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___ r—- -i Begorra, Resilient Among Classy Field Of Fifteen in NYAC Classified Cap Former Has 122 Pounds, One Over Kaster to Shoulder in Mile Event at Belmont Park BELMONT PARK, Elmont, I. I., N. Y., May 24. — "Shut the windows and bar the doors, batten down the hatches and take up the floors," tomorrow is New York Athletic Club day at Belmont Park. The feature events on this annual gala program, which usually attracts some 2,000 "athletes" are the NYAC John A. McNulty Classified Handicap at one mile and the NYAC Norton Memorial Purse at six furlongs. These will be the sixth and seventh races. A field of 15 has been named for what will in future be referred to as the McNulty and honors the current president of the NYAC and not the champion of Third Avenue and intimate biographer of Native Dancer, who bears the same name with eclat, distinction and fortitude. That McNulty is presently engaged in a search for a Siberian husky dog, which he believes that he lost somewhere in the neighborhood of Cape Costello. Three of the McNulty candidates last appeared in the Metropolitan Handicap won by Native Dancer, finishing sixth, seventh and eighth. They are C. Mahlon Klines Kaster, Saga Stables Flaunt and Max Kahlbauns Jampol. The latter had considerable speed for six furlongs. Two Possess Best Recent Form The best recent form of the McNulty field is held by Frank C. Rand, Jr.s Begorra and Killian Farms Resilient. Begorra looked like a stakes horse when scoring an easy victory over Golden Gloves at tomorrows distance last week, while Resilient has won his last two and was the outsider of the field in both races. His most recent success was at a mile and sixteenth, timed in 1:43%, while the Sir Damion colt got the mile in 1:37%, the same time required by Begorra. Of the others, Charfran Stables Brown Booter returned to action on Friday with an excellent second to. Armageddon at a mile and a sixteenth in 1:43. J. W. Nizleks All at Once, who gets in here with a feathery 108 pounds, finished lapped on Brown Booter in fourth place. Mrs. H. P. Christiansens Mandingo is starting a comeback in this, event, is good and fresh and will have the services of Ted Atkinson. D. J. Schneiders Elixir, who showed nothing in a sprint here after fine races in Florida, is capable of vast improvement, while Mrs. Charles Silvers Lavender Hill may run over a few horses in the stretch, but will probably be more formidable in the richer Top Flight Handicap against those of her own sex later in the meeting. Shamrock, Beau Gar, Nullify, Press and Saxony complete the field. Press, who carries the silks of Abe Le Vinson, was an impressive winner at Jamaica, but showed nothing behind Armageddon on May 10th here. Eight three-year-olds have been entered in the Norton Memorial, but it shapes up as primarily a two-horse event between Mrs. J. R. H. Thourons Christmas Gift, a steadily improving colt, and A. C. Bostwicks Pine Cone, who is making his seasonal debut. Christmas Gift comes from a clever score at a flat mile, while Pine Cone worked a half in :46 on Sunday morning and has several other good moves to his credit. Both colts are eligible to the 5,000 Peter Pan on June 5, while Christmas Gift is also a Belmont Stakes eligible.
