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Vulcans Forge Furnishes Big Withers Upset in Beating Coaltown at Belmont Dodson Has Victor in Clear At Wire Over Weary Choice Marabout Annexes Juvenile JuvenileBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y May 29 The new water pools installed at Belmont Park were needed this afternoon to take care of bridge jumpers after Calu ¬ met Farms Coaltown and Allen T Sim ¬ mons Eternal World failed their innumer ¬ able followers in the Withers and Juvenile Stakes C V Whitneys Vulcans Forge was last at the eighth pole and a length and threequarters before Coaltown at the end of the mile with the 3to20 favorite barely saving the place by the scantest of noses from King Ranchs Better Self Ben F Whitakers My Request finished two and a half lengths farther back completing the field One of the outsiders of the quartet Vulcans Forge paid 2040 and 250 while Coaltown returned 210 to place placeThe The time for the mile was a remarkably slow 137 the last quarter being run in 26 26A A goodly proportion of the throng of 41877 that turned out in bright warm sunny weather cheered Doug Dodson warmly as he rode back to the winners circle with Vulcans Forge a son of Mah ¬ moud Burning Bright Dodson severed his connection with Warren Wrights Calumet Farm during the winter and first made his acquaintance with Vulcans Forge in the Preakness in which he finished a surpris ¬ ing second to Citation He will endeavor to gain his revenge in the Belmont Stakes at a mile and a half on June 12 12George George D Wideners Marabout beat the gate at the start of the seventysecond running of the Juvenile Stakes and ran straight down the middle to beat Allen T Simmons Eternal World the oddson fa ¬ vorite by threequarters of a length Stan ¬ ley Sagners Nifty was a half length away at the end of the five furlongs Clarence Retzkys Colonel Mike completed the small ¬ est field in the history of the stake trail ing by a halfdozen lengths Hedley Wood house rode the winning son of Mahmoud Vietta who paid a liberal 620 but re ¬ quired 59ys fairly sluggish time for the journey journeyEternal Eternal World was backed down to 2 to 5 on the strength of victories in the Remsen and Youthful at Jamaica but was unable to concede nine pounds to the winner who whoContinued Continued on Page Thret Vulcan s Forge Wins Withers In Big Upset Over Coaltown CoaltownContinued Continued from Page One Onehad had raced well in placing second to the brilliant Wine List in his previous start startWhile While Marabout came out fast appear ¬ ing to push the gate open then ran straight Nifty carried Eternal World sharply toward the rail losing some ground while Colonel Mike was unable to keep up Marabout ran with his head turned to the left giving the impression that he was about to bear in but Wood house kept him straight all the way and he outfinished the favorite favoriteCoaltown Coaltown showed more early speed than usual in the Withers breaking slightly in front of Vulcans Forge Better Self and My Request The son of Bull Lea soon drew away to a length lead over Better Self while Vulcans Forge dropped back to last place behind My Request Coaltown cut out the quarter in 22 and half mile in 45 with Newbold Leroy Pierson hunched over the favorite but appearing to be pushing a little as he widened out to a threelength lead rounding the far turn turnCoaltown Coaltown came into the stretch three lengths in front of My Request who had made a brief bid nearing the final bend while Better Self saved a world of ground on the rail and Vulcans Forge was still daylight away as they straightened away Coaltown still appeared to be racing strongly nearing the eighth pole though bearing out slightly when he suddenly shortened stride and Better Self moved up I rapidly on the rail Just as it appeared that the King Ranch coldt would be the challenger Dodson got Vulcans Forge into high gear on the outside and swept by the staggering leaders with a rush that car ¬ ried him to the front in a few strides The winner steadily widened his lead and was going easily at the end The vast majority on the finish line thought that Better Self had outfinished Coaltown for the place but the photo showed the favorite had saved it by a mar ¬ gin of about threesixteenths of an inch Coaltown did not appear to quit but simply ran put of wind He was still doing his best with what he had to offer at the end
