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BelmontFive Belmont Five Definite Rivals For Native Dancer Two Other Possibilities For Race Saturday Jamie K Seen Main Threat to Choice By BOB HORWOOD HORWOODStaff Staff Correspondent BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y June 6 The eightyfifth running of the 100000 added Belmont Stakes third tier of the Triple Crown is the feature at ¬ traction of the impeding week of thorough ¬ bred racing at Belmont Park A somewhat larger field is in prospect for this test of champions at a mile and a half than had seemed likely a week ago with at least five expected to oppose Alfred G Vanderbilts Native Dancer and two others being pos ¬ sibilities The almost certain starters are Spring Hill Farms Jamie K Saxon Sta ¬ bles Invigorator Eugene Constantin Jrs Royal Bay Gem Brookfield Farms Isa smoothie and King Ranchs Kamehameha C V Whitneys Fly Wheel and Greentree Stables Powhatan are also possibilities in this classic for which 126 threeyearolds were made eligible on January 15 15Fly Fly Wheel is in the sixfurlong Tercen ¬ tenary Handicap a 7500 test celebrating New Yorks threehundredth anniversary on Monday and comes from a dull race in the Peter Pan won by Invigorator from Isasmoothie Powhatan finished fifth in that race after trailing to the threefurlong pole then having to go extremely wide A notoriously sand shy colt who will not extend himself when racing close behind horses the son of Princequillo may im ¬ prove immensely in a small field fieldAnkles Ankles Topic of Discussion Native Dancer looms an oddson choice in the Belmont despite his narrow defeat in the Kentucky Derby and his compara ¬ tively narrow victory by a long neck over Jamie K in the Preakness The big gray son of Polynesian has been training well since returning to Belmont Park but his ankles still convince many observers in ¬ cluding trainers of some rivals that he has to go eventually and it could very well or very unfortunately be in this rich event eventJamie Jamie K who finished powerfully in the Preakness though making his move a fur ¬ long sooner than Eddie Arcaro wished has also been training well and is getting a public prep in a sprint this afternoon The country looking son of Crowfoot appears a natural router but capable of putting in a furlong in better than 11 any time he is asked askedRoyal Royal Bay Gem was soundly beaten in the Preakness but comes from a victory in the Peabody Memorial at a mile and a fur ¬ long at the Lincoln Fields meeting His ad ¬ mirers believe he is a natural for Belmont Park and this gruelling dozen furlongs furlongsInvigorator Invigorator and Isasmoothie finished a neck apart at the finish of the Peter Pan with the winner saving ground on the rail while his rival finished almost on the out ¬ side fence However it is questionable if the ground saved by Invigorator actually helped him as the inside is deep at Bel ¬ mont Park In earlier races the son of Brookfield had finished behind Native Dancer in the Kentucky Derby and Withers WithersKamehameha Kamehameha is a lightly raced son of Polynesian who won his last start in New Jersey and is training to the satisfaction of veteran Max Hirsch HirschThe The only other stake ori the agenda next week is the National Stallion for juvenile colts and geldings down five furlongs of the Widener straightaway C V Whitneys Catspaw winner of the Juvenile and an overnight dash here is expected to be fa ¬ vored over such as Llangollen Farms Por ¬ terhouse and James Cox Bradys Artismo The Prince and Permian who impressed as the Whitneys colts most likely rivals were not made eligible eligibleWheatley Wheatley Stables Hilarious 122 who will be coupled with Belair Studs Game Chance 109 heads Mondays Tercentenary Cap Hilarious who will be ridden by Ted Atkin ¬ son finished a close second to Brown Booter last out with Game Chance and Phantom Farms Gideon 113 up the track Fly Wheel gets in with 116 and will have to be a factor if he is to go postward in the Belmont but has appeared to need more distance for his best efforts effortsBrookmeade Brookmeade Stables First Aid who won divisions of the Hibiscus and Bahamas at Hialeah then tired in the Everglades and finished fourth in the Louisiana Xterby is to make his Long Island debut under lie pounds in the Tercentenary Ira Hanford will ride the speedy son of Bernborough
