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Appleton Steelechase Up for Renewal Today TodayFloating Floating Isle Fleettown and War Battle in Belmont Feature FeatureBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y May 26 The 10000 Charles L Appleton Steeplechase third of the jumping stakes at the meeting is the feature offering at Belmont tomorrow As usual Kent Miller has entered his two erstwhile stars War Battle and Elkridge and one of them will probably go postward Both have been rather well treated by steeplechase racing secretary Jack Cooper War Battle getting 155 and Elkridge 145 The latter started in the International Steeplechase last week and was beaten off He drops nine pounds tomorrow while War Battle is given a concession of five pounds for having re I mained in the barn last week weekAuburn Auburn Stables Floating Isle is top weight in the about twomile test with 160 pounds and turned in a fair effort last week moving into contention in the last half mile then failing to persevere and finishing fourth Cooper has penalized Judy Johnsons charge 15 pounds for that effort while Brookmeade Stables Fleet town the winner adds only five to carry 146 tomorrow tomorrowI I Mrs Esther duPont Weirs Canford who finished second in the role of favorite in I den of 142 pounds tomorrow Rokeby Sta ¬ bles Genancoke who faltered badly at the thej j end of that race after being close to the pace for a mile and a half is again as 1 signed 150 150The The others in the Appleton are Miss Ella Wideners Chance Bullet 137 and Mrs Corliss Sullivans The Heir 132 The Heir carried 138 pounds into third place in the International which was as light as jockey Darrell Clingman who is to ride again to ¬ morrow could make
