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Sixth Annual Belmont Ball Draws 700 Diners to Turf and Field Club Frank Bishop of California * High Bidder af ,000 for Breeding Service to Spy Song BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. T., N. Y., June 11,— While the day was drab and wet for the Belmont Stakes itself, the weather was good for the sixth annual Belmont Ball Friday night on the grounds of the Turf and Field Club, where more than 700 persons dined and danced to the strains of Emil Colemans band and, incidentally, raised several thousands of dollars for the Maternity Center, charity recipient of the proceeds from this years annual social highlight of the Long Island racing season. In addition to the contributions made by the invited guests with their tickets, auctions raised additional sums as John A. Morris and Dan Van Clief worked as auctioneers? with such "spotters" in the crowd as John M. Gaver, Greentrees trainer. The biggest single sum was realized on the service to the stallion Spy Song, generously donated by Miss Mary Fisher. After spirited bidding, this went for ,000 to Frank Bishop of California. Following an annual custom, a shoe from the foot of todays winner was also bid /in "for 00 and, at the end of the evening, there was general agreement the ball had been a great success. Among the notables of the world of racing, society, finance, industry and the arts in attendance were: Mr. and Mrs. Deaver Alexander, Mi*, and Mrs. Frederick F. Alexandre, Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry Alexandre, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Bancroft, Mr. and Mrs. Kenyon Boo-cock, Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Bostwick, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Burden, Mr. N. Madison Caftmell, Mr. Leslie Combs, Mr. and Mrs. Alan L. Corey Jr., Mr. Vernon Crudge, Mr. R. Fulton Cutting, Mr. and Mrs. A. DAlIessandro, Baron and Baroness Daubek, Mr. J. V. H. Davis, Mr. S. Whitney de Rham, Duke Di San Miniato, Mr. and Mrs. William F. Dobbs, Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. William M. Duryea, Ambassador and Mrs. Carlos Echeverri-Cortes, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Fell. Also, Admiral and Mrs. Howard A- Flan-Continued on Page Fifty-One Sixth Annual Belmont Ball Has 700 Patrons Californian Frank Bishop Gets Spy Song Service on ,000 Bid Continued from Page Six igan, Mr. Michael Forrestal, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Belmont Frank, Mr. Robert Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Garrett, Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey M. Gates, Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Gerry Jr., Mr. ■ and Mrs. David Gimbel, Mrs. Elizabeth N. Graham, Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Grant, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Guest, Mr. Patrick Guiness, Mr. Gaines Gwathmey, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hammer-stein, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hanes, Mr. W. Arnold Hanger, Mr. and Mrs. Huntington Hartford, Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Heller, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Hickey, Mr. C. Chatterton Hickox, Mr. John B. Hickox, Mr. Max Hirsch, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Ireland m.t Mr. Kenneth Ives, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jeffords Jr., Mr. and Mrs. B. Brewster Jennings, Mr. Cyrus S. Jullien, Miss Louise Jullien, Mr. Paul J. Jullien, Mr. and .Mrs,, Th.oms Kejaimer HoMrandj Mrs. William* GLangleyxtDr, and Mrs. L. Gordon La Pointe, Miss Cary Latimer, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas I. Laughlin, Mr. and Mrs. Lewi~ Cass Ledyard, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lehman, Dr. and Mrs. Jere W. Lord, Mr. and Mrs. James Russell Lowell, Mr. and Mrs. Horatio Luro, Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. McKim, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander McLanahan, Mr. and Mrs. Angus D. Mackintosh, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Redfield Mason, Mr. and Mrs. A. Edward Masters, Mr. and Mrs. Chartes Mather II., Mr. and Mrs. Carman H. Messmore, Mrs. Edward S. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Morosini, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. John A. Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mortimer, Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Paysont Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Peck, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence C. Pell, Mr. and Mrs. J. Samuel Perlman. Mr. and Mrs. C. Brooks Peters, Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Phipps, Mr. John T. Pratt, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Quintana, Mrs. Edmund P. Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Russell, Mrs. Walter J. Salmon, Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Salmon, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Sanford, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Scheftel, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Schiff, Mrs. James Hutchinson Scott, Mrs. Dodge Sloane, Sir Percy and Lady Spender, Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Stralem, Mr. Robert ,E. Strawbr.idgf, Jr., Mr. nd Mrs.TiSiman . Talleyf Mr. andtMrs. .Conrad Thibault, Mc and Mrs. Whitney Tower, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Alfred C.Tuckerman, Mr. Joseph Tumulty, Mr. Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. John du Blois Wack, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph- Walker, Jr., Mrs. Harry Dorsey Watts, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius V. Whitney, Mr. and Mrs. George D. Widener, Count and Countess Willaumez, Mr. and Mrs. Matt Winn Williamson, Mr. Robert C. Wjnmill, Mr. cLM*-William. Wood.? ward, Jr. t e ; 5j i.*i-
