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H A JIMMY JONES Sent out a pair of winners at Belmont yesterday for Calumet Farm Whirl Blast following up Coaltowns success in the Swift with a surprise triumph in the Hollis Purse Coaltown Toys With Foes in Swift Eagle Look Easily Wins Good Goods Calumet Colt Scores by Six Over My Request at Belmont Pierson Has Snug Hold on Victor Down Stretch After Overcoming Some Trouble TroubleBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y May 19 Coaltown paraded majestically in the Swift Stakes at Belmont Park today rolling through the stretch a halfdozen lengths before Ben F Whitakers My Re ¬ quest with N L Pierson having him under a snug hold in the final furlong William Helis Salmagundi finished three and a half lengths farther back and a half length before Alfred G Vanderbilts Newsweekly An overwhelming favorite with the public Coaltown paid 220 210 and 210 across the board There was a minus pool of 1048095 to the race 1047215 in the shojv pool and 880 in the place The time for the seven furlongs was a highly credit ¬ able l23Vs with fractions of 23 46 and 110 The track mark of 122 was es ¬ tablished by the mighty Roseben back in 1906 and very few horses have run seven furlongs in faster time than Coaltown since that record was made madeAttracts Attracts Crowd of 27359 27359The The first appearance of the Calumet comet at Belmont Park attracted a crowd of 27359 who were rewarded by the vic ¬ tory of the favorite and pleasant though chilly and windy weather weatherCoaltown Coaltown went to the front at the start of the Swift though stumbling slightly as he came out of the gate Pennant Day on the rail and Mr Ace on the outside drove up on either side of the favorite and Pier son was obliged to handride Coaltown to avoid being squeezed My Request was a distant fourth in the run to the far turn followed by Newsweekly and Salmagundi SalmagundiIt It was a horse race for the first half mile when Coaltown gradually shook off Pennant Day and Mr Ace then opened up a daylight lead leaving the threefurlong pole Once in the clear Coaltown added to his lead with every stride running on the bit My Request began to move up rap ¬ idly on the outside above the stretch but went wide on the final bend as Salma ¬ gundi began to close along the rail railPierson Pierson Takes Snug Hold HoldCoaltown Coaltown added to his lead with every stride in the run through the stretch Pier son looked back once saw no threat from the rear and took a snug hold My Re ¬ quest finished gamely but lost ground in the final sixteenth while Salmagundi fin ¬ ished fairly wellNewsweekly ran over beaten horses while Pennant Day stopped all over along with Mr Ace AceCoaltown Coaltown added 12250 to earlier earn ¬ ings of 35700 gleaned in four victories and a place of second to his stablemate Citation in the Kentucky Derby DerbyAfter After getting the stake and potatoes with Coaltown Warren Wright picked up the hot dogs when Whirl Blast won the Hollis Purse that followed The Whirlaway colt finished with a rush to beat Woodvale Farms Page Boots by a neck with King Ranchs Safe Arrival a length farther back at the end of the mile and a sixteenth Whirl Blast was neglected by the patrons returning 2050 and giving Pierson a con ¬ secutive double doubleCoaltowns Coaltowns victory in the Swift was the fourteenth stakes triumph of the year for bearers of the devils red silks and Whirl Blasts score brought the stables 1948 earnings to 515510 515510Sanford Sanford Stud Farms Yankee Hill showed a sudden return to his excellent Florida form to score an upset victory in the Spendthrift Purse that preceded the Swift taking the lead at the head of the stretch and beating Mrs Ada L Rices Snow Boots by threequarters of a length John S Phipps Dark Venus the favorite finished a half length farther back and five lengths before Greentree Stables Peixto who was making his North American debut and showed a promising effort Shelby Clark who had won the second race on C V Whitneys Black Majesty put lip a hustling ride on Yankee Hill The winner paid 17 and ran the six furlongs on the main course in 112 112Dark Dark Venus who has had early speed in her last five starts in all of which the half mile was faster than today broke with her field was immediately taken back to last place then made her bid on the extreme outside at the head of the stretch Snow Boots who led to the threeeighths pole dropped back to fourth then came on again on the rail railGreentree Greentree Stable unveiled a running twoyearold in the Islip Purse that was fourth on the card in Wine List a big bay son of Questionnaire Fizz II by Manna Wine List went to the front at the start of the four and a half furlongs on the straightaway and merely toyed with his six rivals coasting under the wire five lengths before Mrs H J Wades Twilight Trail with Ted Atkinson having him under a snug hold San Mar Stables pompous finished two and a half lengths farther back and a length before Belair Studs Lord Greville GrevilleWine Wine List has been preceded by reports to the effect that he was the best in the barn and was backed with complete con ¬ fidence paying 330 The time was a very moderate 54 against a stiff breeze
