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Native Dancer Kamehameha Royal Bay Gem Seen in Serious Preps for Belmont Stakes StakesBELMONT BELMONT PARK ELmont JL jr Y June 5 Three of the live probable starters in Saturdays 100000 Belmont Stakes were seen on the main track in serious preps this morning Alfred G Vanderbflts Native Dancer the champion pro tern and oddson favorite for the classic Jtnile and a half went the full dis ¬ tance of the stake breezing in 238 King Ranchs Kamehameha went the same long route in 238 handily tiring very slightly at the end Eugene Con stantin Jrs Boyal Bay Gem breezed six furlongs In 114 and galloped out a mile in 142 142The The other probables are Spring Hill Farms Jamie K who is expected to be econd choice on the strength of bis close second to Native Dancer in the Freak ness and Brookfield Farms Isasmoothie There are two other possible but un ¬ likely starters in this third tier of the Triple Crown in Greentree Stables Fownatan and Ogden Phipps Bassanio who would be shooting for tbe moon moonNative Native Dancer broke in front of the stand this morning with Bernie Evecson as usual in the saddle and Jceeping bint well in hand all the way The gray colt reeled off the quarters in 25 26 275 27 26 and 25 Itivas a de ¬ cidedly impressive trial trialKamehameha Kamehameha who has been racing well in New Jersey and won his last start at x mile and onesixteenth in a gallop was paced by the filly Islay JMist for the first five furlongs of his long prep After getting the half in 52 this black son of Polynesian stepped the next four quarters in 25 25 26 and 28 ap ¬ pearing to tire only a little at the end endGreentree Greentree Stables Tom Fool who is being sharpened for bis engagement in the sevenfurlong Carter Handicap at Aqueduct on June 27 breezed five furlongs ia 101 under a strong pulL The big son of Menow comes from a memorable vic ¬ tory in the Suburban at a mile and a quarter
