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REVIEW OF BELMONT STAKES War Admiral Could Have Lowered American Track Record Jockey Kurtsinger Pulled Up Colt Near NearFinish Finish No Definite Plans for forFuture Future Campaign HOMEWOOD 111 June 7 Had he known knownlis lis horse was so close to a new American mile and a half record jockey Charles Kurt singer who rode War Admiral to his bril briliant iant victory in the Belmont Stakes on Sat ¬ urday said he could have broken the mark of difficultyiurtsinger 228 he equalled without any difficulty iurtsinger Washington3ark who returned to Washington 3ark today said the Man o War colt was well in hand at the end of the journey and that unless he had been trying for a new record he would have looked absurd putting ressure on a horse that was winning off y himself himselfThe The Louisville jockey who rode the Glen Riddle threeyearold in his Kentucky Derby and Preakness victories said War Admiral is a truly great horse and the best ever sired by the immortal Man o War Discussing the injury War Admiral sus susained ained in the Belmont Kurtsinger said it was only slight and he did not think it would be serious enough to greatly curtail his future campaign The colt grabbed him ¬ self on the inside of his right heel and re ¬ ceived a cut less than an inch long and which is expected to mend quickly quicklyFUTURE FUTURE IN DOUBT DOUBTKurtsinger Kurtsinger added that George Conway rainer of the champion threeyearold did not commit himself regarding a definite fu ¬ ture campaign for the triple crown winner although Conway did express 3 desire to have the Glen Riddle horse start at least once at a Chicago track He is eligible for he American Derby to be run at Washing ion Park a week from Saturday also Ar ¬ lingtons rich Classic and could be named for later stakes not yet closed closedWar War Admiral moved up many notches on the list of great American money winners through his Belmont success which made his earnings for 1936 and 1937 total 159220 The fashion in which he took the measure of his competitors said very decisively that War Admiral is the greatest of Man o Wars sons surpassing Crusader heretofore consid ¬ ered the pick of the horses sent to the racing wars by the super horse He is many pounds better than anything in his division if not in all divisions divisionsI I never was worried once we raced into the clear said Kurtsinger after the race He ran away from all of them by the time we reached the first turn and nothing trou ¬ bled us thereafter Not once did I have to go to a drive driveSCENESHIFTERS SCENESHIFTERS GOOD RACE RACESceneshifter Sceneshifter primed to the minute by Earl Sande ran his race and one which enabled him to supplant Pompoon as chief pretender to the threeyearold crown Stout hustled him into second place after about half a mile had been completed and drove him vig ¬ orously thereafter but to no avail How much the son of Sickle surpassed the others may be judged by the tenlength margin which separated him from the third horse horseThe The greatest surprise of the race was the dull showing of Pompoon the colt who gave War Admiral such a severe battle in the Preakness after finishing second to the champion in the Kentucky Derby At no stage of the journey did he loom as a contender in what was the second poor effort of his entire career careerMelodist Melodist simply performed as his last three races suggested failing to lead a horse home after always being far back backAnd And so passed into turf history the sixty eighth renewal of the Belmont
