Nine Carded To Start In Rich Belmont Stakes: High Quests Name Included But Still Is Considered Doubtful; Great Race Foreshadowed Even if Brookmeade Stable Star Happens to Be Absentee--National Stallion Stakes Outlook and Comment, Daily Racing Form, 1934-06-09

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NINE CARDED TO START IN RICH BELMONT STAKES High Quests Name Included But Still Is Considered Doubtful Great Race Foreshadowed Even if Brookmeade Stable StableStar Star Happens to Be Absentee National Stallion StallionStakes Stakes Outlook and Comment NEW YORK N Y June 8 For the sixtysixth running of the famous old Belmont Stakes which was inaugurated in 1867 nine have been named to go to the post Saturday afternoon The field is iust as has been predicted with the addition of A C Schwartz Jockey High Quest M Garner Good Goods B Jones Peace Chance ChanceHose W D Wright Hose Cross S Coucci Roustabout A Robertson Chicstraw D Meade Sir Thomas A Pascuma Identify Gay Monarch Gay Monarch and M L Schwartz Identify With nine going to the post the prize will have a gross value of 58710 making it the richest prize of the year for the threeyear olds As was promised Col Bob Smith has named both High Quest and Good Goods from the Brookmeade Stable and the others are C V Whitneys Roustabout George D Wideners Chicstraw Alec Gordons Sir Thomas the Manhassett Stables Rose Cross Joseph E Wideners Peace Chance and the two mentioned above Five were breezed along Friday morning in mild speed tests for the long mile and a half gallop A notable absentee during the training hours was High Quest and of course a doubt is expressed of the winner of the Preakness being sent to the post Smith would not definitely make up his mind regarding the colt on account of the minor injury he suffered in the Withers The colt eoes soundlv anfl apparently suffers no discomfort from the injured quarter but galloping a mile and a half might possibly cause him to favor the leg at the expense of the other and for that reason Smith is still undecided about start ¬ ing him himGood Good Goods had Cavalcade Kentucky and American Derby winner as his work com ¬ panion Friday morning The pair went along for a smart half in 50 and it was ample after his long gallops to pronounce 3ood Goods fit and ready Even should ligh Quest be kept in the stable this colt has the staying quality that gives him a royal chance to uphold the fame of Mrs Sloanes silks i iPLENTY PLENTY OF SPEED I IChicstraw Chicstraw was also sent along for a half y A J Joyner and he showe4 a bit more speed when timed in 48 Trainer Brennan only asked Rose Cross for a three furlongs move and he showed a world of speed when ic covered it in 35 Pete Coyne sent Peace Chance a smart six furlongs in 111 and Alec Gordon sent Sir Thomas five furlongs n 100 which indicated the maiden son of Sir Gallahad III is right on edge for his most ambitious effort Each one of those has been brought up to the running magnifi ¬ cently and except Peace Chance and Roust ¬ about they have been tried highly over the full mile and a half distance There is still some doubt of the quality of Peace Chance to carry on for a mile and a half but Roustabout appears well able to stay the route Chicstraw for a time was not rated a stayer but he has steadily improved under the careful conditioning of the veteran A J Joyner until no doubt remains of his ability to run all the way Sir waySir Thomas and Rose Cross have also demonstrated that they are capable of going the distance at a fast rate of speed Gay speedGay Monarch earned his way into the field by his excellent race Thursday in which he closed an immense gap in a fashion to sug gest a staying quality Identify has not shown himself a stayer but he has been im I proving and may give an excellent account of himself These will be coupled in the field with I Max Hirsch sending both to the post The other entry is that of Mrs Sloanes High Quest and Good Goods GoodsEIGHT EIGHT IN JUVENILE RACE RACEFor For the National Stallion the juvenile prize that is a notable companion piece to the old Belmont eight of the eligibles have been named This is a five furlongs race over the Widener course and with these go ¬ ing to the post its value will be 16860 making it one of the richest of the New York juvenile prizes being topped only by the Hopeful at Saratoga Springs and the Futurity richest of all races As in the Bel ¬ mont Bob Smith has named two from Mrs Sloanes Brookmeade Stable in Psychic Bid and Young Native NativeThe The Greentree Stable will try to complete the Juvenile and National Stallion with Plat Continued on thirtysecond page


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