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Mighty Mighty Story Story Wins Wins Peabody Peabody Memorial; Memorial; Armed Armed Captures Captures Suburban Suburban With With Ease Ease Whips Reply Paid As Stymie Is Third Calumet Champion Home in Clear; Runs Ten Furlongs In 2:02 at Belmont Park BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., May 30. — The largest crowd ever to pack spacious Belmont Park thrilled to a brilliant performance when Calumet Farms Armed surged to a two and a half lengths victory in the sixtieth running of the 0,000 Suburban Handicap. Mrs. Louis Rabino-witzs Reply Paid nosed out Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs Stymie for second money in this classic handicap, while Mrs. Ada L. Rices Richmond Jac was a creditable fourth. A solid choice with the vast majority of the 60,631 fans who checked through the turnstiles, Armed paid .10 and ran the mile and a quarter in the sparkling time of 2:02. From a time standpoint this was a remarkable race, for the final quarter was run in :24%, faster than the initial two furlongs, which were clocked in :244/s. Doug Dodson rode a well-judged ride on the son of Bull Lea — Armful, though his followers had some anxious moments above the head of the stretch, when it appeared that he might be shut off by a wall of horses. Warren Wright, owner of Calumet Farm, was in the winners circle to receive the silver cup from Gen. Pierre Billotte, leader of the French forces in the liberation of Paris. Wright also received 3,000 as Armeds share of the purse, which brought the five - year - old geldings earnings to 70,800. Wagering Passes ,000,000 Mark After the race, Dodson said Armed just cantered for a half mile, but when he turned him loose the champion showed him more power than he had ever felt in a horse. Bobby Permane said that Stymie ran as well as he ever had, and had no excuses. "Armed is just too much horse," Johnny Longden said. "No horse in America will beat Armed the way he ran today." Longden was astride First Fiddle, who finished eighth. The first four million dollar day of the season was established when ,036,942 was sent through the mutuel machines on the eight races. The previous high was the ,438,238 invested last Saturday. There was a new wagering record for a single race in the Suburban, with 72,557 passing through the machines. The previous mark was 63,127 which was wagered on September 29, 1945. The previous high crowd record for Belmont Park was the 57,614 who attended on V-J Day. However, 64,670 turned out at Jamaica last Memorial Day. As the field of 11 broke from the gate far up the Widener course, Polynesian was Continued on Page Four Armed Takes Suburban Before Record Throng Calumet Champion Proves Easily Best in Leading Reply Paid Home Continued from Page One first to show in front on the outside, closely followed by Fighting Step, while Pukka Gin, Sirde, Richmond Jac, Armed, Trymenow, First Fiddle, Bounding Home, Reply Paid, and Stymie who was daylight back of the others. Crossing on to the main track, Fighting Step took over the lead from Polynesian, who was followed by Sirde and Pukka Gin, while Armed moved into fifth place. The pace was comparatively slow at this state, the half mile being covered in :482/s, and Stymie was still last. Fighting Step continued to lead Polynesian going down the far side, while Armed moved into third place, before Richmond Jac and Sirde. Rounding the long curve for home, Polynesian began to shorten stride and seemed to lug in, while Richmond Jac also made a strong bid that took him past Armed on the outside. For an instant it appeared that the favorite was going to be hopelessly shut off. But Dodson saw the danger and stung Armed once with his stick. The champion responded instantly, and had charged through the field and was out of danger in an instant. Armed showed in front as they straightened away for the run home. At the same moment, Reply Paid and Stymie began to charge forward, the former on the outside and Stymie racing between horses. While Armed drew clear with steady, even ground-devouring strides, Stymie and Reply Paid were engaged ina bitter duel for second honors, with first one then the other, showing his nose in front. Stymie hung right on the wire, losing the place by inches. Interesting duels can be ex-i pected from this pair in the cup races to come at Saratoga. Richmond Jac held on rather better than Fighting Step, turning in a surprisingly good effort. First Fiddle, who apparently has seen his best days was rather well placed at the stretch turn, but had nothing to offer when called on. In winning the Suburban, Armed set the seal on what must be ackknowledged as something approaching greatness. The gallant dark brown gelding had previously won the Pimlico Special, Widener Cup and Dixie, but none of these races compares with the Suburban in glamor and prestige.n
