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BELMONT OFFERS FOUR FEATURES THIS WEEK WEEKSuburban Suburban Coaching Club Oaks Roseben and Corinthian Up for Renewal at Westchester Oval OvalNEW NEW YORK N Y May 24 Belmont Park a racing plant of matchless grandeur where sport of the highest quality is the keynote begins the second and most pro tentious half of its spring meeting of twen ¬ tyfour days on Monday The Westchester Racing Associations offerings during the sixday span just ahead will be notable for the renewals of four important stakes fea ¬ tures Chief of these is the historic Sub ¬ urban which will have its fiftyfifth run ¬ ning as the stellar attraction on Fridays Decoration Day program programThe The Suburban carried over from the old Sheepshead Bay course is the lands most significant turf fixture for the handicap horses and the mile and a quarter this year is enriched with 30000 by the association In addition theres the Corinthian Steeple ¬ chase on Tuesday and Saturdays twinstake program embracing the young Roseben Handicap and the Coaching Club American OSke which latter test is just about the m6st coveted prize for threeyearold fillies on this side of the Atlantic AtlanticAt At the present time it appears that a field of about ten will answer the bugle for the Suburban on the holiday The probable starters are headed by Eight Thirty and Mipland who top handicapper Campbells weight assignments and includes such stal ¬ warts as Hash Your Chance Haltal Shot Put Dit Ringie The Chief and perhaps OlympusEIGHT Olympus EIGHT THIRTY AT HEAD OF LIST LISTEight Eight Thirty is at the head of the list with 129 pounds As this is written the Met ¬ ropolitan has to be decided and theres a threepound penalty in the Suburban for winning that mile Mioland has 12f and Hash 121 The others scale down to below 120 pounds with 114 on Your Chance 110 on Haltal 110 for the 1940 distance leader Shot Put 108 on Dit and the same weight on The Chief while Olympus packs the feather of 102 102The The Coaching Club American Oaks also shapes up an interesting stake though none of the first three at the end of the recent Acorn is an eligible For a time it appeared a matter of considerable doubt that Crispin Oglebays Level Best leader of the twoyear old fillies last year would be ready for the Coaching Club However she has recuper ¬ ated quickly from the effect of an attack of the cough and will be tested as a possi ¬ bility for the weekend fixture when she goes to the post against tough older mares in the mile and a sixteenth of the Princess Doreen Handicap which heads this after ¬ noons program There the Ohioan meets such as True Call Bala Ormont Dini Rose town and Laatokka LaatokkaOther Other prospective starters in the Coaching Club a stake intended as the American equivalent of the Epsom Oaks are Breckin ridge Longs Nasca Greentree Stables Tan ¬ gled John Bells Dark Discovery and C V Whitneys Traffic Court The field will be a small but classy one on present indica ¬ tions
