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CONNORS CORNER By Chuck Connors BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y May 12 The old race track adage horses for courses was highlighted on Saturday when Armageddon ac ¬ counted for the With ¬ ers This homebred son of Alsab and Fight ¬ ing Lady who races for the Cain Hoy Stable of Harry F Guggenheim is partial to Belmont Park His two outstanding tri ¬ umphs the Champagne and Withers were scored over some rep ¬ resentative colts As a matter of fact of his four successes in two years of racing three were accomplished at this course He broke his maiden at Jamaica in April of last year The name is intriguing to many and according to biblical students and there are quite a few on the race tracks is taken from the Book of Revela ¬ tions The legend is that Armageddon is the spot at which one of the final battles of the world will be fought However there were some at Belmont Park on Saturday who are likely to disagree with the good book for when he humbled the others that as far as they were concerned was the final big battle Well we dont argue with that but the fact remains that the one eyed colt will be a factor in the Belmont Stakes which is down for decision on the first Saturday in June Armageddon lost his eye from an infection the result of being struck by a clod of dirt during the running of the Champagne The optic was treated upon his return to the stable and for while showed improvement Later in the winter during the Hialeah season during a training move the same eye was injured by flying dirt This time the veterinarians were unable to save his sight With the Withers in the book the boys are now turning towards the Preak ¬ ness on the weekend Armageddon will likely leave for that point within a few hours as will some of the others othersA A A A AJoe Joe Eitinger of Marlboro Stud was one of the happiest men over the weekend His Jet Master was returned a winner The veteran is convinced that his charge is a sprinter and he will be reserved for that branch of racing David Vard of Lough town Stud over in County Kildare in Ould Ireland was a weekend visitor He en ¬ joyed the afternoon at Belmont Park and Armageddon Is Partial to Belmont Won Withers Over Classy Field Jet Master Pleases Joe Eitinger Sign Depicts Triple Dead Heat later said that he would leave for Lexing ¬ ton Ky to inspect some of the breeding farms in that sector William Anderson forman of the Apheim Stable was recently discharged from the hospital following a five months siege of illness He previously was with William Garth and J P Doc Jones and his return to work was heartily received by the backstretch contingent C H Cornehelson who retired a few years ago as placing judge on the New York tracks was a recent visitor Barney Gim bel deserted 34th Street and the merchan ¬ dise marts for a looksee at the Withers Lou Costello of the movies and radio was on hand for the weekend He was en ¬ gaged in looking for winners and not his partner Bud Abbott Sam H McCormick came out to join the JohnC Clark and Hialeah rooting division No luck luckA A A A ACharlie Charlie Farrell the Miami Beach enter ¬ tainer joined the large delegations of Floridians on hand Mrs Russell A Fire ¬ stone arrived from her Miami home and will remain for the remainder of the meet ¬ ing She has a draft of horses in training with Sherill Ward Morton L Schwartz made one of his infrequent appearances for the big race Cyrus S Jullien came over to represent Aqueduct for the afternoon and reported that everything appeared op ¬ timistic for that meeting William Goad by Loew kept busy assuring the curious that his horses were recovering from the cough Walter and Mrs Jeffords did some rooting for their One Count in the big race and then hoped for better luck next year Mr and Mrs Ashley T Cole were among the early arrivals for the af ¬ ternoon Tom Bragg deserted the Con ¬ necticut countryside for a looksee at Bel ¬ mont Park and to confer with trainer Jim Healy Lennie Litwak came over from Aqueduct to report that an advertising dis ¬ play sign 30 feet by 12 feet had been erected on that property facing the Belt Parkway The sign depicts in colors the thetriple triple dead heat in the Carter Handicap n t i nn 3 vnc o 1 i between Wait A Bit Cant Wait and Bossuet BossuetA A A A AGary Gary Schumacher the old baseball man deserted that sport for a looksee at the rainsoaked track and some good mud run ¬ ners Frank J Heller part owner of the Lester Manor Stable was an early after ¬ noon visitor F Skiddy von Stade plans to make a few trips to Saratoga Springs in the near future and upon his return reports progress at the Union Avenue course Mr and Mrs John A Morris of Jamaica came out early and entertained some friends at luncheon Stanley Mc ¬ Caffrey will leave for England shortly to represen Herman Kiepe a New Jersey patron in the purchase of some horses He will confer with Prince Abdallah Ravdji nephew and grand viser to the Aga Khan whom he met here several years ago seek ¬ ing to acquire some from the Indian po ¬ tentate tentateA A A A ATrainer Trainer Jim Hastie shipped Primate owned by the Starmount Stable of E B Benjamin to Pimlico today for his Preak ¬ ness engagement Parading Lady owned by J W Brown was returned from Pim ¬ lico where she raced on Saturday Jockey Eddie Arcaro was back to accept mounts during the afternoon He rode at Pimlico on Saturday Real Delight from Calu ¬ met Farm and easy winner of the Black Eyed Susan will be shipped here for her Oaks engagement Trainer George M Odom is laid up at his home with the flu Gary Winfrey is on the ailing list with arthritis the result of the recent rains Add futility notes a guy who never drinks won a case of Scotch at a raffle on Sunday at the Manhasset Fair for the new hos ¬ pital His name Sammy Smith but wait a minute he knows a lot of guys who drink Scotch
