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Citation Steps Mile in 140 As Prep for Belmont Stakes Calumet Champion Flashes Speed Salmagundi Named Probable Starter in Event EventBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmont N Y L I June 8 Calumet Farms king of the three yearolds Citation showed he will be fit and ready for Saturdays 10000 Belmont Stakes when he worked a mile in 140 on the main track at Belmont Park this morn ¬ ing Jhe Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner reeled off the fractions in 24 48 113 and 127 and was going well within himself all the way wayA A new rival wScs added to the small field in prospect for the Belmont this morning when trainer Willie Booth announced that William Helis Salmagundi would take an ¬ other crack at the Warren Wright colt Salmagundi chased Better Self in the Yankee Handicap on a sloppy track at Suffolk Downs last Saturday and never looked like having a chance to catch the King Ranch colt coltHirsch Hirsch May Saddle Entry EntryTrainer Trainer Max Hirsch intimated this morn ¬ ing that he may saddle Better Self as well as A J Sacketts Gasparilla on Saturday The son of Bimelech Bee Mac turned in his best race since he won the Paumanok against older horses on a similarly sloppy track on opening day first seen at Jamaica and owner Robert J Kleberg evidently feels that he deserves one more chance against Citation Better Self finished last in the Preakness won by the Bull Lea colt coltThe The other Belmont probables are W L Branns Escadru winner of the Peter Pan Handicap in impressive style last week Glen Riddle Farms capable but moody Faraway and C V Whitneys Vulcans Forge ForgeFaraway Faraway won at Jamaica like a good colt then failed badly in the Jersey Stakes won by Citation but was bothered in the early stages of that stake Vulcans Forge fin ¬ ished second to Citation in the Preakness and beat Coaltown in the Withers but failed badly in the Peter Pan chucking it i when having dead aim on the leaders at the head of the stretch stretchCoalton Coalton who may just possibly go postward as a pacemaker for Citation in the mile and a half of the Belmont worked six furlongs in 114 this morning morningFaraway Faraway stepped a mile and a quarter in 207 in handy style Owner Samuel D Riddle has always considered this colt a potential champion and occasionally he has shown signs of giving substance to this belief
