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WILLIAM Ziegler Jr His homebred homebredBounding Bounding Home chose the seventysixth seventysixthrunning running of the Belmont to effect his first firststakes stakes triumph Bounding Home Wins Belmont Stakes From Pensive as Platter Is Unplaced Ziegler Homebred HalfLength To Good in Surprise Triumph TriumphFavored Favored Calumet Colt Unable to Hold Off Son of Espino In Spirited Stretch Battle After Taking Lead on Turn Flood Town Never Headed in National Stallion Renewal RenewalELMONT ELMONT L I N Y June 3 William Zieglers Bounding Home did just that in the seventysixth running of the Belmont Stakes today reaching the wire at the end of that 50000 added classic a halflength before Calumet Farms Pensive winner of the Derby and Preakness who was in quest of the Triple Crown but found the route a little long Mrs Donald H Peters Bull Dandy a surprise entry continued to sur ¬ prise by taking third honors another eight lengths back and four lengths before G D Wideners Who Goes There who led his stablemate Platter another length This Belmont was run in the exceptionally slow time of 23215 for the mile and onehalf and Bounding Home paid 3470 A comparatively light crowd of 34233 came out to witness the Belmont Stakes and the National Stallion which was the secondary attraction won in dazzling time by Lt Edward Laskers Flood Town No records were set during the afternoon which was almost a record for a Belmonfc Saturday in itself itselfWho Who Goes There Goes Into Lead LeadAs As was generally expected Who Goes There took the lead in the Belmont before reaching the clubhouse turn Boy Knight was in closest pursuit with Bounding Home showing more early speed than usual in third place Pensive was fourth as they rounded that f irst bend and running easily with Platter a halflength back of him and Free Lance close by preceding Bull Dandy some eighths lengths lengthsMoving Moving down the backstretch Who Goes There continued to lead but Conn Mc Creary made an earlier move than usual with Pensive and was challenging before they reached the far turn Bounding Home continued steadily in third place with Platter a close fourth and Bull Dandy moving up from the rear ranks to be fifth Boy Knight and Free Lance were all through midway of the long bend bendPensive Pensive took the lead before the head of the stretch and came into the home lane with a length lead over Who Goes There who was fighting on with courage but was running out of wind windAs As they straightened away for the run home Bounding Home was driven between Who Goes There and Pensive and re ¬ sponded to strong urging from Gayle L LContinued Continued on Page TwentyFour Bounding Home Outfinishes Pensive To Carry Off Belmont Stakes Honors Pair Hook Up in Spirited Stretch Duel With Ziegler Homebred Gaining Decision DecisionContinued Continued from Page One OneSmith Smith to run down the DerbyPreakness winner with authority He was going away at the end Bull Dandy usually a fronfe runner came from back on the turn to run over beaten horses for his share of the purse pursePlatter Platter who ran in bar plates appeared to come out of the Belmont decidedly gimpy Johnny Longden dismounted before reaching the unsaddling enclosure and the son of Pilate was led back to the ring ringBounding Bounding Home is a brown son of Espino Marching Home by John P Grier and has finished strongly in all his races this year coming from far back to be second in the Peter Pan Handicap and third in the Swift Stakes The only time he fin ¬ ished out of ie money this season was when he ran fourth in the Withers won by Who Goes There again coming from far behind behindBounding Bounding Home earned 55000 as his share of the Belmont price plus 1500 breeders premium to William Ziegler Ziegler was presented the Belmont Cup by George D Widener president of the West Chester Racing Association with trainer Matt Brady and jockey Smith flanking the happy owner in the enclosure enclosureThere There was no visible excuse for Pensive in the Belmont While he made his move somewhat earlier than some of his races it did not seem to be premature and he en ¬ tered the stretch with dead aim on the Triple Crown but just did not have the endurance to withstand Bounding Homes the end of a race that was run in slower time than the class D handicap ylitcn followed oil fKe program and wfuch was won in much easier style bjf Sickles Cholc Li Edward R Laskers Flood Town con ¬ tinued his unbroken series of successes over the Widener straightaway when he led from end to end in the National Stallion Stakes sizzling the five furlongs in 57 after stepping a quarter in 22 and the half in 44 which is as fast as horses run Col C V Whitneys Jeep was again closest in pursuit but was beaten a length and onehalf this time whereas he has been only a head and a nose behind the son of Johnstown Apogee in the Juvenile Stakes here on May 20 William Zieglers Esteem was another five lengths farther back at the end of this rich fivefurlong dash dashFlood Flood Town earned 12165 for his owner plus 150 breeders premium and 500 nominators fee for Hal Price Headley He paid the fans who made him favorite 410
