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Peabody Memorial to Quizzle by Nose Aletern Whips Sun Again in Suburban Caught In 201 V For Ten Furlongs FurlongsRecord Record Belmont Crowd Sees Ernst Racer Drive to Wire Half Length Before Choice ChoiceELMONT ELMONT L I N Y May 30 A C Ernsts Aletern stood a long drive gamely to win the fiftyeighth running of the 50000 Suburban Handicap by a half length from Calumet Farms Sun Again who closed with a rush on the extreme outside after being in last place midway of the turn for home and having only one horse behind him turning into the home lane Alquest a stablemate of the winner was four lengths farther back in third place at the finish of this mile and a quarter with Ensign Townsend B Mar ¬ tins Bolingbroke another three lengths away Aletern a fiveyearold son of Eter ¬ nal stepped the mile and onequarter in the dazzling time of 2Qiys and paid 830 This was his third straight victory of this meeting but vastly his most important arid his share of the rich purse was 39210 plus another 1500 to his breederowner breederownerIn In addition a color guard of 12 uni ¬ formed Red Cross nurses stood by in the winners circle as track prexy George D Widener Winthrop W Aldrich president of the National War Fund Vernon S Prentice chairman of the American Red Cross War Fund and Herbert Bayard Swope chairman of the State Racing Com ¬ mission presented trainer Jack Skirvin with a handsome silver gilt loving cup Aldrich and Prentice were here on behalf of their respective war relief funds which are the principal beneficiaries of todays 100 per cent charity program programNets Nets 130000 or More for War Relief ReliefThe The betting pool on the Suburban was 580309 which is a new record for wager ¬ ing on a single race in New York YorkThe The total wagering for the War Relief card was 3559097 which was 3674 less than the record set on Withers Day May 20 However it was quite enough to guar ¬ antee at least 130000 to the National War Fund American Red Cross Mary Immacu ¬ late Hospital of Jamaica and Mercy Hos ¬ pital of Rbckville Center with the Boy Scouts and American Womens Volunteer VolunteerContinued Continued on Page TwentyFour ALETERN Registered his third sYraii FjWctory or the season by scoring in the Suburban Handicap Bilmont Park yesterday Aletern Whips Sun Again in Suburban Runs Mile and Quarter Route in 20115 Crowd of 52029 Witnesses Ernst Colts HalfLength Triumph at Belmont Park ParkContinued Continued from Page One OneServices Services of Nassau County also sharing in the net profits The first two war charities were of course the major beneficiaries of this biggest day in the New York racing season seasonThe The turnstile count revealed a new record attendance of 52029 topping the previous record for racing in New York State set in 1942 by precisely 18 persons This count does not include the hundreds of service men in uniform so there were probably far more persons here than ever before beforeSome Some element of interest was taken from this Suburban when Devil Diver had to be scratched due to a bruised heel but the 11 who broke out of the starting gate far up at the head of the chute were the lead ¬ ing handicap stars of the country with the exception of the Greentree absentee absenteeSun Sun Again was momentarily to the fore as the field came out of the stalls but McCreary quickly took back and as the field came to the mile pole he had only Boling broke behind him Meanwhile William Zieglers Wait a Bit went out to set the pace before William Helis Rounders with Alquest close at the end before Tola Rose The others were strung out over an eighth of a mile mileGoing Going to the far turn Sun Again had dropped back to last place and Bolingbroke was starting to move while Wait a Bit shortened stride abruptly and Alquest took over the lead Tola Rose was a neck back and a head before the fading Ziegler horse with Aletern a couple of lengths back Tola Rose was through curving into the stretch and Alquest and Aletern took over the lead only necks apart and four lengths before Sun Again who was making his move on the outside outsideAs As Alquest showed signs of distress Herb Lindberg strove desperately to hold Aletern together sensing the pounding hoofs of Sun Again charging at him from the rear The latter had to loop the entire field to make his bid and while he was lapped on the winner at the end it was obvious at the sixteenth pole that McCreary was once more too little and too late lateThe The Eight Thirty Handicap supporting feature resulted in a rousing duel through ¬ out the six furlongs between Harry LaMon tagnes Rodney Stone and A W Wentzels Freezout with the former prevailing by a nose M B Goffs Skytracer came from last place on the inside at the head of the stretch to take third money another half length back and a neck before A P Park ¬ ers By Jimminy who was carried wide by Comenow on the turn and through the stretch The latter was the only other starter starterRodney Rodney Stone who had raced poorly in the Withers in which By Jimminy ran sec ¬ ond to Who Goes There previously had won his seasons debut at Jamaica in iden ¬ tical time beating Platter He paid 850 and was clocked in 111
