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, — ♦ J Connors Corner I By "CHUCK" CONNORS Suburban Has Colorful History Three-Year-Olds Among Winners Crafty Admiral Being Freshened BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., May 23. — The Suburban is on the agenda for the holiday week end, and this venerable able fixture, fixture, famed famed in in , able fixture, fixture, famed famed in in song and story from its inception in 1884, no doubt will live up to its hoary traditions. The winning roster is studded with the names of the greats of the past, top-notch jockeys and remarkable training feats. Who was the best horse to win the Suburban? That question tion has has been been argued argued I j I | j I I J i | | j I i • I tion has has been been argued argued — over the years and even today among the veterans who can go back over a period of years, opinion is diversified. This is one race contested early in the year, in which three-i years-olds have had a modicum of success. That, however, was back in the early days, [before the advent of the tempting purse values offered by the Derby, Preakness and Belmont. The first three-year-old to etch his name on the winners list was Africander, way back in 1903. This fellow was ridden by Grover Cleveland Fuller and seven years later, Ethelbert duplicated his performance. In 1916 Friar Rock accounted for the Suburban and then came right back to win the Belmont under the colors of Maj. August Belmont. Of the latter-day three-year-olds, Paul Jones went to Kentucky, won the Derby and then came back to annex the Suburban. He was not in the Belmont, in which Man o War galloped home in front of Donnaconna. Man o War sent a son to the races, Crusader, and this fellow as a three -year-old took down the Suburban as well as the Belmont, but, he like his sire, did not contest the Derby. That was the last year that a three-year-old proved successful in the feature, although in recent years three - year - olds have given the offerings a wide berth. Granville and Aga Khan were sent postward by the veteran James Fitzsimmons for the race, the best they could do was second and third, respectively. Hill Prince made a valiant attempt in 1950, but finished third to a pair of five-year-olds, Loser Weeper and My Request. For this year there is but one three -year old named, First Aid, a son of Bern-borough and Humane, owned by the Brook-meade Stable. This fellow can be lodked upon as extremely doubtful when it comes to starting. The distaff side of the thoroughbred family has a smattering of nominees in How, from the H. B. Delman menage, Devilkin, owned by Mrs. James Hanes, and Kiss Me Kate, who carries the livery of Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords. Among the stalwarts in the male department are Intent, Bryan G., One Hitter, Tom Fool, Oil Capitol, One Count, Ken. Royal Vale and Cold Command. The paucity of handicap stars for such an event as this lends credence to the remark of the veteran John B. Campbell, to wit "there is no handicap division." P. H. Faulconer came up from his Charlottesville, Va., home Friday to do some rooting for his starter, Westover. After the success of the Air Hero colt he recalled that his father raced a Westover in 1924 and that one won at first asking over the Belmont strip. Faulkner spent the better part of the afternoon, that is before and after the running of the two-year-old event, cutting up some old touches with Earl "Greasy" Neale recalling incidents when he played college football under the old pro for four years in Virginia . Trainer Bob Odom will declare Crafty Admiral, owned by the Charfran Stable, from the Suburban. The handicap ace is now being freshened up and will be shipped to Chicago for stake and handicap engagements at Arlington and Washington Parks along in June . . . Jack Swersey, the candy making man from Long Island City, returned to the owners ranks and turned his acquisitions over to T. J. "Tommy" Carroll to train . Joey Levins returned from Baltimore and was high in his praises of Cowpens Farm, the abode of the C. J. McLennans out Towson way. Herbert Bayard Swope surprised everyone Friday by showing up for the afternoon. The visit prompted "Butch" Joyce to crack that he must have missed a day during the week and was under the impres- Continued on Page Thirty Three Connors Corner By C. J. CONNORS Continued from Page Four sion that it was Saturday. . .Trainer Max Hirsch reported that he will ship several horses to Chicago for engagements at the twin meetings, Arlington and Washington Parks later in the summer. . .Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lewis of Richmond, Va., trained out to the Preakness and will report back shortly after the running of that venerable fixture . . Colin "Sandy" MacLeod, the Virginian, returned to the ancestral acres following the downfall of Ross Clan in an outing on Thursday. . .Jockey Nick Wall hurried off to Garden State to ride Golden Gloves for the Belair Stud in a route offering there. He said that he would be back here on Monday to accept mounts . . . Trainer Morris Dixon plans to ship a draft of jumpers and flat horses to Delaware Park for that meeting. I Trainer George Riola returned to Jamaica the horses he had at Garden State and then transferred two to the farm to i be freshened up. The horses are owned j by the Putnam Stable and the pair to be absent for a spell are Last Stop and , Cardinal Song. . .Trainer G. P. "Maje" Odom reported that X-ray pictures taken of the French-bred Ararat II. reveal a broken bone in his left hock. The injury was incurred during the electrical storm of last week when a lightning bolt struck the stable. The horse will be out for at least one year and later will be shipped to the farm to be turned out . . . Trainer Dolly Byers reported that the aged but far from decrepit Tea-Maker will carry the F. Ambrose Clark colors in the Rose-ben Handicap to be contested on May 27. Tea-Maker will then leave for Dcnware Park for a series of engagements. The steeplechase crowd ducked Belmont and the Preakness and moved up to Rye, N. Y., for an amateur hunt meeting... Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Constantin, Jr., of Dallas. Texas, plan to visit Belmont Park for a few days following the running of the Preakness. Their horses are due in here from Pimlico on Monday for a prolonged stay . . Trainer Frank Barnett will ship the H. P. Headley horses to Arlington Park for that meeting and then return eastward for the Saratoga Springs session . . . Trainer George M. Odom, flanked by a couple of gin rummy players, will journey to Delaware Park next week to saddle Jet Master, owned by the Marlboro Stud, for an engagement at that point.
