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Swoon Swoons s Son Son in in Continental; Continental; Sextet Sextet Named Named for for Peter Peter Pan Pan Favor Gallant Man In Handicap Event Derby and Wood Runner-up Meets Promised Land, Nah Hiss in Belmont Route Test By BOB HORWOOD BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., May 31. Ralph Lowes Gallant Man, who missed adding 13,250 to his earnings in his last two starts by not more than one foot, looms a prohibitive choice in Saturdays eighteenth running of the Peter Pan Handicap at a mile and one furlong. The imported son of Migoli was beaten about two inches by Bold Ruler in the Wood Memorial, which netted 0,800 to the winner and 0,000 to Gallant Man, while the Kentucky Derby added 07,450 to the account of Iron Liege and 5,000 to the runner-up, who was about 10 desperate inches away, after jockey Willie Shoemaker had misjudged the finish, standing up in his irons at the sixteenth pole. The difference between first and second money works out to about 0,000 an inch. Net Purse of 9,100 to Winner The Peter Pan, which has a field of six, will have a gross value of 8,150 and a gross prize to the winner of 9,400, of which 00 is the nomination and starting fees. Though he came out of the Derby with burning feet and was off his feed for a few days, trainer Johnny Neruds little colt seems to have come around nicely and should be close to his best form for tomorrows stakes. Carrying 124 pounds, Gallant Man is asked to concede from 10 to 16 pounds to his five rivals, which may not be too easy a task, though he is conceded to be the class of the race. The opposition, in order of the weights, is composed of Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs Promised Land, 114 and Hedley Wood-house; Mrs. Jules Schwartz Nah Hiss, 113 Continued on Page Four SWOONS SON Crack handicap performer takes up 128 pounds in his first try of the season on the grass at Home-wood today. GALLANT MAN The English importation in Ralph Lowes Texas-owned stable looms a strong favorite in todays Peter Pan renewal. Gallant I Man Engages Five Opponents In 8,150 Peter Pan Handicap Today Derby and Wood Runner-up Meets Promised Land? Nah Hiss in Belmont Route Test Continued from Page One and Bobby Ussery ; Cain Hoy Stabless One-Eyed King, 112 and Conn McCreary; Claiborne . ! Farms Tippecanoe, 111 and Ted Atkinson, ! and Ogden Phipps Harmonizing, j 108 and Sidney Cole. Shoemaker again will i ride Gallant Man and is to stay over to ride Lowes Nearala in Mondays Acorn ! Stakes. One-Eyed King, Promised Land and 3 Harmonizing finished fifth, sixth and eighth, respectively, in the track-record Jersey Stakes won by Iron Liege on May 25, 1 with slightly more than two lengths separating One-Eyed King from Harmonizing. Actually, there was an eight-length gap ; from Clem, who was beaten inches, back to We Trust, who finished third, with the next six closely bunched. In his previous start, , Promised Land had finished fourth j behind Bold Ruler, Iron Liege and Inside , Tract in the Preakness and was a little more than three lengths before Nah Hiss. . In the last Tihree-sixteenth of that race, : Promised Land made up almost a length on ; the leader, while losing third place to Inside ; , Tract, while Nah Hiss, though moving from seventh to fifth, only gained a length. The Peter Pan is generally regarded as a stepping , stone to the 00,000 Belmont ! Stakes, third tier of the Triple Crown, to-be ! renewed on June 15, but only two of the : previous 17 winners have completed the double. These are C. V. Whitneys Counterpoint, . who set the local track record of 1:47 under 114 pounds in the Peter Pan1 of 1951, and King Ranchs High Gun, who carried 116 in 1954. Incidentally, the first three to finish in the 1955 Peter Pan all ran here yesterday. The winner, Nances Lad, finished fifth in the Carter Handicap, which was won by Portersville, who finished second in that Peter Pan, while Little Dell, who was, third, won the eighth race ; with a 0,000 "claiming tag.
