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Colosal Has Six Rivals in LaSalle Vulcans Forge Seeking Peter Pan Has Dinner Gong As Running Mate MateEscadru Escadru Weighted Closest To Whitney Colt National Stallion for Fillies Carded CardedJBELMONT JBELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y June 4 If the weatherman cooperates racing secretary John B Campbell hopes to present one of the best programs of the year at Belmont Park tomorrow with the 15000 Peter Pan Handicap and the 10000 National Stallion Stakes filly division as the main offerings Though several of the fields are on the small side competition will be keen if rain does not cause too many scratches scratchesEight Eight have been named for the Peter Pan for three yearolds at a mile and a furlong and is headed by C V Whitneys Vulcans Forge and Dinner Gong who are expected to rule solid choices Vulcans Forge who is topweight with 126 pounds appears the sole remaining colt of his age capable of seriously extending Calumet Farms Citation in the Belmont Stakes at a mile an a half next Saturday Dinner Gong is a lightlyraced colt who won his last start here with authority from Singing Step who came right back to score with ease Dinner Gong gets in with 114 114Beat Beat Coaltown in Withers WithersVulcans Vulcans Forge finished second to Cita ¬ tion in the Preakness making one good run at the champion then falling back but was probably in need of a race A day or so later trainer Sylvester Veitch said that he would be glad to have his colt meet Cita ¬ tion again if the race was to take place in the next few days as his charge was not a willing worker and was at his best when raced frequently Vulcans Forge came back to score an upset victory over Coaltown last Saturday in the Withers Mile in which he i was the only one able to do any running in the final furlong furlongThe The Whitney pair will be opposed by W L Branns Escadru 123 G H Bost wicks Stunts 114 Woodvale Farms Page Boots 112T Short Brook Farms Pennant Day 107 Greentree Stables Olio and Belair Studs The Dervish 105 each eachAt At the end of the 1947 season Escadru gave promise of being one of the better stayers of his generation but has been a disappointment this year though showing flashes of good form He has not been seen since the Kentucky Derby in which he was wasContinued Continued on Page Six Vulcans Forge Goes In Peter Pan Today TodayRegard Regard Whitney ite as Citations Main Rival for Belmont Stakes StakesContinued Continued from Page One Oneroughed roughed around somewhat but ran no kind of a race raceStunts Stunts is an Improving colt who won his last start here and must be given a chance at the weights Pennant Day has been chasing the Calumet coalition of Citation and Coaltown most of the year but when running against more reasonable competi ¬ tion occasionally comes up with aflne ef ¬ fort fortPage Page Boots finished a little more than a length behind Stunts at a mile and a six ¬ teenth last week finishing strongly Olio finished fourth in that race after a slow start and is capable of springing the same sort of surprise his stablemate Tailspin did in last years Peter Pan in which he beat Brabancon and Phalanx The JDeryish has little more than looks and his light impost to recommend him himDoug Doug Dodson wil ride Vulcans Forge with Ruperto Donoso to be astride Dinner Gong Arnold Kirkland will be on Escadru again while Ted Atkinson will be on Olio Ferril Zufelt will ride Stunts Conn Mc ¬ Creary has drawn Page Boots and Ronnie McPhee will guide The Dervish DervishEddie Eddie Arcaro has no mount In the race but Is slated to ride Walter M Jeffords Green Baize a recent winner in the Na ¬ tional Stallion StallionThis This will be the inaugural running of the filly division of the National Stallion The race was inaugurated in 1898 when Tod Sloan scored on John Daleys Jean Bareaud and until this year colts and fillies vied in the fixture This year the colts will meet on June 12 12Green Green Baize has five rivals tomorrow the twoyearolds being a backward lot this year with small fields the rule in the stake events Her rivals are Prank Frankels Fond Embrace Woodvale Farms Lady Dorimar Allen T Simmons Eternal Flag Hal Price Headleys Acoma and High Ground Stables Hy HyGreen Green Baize beat Eternal Flag in an overnight race on a sloppy track in her first appearance here and had won her previous start in Maryland scoring easily both times Fond Embrace who will prob ¬ ably bs the favorite beat a large field in the Fashion Stakes here with Eternal Flag third and Acoma fourth The latter won the Lafayette Stakes at Keeneland earlier in the season Lady Dorimar won an over ¬ night race in clever style for her debut
