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Royal Vale Shows Good Speed Over Sloppy Track TrackGoes Goes Distance in 139 Handily In Prep for Metropolitan Outing OutingBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y May 8 Mrs J R H Thourons Royal Vale who is pointing for next Saturdays Metropolitan Mile displayed a liking for the sloppy track at Belmont Park this morning Working alone the English horse went the Metropolitan distance in handy style getting thef ractions in 35 AlVs 100 112 and 125 It was an impres ¬ sive move one suggesting that he will be Native Dancers chierrival in the weekend stake a role he filled in relation to Tom Pool last year yearC C V Whitneys Cold Command who is also pointing for the Metropolitan worked seven furlongs in company with Blue Skies The War Admiral fiveyearold had no trouble disposing of his workmate as he got the distance in 127 Blue Skies was clocked in 129 129Spring Spring Hill Farms Jamie K who is in Mondays Cherry Hill Handicap on the grass course breezed a half in 48 on the main track in company with the useful plater Hoplite who was clocked a fifth slower Jamie K is also eligible to the Metropolitan MetropolitanJames James Cox Bradys Commonwealth re ¬ covering from bucked shins breezed a slow half in 52 The speedy juvenile who dazzled the throng at the Aiken Trials with a trackrecord performance will probably make his official debut at Garden State Park Greentree Stables Gold Box a re ¬ cent impressive winner who will probably appear in Wednesdays Juvenile Stakes went a handy five furlongs in 101 101William William Zieglers Tortilla a possible dark horse for the Metropolitan im ¬ pressed work watchers with a handy mile in 141
