Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-27
NEW YORK RACING
SHIFTS TOBELMONT

NEW YORK, May 27.-Belmont Park 8
second spring meeting of nine days dura-
ton will begin today with an excellent
program of which the Cosmopolitan handi-
cap. at mile and a sixteenth, Is the prin-
cipal feature. It has $1,000 added and will
be well worth winning. The rain which
fell yesterday will of course help horses
partial to a muddy truck. and Nealon. Blan-
dy, Don Enrique. Gallavant Ethon. McCar-
ter and Frank Gill may all start and make
1t a highly interesting contest.
This years Belmont stakes. the forty
first race for this historical event. will
mark the reappearance of Salvidere. 123
pounds (Radtke up, which will be opposed
by either Superman or Peter Pan. 1875
pounds, j. Martin up: Hickory 126 pounds.
Brussel In the saddle; Don Enrique 123
pounds (MOuntain): Frank Gill, 1876 pounds
(Nottcr): Paumonak, 126 pounds Q<oerner):
Oran. 126 pounds Uinapp). and Saracinesca.
123 pounds (Miller). Thus the turf world
is promised a struggle of great moment for
this the oldest and most valuable three
year-old stakes in America. The total
value of the stake Is $4,000, including
piece of plate valued at $1,000, the gift Of
August Belmont.
Superman May Be Keene Selection.
Prior to the surprising defeat of Peter
Pan in the Carlton stakes 1t was thought
that he would be the sole reliance of Mr.
keene for the Belmont, but now it Is only
the part of wisdom to depend on Super
man. who while he may not be as fast
colt as Peter Pan. has better right at pres
ent 10 be regarded as Belmont possibility,
If only for the reason that he has gone fur
ther in an actual race than any other in
the stake and the only doubt there might
be Is as to his weight-carrying capacity.
One look al his stout, short back ought to
remove that impression however Hick-
DRY, Mr. Duryea's representative, runs like
q slayer, or. at any rate, does not begin to
show to advantage in a short race, and Is
SO robust colt that he may have an out
side chance.
In the ranks Of the horse watchers the
opinion Is that Salvidere may be of
the disappOintments of the season. He is
being especially pointed for the Belmont
stakes, but his makeup this spring does
not look very encouraging to some. He Is
rather light in flesh and does not have the
snap of high class horse at present.
Paumonok is eligible for the Belmont
not to be overlooked. This horse has de-
veloped into one of the grandest types Of
the American thoroughbred and is being
particular horse from the Whitney barn
expect many g,eat things of him. and he
may make good.
Notasulga is being carefully prepared for
the Gaiety, to be decided June 3. This Is
for fllies exclusively. She is being trained
over the straightaway course. Notasulga
is undoubtedly one Of the best looking
FLIES shown this season, and gives promise
/ "a Ah6h SiooS'
Sailor Boy Has Deluded Handicappers
They may be charged with ultra-conser-
vatsm in England. but some recent corre-
spondence. between the stewards Of the
English Jockey Club and the official handi-
cappers in the employment of the various
courses there is highly Illuminating, in
view of the scandalOus running OF Sailor
Boy in the handicap won by him on Satur-
day at Grayesend. If such a case as this
had happened on the English turf the han
dicappers there would undoubtedly have
addressed letters to the stewards calling
attention to the wide divergence Of form
shown by this erratic horse. Then to judge
from what has happened more than once
there this year, the stewards would have
called upon the owner and trainer for
expla nation. and they would then have pub
licly answered the handicappers protests
by stating that those officials were quite
right in calling attention to the wide diver
gence in form.
That Mr. Vosburgh is often tempted to
emulate his English contemporaries and
write to the stewards about erratic rum
ming seems a certainty. Even the most
conservative of officials cannot shut his
eyes to the fact that the Handicapped has
been deceived ond numerous occasions.
After his repeated bad races Sailor Boy
gets in under absurdly light imposts. and
1t has been more than hinted-in fact. it
has been shouted from the housetops-that
an influence other than natural Is reSpop-
sible for the amazing flight of speed then
displayed. And the stable which shelters
Sailor Boy Is not the only one about which
these things are said
And while the subject of in-and-out run
ming and sudden improvement is on the
taps racegoers desire anxfously to know
why it that Yankee Girl carried so
much Of her owners money on Saturday,
as compared with the lack of support and
peculiar race she ran only four days be-
fore. Is it possible. they ask. that one or
more of Yankee Girls opponents on Satur-
day were really unfit to start. hence Eli
sons supreme confidence? Or was 1t mere
ly natural improvement?
T. D. Sullivans Suburban candidate, DR.
Gardner, was exercised at Gravesend last
Thursday morning. the first time since he
injured his foot in trial for the Metro
politan handicap. Every admirer of a good
horse will be pleased to know that the Doc