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Gushing Gushing Oil Oil Wins Wins Peabody; Peabody; One One Hitter Hitter Suburban Suburban Victor Victor Holds Neck Margin On Crafty Admiral Battlefield Unplaced First Time in Career at Belmont; 51,377 Patrons View Sport By BOB HORWOOD Staff Correspondent BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y May 30. Greentree Stables One Hitter charged to a convincing triumph in the Suburban Handicap today and George D. Wideners Battlefield finished unplaced for the first time in his career. Ted Atkinson drove the hard-hitting little son of Shut Out Bold Anna to the end of the mile and a quarter a neck before Chafran Stables Crafty Admiral, who almost stole the race. C. V. Whitneys Mameluke was two lengths farther back and a length before Walter M. Jeffords Kiss Me Kate. Battlefield finished seventh, officially unplaced for the first time in three seasons, though he had been moved from fourth to third place in the East View Stakes two years ago when Win or Lose was belatedly disqualified. The,.top-weight and 3 to 2 favorite put in a wrong step just above the eighth pole after surging into contention on the rail, but appeared sound after the race. One Hitter was second choice ,with the crowd of 51,377 smallest Memorial Day throng since World War H., and paid 0.50. His time of 2:02 was about par for the course. Crafty Admiral set a sizzling pace that.picked up sharply after a first quarter in :24. The half was run in :46, six furlongs in 1:10 and the mile in 1:35, which is about as fast as horses have been running those distances at this meeting. The track was fast, though the skies were .overcast, which may have cut the attendance somewhat. Races On Outside Clear of Trouble One Hitter was scoring his first victory of the year, but he had finished well to be third behind Mameluke and Battlefield in the Metropolitan after being in close quarters most of the way. Atkinson kept him on the outside out of trouble all the way today. Last year, he won the Whitney Stakes, Edgemere and Massachusetts Handicaps, but his chief claim to fame are his two triumphs over Noor in 1950. Those victories were in an overnight race and in -the Manhattan Handicap. Todays triumph was worth 1,900 to Mrs. Charles Shipman Payson and John Hay Whitney, owners of Greentree Stable, as well as considerable satisfaction. One Hitter, who was bred by Continued on Page Five ; ; ! " r ! ! 1 r 1 ; One Hitter Triumphant In Suburban at Belmont Hard Driven to Get Up for Neck Accounting Oyer Crafty Admiral Continued from Paae One Greentree, was classified as a ridgling by The Jockey Club until this year, when trainer John Gaver succeeded in having the monorchid recognized as a stallion. This was Ted Atkinsons first victory in the Suburban and the first stakes victory of the year for Greentree, whose only other success had been a triumph by Tom Fool in a 0,000 overnight event at Jamaica. Eddie Arcaro said after the race that Battlefield refused to extend himself at the finish, evidently sulking. Gerald Porch, who rode Mameluke, had the only alibi, saying that he had been bothered by Donor at the half-mile pole; while Conn Errico said that Crafty Admiral had been going easily, but found the last sixteenth just a few yards too long. Crafty Admiral went to the front at the start of thand Suburban, while Alerted, High Dive, Busanda and One Hitter werte closest in pursuit in the run down a part of the Widener course and on to the backstretch. Battlefield was in eighth place on the rail, followed by Mameluke and Kiss Me Kate. Crafty Admiral was bowling along four lengths in front in the run down the back-stretch and widened that lead on the turn, bringing a gasp from the crowd as he stole away to what seemed an unbeatable margin. Atkinson began scrubbing a bit on One Hitter passing the half-mile pole, where Busanda and High Dive called it an afternoon and moved up on Alerted. Battlefield was beginning to Close ground along the rail, while Mameluke started a move on the outside, then was carried out a bit by Donor who was trying to move with him. Crafty Admiral 4 came into the stretch four lengths in the vahxand Atkinson was driving hard on One Hitter. The little horse uncorked a vivid spurt, but for a few strides it seemed that Crafty Admiral was safely home. The pacemaker began to shorten stride inside the sixteenth pole, however, and bore out slightly, almost impeding One Hitter, but was quickly straightened away. In the final yards, One Hitter literally flew, catching Crafty Admiral a couple of jumps before the wire and scored going away. Mameluke finished well, but without threatening the leaders, while Kiss Me Kate came from far back to close with a strong run at the end. Alerted was a weary fifth, while Count Turf passed beaten horses to be sixth, followed by Battlefield.
