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JOCKEY N L PIERSON Will be astride Calumets Coaftown in todays Withers a victory in which would give the Wright establishment its second straight in the stake Faultless having scored last year oaltown Meets My Request nd Two Others in Withers All Four Take Up 126Pound Imposts in Belmonts Mile Jestf Also Renew Juvenile JuvenileBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmont L L N Y May 28 Belmont Park begins a gala weekend of sport with renewals of the 25000 Withers Mile and the 10000 Juve ¬ nile Stakes tomorrow following with the 50000 Suburban Handicap at a mile and a quarter on the Memorial Day holiday Only four have been named for the With ¬ ers Calumet Farms Coaltown having frightened away most of the speedier three yearolds while the more courageous of those thought to be stayers will be en ¬ deavoring to cope with his even more bril ¬ liant stablemate in the Jersey Stakes at Garden State Park ParkAll All four in the Withers carry the same burden of 126 pounds Coaltown has equaled the Hialeah sixfurlong record and set a mark for a mile and a furlong at Keeneland in the course of his brief career which did not begin until January of this year and is marred by only one defeat at the illustrious heels of Citation in the Ken ¬ tucky Derby There is more than a faint chance that Coaltown will add a new mark to his collection by shading the 134 Belmont Park record setby Count Fleet as a twoyearold in 1942 The son of Bull Lea stepped seven furlongs in 1 23 in the Swift Stakes last week over a track that was lesj fast than it is expected to be tomorrow tomorrowBeaten Beaten in Derby and Swift SwiftThe The three daring rivals to the Warren Wright colt are Ben F Whitakers My Request who finished more than three lengths behind him in the Derby wheri he was not at his best but trailed by six in the Swift when apparently much less nerv ¬ ous before the race though still looking a bit washy C V Whitneys Vulcans Forge and King Ranchs Better Self In any ordi ¬ nary year these three colts would enjoy a very high sfanding My Request won five stakes as a twoyearold arid captured both divisions of the Experimental Handicap and the Wood Memorial before journeying to Kentucky He is undoubtedly a better colt than he showed in the Derby and Swift arid may at last be able to force Coaltown to run in near record time timeVulcans Vulcans Forge turned in a surprisingly good race to such second as there was be ¬ hind Citation in the Preakness though failing to menace the champion seriously His most distinguished feat was a victory in the Champagne last fall Trainer Syl Veitch has said that Vulcans Forge is a poor workhorse requiring frequent racing to be at his best which may explain his presence in the Withers as the Belmont Stakes at a mile and a half is his main spring pbjective pbjectiveBetter Better Self was the leading two yearold of 1947 until midsummer when he failed badly in the Hopeful Stakes at Belmont and in the Pimlico Futurities He won his seasonal debut in the Paumonok impres ¬ sively but has raced poorly since that ef ¬ fort and was last in the Preakness PreaknessCoaltown Coaltown will probably be about the minimum or lto20 tomorrow with mi ¬ nus pools in prospect both in the straight and place divisions Newbold Leroy Pier son will again be on the favorite while Charley LeBlanc is to ride My Request and Shelby Clark will guide Vulcans Forge No rider has been assigned to Better Self SelfA A surprisingly small field of four has hasContinued Continued on Page Three Codltown Starts In Withers Mile Has My Request Vulcans Forge and Better Self as Rivals in Belmont Event EventContinued Continued from Page One Onebeen been named for the Juvenile at five fur ¬ longs the smallest in the memory of con ¬ temporary racegoers and the four named cannot be said to be the best to have been seen in competition this spring Allen T Simmons Eternal World looms a stout fa ¬ vorite in the strength of his victories in the Youthfuland Remsen at Jamaica and will again have Ted Atkinson in the saddle George D Wideners Marabout showed im ¬ provement when finishing a distant sec ¬ ond behind the impressive Wine List earlier in the week while Stanley Sagners Nifty won his last two starts at Tropical Park but has not been seen since Clarence Retzkys Colonel Mike a son of Heliopplis Aero who completes the field will be making his debut debutWhirling Whirling Fox Tries Again AgainRacing Racing secretary J B Campbell has ar ¬ ranged ari attractive supporting program Eleven capable speedsters have been named for the Mizzen Handicap at seven furlongs that follows the Withers as the seventh race including Hal Price Headleys Plump ¬ er 122 C V Whitneys Bright Sword 121 G H Bostwicks Risolater 117 and Greentree Stables Bimlette 110 110Sixteen Sixteen threeyearolds have been named for the last event an allowance test at a mile and a sixteenth in which Belair Studs notorious maiden Whirling Fox is being given a final chance to prove him ¬ self He will be opposed in this task by Page Boots who had been an intended Withers candidate Olio Stunt Three Rivers Lady Jacomar and others with some trace of ability abilityAnother Another small field is in prospect for Mondays Suburban with seven being re ¬ garded as certain starters and two others being considered probable Mrs Ethel D Jacobs Stymie will make his fourth at ¬ tempt at Suburban honors under top weight of 128 pounds The worlds richest horse finished second in 1945 third in 4C and fourth last year yearThe The other probable starters are Calumet Farms Faultless 118 F W Hoopers Colo sal 117 W L Branns Gallorette and Mill River Stables Miss Grillo 115 each Walter M Jeffords Snow Goose 113 and Deering Howes Donor 109 There is also a possi ¬ bility that E P Taylors Cornish Knight 110 and Arnold Hangers Harmonica 109 will join the field
