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Citations Foes for Belmont Now Likely to Number Seven Better Self and Gasparilla Work Out in Company Over Mile and OneHalf of Race RaceBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmont L IN Y June 9 The field for Saturdays 100000 j Belmont Stakes is growing hourly with eight reasonably definite starters for the mile and a half final phase of the Triple Crown and the possibility of at least one other entering the list The probable field at the moment is composed of Calumet Farms Citation the 1 to 10 favorite King Ranchs Better Self and A J Sacketts Gasparilla who will be saddled as an entry by Max Hirsch W L Branns Escadru C V Whitneys Vulcans Forge Glen Riddle Farms Faraway William Helis Salma ¬ gundi and Belair Studs Golden Light LightThere There is also the interesting possibility that Calumet Farm will send Coaltown postward to insure a fast pace for Citation This will be decided definitely after the colt breezes tomorrow morning morningArcaros Arcaros Opportunity OpportunityEddie Eddie Arcaro of course will be riding Citation on whom he will be seeking his second Triple Crown Eddie won the Kentucky Derby Preakness and Belmont Stakes on Whirlaway in 1941 and no jockey has been able to achieve the feat twice Warren Mehrtens is to ride Better Self winner of the Yankee Handicap in his last start while no rider has yet been selected for the long striding Gasparilla Teddy Atkinson will be on Faraway and Shelby Clark will pilot Vulcans Forge Of the latter who was sadly beaten in the Peter Pan last Saturday trainer Syl Veitch said Hes bred to be mean with Mahmoud MahmoudContinued Continued on Page Three Citations Foes for Belmont Now Likely to Number Seven SevenContinued Continued from Page One Oneon on one side and Fair Play on the other but he can inn when he wants to toGolden Golden Light was badly beaten by older horses yesterday but The Jockey Club chairman likes to see his colors in the Belmont which he won with Gallant Fox Omaha Granville and Johnstown and the Gallant Fox colt wasted his energies in the early stages of yesterdays race when his jockey was unable to restrain him himBetter Better Self and Gasparilla worked the Belmont distance of a mile and a half in company this morning going easily in 241 with Better Self going out a mile and five furlongs in 253 and Garparilla finishing out in 253 253Escadru Escadru who came from behind to win the Peter Pan showed that he retains his form by working a mile and a furlong in 153 after fractions of 115 126 and the mile in 138 138Vulcans Vulcans Forge breezed a half mile in 47 going easily while Citation who worked yesterday was galloped around the track Faraway also jogged around the course
