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Withers Mile May Draw Five to Post PostCount Count Fleet is Prohibitive Choice Run Spring Maiden Chase at Belmont Today TodayELMONT ELMONT L I N Y May 19 The Belmont Spring Maiden Steeplechase one of the most unique stakes presented in American racing will have its fourth run ¬ ning as the principal offering on tomor ¬ row afternoons bill of turf fare at the Westchester Racing Associations huge Long Island course courseThere There will be a lapse in the agenda of Belmonts rich and coveted spring features on Friday but Saturdays program is nota ¬ ble for the renewals of the classical mile Withers of 15000 added and the Juvenile Stakes which is enriched with 5000 by the host organization and is decided over five furlongs of the Widener chute chuteIndications Indications today were that the field bravely opposing Count Fleet in his quest of the Withers will come from among Bel airs TipToe W E Boeings Slide Rule Foxcatcher Farms Suncap and perhaps Crispin Oglebays True Blue BlueBlue Blue Swords is on the doubtful list Slide Rule qualified by winning the Swift earlier in the current meeting and True Blue ex ¬ hibited good form when beating some lesser eligibles in Tuesdays High Degree Handi ¬ cap in which he was timed in 111 Tip Toe put in a brisk mile move the same day at Aqueduct Suncap won at Jamaica but could only be a fading sixth behind Slide Rule in the Swift SwiftTrainer Trainer Don Cameron of the prohibitive early favorite Count Fleet said that his famed charge came out of his breeze the preceding day in excellent fettle fettleJuvenile Juvenile Stakes Secondary Feature FeatureWhile While Count Fleet seems to stand out in basrelief among the few Withers proba ¬ bles the Juvenile is expected to attract a sizeable field of promising newcomers de ¬ spite the coughing epidemic Mrs E du Pont Weirs Galactic winner of the Pimlico Nursery and George Wideners Lucky Draw which accounted for Jamaicas Youthful are the most distinguished pros ¬ pective starters startersTodays Todays 2000 chase of about two miles is for maidens at time of closing last April 15 and is one of a series of three events of similar conditions calculated to develop hedge talent The first has its decision at Pimlico and the final phase is staged at Aqueduct Nine more or less promising fouryearolds and upward are in tomorrows running of the stake The group is headed by Richard K Mellons Replica II a Pimlico winner who is ex ¬ pected to be the public preference in the theContinued Continued on Page Six Only Four May Oppose Count Fleet in Withers Spring Maiden Steeplechase Tops Todays Program at Belmont Park ParkContinued Continued from Page One Onetote tote despite top weight of 155 pounds a circumstance requiring him to concede from 3 to eleven pounds to each rival rivalThe The Furrokh Siyar geldings principal rival may prove to be Willie Jones Bank Note another victor at the Hilltop and who gets in under 152 with an apprentice claimed for him himRounding Rounding out this rather unfamiliar field are Pete Bostwicks Bisby Brook meade Caribou Brose Clarks Sir Blue steel Mrs Fay Ingalls Black Mat Mrs L A Livingstons FiftyFifty M B Metcalf Jrs Kennecott and Lt Col Sony Whitneys Yankee Chance ChanceThe The Belmont Spring Maiden is unusual mainly for the reason that unlike most of the associations features its appeal does not hinge on the box office allure of proven name horses On the contrary it is a vehicle for testing the worth of aspiring stakes horses still in process of develop ¬ ment mentInaugurated Inaugurated in 1940 the first winner was Jock Whitneys Massa Brose Clark he of the remarkable pearl gray bowler provided the winner of the first renewal in Bladen while Mrs Clarks Royal Archer captured last springs third running of this affair in 350 which is the fixtures time record recordBest Best of the flat events on the Thursday card is the Lamplighter Handicap of 2500 added at a mile and a sixteenth for three yearolds The half dozen in the promised field include a couple of Withers eligibles who may not however actually appear in the weekend mile These are Glen Rid ¬ dles Survivor winner Strategic and W L Branns Vincentive
