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Palestinian in Fast Mile Workout Clocked inl:383/5 Over Jamaica Strip Bieber Colt Accomplishes Move for Belmont Handily; Six Starters Seen Likely BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., June 8. — Palestinian made todays Belmont Stakes news over at Jamaica. Isidore Bie-bers hard-hitting Sun Again colt was given his final extended prep for the eighty-first edition of the classic fixture this morning and work-watchers came away from the trial declaring that he had never looked better. Palestinian stepped a mile in 1:38% over the comparatively slow and safe Jamaica track in handy style. The fractions were :47%, :59% and 1:12%. Calumet Farms Ponder, who will probably be slightly favored over Palestinian in Saturdays classic mile and a half run, came over from the training track to the main track at Belmont and went once around in a stiff open gallop. He looked "fat and sassy" like all of Ben and Jimmy Jones charges and will probably be given a final sharpener tomorrow or Friday. Mrs. E. H. Ellisons Sun Bahram has not been seen on the track since his good race on Monday and he, too, is expected to be given a brief prep tomorrow. Saint Nicholas in Excellent Trim J. Graham Browns Saint Nicholas, the "dark horse" of the Belmont, who was shipped in from Chicago for the race after showing signs of stamina in his last race behind Lextown in the Peabody Memorial at Washington Park, went a mile in 1:44% yesterday. This was an -excellent move as he had unloaded from the train only the day before. Greentree Stables Capot had an idle morning, which he probably relished, having been sent a mile and a quarter in 2:05% yesterday, after hisTiard race in the Peter Pan last Saturday. Clifford Mooers Old Rockport, who completes the probable field for the Belmont, also rested again today. He finished fairly well to be third behind Ponder and Colonel Mike in the Peter Pan on Saturday. The field of six expected to match strides in the historic stake is about average. The largest field to go postward in the past 20 years was the 11 who were headed by Bel-air Studs Faireno in 1932, while the smallest fields were in 1931 and 1943, when Twenty Grand and Count Fleet each beat two rivals. In four earlier years only two horses have gone to the post in the Belmont. Hanover and Sir Dixon had only Oenko and Prince Royal, respectively, to oppose them at Jerome Park in 1887 and 1888, with Jimmy McLaughlin riding both winners. In 1910, Sweep was opposed by Duke of Ormonde, while in 1920 only Donnacona came on the track to oppose Man o War.
