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Connors Corner By CHUCK CONNORS Morris Dreams of Belmont Winner t His Jamie K in Perfect Condition Five May Face Starter for Stake StakeBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y v June 8 The Belmont that searching test for thoroughbreds at one mile and one sion on Saturday Jim Norris the dabbler in fistiana hockey wheat pits and boss of a herd of cattle in Florida aided and abetted by John Partridge is sleeping quite peace ¬ fully these nights and dreaming of the glory that goes with owning a Belmont winner Ja ¬ mie K is his colt and this fellow a son of Crowfoot and Sea Elf moves up to that engagement in perfect condition The colt gained a new host of t friends on Saturday when he was a bang up second to Safety in the six furlongs of the Reginald W Rives Handicap He was the only threeyearold in the test and one of the few ranked among the topnotchers that has engaged older horses this season4 to date Jamie K was conceding weight to lis older opponents actual and on the scale which rnakes his performance all the more commendable The pace in that race was fast and veteran racegoers were quick v to notice that Arcaro had him well up from the start and well within striking distance of the leaders This demonstration of early speed on his part could be taken as an omen that on Saturday the pacemakers will not draw away into a commanding ad ¬ vantage on him himJamie Jamie K is not the best post horse in the country He appears to have a com ¬ plex when it conies to busting away as tHe stall doors are opened He dwells s slightly as if scared by the noises that attend a start and is at a disadvantage A However when fully settled in stride that is something1 else again Belmont Park observers will get a good look at him on Saturday The start is effected within a few yards of the finish line that is thus passed twice on this memorable trip for gold and glory gloryNative Native Dancer the Vanderbilt starter is still the favorite with the boys This colt has had several tough races this year and came through okay The paddock gang are still harping on the result of the Derby he missed by a head the result of the Preak v ness he won by a neck and they are trying to determine on the basis of those two re suits the outcome of the Belmont which is a further piece than either of them Jack Campbell in going over the list of probable starters this morning came up with five that he believed would start Royal Bay Gem Eugene Constantins hope Kame hameha from King Ranch and Powhatan from Greentree Stable plus the first named two round out the list Everyone is hoping for a fast track and no excuses on the part of any of the starters and may the best horse win winKamchameha Kamchameha the son of Polynesian and Sun Lady that Max Hirsch will sad ¬ dle for the King Ranch in the Belmont Stakes is named for the king who ruled Hawaii before the advent of the pine ¬ apple crop The name is pronounced Kameahmia or so said trainer Max prompted by owner Klebergr with a more detailed history of the ruler by Mrs Kle berg Anyway he was for a long time the top man of the Polynesians and the Texans are hoping for a repeat in history come Saturday and the Belmont Stakes Leslie Combs master of Spendthrift Farm out Kentucky way showed up for the Coaching Club American Oaks and will remain over for the Belmont Stakes John C Clark head man at Hialeah was on hand for the week end The occasion I was the first such vacation in several weeks the others were spent in Florida Mr and Mrs Walter Jeffords deserted Dela ware for the Coaching Club American Oaks and entertained Mr arid Mrs George M Humphrey He is from Cleveland main tains a breeding farm and also serves in the Eisenhower cabinet as Secretary of the Treasury He was pressed into service on Saturday to present the Oaks trophy to a couple of good Democrats from Texas Benl arid Florence Whitaker and no political issue was raised Baron dOsten the European authority on breeding was among those present Walthen Knebelkamp of the Kentucky State Racing Commission CommissionContinued Continued on Page FwiyFnre Connors Corner CornerBy By C J CONNORS Continued from Page Six Sixstopped stopped off long enough to witness a lew races before proceeding on to Boston for the NASRC convention conventionJohn John A Morris of the Metropolitan Jockey Club operators of Jamaica and president of the Thoroughbred Racing Associations returned from a visit to Chicago AkSarBen and other mid Western tracks Trainer Dolly Byers reported that Case Goods owned by Wil ¬ liam Goadby Loew will be returned to Belmont Park following her Polly Drum mond engagement Dr and Mrs A Beisler were week end guests of George and Julia Odom for the Oaks Charles Cohen master of Charfran Sta ¬ ble will be represented by a couple of additions Englishbreds Cock Foster a fouryearold and a threeyearold maiden They were acquired from W A Reed and arrived at Belmont Park re ¬ cently well advanced in training trainingColin Colin Sandy MacLeod left for Virginia to kill a few more hogs and bring back an i additional supply of ham sandwiches He will be on hand for the Belmont and the supply line forms on the right Nat E Herzfeld was out to represent Tropical Park and conferred with Jerry Brady over the winter session at the Coral Gables course Joe Eitinger master of Marlboro Stud will journey to Monmouth Park over the week ¬ end to lend moral encouragement to his Jet Master destined for a stake appearance at that track A couple of men about the country J Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolson were among the weekend visitors Spen ¬ cer Drayton of the TRA forces came out to say hello Dave Eisman who was formerly associated with Mort Mahoney in the opera ¬ tion of the tote departments at Maryland and other tracks was named director of that branch at Las Vegas by Lou Smith Eisman is also president of the new Fronton Company who will operate at Tampa during the winter season seasonA A B Hancock Jr arrived from Paris Ky to join the steadily growing number of breeders and Westerners on hand awaiting the Belmont Mrs Dodge Sloane mistress of Brookmeade was thrilled when her Safety accounted for the secondary feature on the weekend program The colt will be numbered among the handicap starters in events later in the summer J P Doc Jones put in a busy weekend He flew here from his Charlottesville Va farm worked a couple sets of horses then moved on to Delaware Park to saddle a pair and then back to the farm to pick out some reinforcements for the Belmont Park division divisionWhitney Whitney Stone who has several horses with James Fitzsimmons was among those present for the afternoon George Weiss of the New York Yankees found the pano ¬ rama at Belmont Park more pleasing than the sunbaked fields of St Louis or so he told Frank Stevens between races Trainer Eddie Legere returned Af ricance owned by Mrs J A Grant to New England following her declaration from the Oaks Jockey Benny Green will go to Suffolk Downs on Wednesday to ride one of the starters that Max Hirsch will send postward for the Massachusetts Handicap aona
