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Wondring Wondring Wins Wins Blue Blue Larkspur Larkspur Purse; Purse; Battle Battle Morn Morn Makes Makes Good Good at at Belmont Belmont Handy Mile Victor 4 With Atkinson Up Covers Distance in 1 :354/s; Spring Maiden Steeplechase Event Goes to Boom Boom By BOB HORWOOD Staff Correspondent BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., May 31. — The post-holiday crowd of 19,823 that turned out at Belmont in delightful weather made Cain Hoy Stables beaten Derby favorite, Battle Morn, a solid choice in the Hampton Bays Purse, best of the flat races, and saw their confidence fully justified. Ted Atkinson rated the Blenheim n. colt in last place to the three-furlong pole, then moved up steadily on the outside to take command in the stretch and draw away to win by a length and a half from A. Levinsons All Is Well. Putnam Stables Combat Boots was two lengths farther back at the end of the mile and "1 not quite a length before D. J. Schneiders Elixir. Battle Morn paid .50 and was ?. limed a sparkling 1:35-%. ? Battle Morn suffered a cut leg when , . inning up on the heels of Rune in the vrby and this was his first start since wk. xy 5. The colt indicated that he may yet WE a serious factor in the Belmont Stakes Kg June 16, as he was conceding from six to pounds to his rivals and won with con-■■prable authority, and in the same time Battlefield required in winning the ■£-ers with more expenditure of effort, son of Blenheim n. — Good Morning orobably be seen in the Peter Pan k* cap at a mile and a furlong a week Kf Saturday. Hft~ Remarkable Improvement HL .es Cox Bradys Boom Boom, who ran directions except straight ahead in Ht cent debut over fences, showed re-E -ble improvement since coming under H: rection of Jim Ryan, and won the Ent Spring Maiden Steeplechase to-and.espite bobling at a couple of fences B- backstretch. The son of Case Ace — Hcathers reached the end of about two V three parts of a length before Mrs. Bi Sullivans Cicas, a paddock "good wfK" who led from a step or two after Continued on Page Thirty-Eight JOCKEY SAM BOULMETIS— Will tend to the riding chores aboard Roman Fair for the William G. Helis, Jr., stable in the sixth race at Delaware Park today. Battle Morn Makes Good In Mile Event at Belmont Timed in 1 354A Under Atkinson; Boom Boom Wins Chase Fixture Continued from Page One the start to the final fence. It was 15 lengths farther back to F. Ambrose Clarks Night Patrol, who led Preston Burchs Astronomer by 14 lengths. The veteran Bernie Ansteatt rode Boom Boom, who paid .20 and was timed in, 3:44%. Fairmount and London Town hold the track mark of 3:40. The time was the best in the dozen runnings of the Spring Maiden, however. Boom Boom added ,100 to Bradys account, plus a trophy which he received from Alex Robb, secretary-treasurer of the Westchester Racing Association, in the Winners circle. It was Bradys second stakes victory with a homebred at this meeting, Casemate having won the Metropolitan Handicap, despite fracturing .a sesamoid in the running. * There were four casualties in the chase, but only two of them damaged the players. Cherwell lost James Murphy at the seventh, while The Mast fell at the ninth fence and Irish Easter fell over him. Spleen fell at the eleventh fence. Oddly enough, The Mast and Cherwell were coupled with Boom Boom in a three-horse entry and most of the support for the team went to The Mast. Had Boom Boom raced alone, he would probably have been one of the outsiders. Boom Boom has won claiming races on the flat for his owner-breeder and was one of the better hurdle racers last year, but bore out badly in several of his races. In his recent steeplechasing debut, he bore out repeatedly, then ducked for the rail and lost jockey Donald, Gibbons. Ada L. Rices Vincent X. F. stood a long drive gamely to reward the favorite players in the Patchogue Purse, fourth event. The Eight Thirty colt reached the end of the six furlongs a very long head before Hal Price Headleys Recline. Sanford Stud Farms Little Falls was another three lengths away after setting the pace, while Maine Chance Farms Windsor Pearl was a little less, than a length out of the money. Conn McCreary completed a double on Vincent X. F., having won the opener on Campaigner after another stretch duel. The roan colt paid .30 and was teletimed in 1:11%, almost a second more than he required in his last start here on May 19.
