding faith in the courage and sportsman ¬ ship of the average American of any period The only years it was not contested were 1911 and 1012 when there was no racing on any of The Jockey Club courses The Bel ¬ mont of 1926 closed with 424 nominations and of these sixtynine are eligible The field will be drawn from the following Log Cabin Stables Chance Play W R Coe3 Pompey Joseph E Wideners Haste Wil ¬ liam Ziegler Jrs Espino Samuel D Riddles Crusader Harry Payne Whitneys Blondin Walter M Jeffords Mars Alex Gordons Banton Sagamore Stables Rock Man Wai ¬ ter J Salmons Display Rancocas Stables Nichavo Idle Hour Farm Stables Barcolo Greentree Stables Navigator Park View Stables Rhinock and Brookmeade Stables Rock Star
