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Metropolitan Hopes Clash Monday Campbells Weight For dancer1 Due DueBelmonts Belmonts WeekEnd Stake May Provide Serious Test For Gray Yanderbilt Champ ChampBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmont N Y May 8 The 30000 Metropolitan Handicap at one mile is the main event at Belmont BelmontPark Park next week This weekend fixture which will be having its sixtyfirst run ¬ ning is to be the first serious test of the year for Alfred G Vanderbilts Native Dancer who yesterday returned to the races with a convincing display of class and power in the Commando Purse at six furlongs Just how serious a test for the gray champion the Metropolitan will be depends to a degree on the weight he is given by racing secretary John Blanks Campbell whose imposts are due Monday Last year Tom Fool won it under 130 pounds after capturing two overnight sprints and The Dancer may be given a pound or two more as he boasts a con ¬ siderably better overall record than the Greentree champion had at this time last year and Mrs J R H Thourons Royal Vale who again looms the favorites chief rival doesnt appear quite as good as he was a year ago agoThree Three Candidates in Mile Sixteenth Test TestThree Three Metropolitan eligibles are in Mon ¬ days Mizzen Purse at a mile and a six ¬ teenth and four more have been named longs on the grass course Cain Hoy Sta ¬ bles Armageddon who in past years won the Champagne and Withers at the Metro ¬ politan distance here as well as Abe Lev insons Press and Saxon Stables Market Level are in the Mizzen which will be the sixth race raceC C Mahlon Klines Kaster T P Morgans Grover B Spring Hill Farms Jamie K and J Manzano Smalls Impulsive are in the grass race which will be the seventh event Kaster Grover B and Jamie K all have skinned track form entitling them to run back in the Metropolitan Kaster won the first of the grass events here and will probably be favored on Monday His chief rivals appear to be Sanford Stud Farms speedy Mackville and Charfran Stables Brown Booter while Jamie K finished with a belated rush after trailing to the stretch in his grass debut here hereThe The others in Mondays Cherry Hill are Mrs J R H Thourons Royal Governor High Tide Stables Sweep and C V Whit ¬ neys Ming Yellow who has not been seen in almost a year yearRenew Renew Juvenile on Wednesday WednesdayThere There are two other stakes on the Bel ¬ mont agenda next week Twoyearolds headed by Mrs R A Firestones Youthful Stakes winner Summer Tan vie in the seventyeighth edition of the 10000 Juve ¬ nile at five furlongs on the Widener straightaway on Wednesday Young jump ¬ ers clash at about two miles in Thursdays Belmont Spring Maiden Steeplechase a 5000 event for horses who were maidens when the race closed closedTo To return to the Metropolitan Native Dancer looms a prohibitive choice in this mile regardless of the impost he is as sighed by Mr Campbell The big gray was not required to step the six furlongs of the Commando faster than a moderate 111 but did it with such authority and apparent ease that his legion of followers can hardly see him being beaten by any of the current crop of handicap horses Royal Vale who drove Tom Fool to a neck neckContinued Continued on Page FortyFour Metropolitan Candidates Vie In Monday Belmont Feature FeatureContinued Continued from Page Three Threein in last years Metropolitan and a nose in the longer Suburban still seems the best of his rivals though he was beaten in the Valley Forge Handicap at Garden State last week weekOthers Others who may make a race of this ancient mile include Valley Farms Im ¬ passe who turned in a fine race in the Commando one that was somewhat over ¬ looked in the bright glare of Native Dan ¬ cers seasonal debut The Contradiction gelding made up six lengths in the stretch yesterday and has always needed a race Brookmeade Stables Capeador who has been something of a giant killer in recent months is training well for the Metropoli ¬ tan while Rokeby Stables Magic Lamp who will be coupled with Royal Vale has proved a dangerous lightweight at times Saxon Stables Marcador won the Excel ¬ sior Handicap at Jamaica and has been training steadily for the Met while Trio Stables Laffango who finished second to Native Dancer a neck before Impasse in yesterdays sprint may also be back backC C V Whitneys Cold Command and Greentree Stables Straight Face may also go in the mile fixture Straight Face Capeador and Magic Lamp are all in to ¬ days Dixie Handicap at a mile and three sixteenths but could drop back in the shorter stake
