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• • Jamaica Meeting in Closing Stages Belmont Session Opens Wednesday Count Flame Tops Field in King Saxon Handicap Today; To Renew Firenze Tomorrow JAMAICA, L. I., N. Y., May 2.— The Metropolitan Jockey Club winds up its Jamaica meeting next week and the Westchester Racing Association opens its brilliant spring meeting of 37 days. Jamaica is offering the ,500 King Saxon Handicap, a classified event at a mile and a furlong as its Monday feature, while the 0,-000 Firenze Handicap for fillies and mares at the same distance brings the successful meeting to a close on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the scene shifts to "Beautiful Belmont," where the 5,000 Toboggan at six furlongs on the Widener straight course is the first of a series of 21 stakes events, including half a dozen jumping events. The highlights of the Belmont Park meeting are the 0,000 Suburban Handicap at a mile and a quarter on Memorial Day and the classic Belmont Stakes, which again carries 00,000 added and is the mile and one-half third tier of the "Triple Crown." The Belmont will be renewed on Saturday, June 13, with the meeting coming to a close the following Wednesday with the 5,000 Top Flight Handicap for fillies and mares at a mile and a sixteenth. Racing will continue at Belmont Park for two more days after that "meeting of champions" comes to a close, with the United Hunts again holding their two-day session of mixed flat and jumping races in the late spring. Larger Fields in Cheaper Races Seen There are no notable improvements for the public at Belmont Park, though there is the likelihood of larger fields in some of the longer races for cheaper horses by the adoption of a variant of the optional claiming races which racing secretary Jack Campbell introduced at Fort Erie many years ago and which have been successfully revived at Santa Anita in recent winters. Despite the illness of track superintendent Neil Boyle, the spacious plant is spic and span and a horticulturists delight for the impending meeting, while it has been promised that this year an attempt will be made to keep the racing strip from becoming too deep along the inner rail from the far turn to the three-furlong pole by scraping it daily, instead of only on Wednesdays as in former years. To return to Jamaica for the moment, Mondays King Saxon, which is named for Pat Knebelkamps fine handicap horse who won the Excelsior in 1935 and 36 is headed by Colonel E. P. Bixers Count Flame with 120 pounds. Count Flame was beaten inches by the consistent Indian Land in a sprint at Jamaica on April 21, coming on again with a furious rush after dropping out of contention approaching the three-furlong pole. Gene Rodriguez will ride the Count Fleet colt, who is more at home at tomorrows distance than in the sprints in which he has been racing. There are two sets of couplings in the King Saxon and both appear dangerous. Charley Reynolds will saddle Begorra for Frank C. Rand, Jr., and Anchor Man for A. L. Rand. They carry 113 and 111 pounds, respectively and will be ridden by Dave Gorman and Eric Guerin. Both horses will probably carry considerable extra poundage, neither boy being able to make less than 115 pounds. Begorra Third in 53 Bow Begorra finished a good third to Thymus and Raes Reward in a sprint for his first start of the season a few days ago, while Anchor Man was a handy winner at a mile and a sixteenth on April 14. In that race, Anchor Man beat Arnold Skjevelands Flaunt more than four lengths while getting four pounds. He gets five tomorrow, less whatever extra weight he carries. The other entry is Ogden Phipps Ancestor, ri6, and Great Captain, 111. Ancestor ran second to Royal Vale in the Bowie Handicap and before that finished up the track behind One Count in his last start, with Flaunt about three lengths in front of him. Great Captain had not yet been scratched from the Gallant Fox at this writing, but is expected to come out of that stake. Dave Shaers Sun Rene, who was scratched from the Gallant Fox and finished a nose behind Begorra on Tuesday, is sure of considerable support in the King Saxon. When not "classed up" this fellow is always dangerous and he is not badly treated with 114 pounds. No rider has been assigned as yet. High Tide Stables Swoop, who gets in with 112 pounds, is also sure to have a following here, on the strength of his recent victory over Walter M. Jeffords Kiss Me Kate, who is expected to pick up her top-weight in Tuesdays Firenze. Bill Boland will ride Swoop, who can be expected to engage him in a pace duel with Ancestor that may be disastrous to both horses. Houston; Mr. and Mrs. William Randolph Hearst; Dick Andrade, Dallas; Major Louie A. Beard; Judge William Bleakley, New York; W. E. Boeing, Seattle; William M. Boyle, Jr., Chevy Chase, Md.; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wood Robert, Jr.. Atlanta; Bruce A. Campbell, East St. Louis, 111.; John F. Casey, Jr., Pittsburgh. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Chandler; Colonel Guy Chipman, San Antonio; Mr. and Mrs. John C. Clark, Miami; Charlton Clay, Paris, Ky.; Leslie Combs n., Lexington; James Conzelman, St. Louis; Leo T. Crowley, Chicago; Judge Charles I. Dawson, Louisville; Harry DeButts, president, the Southern Railway, Washington, D. C; Alfred DeCozen; Richard Deupree, president the Procter and Gambel Company ; F. Eugene Dixon, Jr., Philadelphia; Judge and Mrs. James E. 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