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FAST FIELD OF NINE ENTERED IN SWIFT STAKES KING COLEAND HARVARD SQUARE RENEW RIVALRY RIVALRYPhipps Phipps Colt Top Weight of Field Under 126 Pounds With Roseben Winner Slated to Shoulder 122 122NEW NEW YORK N Y June 3 Speed and more speed will be the keynote in the 41st running of the Swift Stakes which features the final midweek program at Belmont Park ParkThis This fixture is at seven furlongs and is ex ¬ clusively for threeyearolds with the track adding 5000 to the subscription and start ¬ ing fees A fast field of nine was promised through the entry box this morning morningUnder Under the conditions of the Swift Stakes Ogden Phipps Long Islander King Cole will carry the top weight of 126 pounds though he was decisively beatenin the Peter Pan1 and the Roseben since capturing the Withers at this point In the Swift Mr Fitzs lightfooted charge again meets Arnold Hangers hardhitting gelding Harvard Square who packs 122 pounds Harvard Square picks up ten pounds over his Rose ¬ ben Handicap weight while King Cole picks up seven sevenMax Max Hirsch who trains one of the largest public stables in the country has named two other capable threeyearolds along with Harvard Square These are H L Meyers Sheriff Culken and A J Sacketts Rich ¬ mond who carry 114 and 112 respectively In a fairly open race the entry may wind up favorite over the deposed King Cole As each of the three named by Hirsch races for a different owner all three may start startQUAKERTOWN QUAKERTOWN ON EDGE EDGEAnother Another of the group that has exhibited plenty of speed in Belmont Park competition is George Wideners Quakertown who was beaten inches by Itabo in a recent sprint and then came back with a sensational score at six furlongs in 110 He carried 107 in that outing and beat Handy Tom Nitro Cockerel and Victory Morn MornIn In the Swift Quakertown picks up five pounds but with only 112 to carry shapes up a keen factor in the Wednesday head liner linerRounding Rounding out the field are Jock Whitneys Gunbearer under 112 W H Laboyteauxs Jerseybred Springwood with 112 Green trees Swing and Sway 112 and Victor Emanuels Omission who is one of the high weights under 122 pounds Omission won the Rowe Memorial at Bowie in the spring and was beaten later in the Experimental at Jamaica He is said to have trained well for this thisSpringwood Springwood incidentally is in another and less exacting spot on the Wednesday card one in which he appears to hold a solid win ¬ ning chance Sheriff Culkin has been work ¬ ing very well and Richmond was withdrawn from the Roseben to await this event eventMEADE MEADE ON SPRINGWOOD SPRINGWOODRobertson Robertson is to have the mount on Har ¬ vard Square and he was leading the riders at the meeting when entries were taken for the race The familiar Bierman will be on Sheriff Culkin or Richmond with Arcaro of course booting Swing and Sway Meade isto handle Springwood and the able Gil ¬ bert who gets so much run out of King Cole again has the mount on the Phipps colt Richards is expected to pilot Quakertown QuakertownThe The Swift last year was won by C V Whitneys Parasang This stake first run at Sheepshead Bay in 1885 will yield the win ¬ ner a net of 6025 if all nine named face the barrier barrierSharing Sharing interest with the Swift is the Hal ¬ ifax Handicap of six furlongs for threeyear olds and upward in class C The Halifax has been split into two divisions and will be dis ¬ tinguished by the fact that it brings Mar ¬ shall Fields crack filly Strange Device to the post for her 1941 debut while the other end of the stake has drawn the stalwart Cant Wait Myron Selznicks accomplished handicap performer performerBoth Both Strange Device and Cant Wait are liberally engaged in stakes during the sum ¬ mer hereabouts and are reputed to have trained forwardly for a return to competi ¬ tion
