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BEN JONES Who will saddle Whirl away again today has done a wonderful job of keeping his charge in perfect condition WHIRLAWAY TO MAKE SECOND START OF WEEK IN 7500 PETER PAN HANDICAP AT BELMONT Crack Son of Blenheim II Carries 1 30 Pounds in NineFurlong Event King Cole Market Wise and Robert Morris Are Among His Seven Rivals RivalsNEW NEW YORK N Y May 22 Whirlaway is no Sunday horse The Calumet Farms little red speed ball after going out of his age division to dust off the mighty Mioland on Tuesday is to take up 130 pounds and concede chunks of weight to others of the better threeyearolds in the second running of the Peter Pan Handicap a test of a mile and a furlong that distinguishes tomorrows program at Belmont Park ParkThe The DerbyPreakness winner shapes up an oddson favorite in this 7500 added event though in it he must give six pounds to King Cole runnerup in the Baltimore clas ¬ sic and more lately winner of the local Withers Another who will test Whirlaways mettle in this first of the seasons important handicaps for threeyearolds is Sam Tu fanos Market Wise the pride of Jamaica and who was third to the Wright colt in the Kentucky Derby Market Wise gets in with 119 pounds poundsIn In addition Plain Ben Jones charge will try to give Fred Byers Robert Morris thirteen pounds Greentree Stables Monday Lunch sixteen Leigh Talliaferros Bright Gallant twenty and J E Wideners Martian and Belair Studs Greville twentythree apiece The eight comprise a brighter field than that drawn from the inaugural of the Peter Pan here last spring and with Whirl away in there the gate receipts and tote play can be expected to soar as they did when he appeared on Tuesday TuesdayNO NO RIDER NAMED FOR WHIRLAWAY WHIRLAWAYNo No rider was named for Whirlaway at the time he was entered for the Peter Pan though the Calumet contract booter Wendell Eads won on him in the Henry of Navarre Purse Eddie Arcaro who piloted Whirl away in the Derby and Preakness must han ¬ dle Monday Lunch for Mrs Payne Whitney Incidentally if Monday Lunch cannot beat Whirlaway with sixteen pounds the best of it in the weights in the feature it would seem impractical to chase him after the stretch running son of Blenheim II in the Bolmont Stakes so that Arcaros services may be available for him in that last of the cluster of three stakes comprising Amer ¬ icas Triple Crown CrownSummerlike Summerlike weather was on tap at Bel ¬ mont Park as entries were taken for the Friday matinee while the racing strip was in its most speedconducive condition How ¬ ever the top weight and favorite in the Peter Pan seems equally at home on any sort of racing strip If all eight in the promised field answer Sergeant Grays bugle the race will gross 10350 and yield the win ¬ ner a net prize of 7600 A victory for Whirlaway in the Peter Pan would place him in the golden circle of 200000 winners for his total gleanings just now stand at 196341 196341WARREN WARREN WRIGHT TO BE ON HAND HANDWarren Warren Wright absent when Whirlaway won Tuesday and when Proud One won the Acorn for him is to be present for the Peter Pan Jones incidentally is to discuss a rider for his charge with the master of Calumet Farm FarmWhirlaways Whirlaways recent form is too well known to warrant repetition here Suffice to say hes as good as the capable Jones can get him albeit lighter than in the Preakness Jones holds the firm belief that Whirlaway wants plenty of competition and thats what hes getting gettingIt It lias been a rare champion indeed who has raced as frequently and hard as has Whirlaway in recent years His main objec ¬ tive at the huge Hempstead turnpike course is the Belmont Stakes on getaway day The Swift a sprint affair is his only stakes en ¬ gagement between the dates of the Peter Pan and the Belmont and he will not appear for that one King Cole and Greville go as the Mr Fitz trained entry in the Peter Pan with the theContinued Continued on thirtieth page 1 WHIRLAWAY HEADS FIELD FOR PETERPAN CAP RENEWAL RENEWALCalumet Calumet Star Meets Seven Rivals in His Second Appearance of Week Continued from first page pageformejr formejr again to be handled by Johnny Gil ¬ bert who rode so ably in the Preakness and Withers King Cole will have a better op ¬ portunity of lasting to beat Whirlaway in this mile and a furlong event than in the mile and threesixteenths of the Preakness in addition to getting a sixpound weight pull pullMarket Market Wise and Robert Morris appear about alike with the former having won the Wood and then finished third in the Derby despite his thin feet He gets eleven pounds from Whirlaway while Robert Morris who was second in the Withers after having won the Excelsior at Jamaica is in with a pull of thirteen pounds Market JfcVise is to be handled by Don Meade while Robertson boots Robert Morris MorrisOne One must go back to 1940 form to give Monday Lunch much of a chance here though he is under just 114 pouncvs for in his two starts this year the latest of them the Withers this Greentree Stable color bearer failed dismally Martian Bright Gal ¬ lant and Greville appear in too tough toughAll All those in the Peter Pan had finished their work what little was required to keep fit before Thursdays training period periodIncidentally Incidentally this stake last year drew a crowd of just 9269 one that wagered 619385 Given a continuation of summery weather both figures are expected to be eclipsed to ¬ morrow afternoon
