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Belmont Stakes Is Big Race of Week WeekCitation Citation Goes in Quest of Triple Crown Feat Over One Mile and Half Route RouteBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y June 5 Belmont Park moves into Cita ¬ tion Week as the spring meeting nears its close with the Calumet Farm champion threeyearold slated to go in quest of the third tier of the Triple Crown in the 100000 Belmont Stakes at a mile and one half on Saturday The winner of the Ken ¬ tucky Derby Preakness and all but two of his 17 other starts will be asked the one remaining question when he is asked to travel the true Derby distance for the first time No one least of all owner Warren Wright and the Joneses have evidenced the least doubt that Citation can carry his speed as far as horses run Whether or not the Belmont is merely a formal investiture for the colt whom some veteran horsemen are ranking with Man o War and Count Fleet or is a horse race depends on the outcome of todays Peter Pan at Belmont and the Yankee Handicap at Suffolk Downs DownsThis This will be the eightieth running of the Belmont which was inaugurated at Jerome Park in 1867 when F Morris Ruthless scored at a mile and five furlongs Since that day the roster of Belmont winners is a bead roll of great stallions demonstrat ¬ ing that this is one race that definitely improves the breed Among the previous winners who have achieved immortality at the haras are Kingfisher Spendthrift Hanover Hastings Commando Peter Pan Colin Sweep Friar Rock Hourless Man o War Chance Shot Blue Larkspur Gal ¬ lant Fox War Admiral Whirlaway and the young stallions Shut Out and Count Fleet FleetTop Top Flight Wednesday Feature FeatureThere There are two other stakes on the agenda for the impending week The best fillies and mares in training are to vie in the ninth running of the 20000 Top Flight Handicap at a mile and a sixteenth on Wednesday while juvenile colts meet in the masculine division of the National Stallion at five furlongs on the Widener straight ¬ away as a companionpiece to the Belmont on the weekend The Belmont spring season comes to a close the following Mon ¬ day with the ninth running of the 15000 Roseben Handicap at six furlongs on the straightaway The United Hunts takes over for two days of mixed flat and jump ¬ ing races previously held in the autumn after which the scene shifts to Aqueduct from June 17 through July 17 17The The Top Flight promises to be one of the best races of the season with such fine ladies as Gallorette Honeymoon Harmon ¬ ica Snow Goose Elpis Miss Grillo and Carolyn A expected to meet several lightly weighted fillies filliesFields Fields have been so small in the ju ¬ venile stakes recently that it is impossible to surmise how many of the 179 youngsters still eligible to the National Stallion will compete The outstanding probable at this writing appears to be Greentree Stables Wine List The King Ranch aces Gambler Curandero and Swap Out are not eligible but trainer Max Hirsch has several debu ¬ tantes prepping for the race and is a past master at bringing put twoyearolds ready to run at first asking askingMondays Mondays program is headed by the sevenfurlong Blandy Purse for threeyear olds and upward This extended dash has attracted a field of 12 including Belair Studs determined maiden Whirling Fox C V Whitneys Black Majesty who breaks from the extreme outside will probably be favored favoredThe The balance of the program is made up of maiden and claiming races with large and familiar fields
