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Connors Corner By "CHUCK" CONNORS ■ ■ Chief of Chart Correspondents BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., June 5. — George D. Wideners Battlefield will be returned to his Belmont Park quarters on Friday for his engagement in the Peter Pan the following day. The Withers winner is at his owners Erdenheim Farm near Philadelphia and was ° trained over the private track on the farm. His trials were good according to advices. Trainer Bert Mulhol-land apparently has solved the problem of keeping his charge in good humor and the three-year-old apparently likes the life and scenery down on the farm. Following his Peter Pan engagement, and his effort in that offering which is over the mile and one furlong distance for a 0,000 added purse, will determine his starting status in the Belmont, he will be returned to the farm. This is not the first time that a temperamental three - year - old has been tricked into staying on his best behavior, xui traiuer munis jjixuii empiuyeu. siuuiai tactics with the fleet sprinter Polynesian who raced for Elmendorf of the Wideriers. Battlefield developed a temper this spring: and trainer Mulholland was forced to let up on him. He came back following a sojourn at the farm to prove that the cure was effective lor he raced to his best form in his subsequent starts. When the weights for the Peter Pan were announced it marked for the second time that the Widener colorbearer was not assigned top weight this year. In John B. Campbells Experimentals, released in January* he was next in line to Uncle Miltie and for the week-end offering he will be in receipt of three pounds from J. J. Amiels Derby winner Count Turf. The latter has been assigned 126 pounds. Jockey Eddie Arcaro will guide Battlefield in his Peter Pan engagement. Trainer Bert Mulholland was among the absentees today for he was oyer in New Jersey celebrating one of the prouder days of his career. His son Jimmy was graduated from the Admiral Farragut Naval Academy and the youngster is bound for a college career starting next fall.. . Another oddity that developed from Mondays program was the fact that Eddie Arcaro did not have a mount in the stake race, the filly division of the National Stallion. Ar-caros original mount Aesthete was withdrawn June Kaye, winner of yesterdays opener, is named for Mrs. Alexander Kaye, wife of the medical consultant to the jockeys and press box inhabitants. She had a few cheers for the filly following the •posting of the result. . . . Alfonso Pupino, who races under the nom de course of the Harbor Vale Stable, shipped in several horses from New Jersey and was granted a trainers license Reubin Kowalls Pur Sang, winner of the Peabody Memorial at Lincoln Fields, and two- others from that menage are due here tomorrow. Pur Sang is a Belmont hopeful W. E. Charles, of the HBPA, came on from Delaware Park for the afternoon George Cassidy attended the first communion services of his son Mars over the week-end. The youngster is named for his grandfather. i General Nicholas Plastivas, former Prime Minister of Greece but now leader of the Union-Democratic Party, was a Belmont Park visitor yesterday. He was a guest of Bill Helis, Jr. In his party were Dr. J. Levandis and E. Venizelos. The latter is a grandson of the late Minister of Greece,- Elenthesos Venizelos . . .Trainer Bill Winfrey reported that A. G. Vanderbilts Bed o Roses is doing nicely at the farm and he hopes to have her back racing this fall. . .Jockey Shelby Clark, an absentee this season due to injuries, might get lucky according to reports from the Midwest. Oil has been located near his farm out in Indiana . . . . . .The Brae Burn Farms Star-Enfin will be shipped to Delaware Park for her Polly Drummond engagement, according to trainer George Strate. . .John Capozzi, under contract to I. J. Collins and who made his debut this year, has a booster in Fred Capossela who handles the Belmont Park public address system. Could ancestry have any influence in this instance? John Gaver, for the Greentree Stable, sold to trainer B. Klepeck who was acting for a New England owner, the two-year-olds Sailed Away and Angel Food. The youngsters were shipped to Suffok Downs ...Eddie Hayward may ship Mrs. John Payson Adams stakes-winning six-year-old Miche to Chicago for engagements at Arlington and Washington Parks. . .Trainer Continued on Page Thirty-Six Connors Corner Continued from Page Five Bill Post vanned Valadium and Steel Blue to his Long Island farm for a few days to nibble on some grass and enjoy a change of scene . . Hugh Fontaine will return the horses he has here for the Emerald Hill Farm to Chicago following the close of this meeting . .John Hay "Jock" Whitney returned from a fishing trip in Canadian waters. The creel, lie reported, was better than his racing successes of this season. . . Ed Crump, Jr., of Memphis, Tenn., is on hand these afternoons. He is here on a vacation and to date likes Belmont Park racing. The reason, he is out in front of the iron men... The paddock set, taking cognizance of the "Battle of 34th Street," pointed out that John.B. Campbell was no green hand at bargains. He got Bold and Count Fleet for five grand when Pimlico earlier had bid 0,000 for a similar offering. This is the second time he turned bargain salesman. Several years ago he lured the stars of the handicap brigade into an overnight race and the field was a preview of the Suburban. The selections are: CONNIE RAB in the first, LITTLE MARTHA in the fourth, and TEA-MAKER in the sixth.
