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Arcaro Has Belair Colt Nine Lengths Before Blazing Count , . 4 JOCKEY EDDIE ARCARO— By riding Nashua to victory in the 87th Belmont Stakes he tied the six-win record of Jimmy McLaughlin set back inthe1880s. Travels Mile and Half in 2:2? to Win 3,700 Purse, Boost Earnings to 53,690 By BOB HORWOOD Staff Correspondent BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., June 11. — Winning his biggest race by the biggest margin of his career, Belair Studs Nashua drew out with majestic ease at the end of the eighty-seventh running of the 19,800 Belmont Stakes to lead Barclay Stables Blazing Count by nine lengths at the end of the mile and one-half. It was another five and a half lengths back to Clearwater Stables Portersville.who led E. Eugenia Bankheads recently purchased Jabneh by a half a dozen lengths as the eastern champion three-year-old strung out his seven rivals over a sixteenth ol a mile. A prohibitive choice with the comparatively small crowd of 32,097 that turned out in gray, drizzling weather, Nashua paid .30, .30 and .10 after Eddie Arcaro guided him over the distance in 2:29 on a damp but decidedly fast track. Taps Colt Lightly Nashuas facile victory, in which Arcaro tapped him lightly turning for home and again near the furlong pole, netted 3,700", bringing his earnings to 53,690, compared , with 44,700 amassed by Citation, Americas only millionaire thoroughbred after he had won the Belmont. William Woodward, Jr., master of Belair, also was presented with the August Belmont Cup by Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force. Arcaro was scoring his sixth triumph in c Continued on Page Seiren : : 4 Nashua Romps Home to Easy Victory in Belmont Stakes Leads Blazing Count Nine • Lengths Under Arcaros Guidance to Earn 3,700 Continued from Page One the Belmont Stakes," breaking his modern tie with Earl Sande and equalling the stakes record set by Jimmy McLaughlin, who rode six Belmont winners from 1882 through 1888. This was also the sixth Belmont Stakes for veteran trainer Jim Fitz-simmons, who had won the stakes with Gallant Fox, Faireno, Omaha, Granville and Johnstown for the late William Woodward. Despite the ease of his victory, Nashua stepped the last quarter in a remarkable :24%, while just buck-jumping with his ears pricking. He apparently could have gone around the huge track again with the same-ease and without drawing a deep breath. Minus Show Pool The sure thing players who invested in. Nashua in the show pool produced ade-ficit of 4,411.55 in that department. Back in 1943, when there were only three starters, Count Fleet produced a minus win pool of 5,912.02 in the Belmont Stakes. After the race, Arcaro said: "I dug into him after we had gone a mile because I didnt want him fooling around. I wanted him to smother them as quickly as he could when I did rouse him and it didnt take long. He really did the job." From the stand, it appeared that Arcaro did his "digging," with his hands and heels, rather than the whip. Of Portersville, Eric Guerin said: "He ran a surprisingly big race. He has never met this good a field and he did very well for himself." When George Cassidy sent the eight Belmont starters on their way directly in front of the stands, Nashua was first to flash in front, but Arcaro allowed him to settle in the run around the clubhouse turn, while Little Dell moved through on the inside to take a daylight lead over the favorite. Blazing Count was a .fairly close thnxUat this point, followed by Portersville, Jab-neh, who moved to the outside, Retamero, Mr. Al L. and Flying Fury, who was a detached last. Turning down the backstretch, Little Dell continued to lead Nashua by three lengths, while Blazing Count was two lengths farther back and closely followed NASHUA— The Nasrullah— Seguja colt registered his twelfth victory in 15 engagements when he accounted for Saturdays Belmonh Stakes, and boosted his total earnings to 53,690. by Portersville. Dave Gorman began sending Mr. Al L. up along the rail in the long run down the far side and was a close third at the half mile pole, where Nashua took command. Once passed, Little Dell stopped badly, while Blazing Count, Mr. Al L. and Portersville were closely grouped behind Nashua, who drew away with ease as Arcaro continued to "scuffle." Turning for home, Arcaro reached back and tapped the big son of Nasrullah from the stakes-winning Segula, and he reached out for more ground with great, long, sweeping strides that carried him farther and /farther from his struggling rivals. Blazing Count, a handsome gray son of Count Fleet, finished willingly and had no trouble saving second money from Portersville, while Jabneh, who Continued on Page Forty-Six i Nashua Takes Belmont With Comparative Ease Arcaro Has Belair Colt Nine Lengths Before Blazing Count Continued from Page Seven was purchased for 0,000 two days ago, turned in a fair efforts to be fourth. Flying Fury passed a few beaten horses to be fifth, followed by Little Dell, Mr. Al L. and Retamero. - Rajput, a stablemate of Flying Fury, and Courtship, were scratched during the afternoon, while Uncle Gus came out yesterday. The pace throughout the Belmont was neither fast nor slow for a race at a mile and a half, with the fractions being :244,£, :49, 1:13%, mile in 1:38%, mile and a quarter in 2:04%, then that dazzling last quarter in :24%, possibly the fastest final quarter in Belmont Stakes history.- A half-brother to Nashua, Mrs. Mickey Walshs Secant, finished second to C. T. Chenerys Prince Hill in the Westbury Handicap that followed the Belmont, but this son of Some Chance lacked his younger brothers stamina, tiring near the end of the mile and three furlongs, to succumb by almost two lengths to the winner, who is a full-brother to Hill Prince, in his day a beaten favorite in the Belmont, but later voted Horse of that Year of 1950. Jockey Hedley Woodhouse fell from Com-panas Stables Besomer, a first-time starter that was made the favorite in the third race, sailing through the air, then bouncing head over heels three times after hitting the ground, but escaped with a bruised forehead and a shaking up. The brown son of Double Jay, who came out equipped with blinkers and an overcheck, indications that he had "done tricks" in training, tried to bear in badly from the start, while Wood-house pulled on the right rein in a desperate attempt to keep him straight. After a quarter mile, the saddle slipped abruptly to the right and the jockey literally flew off. Besomer continued to bear to his left, interfering with a few more horses, after he was riderless. Natalie Lynchs Nans Mink, who had finished fourth as a "good thing" for his debut, won the dash at five furlongs on the Widener straightaway by a half length over Belair Studs Tarquitana, who was one of the first bumped by Besomer. C. V. Whitneys Born Mighty came from last place to be third, another length and three-quarters in arrears. Willie Lester, completing a consecutive double, rode -Nans Mink, who paid .20 and was teletimed in :58. Edward Seinfelds Perman and Kather-ine R. Sommas vastly improved Top That took the first two races, providing a 1.70 Daily Double. Ted Atkinson rode Perman, who had no great trouble scoring by almost two lengths over Gascony, who led the hardworking Prize Ring another three-quarters of a length. Early Light, the tepid choice, was a neck out of the money, after pulling herself up immediately after the start.
