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Metropolitan Handicap and Juvenile Stakes Todays Headline Events at Belmont Park Eight Thirty Shoulders 132 in Met Unbeaten Albatross in Juvenile JuvenileNEW NEW YORK N Y May 23 The Metro ¬ politan Handicap and the Juvenile Stakes two of Belmonts most famous spring fix ¬ tures are the headline attractions on tomor ¬ rows weekend offerings down at the ver ¬ dant and ultra modern Nassau County course Each has drawn a brilliant field with more interest centering on the historic Metropolitan mile George D Wideners great Eight Thirty heads a group of nine there and loomed overnight as an oddson choice though he must shoulder the heavy impost of 132 pounds and concede chunks of weight to such at Haltal winner of the McLennan Clark and Dixie Handicaps this season the accomplished Hash the fleet Roman and the unpredictable but speedy The Chief Mioland asked to pick up 129 pounds in this renewal of the Met is pass ¬ ing up the issue to await the Suburban CRACK BAND OF JUVENILES JUVENILESThe The Juvenile also has attracted a fast well filled field with the ten promised in ¬ cluding the unbeaten Florida sensation Albatross from the Coldstream Stable and the recent developments Requested Sun Again Some Chance and Amphitheatre The last named son of Sir Gallahad III races for the fashionable Manhasset Stable and in his one start set the current track mark of 58 for the new juvenile course while Sun Again and Some Chance represent the Cal ¬ umet Farm barn Sun Again having won the Jockey Club Plate at this meeting Amphi ¬ theatre probably will be a slight choice in this sixtyfifth running of the Juvenile though its a wide open affair Incidentally if all ten go it will net the winner 8275 while the Metropolitan with nine will yield the winner 20250 20250Tomorrows Tomorrows offerings are by far the most mostContinued Continued on thirtyfirst page CRACK FIELDS IN TWO BELMONT HEADLINERS HEADLINERSMetropolitan Metropolitan Handicap Attracts Eight Thirty Unbeaten Albatross Slated to Go in Juvenile Stakes StakesContinued Continued from first page pageattractive attractive thus far in the twentyfourday meeting and seemingly all that is needed to make it the biggest as to attendance and play is a continuation of the bright May weather that was on tap when entries were locked up Racing secretaryhandicapper Jack Campbell has surrounded the two stakes with half a dozen other events in ¬ cluding a chase and a class C handicap over a mile and a half that has drawn Mrs Marie Evans explater Shot Put who won the 50000 New York Handicap at this course last fall fallThe The traffic officials have gone into a hud ¬ dle over speeding up the courtesy bus from the Jamaica subway to the track while Mort Mahonys tote department and the Stevens caterers are prepared to care for the wants of a halfholiday crowd of more than 30000 Metropolitan turf enthusiasts enthusiastsThis This will be the fortyeighth running pf the Metropolitan Handicap which is a heri ¬ tage of the gaslight era and racing at old Morris Park In it Eight Thirty will essay to encompass a task such as has been set few horses down through the years For only one Grey Lag ever carried more than 130 pounds and was onetwothree in the stake winning the 1923 running under 133 pounds Should he win the Metropolitan Eight hirty would have to carry 132 and concede Mioland five pounds in his effort to repeat his brilliant 1940 score in the Suburban SuburbanHandicapper Handicapper Jack Campbell is mighty high on the Erdenheim stallion rating him more highly than Mioland Challedon Bime lech and other noted performers of recent seasons in the Suburban SuburbanIn In his seasons debut Eight Thirty picked up 129 pounds and breezed to fast field in the Toboggan opening day of the meeting He has done all weve asked of him since says trainer Bert Mulholland The big train went a very impressive and handy mile in 138 coming back to open up three fur ¬ longs in 34 this morning All of which says hes ready readyHALTALS HALTALS IMPRESSIVE RECORD RECORDThe The Woodvales Haltal probably will be second choice or nearly so right off his impressive performance record this spring In the Dixie Mioland tried to give him nine ¬ teen pounds and was beaten a head In the Metropolitan Eight Thirty will try to con ¬ cede eighteen Steve Judges charge put in his mile final in 143 well in hand Con McCreary a familiar boy has the mount mountHandicapper Handicapper Campbell rates Hash second best of the Met field under 123 Hash was third to Whirlaway and Mioland in the Hen ¬ ry of Navarre Purse last Tuesday and breezed a half in 50 by way of opening up for the Met Incidentally he will be striv ¬ ing to repeat Third Degrees tally for Green tree in this stake last spring Arcaro rides ridesThe The Juvenile will be of no small interest because it will provide the tell on some of the swiftest twoyearolds shown under colors thus far in the young season It will bring together Albatross an unbeaten stakes winner and the hero of the Florida season against such Johnnycomelatelies as is the dazzling Amphitheatre and Sun Again and the latters stablemate Some Chance who was left at the post and won galloping in his last Preakness Day at Baltimore
