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Here and There on the Turf Belmont May Have Six or Less Omaha and Kosemont Stand Out Fitzsimmons Knows His Routers All Stars in Karragansett Special fc... ...... 4 Contesting Saturdays running of the Belmont takes, Americas only race whose conditions parallel those of the English Derby, will be six or fewer three-year-olds with William Woodwards Omaha shaping up as a stout favorite, Foxcatcher Farms Rosemont, a lukewarm second choice and the others battling for whats left. The Belmont has boiled down, in its calculations, to another clash between Omaha and Rosemont and whatever interest there is. in the mile and a half special, which features the closing of a successful meeting at the Westchester Racing Associations course, is concentrated on these two colts, which provided metropolitan fans with a sharp struggle in the Withers Stakes with the Delaware-owned three-year-old taking an unexpected verdict Even though he was unable to match the keen speed of Rosemont over the mile course of the Withers, Omaha is expected by practically all the experts to have more Continued on Seventeenth jage. HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second pageSi than sufficient power oyer the longer route of. the Belmont to turn back the. son of The Porter and Garden Rose, by Colin. The race being once around the huge Nassau icourse, William Saunders will have ample time to place Omaha in his stride and to make his run when convenient, whereas the long-striding son of Gallant Fox and Flam-bino, by Wrack, was compelled to" tip-toe in the Withers, tactics he evidently-likes hb more this year than he did as -a juvenile When he was a factor in all the important events in which he participated but was never able to land one of them. Omaha wasnt hurried in the early stages .of the Kentucky Derby and Preakhess, with "ther result that he had. plenty of steanito turn" loose when his engineer opened the throttle. A factor in consideration of the Belmont is the ability of James Fitzsimmons to de- velop and train distance runners. No f rairieir in America in the past ten years can begin to claim the same success jn this respect as the smiling Aqueduct chieftain. Gallant Fox, Diavolo, Dark Secret, Carrjr Over and." Faireno are some of the notable horses Fitz Simmons has sent out to capture important races run at a mile and one-half "or farther.1 The veteran horseman developed both Omahas sire and dam as well as many others from both sides of his family, so he can be expected to do just the right thing to have the: -Woodward aolfc. ready for. . his .greatest performancesf or the Belmont, whether; it is needed .-or not. While Ros.emont finished ou; the Withers in a manner suggesting that he could nave extended his speed to a greater distance, the-Belmorit route appears a trifle far for a colt of his breeding. However, the representative of William DuPont, Jr., will ftaye .Wayne Wright to guide him, which" means "lie will have the services of a ladhbT has a head and uses it wlien out there in the thick of the contest: This statement is not ma.de as a reflection on Saunders "ability; but Fitzsimmons wants his jockeys to ride the way he tells them .whereas Wright prob ably will :haye: more. of" a free hand to map; out his own course, which means tie will h.e in a better position to take advantage of any unusual condition which may come up in the running. Because of the complexion of the Belmont field, something unusual may be expected in the way the horses are sent about their tasks. Outside of the two principals, the other certain-Belmont contestants appear to. be Walter M.-, Jeffords Firethorn, Greentree Stables Gillie and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilts Cold Shoulder. Firethorn and Cold Shoulder both are being pointed for the Bel-- mont in their workouts at Belmont Park, while -.Gillie is fresh from an effort in the Latonia Derby and needs but little to be ablerto. negotiate Saturdays route of a mile and one-half. Firethorn is perhaps the most natural distance runner of this trio, as he proved as a two-year-old and again in the Preakness, in which he came from well back to finish second to Omaha,valthbugh soundly beaten by the latter. Cold Shoulder uncovered improved form recently and. since John .H.Stotler has gone about the ;task- of preparing .him for the Belmont. None of the trio appears able tq hold Omaha, but if Rosemo.nt weakens xine of them flight drive into second-place. . . From a" numerical ; standpoint,- theist of nominations to the Narragansett Special does; net appjear very imposinbuVthetwen-ty-s.even eligibies; include every otfe"ofv the lopnotch oldei: liorses In trie cduritry as well as tee ieadirtg-three-year-olds and-ith supplementary entries permitted Aunti"l July 25, any horse developing into prominence iii the meantime will have the "opportunity to be named. The" Narragansett Special will have a minimum purse of 5,000. when it is staged in August, but if Walter E. ,0Hara sees the possibility of a really worthwhile field, he can be expected to raise the value to 0,000. As the conditions for the race ..are now ready, Oliara- will have 6 take the initiatiye pf raising the purse. if Omaha adds the Belmont, American Derby and Classic to his accomplishments and is a starter in the New England feature. If any-other colt is victorious in one of these, three events and is a starter In the Narragansett Special along with Omaha and iariy of "the plder stars, the value o.the- eyeiit Will be automatically doubled.
