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- . -v - 1 - PIRETEtoRNS IMPRESSIVE WORKi BELMONT PARK, N. T., June 1. Pres ton Burch, is bringing Walter M. Jeffords Firethorn up to the Belmont Stakes nicely-and a move Saturday of a mile and a half in 2:35 suggests that the son of Sun Briar and Baton Rouge will be ready for the running next Saturday. Under a nice, steadying restraint, he ran a quarter in :27, vent. to the half in :53, the six furlongs in 1:19, mile in 1:42, mile and a furlong in 1:55, mile and a quarter in 2:09, and the distance in 2:35. He came out of. the move in good shape, and it should go a long way in brings ing him up to the engagement.
