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WHIRLAWAY KINGS BLUE QUALIFIES JOik STEGER HANDICAP WHIRLAWAY WORKS Mlft AND QUARTER IN 2021 TURNS IN SENSATIONAL TRIALATBELMONTPARK TRIALATBELMONTPARKWright Wright Champion Displays Entire Readiness for Saturdays Route Test Lord Kitchener Wont Start StartNEW NEW YORK N Y June 4 Whirlaway who blazed over a mile and a quarter in 201 just a few weeks back to establish a new Kentucky Derby iecord and Churchill Downs track mark dazzled a gallery of dockers and railbirds at Belmont Park this morning when he whirled the same distance in 202as a final distance tightener for Saturdays seventythird running of the mile and a half Belmont Stakes in which he will be the strongest sort of favorite to com ¬ plete hij quest of Americas triple crown crownHes Hes better than ever trainer Ben Jones ventured adding I was delighted with that work The Calumet colt was brought to the main track at the Nassau county course at about 755 a m He had Wendell Eads in the saddle and was carrying about 118 pounds in all The racing strip was fast at that hour when only enough rain had fallen to settle the dust dustWith With his blinkers adjusted and Eads hav ¬ ing him under a snug hold all the way Whirlaway amazed watch holders when he broke at the mile and a furlong post and put in an eighth in 12 quarter in 23 threeeighths in 35 half mile in 46 five furlongs in the sensational time of 58 six furlongs in 111 seveneighths in 124 the mile in 136 a mile and a furlong in 149 and the mile and a quarter in 202 202JONES JONES CHALLENGE CHALLENGEOld Old timers were hard put iryms to recall a more impressive work at the thirtysix yenrold Hempstead turnpike course While it was noted that the Suburban of a mile and a quarter recently won by Your Chance in 202 and that King Cole won the With ¬ ers of a mile in 138 the work tended also to emphasize trainer Jones challenge to lead forth Whirlaway at any hour of the day or night to meet any threeyearold in the country countryWhirlaway Whirlaway came out of the prep appar ¬ ently in as good condition as he left his training camp on the hill for the move and was practically cooled out by the time he had walked back to his quarters Some few recalled that Whirly had worked sen ¬ sationally just ahead of his defeat in the Belmont Futurity at the Nassau county course last autumn but then Eads had his mount well within himself all the way in the move moveContinued Continued on thirtyseventh page WHIRLAWAY TRAVELS MILE AND QUARTER IN 202 25 25Wright Wright Champion Displays Entire Readiness for Saturdays Stake StakeContinued Continued from first page pageThe The Calumet colts trial far overshadowed anything else in the way of a Belmont Stake development during the day Though the number of his prospective rivals was re ¬ duced to three with trainer W A Carters announcement that it had been decided not to start Lord Kitchener in Saturdays clas ¬ sic getaway day headliner headlinerLdrd Ldrd Kitcheners deflection leaves only Fred Byers Robert Morris King Ranchs Itabo and C V Whitneys Yankee Chance to dispute the Belmont Stakes with Whirlaway Of this light field Robert Morris has the most followers as a remote possibility of knocking down the favorite favoriteITABO ITABO GOES MILE AND HALF HALFThe The only other hopeful for the weekend attraction to work during the morning was Itabo who is unbeaten in three sprint starts to date of a brief career under the Texas sportsmans colors colorsItabo Itabo went the full Belmont Stakes route of a mile and a half just breezing along all the way in 13 26 40 53 106 119 133 146 159 211 224 and the distance in 237 237The The son of Bold Venture a DerbyPreak ness winner and Snowflake a Coaching Club American Oaks heroine was under a stout hold all the way and trainer Hirsch was pursuing his schedule of stretching out Itabo to go the Belmont Stakes route routeMeanwhile Meanwhile Robert Morris was awaiting Thursday morning for his final training move ahead of the Belmont The Pitts turgher is a fit horse having won the Peter Pan Handicap at this meeting and follow ¬ ing that up with a mile and a half move earlier in the week in 237 between races Following the withdrawal of Lord Kitch ¬ ener and Whirlaways remarkable trial the latter loomed an even shorter priced choice than the 1 to 4 previously set for him The only way observers could imagine Whirl away being beaten would be for him to re ¬ vert to type and do a trick at this crucial stage of his career careerThe The starting field for the Belmont Stakes will be the smallest since Twenty Grands year 1931 if only the four how regarded as probables go to the post Twenty Grand was opposed only by Jamestown and Sun Meadow MeadowThe The lineup for this seventythird Belmont is as follows followsHorse Horse Wt Jockey JockeyWhirlaway Whirlaway 126 E Arcaro Robert ArcaroRobert Morris 126 A Robertson RobertsonItabo Itabo BiermanYankee 126 C Bierman Yankee Chance 126 B James
