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i i n i € if v: .■ V andH T. D. GRIMES — Is sending out Mrs. John Hertz Owners Choice in the Withers with the idea of starting the Blenheim II. homebred in the Belmont Stakes should his performance today be creditable. . Ten Others to Face Preakness And Derby Victors at Belmont l [ ■ » ■ i i ! ! Owners Choice, Blue Border Fast Colts; Royai Blood Is Favored for Juvenile Stakes BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., May 16. — The winners of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness meet in a return match at Belmont Park tomorrow. Both Maine Chance Farms Jet Pilot and Calu-[ met Farms Faultless are entered in the 5,000 Withers Mile, along with 10 others, the best of whom appear to be Greentree Stables Blue Border and Mrs. John Hertz Owners Choice. The Withers is not the only intriguing stake on tomorrows agenda at "Beautiful Belmont" as this mile will be preceded by the 0,000 Juvenile at five furlongs on the Widener Course, in which Maine Chance Farms Royal Blood looms a solid choice over eight young rivals. Just Lasted to Win Derby The recent exploits of Faultless and Jet Pilot are thoroughly familiar to racing patrons. Jet Pilot took the track at the start of the Derby and just lasted to beat Phalanx a head, with Faultless a close third. A week later, Faultless triumphed in the Preakness, followed by On Trust, Phalanx and Jet Pilot in that order. That race was at a mile and three-sixteenths and the shorter distance of the Withers may favor Jet Pilot but there are disquieting reports of his condition. The workwatchers have not seen Jet Pilot on the track this week and he is said to have lost more than 100 pounds in flesh since leaving Belmont for Kentucky and also to be gimpy from a recurrence of a quarter crack suffered last year. In the Preakness he swerved repeatedly as though something was hurting him. However, Mrs. Elizabeth Graham, his owner, seems determined to have the colt attempt to gain his revenge over Faultless tomorrow. Faultless is probably the most consistent of the three-year-olds, having yet to turn in a bad race in a long campaign that started early in the winter and includes a triumph in the Flamingo Stakes at Hialeah. The bearer of the devils red silks of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Wright will undoubtedly be a stout favorite with the crowd of some 50,000 expected to turn out tomorrow. Blue Border Flashes Speed Blue Border was voted by many as the best of the juvenile colts last year but failed dismally in his seasonal debut at Jamaica. Since then, blinkers were added to his equipment and he turned in an entirely different effort, winning a six-furlong dash with the greatest of ease and in good time. The son of Blue Larkspur has trained steadily for the Withers and is fresher than either Faultless or Jet Pilot. This morning he breezed a half mile in :472/5 on the Belmont main track and did not wear the hood. Owners Choice, who has often shown a high turn of speed along with a tendency to stop, was drawing away at the end of the seven-furlong Swift Stakes last week, beating the speedy I Will by three lengths. He gave the impression in that race that he could carry his speed the extra furlong of the Withers, particularly if the track is soft. It is lightning fast at this writing and continued good weather is in prospect. The others in the Withers are Marlet Stables Kerry, Earl Sandes Stage Kid, Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords Tavistock and Uncle Remus, B. F. Whitakers Carolyn A., the only filly in the race; C. V. Whitneys I Continued on Page Three t Preakness, Derby Victors in Withers Faultless, Jet Pilot Seek Mile Fixture at Belmont; Royal Blood in Juvenile Continved from Page One Bastogne and Khyber Pass, and Walter P. Chryslers Brabancon. The latter usually finishes his races well but has never quite lived up to promise. He was on the track this morning and breezed a slow three -eighths in :39% which was all he needed to keep him on edge. Carolyn A. won the Louisiana Derby and finished very fast behind Phalanx in the faster division of the Wood Memorial. However, her last effort in the Acorn Stakes was dismal to behold. Carolyn A. breezed three furlongs in :39 this morning. Bastogne, a stablemate of Phalanx, raced well at Jamaica where he won a division of the Experimental Handicap but seems a trifle lacking in class, while Khyber Pass has showed nothing this season but an erratic disposition. Stage Kid has won his last two starts and seems vastly improved, but has never met this caliber of horses. He will have to improve considerably more to give the popular Sande better than an extreme outside chance. Kerry is a cast-off from the Wheatley Stable and a full-brother to Bold Irishman. While he has shown speed at times and is in smart hands, he, too, looks ambitious in here. The Jeffords pair of Tavistock and Uncle Remus must also be regarded as outsiders. Tavistock was a well-beaten fifth in the Swift. Uncle Remus won his last two starts in Maryland, but beat about the same class of horses Stage Kid was trouncing. Andys Glory Has His- Speed The eight opposing Royal Blood in the Juvenile are composed of John C. Clarks Vortex, Allen T. Simmons Eternal Lark, B. P. Whitakers My Request, Leo Gerngross Noble Hero, Greentree Stables Witch Hunt, Phantom Farms Word of Honor, Russell A. Firestones Quickset and Irving Gushens Andys Glory. Andys Glory raced well in Florida, where he won three races, and finished just a head back of Nearway in the Youthful Stakes at Jamaica in his last start. He was the only horse to work on the Wide-ner Course this morning. He showed he had all his speed by stepping three-eighths in :34%. Quickset finished a distant second behind Royal Blood when that colt made his impressive eastern debut. Royal Bloods only previous start was in King Rhymers world-record race at Santa Anita, in which the Maine Chance colt was beaten less than a length after being in early difficulties. Of the others, Eternal Lark has shown the most. In his debut, he whipped a huge field in fast time on the straightaway in a race in which Witch Hunt finished seventh, Quickset was ninth and Noble Hero finished twelfth. As in all two-year-old stakes this time of season, several of the candidates have yet to show their true measure, and surprise is almost to be expected. Last year, for instance, Eternal War inflicted the only defeat of her career on C. V. Whitneys First Flight. There are no claiming races on tomorrows gala program, and one of the two races for maidens is a dash for juvenile fillies that includes several costly babes.
