Stymie Heads Line-Up for Suburban: Concedes Faultless, Colosal Weight at Mile and Quarter; Gallorette, Miss Grillo and Harmonica Fast Members of Weaker Sex Among Entrants, Daily Racing Form, 1948-05-31

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EARL G PORTER Will take over the thetraining training of the Rarco Stable after the theclose close of the Garden State meet today todaysucceeding succeeding Joe Camac in the post Stymie Heads LineUp for Suburban Concedes Faultless Colosal Weight at Mile and Quarter Gallorette Miss Grillo and Harmonica Fast Members of Weaker Sex Among Entrants EntrantsBELMONT BELMONT PARK ElmontL I N Y May 29 Mr Money Bags otherwise known as the Pride of Brooklyn and registered with The Jockey Club as Stymie heads the field for the 62nd running of the 50000 Suburban Handicap at a mile and a quarter atr beautiful Belmont on Monday Mrs Jacobs sevenyearold stal ¬ lion appears to have recovered his best form winning the Metropolitan mile and an overnight handicap with authority in his last two starts and will probably be favored despite his 128 pounds poundsThe The seven opposing the popular chestnut receive from 10 to 24 pounds which doesnt facilitate Stymies task and he has never been too lucky in the Suburban In fact his fortune in the classic handicap has been progressively worse as his burden in ¬ creased He carried 119 into second place in 1945 was third under 123 in 1946 and fourth with 126 last year If he wins to ¬ morrow with 128 it will be an unneeded demonstration of Stymies remarkable durability as he will he starting in his 121st race more than any horse of com ¬ parable class has ever raced racedCalumet Calumet Farms Faultless is second high weight with 118 followed by F W Hopp ¬ er Colosal 117 W L Branns Gallorette and Mill River Stables Miss Grillo 115 each Deering Howes Donor and Arnold Hangers Harmonica 109 apiece and A J Sacketts Gasparilla the only threeyear old in the field 104 104A A throng of more than 40000 is expected to pack the spacious Belmont Park stands for the holiday program which has at ¬ tracted good fields for all eight of the racesWon races Won Gallant Fox Handicap HandicapFaultless Faultless won the Gallant Fox Handicap at a mile and fiv e furlongs under the same 118pound impost he is required to carry tomorrow while Stymie finished fifth in that race with two less to carry A week later Stymie won the Metropolitan at a mile while Faultless finished fifth Stymie again carried 126 while the Calumet four yearold had 122 It may be that Faultless was used up staying cloe to the much faster pace of the mile race Colosal finished less than a length be ¬ hind Stymie in the Met and has two pounds in his favor in the Suburban but there is some doubt as to the ability of the consistent South American to get a mile and a quarter in fast company A furlong less appears to be his best distance Colosal got to the front in the stretch in the Met ¬ ropolitan and held on gamely but could not hold the stretchrunning worlds moneywhining leader He showed his fit ¬ ness by working a mije and a furlong in 152 yesterday morning morningGallorette Gallorette finished a close third behind Faultless and Fervent and daylight before Stymie in the Gallant Fox then turned in a dall race in the mile fixture lacking her usual dash dashSet Set Record at Gulfstream GulfstreamHarmonica Harmonica is an erratic mare who turned in one of the best races of her career at Belmont Park last year winning the Coaching Club American Oaks Sub ¬ sequently she has turned in more badraces than good ones though setting a mile and a furlong record at Gulfstream Park dur ¬ ing the winter and winning an overnight handicap at Jamaica on the last ay of April She showed nothing in the Fifenze Handicap won by Carolyn A from Gallor ¬ ette but appeared to sulk when taken under restraint It should occasion no vast surprise if thesnark filly took the track at the start and was never headed under her feathery 109 pounds poundsMiss Miss Grillo finished a thoroughly beaten third behind Conniver and the threeyear old filly Challe Anne yesterday at a mile and a furlong but was kept almost a six ¬ teenth behind the pace for seven furlongs and may have benefited by the race She has demonstrated considerable class on occasion Donor has disappointed consist ¬ ently this season while Gasparilla was en ¬ gaged in the Jersey Stakes today andhad not been withdrawn at a late hour today He seems rather up against it in any case


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