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Connors Corner By Chuck Connors Belmont Stakes Renewal Two Weeks Away Kilroe Forecasts a Field of Six or Seven Metropolitan and Suburban Also on Agenda BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I. N. Y., June 1. Two weeks hence, the Belmont Stakes, the final bauble in the Triple Crown, will be contested. What of the starting field? Well,-that at the moment is the big question. The Wheatley Stables Bold Ruler, Ralph Lowes Gallant Man and Calumet Farms Barbizon loom up as the three big names. However, as the man once remarked, there is many a slip between the cup and the lip and what will happen in the interim from this week end is something that cannot be foreseen. Today, Barbizon raced in the Kent. Gallant Man in the Peter Pan and Bold Ruler was given a private trial at Aqueduct. Racing secretary Jimmy Kilroe is -a bit more enthusiastic over the event and he predicts a field of six or seven. Where they will be recruited from however is something else again. True there are several candidates in New Jersey and Delaware but whether their capabilities measure up is a moot question. Anyway, in another week the tub thumpers will start beating the drums for the event and no doubt come up with some additional names. While the Belmont is the stellar offering for three-year-olds, the Metropolitan and Suburban Handicaps are bound to attract some of the oldsters for these tradition steeped events. A fairly good line, as far as the Metropolitan is concerned, can be gleaned from the starting field in the Carter. The- Metropolitan is at one mile , and no doubt many of those who performed in the seven furlongs Carter will be called upon to race the additional furlong. The Suburban is something else again. This event is at one and one-quarter miles and no doubt there will be a lot of sparring on the part of owners and trainers who will evade any direct answers until they have an. opportunity of studying the weights. Anyway, the Suburban is a month away, Independence Day has been set for that event. Heretofore Memorial Day was the setting for the Suburban but times have changed. Light n Lovely Arrives From Camden Light n Lovely, owned by William Helis Jr., arrived here from New Jersey to fulfill her engagement in the Acorn on Monday. The filly will be returned to Garden State following the local event. ... Danny Arnstein, whose horses are in charge of A. G. "Bob" Robertson, was married Friday in Beverly Hills, Calif., to Miss Patricia Powell of the motion picture colony of Hollywood. The couple will make New York their home. . . . Trainer J. H. "Slim" Pierce arrived from Chicago with the two-year-old Alliance for the Juvenile. The colt, owned by C. P. Edwards, will be returned to Chicago . following his engagement. . . . Joe Donohue planed over to London to witness the Epsom Derby on Thursday. Joe Hernandez, the California David Harum, planed to South America to acquire some Argentine-breds for California patrons. Hernandez is due in New York the latter part of June and while here will make efforts to acquire some Eastern horses for West Coast racing. . . . Lou Price, the popsickle man, reported that he will be a regular fpr the remainder of the meeting. . . . Trainer Preston Burch of the Brookmeade Stable reported the death of the broodmare Atwitter. The latter died while foaling a colt on May 27. The youngster, a good looking specimen by More Sun, was immediately turned over, to one of the work mares at the farm. The latter mare had dropped a foal the previous day. The new arrival took to the foster mother like a duck to water and everything is okay. Switch On will be returned here from Suffolk Downs .... Charlie Block, the Miamian, was an early morning visitor to. witness several training trials. . . . Charlie Mather, the Philadelphian, he races under the nom de course of the Avonwood Stable, returned to his home. He had the pleasure of witnessing two of his horses, both trained by George M. Odom, account for races on Wednesday and Thursday. The wins placed him at the head of the winning owners list. . . . Jockeys J. Combest, Pete Anderson and A. Valenzuela, who filled out of town commitments over the week end, reported that they would ride here on Monday. Johnson Buys Two Calumet-Breds Trainer Harold Johnson of the New Orleans-owned Gentily Stable acquired at private purchase from Calumet the two-year-olds Federal Eagle, by Coaltown, and Montparnesse, a filly by Ponder. The youngsters will later be shipped to Chicago for racing in that area. . . . Harry F. Guggenheim of Cain Hoy was among the early arrivals. He was represented in the Peter Pan by One-Eyed King. . . . Apprentice Harlan Bolinis due here from Chicago and will accept mounts at this meeting. . . Mrs. Elizabeth Graham will plane to London, England, for the Epsom Derby. Tempest will carry her silks in the race. . . . Mrs. George Ohrstrom of The Plains, Va., left for England. Her starter in the Derby, Royaumont, is one of the choices. . . . John Ewing celebrated an anniversary today, his fiftieth year of racing at Belmont Park. He came here on June 1, 1907, from Sheepshead Bay driving a buck-board for the late trainer John Rodgers. His most recent post was cook In the Manice Mansion before it fell prey to the house wreckers.
