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» f H. A. JIMMY JONES— Saddles Calumet Farms Armed for his engagement in todays Suburban Handicap at Belmont Park. Peabody Peabody Memorial Memorial Draws Draws Nine; Nine; Armed Armed Tops Tops Field Field for for Suburban Suburban Calumet Handicap Ace Has 14 Rivals Meets Stymie, First Fiddle And Fighting Step in Rich Belmont Distance Fixture BELMONT PARK. Elmont, L. I., N. Y., May 29. — Fifteen of the nations leading handicap horses are entered in tomorrows sixtieth running of the Suburban Handicap, New Yorks most highly prized event for mature horses. The top weight, and probable choice, is Calumet Farms champion, Armed, who has to carry 130 pounds. This is two less than Devil Diver carried last year and no more than the son of Bull Lea-Armful has already carried successfully in the Widener at Hialeah and the Dixie at Pimlico this year. A substantial part of this impost will be Doug Dodson. The Calumet geldings principal rival, both in the estimation of racing secretary-handicapper John B. Campbell and past performances appears to be Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs Stymie who gets in with 123 pounds. Armed trounced Stymie in last years Pimlico Special and this years Dixie Handicap, and gave him only one pound more in the latter stake in which he led the son of Equestrian by three and a half lengths at the end of the mile and three-sixteenths. The extra sixteenth tomorrow and the long Belmont stretch may help Stymie cut this margin, but there is little doubt that Armed will be slightly less than even money. Other Outstanding Entrants Tomorrows Suburban is by no means a two-horse race, however, and there are at least five candidates who may be exceedingly troublesome. These are Mrs. Eddie Mulrenans First Fiddle, 122; Murlogg Farms Fighting Step, 118; Mrs. Ada L. Rices Sirde, 117; W. L. Branns Gallorette, 113, and Mrs. Louis Rabinowitz Reply Paid, 110. Some respect must also be paid to Mrs. P. A. B. Wideners Polynesian, who will carry 115 pounds. The others in the Suburban are Wililam Continued on Page Three _ * ► Armed Heads Field For Rich Suburban Meets Stynre, First Fiddle, Fighting Step, Eleven Others In 0,000 Route Headliner Continued from Page One Jeffords Trymenow, 112; Mrs. Rices Richmond Jac, 107; Frank Frankels Petrol Point, 105: William Ziegler, Jr.s. Bounding Home and Emil Schwarzhaupts Pukka Gin, 102. and Herman Salomons Stage Bond and Schwarzhaupts Bell-the-Cat, 100 each. There are some former champions among these lightly weighted horses. Pukka Gin was rated by Campbell as the leading juvenile of 1943. Bounding Home, who lost jockey Nodarse in the stretch in his last start and will be ridden by Herb Lindberg tomorrow, won the Belmont Stakes two years ago, defeating the Derby and Preak-ness winner. Pensive. The Suburban is a race which has been consistently won by the best handicap horses in training in their respective years. Among the earlier laureates are such as Whisk Broom II., who carried 139 pounds and was timed in 2:00 flat, an American record, after being all but left at the post. Many turf historians dispute this time, but nearly as many veterans insist that the Whitney importation ran the route in that sensational time and his record before and i after the race suggests that he was capable I of such an effort. Other Suburban stars | were Stromboli, Friar Rock, Johren, Grey Lag, Mad Hatter, Sting, Equipoise, Snark, Eight Thirty and Market Wise. Like all handicaps, however, the Suburban has its share of comparatively obscure victors, among them Don Bingo and Aletern in the last three years. Tomorrows 60th edition of New Yorks spring classic for handicap horses is expected to attract a crowd of more than 40,000 to the spacious Belmont track, despite continuing inclement weather. Memorial Day is traditionally the "biggest day" of the Belmont spring season, and this is not likely to be any exception. Calumet Ace Handicap Champion The records of Armed and Stymie need no repetition. The former is the accredited handicap champion of the land, while Stymie is the best router we have seen in several years, although unable to cope with the Calumet star at Pimlico. The Jacobs horse is at his best at distances above a mile and a quarter, although he has beaten virtually all of the handicap horses in the country, except Armed, at somewhat shorter distances. Of the others in this "parade of champions," Fighting Step was voted the best three-year-old colt of last season and has been working sensationally for the race; First Fiddle is third among the worlds leading money winners, with earnings of 84,095, and leads all active horses in that respect, while Gallorette has showed that she can beat top males in both the Empire City Stakes last year and the Metropolitan Mile this season. "Slim" Roles two charges, Sirde and Richmond Jac, a pair who raced well both in California and here, worked well this morning, going a half in :47%, over a slightly dull track at Belmont. All in all, this Suburban shapes up as a race in which "you beat Armed and take the money." That is a hard task, but has been done before, and Stymie, Fighting Step, First Fiddle, Gallorette and Polynesian have the class to do the trick at the weights.
