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Belmont Prepares to Enter ¬ tain Record Crowd Saturda 50000 Added Belmont Stakes Days Big Event War Admiral Pompoon Melodist MelodistFlying Flying Scot and Others Ready Readyfor for Long Test NEW YORK N Y June 3 As prepara ¬ tions went forward at Belmont Park to ac ¬ commodate what possibly may prove a rec ¬ ord crowd all but one of the seven trainers with candidates for Saturdays running of the historic Belmont Stakes marked time today The exception was James W Healy who had John Hay Whitneys Flying Scot out for an easy gallop of a mile and one quarter in 211 although the Withers winner had been asked for speed no later than Tues ¬ day dayTomorrow Tomorrow morning will find nearly all of the Belmont hopefuls indulging in short speed tests to put them on their toes for the mile and onehalf event which has stirred the imagination of the public as no other running of Americas only counterpart of the English Derby has done in recent years even though War Admiral rules an oddson favorite favoriteNew New York racing enthusiasts except those few who made the trips to the Kentucky Derby Preakness or Chesapeake Stakes have not seen War Admiral in action this season and they are eager to view the mighty atom from Glen Riddle in action be ¬ cause the son of Man o War and Brush Up has performed in such a manner as to cause him to become a public idol idolBROOKLYN BROOKLYN READY READYFour Four of War Admirals Belmont opponents have been victims of his campaigning this year while Brooklyn and Vamoose two sons of Blue Larkspur are to oppose him for the first time as threeyearolds Brooklyn which failed to make ready for the Ken ¬ tucky Derby after two unsuccessful engage ¬ ments at Keeneland jumped into Belmont prominence over the weekend with the fast ¬ est workout over the mile and onehalf dis ¬ tance of any of the candidates The E R Bradley colt was well tired after covering the route in 231 which was natural con ¬ sidering that he lacked the seasoning en ¬ joyed by the other hopefuls hopefulsPompoon Pompoon which got up on even terms with War Admiral at the sixteenth post in the Preakness only to lose by a head con itinues as the second choice for the Belmont Continued on thirtyeighth page BELMONT PREPARES TO ENTERTAIN CROWD SATURDAY Continued from first page with Flying Scot enjoying the most support of the others as he accounted for the With ¬ ers in impressive fashion after finishing third in the Pimlico attraction attractionCyrus Cyrus Field Clarke trainer of Jerome Louchheims star did very little with the son of Pompey for some time after the Preakness because the colt was suffering from a slight foot injury but he has been able to give him sufficient training since to have Pompoon in satisfactory condition for his long race raceDARK DARK HORSES OF FIELD FIELDSceneshifter Sceneshifter the candidate of Maxwell Howard and Brooklyn are considered the dark horses of the Belmont field The for ¬ mer which showed speed at intervals in the Kentucky Derby has trained exception ¬ ally well for the Belmont and his partisans believe his chances are increased consider ¬ ably by the medium size of the field His trainer Earl Sande has the honor of having ridden five winners of the big spring spe j cial of the Westchester Racing Association AssociationIn In his last trial for Saturdays race Fly ¬ ing Scot was strongly restrained through ¬ out The son of The Porter and Caledonia was confined to 25 for the opening quar ¬ ter 51 for the half mile and 117 for three quarters His time for the mile was 143 and for the mile and an eighth 157 Fly ¬ ing Scots only trial over the Belmont dis ¬ tance was last Sunday while the Wheatley i Stables Melodist is the only one of the seven candidates which has not had experi ¬ ence over the distance
