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Primate and Jet Master Meet Again Seeking Belmonts National Stallion Former Has Won Last Three Starts, While Latter Holds Four Scores in Five Races BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. L, N. Y., June 12. — Seven juvenile colts have been named for tomorrows thirty-fourth running of the National Stallion Stakes, its fourth running since it was split into colt j and filly divisions. The seven entered in thjs j five furlongs down the Widener straight course are those available of 133 colts still . eligible to the 0,000 stake, a large pro-I portion of the Eastern juveniles having been retarded in their training by the coughing sickness. Starmount Stables Primate, winner of. the Juvenile Stakes here, and Marlboro Stud Farms Jet Master, victor in the Hia-leah Juvenile and a close second in the Juvenile, are expected to attract most of the public support tomorrow. Eric Guerin will ride Primate, a tobacco-colored chestnut who "preceded his victory in the Juvenile by taking the Youthful Stakes and a maiden race at Jamaica, and had finished second in his three earlier races. The colt turned in one of the best trials ever furnished by a two-year-old at Aqueduct yesterday morning, getting a half in :46%, with some watches catching him a shade faster. Eddie Arcaro again will ride Jet Master, who suffered his first defeat in the Juvenile, in which he was lapped on Primate at the end. The son of Jet Pilot, who would have been entitled to a five-pound allowance had it been claimed at the time he was nominated to the National Stallion, had been on the sidelines since winning his four starts at Hialeah when he met Primate in the Juvenile and may have needed the race. Waged Duel in Juvenile Stakes Only three went postward in the Juvenile, with Arcaro appearing to nurse Jet Master on the lead as though fearing he was short, while Ted Atkinson kept Primate at his heels almost to the sixteenth pole, where he made a sudden move that gained the decision by a half length*. The other starter, Mixture, was far up the track. The others in the National Stallion are Emerald Hill Stables entry of Blue Volt and Eternal Moon, Mrs. George D. Wide-ners Top Command, Greentree Stables Row Row Row, and White Oak Stables Blue Man. Incidentally, Blue Volt, Eternal Moon and Blue Man were all nominated for this stake by Allen T. Simmons, who bred them and later sold them to then-present owners. All of the National Stallion candidates carry 122 pounds, except Top Command, who gets in with 117, being a son of the young sire, Grand Admiral. The conditions of the National Stallion grant a five-pound allowance to the produce of stallions not having sired a winner prior to December 1, 1949, if it is. claimed by the nominator. It would seem that this sort of allowance puts a premium on young sires, of which we have all too many, and, in any case, should be determined in the racing secretarys office as the nominator often has no way of knowing whether or not his juvenile is entitled to it. Opposition Appears Weak The opposition to Primate and Jet Master appears decidedly weak. Row Row Row has not yet started, but has failed to impress workwatchers and the frequently powerful Greentree Stable has succeeded in winning just one juvenile race at this meeting, Office Party breaking the ice yesterday. Top Command is a maiden after two attempts. Blue Man won two races, one of them a claimer, at Jamaica, then could finish no better than fourth here behind the swift filly, Star-Enfin. Eternal Moon won two minor races in Florida, was unplaced in his only start here, while his stablemate, Blue Volt, is a maiden. The breed improving aspects of the National Stallion are highlighted this year by the fact that Primate and Jet Master are by former winners of the stake. Some Chance, Primates sire, scored in 1941, while Jet Pilot, sire of Jet Master, won the 1946 edition of the stake. This may compensate to some extent for the fact that last years winner, Volt, raced and won last week for ,000 at Chicago.
