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Connors Corner By CHUCK CONNORS Belmont Stakes on Tap Saturday Rumors of Epsom Derby Squelched Secret Meeting Bucks Her Shins ShinsBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y June 6 Next Saturday is the Belmont the mile and onehalf test for the survivors le numerous stages that tempted the three yearold division start ¬ ing inFebruary atSarita Anita Park The field will be on the small side and no doubt Na ¬ tive Dancer will be the overwhelming choice of the populace The Bel ¬ mont is described as the third jewel in that mythical crown that adorns the head of the winning threeyearold and one thing is1 certain this year there will be no sweep of the Triple Crown Dark Star out finished Native Dancer in the Derby The Preakness was a different story and who knows the outcome of the Belmont While the boys are willing to concede that Native Dancer should triumph in here there is that old saw that points out the possibility of a slip between the cup and the lip Any ¬ way Belmont Park officials are making preparations to handle one of the biggest crowds of the year arid have their collec ¬ tive fingers crossed hoping for clear weather and a fast track The rest of racing legions are with them in the matter matterWhile While the Belmont intrigues the imag ¬ ination of the local crowds thelnterest generated in the Epsom Derby was re ¬ flected in this area That English classic dramatized by the Irish Sweepstakes was won by Sir Victor Sasoons Pinza with Aureole racing for Her Majesty the Queen second and Pink Horse third The winner was ridden by Sir Gordon Richards This led the paddock gang to ask whether the crowds were yelling Come on Sir Gordon as the horses raced through the stretch or were sil ¬ ently hoping for a victory for the new crowned Queen It was the first victory in this famous race for the knighted jock jockThe The ugly rumors that were circulated about for a week prior to the running of this noted fixture that it was to be a gift to the Queen a sort of a Coronation pres ¬ ent were squelched with emphasis Loose talk on a race track and some of it is started by men who should know better is one of the banes of racing The rumors spread like wildfire and it is unbelievable that how much of this gabble is accepted as true facts Pinza and Sir Richards punctured that bubble but the perpetrators who started the rumors should be brought to book One thing is certain Her Majesty would not wish the result to come the way the scandal mongers predicted She ac ¬ cording to those who know is too great a sportswoman for that sort of nonsense nonsenseTrainer Trainer Syl Veitch journeyed over to Delaware Park to saddle Cold Command owned by C V Whitney for the Brandy wine Handicap He is due back on Sun ¬ day Robert F Pierry a son of Mike of the H M Stevens Co Inc and Miss Avis Watchman will be joined in wed ¬ lock at Teaneck N J on June 27 They are graduates of Duke University of this year He has his degree in civil en ¬ gineering while she is a bachelor of arts They met while at school Trainer Bobby Dotter who has the James Cox Brady horses reported that Secret Meet ¬ ing winner of the Acorn and unplaced in the Delaware Oaks is on the sidelines The filly bucked in the Delaware race and will be forced to miss the Gazelle Stakes at Aqueduct AqueductHorace Horace Stoneham of the New York Giants was among the clubhouse visitors yesterday Mr and Mrs Eugene Con stantin Jr he races Royal Bay Gem and others are due here on Monday from their Dallas Texas home and will remain over for the running of the Belmont Stakes next fromMiami Saturday nextSaturday J J Halley checked in from Miami in quest of horses to train Jockey Sidney Cole is due back to accept mounts on Monday He rode Blacktype in inContinued Continued on Page ForfyOne Connors Corner By C J CONNORS Continued from Page Fne Fnethe the Ascot Gold Cup the Akron Ohio ver ¬ sion on Saturday Trainer James Fitz simmons has amassed 14 winners since the start of the New York season and 22 sec ¬ onds The latter number is something of a record for the veteran Miss Anne Collins whose oils of horses have been shown all over the country was among the week ¬ end visitors Horsemen stabled at Aque ¬ duct were on the worry seat Thursday night when a fire broke out in the ticket sales booth on the Long Island Bailroadi platform that adjoins the track The blaze was extinguished before too much damage was done much to the relief of Aqueduct officialdom The winds blew flames away from the grandstand and other buildings buildingsTrainer Trainer Bill Winfrey reported that First Glance owned by A G Vanderbilt is back in training after a slight mishap The colt injured his foot fey stepping on a naiL Trainer Max Hirsch shipped High Scud to New England for the Massachusetts Handicap This one will likely be joined by To Market later for that event Hirsch pointed out it all de ¬ pends on how the King Ranch color bearer comes out of his Brandywine en ¬ gagement gagementL L S Kopald the Memphis Tenn patron was an early morning Jamaica visitor in ¬ specting the horses he has there with Wal ¬ ter Kelly Trainer Dolly Byers returned TeaMaker owned by F Ambrose Clark from Delaware Park and the old fellow may be seen under colors in the Carter Handicap Trainer Gary Winfrey distrib ¬ uted the Largesse following the running of the Boseben Handicap won by Squared Away He cut in Jim Nichols and Ted Atkinson on the profits Atkinson did the riding while Nichols pointed out the pe ¬ culiarities of the colt before the race thus enabling Atkinson to keep alert for any sudden thrusts Eric Cradock of the North Downs Farms recently purchased the fouryearold Blenheim n colt Bisque Bouge from the King Banch The promis ¬ ing runner made his Canadian debut at Woodbine Park on Saturday Alex Bobb of the administrative forces reported that the advance reservations for Belmont Day are the heaviest in recent years The final edition of the overnight condition book was released this morning for general distribution distributionTrainer Trainer Howard Hoffman who has Cerise Reine here for Mrs Ada L Rice of Chicago plans to ship the three year old to Arlington Park on Monday C T Chenery is vacationing at his Doswell Va farm but will be up for the Bel ¬ mont according to trainer Casey Hayes Jockey Doug Dodson checked in to toride ride Cerise Reine in the Oaks He will head back to Chicago after the running Jimmy Kilroe packed his handicap figures and chart books and planed out to Chicago where he will serve as racing secretary at Arlington and Washington WashingtonParks Parks Benny Green Ted Atkinson and andConn Conn McCreary have mounts in the Massachusetts Handicap on Wednesday at Suffolk Downs
