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Hill Gail and Tom Fool Expected to Meet Here HereArlington Arlington and Washington Likely Sites Atkinson Likes Menow Colt ColtBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y May 7 There is at least one authoritative minority opinion that does not concede Hill Gail is the best threeyearold in the country following his victory in the Ken ¬ tucky Derby Ted Atkinson said today after reporting that Greentree Stables Tom Fool was still coughing Hes the only colt in the country who can warm that soandso up Then after a pause the veteran rider added I still think he is really the better horse horseAtkinson Atkinson it will be recalled is no stranger to Hill Gail having ridden the Calumet Farm champion in the Santa Anita Derby Returning to the subject of Tom Fool At ¬ kinson said That race in the Wood in which he was narrowly beaten by Master Fiddle doesnt prove a thing about Tom Fools ability to go a distance in my opinion Ted agreed that Tom Fools race in the Wood was better than Capots and that the Belmont Stakes winner and Horse of the Year went into the Wood with two races under his belt while Tom Fool had had only one six furlongs to season him himTom Tom Fools persistent cough which started immediately after the Wood Me ¬ morial is proving costly Atkinson pointed out Here is Hill Gail winning something like 200000 while the only colt in a class with him has earned only about 16000 16000The The conclusive meeting between Hill Gail and Tom Fool who met twice last year with a victory apiece is not likely to take place before the midsummer meeting at Arling ¬ ton and Washington Parks Tom Fool cant possibly be ready for the Preakness and though he is not running any fever and his cough has almost stopped he can hardly be trained for the gruelling mile and a half of the Belmont Stakes on June 7 The son of Menow hasnt been under saddle in two weeks On the other hand Hill Gail is not regarded as a probable for the Dwyer as Calumet has never raced at the Aqueduct meeting meetingDave Dave Gorman who rode Amiels Count Flame into fifth place in the Derby re ¬ marked on his return to Belmont Park If I had ridden to be third thats where he would have finished Count Flame can beat Blue Man but I rode to win and my horse was stopping in the last sixteenth Count Flame has a faster run than Blue Man though not as long a one
