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eighingln] I By EVAN SHIPMAN Jamie K. Greatly Improved Racer Appears Ready to Meet Good Ones Stella Aurata Faces Tougher Foes BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., May 14. — When Jamie K., thanks to one of Eddie Arcaros most brilliant rides, re ! I , cently got up to snatch a nose decision from the older Risque Rouge, it was undoubtedly a promising performance, and yet it hardly lied one to entertain classic hopes for the Crowfoot colt. Yesterday, Arcaro was once again in the saddle, land again Jamie K., scored, this time from a well considered field ! i ! 1 1 j , 1 ; ! I . 8 ■ . ■ , I 1 5 of his contemporaries. In the previous Bel-j mont race, Jamie K. had been all but left at the post. He owed his victory on that occasion to superb rating, Arcaro allowing him plenty of time to settle in his stride and then making up the distance separ-j ating him from the leaders with infinite patience. Blinkers were part of the colts equipment for that race, but yesterday, on the jockeys advice, blinkers were dispensed with, and this time Jamie K. broke right with his field, dominating the running almost from the start. A willing sort, Jamie K. needed no urging in the stretch, Arcaro merely shaking the whip at him as he pulled away from Sickles Sound through the final quarter, it being perfectly obvious that the winner was a lot better than even the smart time for this mile and a sixteenth event would indicate. Before his return to the scales, Arcaros decision to ride Jamie K. in next weeks Preak-ness was generally prophesied, this rumor soon receiving confirmation. This looks like a good colt, and he has certainly come on fast in the last couple of weeks. There is a big difference, of course, between an overnight event and the big fixture at Baltimore, but Jamie K. now appears ready to engage the good ones. Although the notoriously deceptive angle of the Widener chute persuaded members of the press that C. V. Whitneys Mahmoud colt, Catspaw, had won the Juvenile by at least a long neck, the actual margin over C. T. Chenerys rank outsider, Permian, was only a nose. Permian had shown little in competition hereabouts, but Catspaw was coming off several good outings and he was consequently accorded warm support. In the early stages of this Juvenile, it looked as if an invader from Kentucky, Terrebone, might have a lot to say concerning the result. This trim youngster broke on top and led the way for about a half mile, even though he was steadily drifting away from the outside rail toward the middle of the track. Once the Juvenile field was near enough to afford a good view of hom these colts were going about their task, Terrebone shortened stride so noticeably that it is thought he may have "bucked," while Arcaro and Scurlock aboard Catspaw and Permian detached their mounts from the pack, both colts responding willingly when called on. Catspaws time of 57 seconds for the five furlongs equals the record for this fixture, a record jointly held by the fine filly Happy Gal and the colt, High Breeze. On the strength of good recent trials, strong support developed for George D. Wideners homebred, Kayble, another son of Mahmoud, but this gray, who was making his debut, showed little or nothing in competition. Kayble is out of the extra good mare, Rosetown, but he had an unpleasantly angular appearance on the walking ring, where he would hardly have received a ribbon for conformation. Those of us who object to the stop watch as an infallible measure for thoroughbred ability can cite yesterdays final race at Belmont to bolster our argument. In this mile and a half jaunt, a race with the "optional claiming" conditions with which secretary John Campbell is now experimenting, a Market Wise five-year-old named Blacktype ran the 12 furlongs in 2:31?5, winning off by himself. The time was only four seconds off the track record set by the remarkable stayer, Bolingbroke, over 10 years ago, and Blacktype gave the impression that he was capable of bettering his mark by at least a full second, had jockey Sid Cole pushed him at all in the • stretch. Most of this geldings starts have been in ,000 or ,000 company, but he has run for as little as ,500 within the year. If the watch could be taken for the I determining factor, Blacktype would cer-. tainly deserve a chance against stake Continued on Page Thirty-Nine ; ; i i ! J 5 r e 1 I * is . ; 1 , IS lg 15 WEIGHING IN 1 ! By EVAN SHIPMAN Continued from Page Two horses. The fact is that he has been badly r beaten whenever he leaves the claiming r ranks, and a good mile and a half horse » ; would probably defeat this plater in much l slower time than he showed yesterday. If Joe Donohucs Irish importation, Stella Aurata, has class, tomorrows running of the Cassis Handicap, seven-furlong feature of the Belmont card, will tell the story. Stella Aurata, making his seasonal debut at Jamaica recently, rewarded his scattering of backers with longest price at that meeting when he successfully staved off the closing bid of the favorite, Goodwillow. Tomorrow, the Irish five-year-old encounters an even better field, one including such speed specialists as Delegate, Northern Star, Hitex, Master Fiddle and Thymus. Placed at 113 pounds in the weights as against 122 on staunch old Delegate and 120 on the swift but unpredictable Northern Star, Stella Aurata must live up to his Irish reputation in order to win. As a two-year-old over there, he was the best of his year, barring the sensational Windy City II. Since his surprising Jamaica race, Donohues sprinter has worked well, a recent mile move here at Belmont earning praise from the dockers and indicating that the distance of the Cassis will not be too long for him. While the Belmont strip appears to be as $ glib as usual, all of the races so far at the e seven-furlong distance have been notice-" ,_ ably on the slow side, and we are quite at ,t a loss for an explanation. It has been men-7 L_ tioned here that Tahitian Kings Swift re-■ ._ quired 1:26, time that should not be used j as basis for criticism of the winner since ;e there was no colt in that field to push him n any faster. Now Alfred Vanderbilts Beachcomber, L_ a colt whose usual chore is to accompany ;_ that stable/s Native Dancer in his is slow workers, breaks his maiden with ,h seven furlongs only a tick off Tahitian n iy Kings time. Beachcomber, as was evident it - when he failed utterly to keep up, even for 3r id a furlong, with Native Dancer and First st an in Glance in the public trial that preceded »d ys the grays seasonal debut, is "no great iy shakes," but he was "mocking a runner," " r- as they used to say, when he scored his is by jy first victory yesterday. All but left at the ie nr start, Native Dancers trial horse simply ly of of scampered away from this field in the ie st stretch, his margin at the wire a good 10 10 c- lengths. Once he found that he had no r- Native Dancer to chase, maybe Beach-ig. combers surprise and relief lent him wings. js.
