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HIGH HOPES FOR DISPLAY «$ Stable Employes Believe Salmon Racer Will Displace Sarazen. • Healey Disappoint!- I Son of Fair Play Did a. Not Finish 1027 Winner of More ; Than £200.000. NEW YORK. N. Y.. April C— Display. the chestnut son of Fair Play — Cicuta, by Nassovian. which races for W. J. Salmon, and which trainer T. J. Healey is pointing for the renewal of the Dixie Stakes at Pim-lico. is progressing smoothly in his work at Belmont Park. The big chestnut is a hard horse to prepare and it requires a terrific amount of »vor to have him at his best. When brought out for exercise on the main track yesterday. Display was in a running mood. Trainer Healey issued orders that he was to go a mile. The exercise boy had his hands full in trying to keep Display from showing mid-summer speed. He ran the mile in 1:50 and an extra eighth in 2:0.".. hard held at the end. A few days previous to this trial. Display went three-quarters in 1:20. Trainer licabv will start Display in at least two races Lefore the running of the Dixie Stakes. One might be at Jamaica before he is shipped to Maryland and the other prohahly will be at Havre de Grace. These races, in addition to the regular work. Healey believes will fit Display for the running of the big rimlico openi.ig fixture. There is a feeling of assurance ahcut the barn at Belmont Park that Display will displace Saraze.i. and probably Man o War in money won thh year. Display is in grand bodily condition and one of the pets of the stable. Contrary to general belief. Display is one the kindest horses in the barn, and as playful as a kitten. His stablemate nickname is Pete and he responds to this name whenever called. I »isplay would have retired to winter quarters last fall winner of over 00,000 had owner Salmon heeded the advice of trainer Healey. The latter had named Display and Black Panther for the Thanksgiving Handicap a. Bowie. Long before post time Healey explained to Mr. Salmon that he thought it a good idea to declare Black Panther. The owner vetoed the idea and would not listen to it. The result of the race was a bitter disappointment to owner Salmon, as Black 1 anther beat Display in the final strides, , thereby earning ,230. Display, for finishing second, took down ,000. Displays earnings up to that race were 96,651. The nose difference at the finish of the race cost Display his place within the charmed 00,000 circle. The difference between first and second money was ,250. The race was a bitter disappointment to owner Salmon, bit. was the opposite for the trainer. Healey formed a strong attachment for Black Panther when, as a yearling, he was led into the stable. Black Panther has always been a gentleman on the track and about the barn, and is a game one. While Healey likes Display, he never responded as Black Panther did to the petting and attention that was lavished on him. Black Panther, according to everybody connected with the stable, expresses his appreciation for anything that is clone for his comfort, while Display treats it as a routine matter, or something that is his clue. Display is filth on the list of American winning thoroughbreds, surpassed by Zev, Exterminator, Man o War and Sarazen. Display has started in sixty-three races, many of which necessitated long and tedious train trips to the West. Canada and Maryland. He is what is known as a good shipper and never becomes nervous. Seventeen firsts, nineteen seconds and fourteen thirds constitute his racing record. Bad racing luck accounted for several defeats, in which he was the best horse in the race. Display will be well up in the handicap scale this summer and. should he show the same Improvement from a four-year-old to a five-year-old as he did from a three to four, he will prove a very handy horse in the handicap brigade.
