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Metropolitan Candidates Seen in Short Workouts Ferd Recovered From Jaw Injury; Mamaluke Visits Training Track BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. X, N. Y., May 17. — Three candidates for Saturdays Metropolitan mile and a three-year-old colt, who a few days ago had been considered i on the sidelines for an indefinite period, were seen in short spins at Belmont Park this morning. The "Met" candidates were Brodkmeade Stables Greek Ship, Tom Grays Oil Capitol and A. G. Vanderbilts Next Move, while the three-year-old was C. V. Whitneys Mameluke. Greek Ship, who is topweight with 126 pounds in the week-end fixture, breezed three furlongs in :37%, while Oil Capitol, who recently shipped in from Kentucky, was timed a fifth slower. The filly, Next Move, who is not a certain Metropolitan starter, breezed a half in :49%. Mameluke, who came out of the Kentucky Derby with a high fever after finishing a distant last in the "Run for the Roses," went a handy three furlongs in :37 on the training track this morning, suggesting that he should not yet be counted out of the confused scramble for sophomore honors. Prior to his bad race in the Derby, Mameluke had won a division of the Blue Grass Stakes and had turned in one of the best mile and a quarter trials in Churchill Downs history. Besides Greek Ship and Next Move, neither of whom is a certain starter, the Metropolitan field is expected to consist of Mrs. Andy Schuttingers Ferd, Peter A. Markeys Piet, Brandywine Stables Cochise, George D. Wideners Lights Up, Mrs. E. L. Hopkins Three Rings, Greentree Stables One Hitter, C. V. Whitneys Mount Marcy, Tom Grays Oil Capitol, James Cox Bradys Casemate, Woolford Farms Delegate and Joe W. Browns Thelma Berger. Ferd suffered an injured jaw at the start of Mondays Toboggan, but is reported to be fully recovered.
