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ROBERT MORRIS IN SPLENDID TRIAL FOR BELMONT GOES FULL ROUTE OF BIG RACE IN 237 45 45Whirlaways Whirlaways Main Rival Turns In Impressive Mile and Half Move Between Races Monday NEW YORK N Y June 2 Robert Mor ¬ ris generally regarded as the main rival for the DerbyPreakness winner Whirlaway in the latters quest for Belmont Stakes and triple crown honors at the Nassau County course on Saturday put in an impressive distance trial for that engagement between the decisions of the sixth and seventh races this afternoon afternoonFred Fred Byers strapping brown colt was sent the full distance of the historic Belmont a mile and a half and moving along well in hand at all stages of the trial the son of Jacopo and Arch Queen was timed the route in the following fractions 124S 25 36 48 101 114 127 lIOtS 153 206 221 and 237 237Maj Maj Tom McCreerys charge was unac ¬ companied by a workmate in this move and was taken far off the rail and eased up after going the mile and an eighth in 153 and the mile and a quarter in 206 with consummate ease and in his usual bigstrid ¬ ing fashion Robert Morris pulled up in excellent fettle and was much admired by all observers for the obvious improvement in his bodily con ¬ dition during this meeting In his latest essay under the colors of his popular Pitts ¬ burgh owner Robert Morris registered an easy triumph in the Peter Pan Handicap here on May 23 23The The Belmont racing strip was designated as fast when Robert Morris worked but actually it still was damp dampThe The colt named for the Revolutionary War hero wasnt the only Belmont Stakes hopeful to work during the afternoon C V Whitneys Yankee Chance after finishing third to Lord Kitchener and Nearsight in a mile allowance race run in 138 went on out a mile and a furlong in 152 and a mile and a quarter in 206 206The The work failed to arouse onlookers for Basil James reefed the Peace Chance colt with his stick passing the finish and was hand riding him the rest of the way FITZSEMMONS STILL HOPEFUL HOPEFULTrainer Trainer Fitzsimmons of Wheatley Stables Bold Irishman still hopeful of getting that colt to the post ready to do himself justice in the Belmont remained at Aqueduct but did not work the Sir Gallahad III three yearold as he had planned if the track dried thoroughly Instead he said in the middle of the afternoon that he would prob ¬ ably work him Tuesday morning morningThe The only other candidate to work for the Belmont Stakes seventythird running was the King Ranchs Itabo That son of Bold Venture and the crack mare Snowflake as yet undefeated in a light campaign of three starts was sent a mile and a half over the main track at Belmont yesterday morning in 244 moving at a slow pace most of the way It is pertinent to note here that the racing strip was muddy when Itabo worked workedThus Thus it appears that the field which will oppose Whirlaway in Saturdays renewal of New Yorks greatest threeyearold special will come from among Fred Byers1 Robert Morris Wheatley Stables Bold Irishman King Ranchs Itabo and C V Whitneys Yankee Chance with Robert Morris and Itabo at present shaping up the most prob ¬ able of the quartet at this writing
