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Belmont Park By Chuck Connors 1 Tasty Week-End Racing Morsels Swift Is Boston Doges Waterloo v Maryland Invaders Stealing Loot BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., May 2.— New York week ends, racing-wise that is, give the blase Manhattanites some tasy morsels to add spice to their sporting menus. The running of ! the Swift, which tumbled the the hitherto unbeaten Boston Doge from his lofty pedestal, was dished up on Saturday, and prior to that the duel between Nashua and Summer Tan. The week earlier supplied another duel, in the Excelsior, Fisherman over Joe Jones, the Gotham at Jamaica on Saturday, April 9, witnessed the downfall of a~ pronounced choice at the feet of three, Go Lightly, I Mr. Al L. and Bangoborough with Simmie unplaced. Prior to that, the first Saturday of the meeting, Boston Dodge made, his New York debut by taking down the Experimental and impressed New Yorkers. Saturday -for the Swift, Boston Doge was a prohibitive favorite and after the race, the usual avalanche of excuses was expected. While the boys and girls discussed these events, the impending Derby out Louisville way was given a passing mention or two and the most discussed names were Nashua and Summer Tan. Another matter of importance over; the week end in the conversational stakes was the success of invaders from Maryland to the New York area. The outlanders reversing, the usual order accounted for the Swift Stakes, Nances Lad, the Fashion, with Pretty Plunger, the. Youthful with Smooth Stride and the two divisions of the Correction with Snugger and Brazen Brat. The success of the invaders created no end of excitement with the paddock gang who usually week end reading reports of the success of a New York raider to the hinterlands. Wood Result Brought Consolation The localites had some consolation, for the Wood Memorial, the rich plum at Jamaica, was annexed by a hometowner with another New Yorker in the runner-up position. Nashua was first, Summer Tan second, but there were no invaders in the field and that is that. Trainer Tommy Kelley of the Mrs. Ada L. Rice stable has, over the past few weeks, found the New York scene a fruitful field which to explore, for he accounted for two stakes, the Fashion and the Correction for the Chicagoan. To add insult to injury, as it were, he took down, the Fashion with a first-time starter, Pretty Plunger, a daughter of Hill Prince. Some of the sticklers regard Boston Doge as an invader. Well, he is this season, but at present is stabled here. Harry F. Guggenheim, master of Cain Hoy, was a week-end visitor to witness the running of the Swift, in which Boston Doge went down to defeat. He reported that he will likely have two starters in the Derby, Racing Fool and Flying Fury and Moreno will have his choice of mounts. Mr. Guggenheim also reported that the horses he has at Churchill Downs will be shipped eastward arid are due at Belmont Park on May 10 . . . F. Ambrose Clark is scheduled to arrive tomorrow from England. He vacationed abroad for several weeks, and among the possessions he is bringing back is a silver trophy to be awarded to the winning owner of the International Steeplechase. Trainer Rabbit Dabson returned his Nances Lad to Laurel but before leaving stated he would be back to start in the Withers. Jockey J. Choquette, who rode the Swift Stakes winner, returned to Maryland to resume riding at Laurel today . . . C. T. Chenery was among the week-end visitors to witness the running of the Swift Stakes . . . W. J. Salmon Jr., was on hand for the big week end . . . James Cox Brady was a morning visitor to witness several of his horses undergo training trials. . . . Mrs. H. C. Phipps, mistress of the fashionable Wheatley Stable, was a week-end guest . . . Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Heller, he races under the nom de course of the Lester Manor Stable, were out for the afternoon. Queen Nash Goes to Farm Trainer George M. Odom reported that Queen Nash, owned by Wallace Gilroy, will be shipped to Kentucky to be mated . . . Bernard Baruch, the elder statesman, made his first appearance of the meeting on Saturday . . . Tom Bragg came down to represent Connecticut and console Big Jim Healey over the- loss of a couple of pounds . . . I. J. Collins, the Lancaster, Ohio, patron, recovered from a mild cold and was on hand for the afternoon . . . The final draft of the King Ranch horses, a dozen two-year-olds, are due here tomorrow from Texas . . . C. V. Whitney was among the afternoons visitors ... J. A. Kelley and trainer Glen Felk-ner came on from Lexington, Ky. Felkner has a string of horses in training here. . . . Leon "Jake" Swirlbul of the racing commission dropped in for a looksee at the week-end program . . . Horsemen atBelmont Park were stunned when the news from Jamaica was reported that the good sprinter White Skies broke his leg at that track and was destroyed. He was reported insured for 25,000. The fourth annual communion breakfast of the New York race track personnel was held yesterday morning. Mass was celebrated at the Church of St. Catherine of Sienna, St. Albans and breakfast was held at the Belmont Park clubhouse. Three hunderd and seventy-eight communicants attended. Francis P. Dunne acted as toastmaster and the address was delivered by Rev. Edward Lodge Curran, Ph. D., president of the International Catholic Truth Society and pastor of St. Josephs Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. . . . John Fitzsimmons, the advance guard of the Aqueduct Derby rooting section, left for Louisville, Ky., -yesterday morning; - s « t i "» i» * t I J 1 J r • i c t , .
