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Swift Stakes Run In Two Divisions DivisionsPrimate Primate and Jet A Dandy Favorites in Respective Ends of Belmont Feature BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y May 3 Four stakes will be decided during the coming week at Belmont Park Three yearolds who passed up the Kentucky Derby for various reasons will meet in the sevenfurlong Swift Stakes on Monday and this 15000 event will be run in two divi ¬ sions as the sixth and seventh races Two yearolds clash in the 10000 Juvenile Stakes at five furlongs on Wednesday The following day the Jumpers vie at about two miles in the 7500 Charles L Apple ton Memorial Steeplechase while on Sat ¬ urday the sophomores meet again in the classic Withers Mile for a 25000 prize prizeMondays Mondays running of the Swift marks the first time the stake has been run in two divisions since it was inaugurated at Sheepshead Bay in 1885 Nine have been entered in the first division of this years Swift and at least two of them are colts who missed the Derby because of mishaps rather than any suspicion of their class or stamina Starmount Stables Primate who was knocked about in the Wood Memorial after having finished a close second to Tom Fool in an overnight race at Jamaica Pri ¬ mate is one of these Primate also finished second to Tom Fool in last years Futurity and won the Juvenile here last year among other successes John C Clarks Charlie McAdam suffered an attack of distemper after shipping north from Hialeah but has fully recovered The Heliopolis colt won a division of the Flamingo in his last start in the same time that Blue Man required in the other division of tfiat Hialeah stake and also won two other races during his Florida campaign campaignOthers Others in First Half of Race RaceThe The others in the first half of the Swift are Cain Hoy Stables Armageddon Brookmeade Stables Suggested Foxcatcher Farms Chello Apheim Stables Quiet Step Marlboro Stud Farms Jet Master Eugene Constantin Jrs Do Report and Gerald F Stricklands Lord Priam PriamLord Lord Priam was badly beaten in the sprint division of the experimental at Jamaica but won his last start at Laurel on April 14 and is shipping in for this en ¬ gagement Quiet Step and Chello won over ¬ night races at Jamaica in moderate com ¬ pany panyJet Jet A Dandy who carries the cerise and white silks of Mrs Elizabeth Grahams Maine Chance Farm is the likely choice for the second half of the Swift This son of Jet Pilot Opera Bouffe by Caruso was making his racing debut when he scored easily over Suggested Warpath True Pat ¬ tern and Press at Jamaica and impressed as a potential star He will probably bene ¬ fit by the seasoning gained in that race and his jockey Ovie Scurlock suspects he may be a genuine product productTrue True Pattern and Press who race for Woolford and Phantom Farms respectively are also in this end of the Swift The field is completed by A G Vanderbilts Whither a good winner at Santa Anita Brookmeade Stables Florida Derby winner Sky Ship Max Clucks Alls Fair Pete Issariss Para ¬ mount Pete and Eugene Constantin Jrs Nimble Fox FoxSky Sky Ship finished a fair third to Blue Man and Master Fiddle in the longer Ex ¬ perimental in front of such as Alls Fair Pintor Quiet Step and Hannibal then fin ¬ ished seventh in the Wood but had Cousin Armageddon Alls Fair Primate and others behind him
