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One Hitter Steps Mile In 1:39% for Suburban Will Accompany Tom Fool in Week-End Handicap; Other Moves BELMONT PK., Elmont, L. I., N. Y., May 25. — Greentree Stables One Hitter, who is expected to accompany the Metropolitan winner, Tom Fool, to the post in Saturdays Suburban Handicap, indicated this morning that he will be at peak form for that lucrative mile and a quarter. The seven-year-old son of Shut Out stepped a mile in 1:39% in handy style, while working alone. . One Hitter finished very fast, getting the final furlong in :123/5 and the last quarter in :26Vs. One Hitter won last years Suburban . under 112 pounds and had been on the I sidelines for several months when he returned to action in a six-furlong sprint last Friday, in which he made up more than eight lengths in the stretch after galloping I along behind the field to the quarter pole. . Only one other thoroughbred has succeeded 1 f Ur t n risi i snii"*!o ?r«rt «*.£■ aritii«. : d . . I I . 1 d in winning the Suburban two years in succession since the stake was inaugurated at Sheepshead Bay in 1884, Crusader accomplishing the feat in 1926 and 1927. Six horses have accomplished the Metropolitan-Suburban double in the same year, which Tom Fool will be attempting — Whisk Broom II., Stromboli, Grey Lag, Sting, Equipoise and Devil Diver. Greentrees Hows Tricks, whose preparation for the Coaching Club American Oaks was retarded by the wet spring, showed on Sunday morning that she is about ready for her 1953 debut, though she will hardly be up to a mile and three furlongs by June 6. The nimble daughter of Questionnaire — Whats New, skipped five furlongs in 1:00% in clever style. The same stables Blue Green, who may be a formidable factor in the Oaks, particularly if the track is sloppy, worked a mile in 1:43%. Maine Chance farms two-year-old filly, Incidentally, showed a world of speed Sun-S day morning in her final prep for the Ran-t cocas Stakes at Garden State Park. The daughter of Mr. Busher, who has won her only two starts here and at Jamaica stepped a handy half in :47Vs. I ■« III 1f ir «l"l orihfti vie
