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ROMAN Joseph E Wideners crack sprinter who turned threequarters in 113 at Belmont Park Saturday In preparation for his Metropolitan engagement next nextweekend weekend METROPOLITAN TOPS BELMONT STAKES THIS WEE SIX FEATURES WILL BE RDN AT NASSAU COURSE COURSEProbable Probable Meeting of Eight Thirty and Mioiand in Mile Handicap Is Occasion for Intense Interest InterestNEW NEW YORK N Y May 17 Belmont Parks spring meeting away to a very suc ¬ cessful start when favored with perfect weather through the five of the first half dozen days moves into the second of its four full weeks on Monday with all signs pointing toward a continuation of the highclass sport that has always been characteristic of the Westchester Racing Associations offerings A cluster of half a dozen stakes are spread over six days directly ahead These are headed by ednesdays Acorn and Satur ¬ days double feature bill embracing the SixtyFifth Juvenile and the FortyEighth edition cf the famed Metropolitan Handi ¬ cap Therell be no stake attraction Monday but such an attraction will top the vard each succeeding day of the week On Tuesday theres the Appleton Memorial Chase on Thursday the Belmont Spring Maiden Stee ¬ plechase and on Friday the Peter Pan Handi ¬ cap a test of a mile and a furlong for three yearoldsBELMONTS yearolds BELMONTS TRADITIONAL EVENTS EVENTSBy By far the most interest centers on the mile of the Metropolitan which was organ ¬ ized at Old Morris Park and is the first of the big three of N w Yorks traditional fix ¬ tures for the handicap division The other two of course are the Suburban and the Brooklyn Handicappcr Jack Campbells weights for the Metropolitan have been re ¬ leased and these show George Wideners stal ¬ wart Eight Thirty at the top under the steady impost of 132 pounds The prospect of a meeting among the veterans from Erden heim Charley Howards hardhitting Mio ¬ iand Greentrees Hash and Roy Martins recent Dixie winner Haltal is indeed an In ¬ triguing one for focal racegoers Present racegoersPresent indications point to a sizeable field one that will be drawn from among Eight Thirty 132 Mioiand 129 Hash 123 Roman 118 Parasang115 Gallahadion 114 Haltal 114 Dit 112 The Finest 112 Doubt Not 110 Sickle T 109 Roman Flag 108 and The Chief 108 108There There are thirteen in that group of prob ¬ ables for Saturdays 10000 added event The weeks training and racing may bring some additions and subtractions subtractionsEight Eight Thirty is set a tremendous task in the Metropolitan and if he is successful the big train would have to pick a threepound penalty for the Suburban on Decoration Day Nevertheless he looms as the public prefer ¬ enceNUMEROUS ence NUMEROUS IMPROVEMENTS IMPROVEMENTSBelmont Belmont Parks numerous improvements this spring have made a big hit with local enthusiasts The Daily Double feature is being offered while the courtesy bus service from the Jamaica subway also has proved popular The same can be said for the new juvenile course which brings the running of the twoyearold races into clearer view or the public publicNotable Notable gains were shown in the daily at ¬ tendance and play there the first week The total attendance the first five days was 66041 against 52658 for the corresponding period springJack last spring Jack Campbells weight assignments for the eightytwo eligibles in the second run ¬ ning of the Peter Pan Handicap on Friday are due Whirlaway is expected to go if the weights suit suitOthers Others in this mile and a furlong are Bern Stables Master Henry Fred Byers Robert Morris Coldstream Stables Curious Coin C S Howards Porters Cap Mill River Stables Poppadeets Crispin Oglebays Ocean Blue Ogden Phipps King Cole A J Sacketts Richmond and Sam Tufanos Mar ¬ ket Wise WiseA A first rate field should come from among this list and if the Calumet stable decides to run Whirlaway the stake will attract a banner Friday gathering for all the world loves to see a champion in action and War ¬ ren Wrights Derby Preakness winner shapes up just such a colt in the threeyearold ranks right now nowACORN ACORN STAKES ON WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAYSome Some of the glamour girls of the three yearold division will be seen in action in the eleventh running of the 7500 added Acorn in the middle of the week Heading the probables is Crispin Oglebays Leve Best leader of her sex at two last season but who appeared in need of a race when making her 1941 debut in the Pimlico Oaks at Baltimore BaltimoreElla Ella K Brysons Cis Marion and John Bells Dark Discovery who were onetwo in the order mentioned and just inches apart at the end of the Pimlico Oaks also are in the Acorn mile Other accomplished probables are Breck inridge Longs Nasca and the Greentree Sta ¬ bles Tangled Calumets Proud One a win ¬ ner at this meeting C V Whitneys Traf ¬ fic Court Cleaveland Putnams Moja and Wheatley Stables Dark Imp also are can ¬ didates for the Acorn a stake that last spring was won by Damaged Goods who like Dawn Play and Top Flight went on to win the Coaching Club American Oaks OaksINTEREST INTEREST IN JUVENILE STAKES STAKESIn In addition to the Peter Pan and the Metropolitan theres plenty of interest in the Juvenile which will be the cofeature with the Metropolitan Some good colts have shown at the meeting chief among these being Calumets Sun Again winner of The Jockey Club Plate and Manhassets Amphi ¬ theatre who reduced the fivefurlong track mark over the new course to 58 in Fri ¬ days successful debut debutThe The pair are expected to hook up in the Juvenile Warren Wright in fact had three husky candidates for this fixture for in ad ¬ dition to Sun Again he has Col Teddy and Some Chance in the list of eligibles
