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Checkerhall Returns to Best Form Star Bout Annexes Belmont Sprint Quarter Pole Trails Greentree Gelding GeldingTwo Two Lengths Separate Top Pair Whirling Fox Bows to Advance as Arcaro Stars StarsBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y May 24 Candidates for the Withers and Belmont Stakes dominated the program at the Westchester Association track today Threeyearolds seeking the doubtful privi ¬ lege of chasing Calumet Farms Citation and Coaltown in those stakes meeting in the sixth and seventh races However the winner of the Troubadour Handicap which was first of these tests lacks an essential requirement for these stakes He was Greentree Stables Star Bout who raced kindly for the first time this year charg ¬ ing between horses in the stretch to win the six furlongs by two lengths lengthsStar Star Bout is a gelding and thus ineligi ¬ ble to the Withers and Belmont C V Whitneys Quarter Pole closed fast to take the place by a neck from Maine Chance Farms Royal Blood while Greentrees Kil roy finished a half length farther back Eric Guerin rode Star Bout while Eddie Arcaro was astride Kilroy and evidently was instructed to rate the War Relic colti who had gone to the front in his previous winning races He finished rather well today making up about three lengths in the stretch and the lesson may have been beneficial to Kilroy who is an impetuous type Star Bout paid 390 coupled with Kilroy and was teletimed a moderate 11215 11215Not Not Likely to Go in Stakes StakesBelair Belair Studs Whirling Fox who finished second in the Hopeful and Futurity last year was still a maiden after he had been backed down to 1 to 2 in the seventh race his llth trip to the post Lester Manor Stables Advance drove up along the rail in the stretch to beat the favorite by three parts of a length while Edward Laskers Natural finished five lengths farther back Greentree Stables Mesmer was another four lengths out of the money at the end of the mile and a sixteenth run in 144 144Advance Advance has no stakes engagements at Belmont Park The Rhodes Scholar geld ¬ ing paid 820 as second choice choiceWhirling Whirling Fox just about ran himself out of any chance of starting in the Withers or Belmont Stakes though he may go post ward in the Peter Pan Handicap The lean son of Whirlaway took the lead at the head of the stretch but tried to bear out and andContinued Continued on Page Two Star Bout Proves Best In Belmont Park Sprint SprintContinued Continued from Page One Onelacked lacked any finishing power as Advance slipped through on the inside to score going away awayThe The Arcaro followers in the crowd of 27054 who turned out in pleasant weather fared well Eddie won the third race on Singing Step the fourth event on Fast Fleet and came back to take the seventh with Advance AdvanceThe The Belmont Spring Maiden Steeple ¬ chase which was the nominal feature was won by Mrs Corliss Sullivans Drift who led throughout the about two miles and reached the finish a length before H S Horkheimers Rank though drifting out badly in the stretch
