The New York herald., 1922-06-10
SNOB II. FAVORITE
FOR RICH BELMONT
j. S. Cosden's $85, 900 Colt Ex-
pected to Win $4,000
Classic.
Five Great Colts to
Start in the Belmont
BY HENRY ". KING.

richest turf event will be decided at
Belmont Park this afternoon. 1t is the
historic Belmont Stakes, a test for
three -year-olds at one mile and three
furlongs. For this stake five great
colts have been named to start. They
are Snob H.. the French bred colt
which John Sanford sold to J. S. Cos
den fortnight ago for Ss5,O00; Rich
ard T. Wilson's Pillory, winner Of the
$4,000 Preakness; Hea. Admiral Cary
I. Grayson's colt which finished a
few inches behind Pillory in the
Preakness and ran a remarkably good
race on Wednesday,; the Quincy
Stables Ray Jay and Mrs. Payne
Whitney's Letterman.
Norwich, the mighty colt belonging
to Benjamin Block, which won the
Kentucky Derby, is not eligible for
the stake. but it is a question if he
would be the favorite if he were a
starter.
Because of his two great races this
spring Snob ii. undoubtedly has the
most friends in the racing world. In
the opinion of horsemen he is the near
est thing to Man O. War the country
ever had. He Is every inch a race
horse. He has spee:, courage and con-
formation of the highest order and the
only thing that prevents him being
hailed as the champion of champions is
his question to travel route. In his
two races he acted as IL he could travel
any kind Of a distance.
He will be the favorite and he un.
doubtedly will be at odds on. He Is in
tip top condition and Billy Garth, his
veteran trainer, says he is ready to run
In record time.
PilIory May BE Second.
Barring accident he will be returned
the winner. Which of the others will
be returned in second place is not so
easy to answer. Pillory ran like a
great colt in the Preakness, and he is
likely to improve over that effort After
his defeat by Snob III. last week at Bel
mont Park he came out between races
on Wednesday and breezed as nicely
as any colt ever breeZed over distance
CT ground. He stepped a mile and
half in 2:35, and was under restraint
all the way. He is likely to finish sec
end, but he will not be the second
choice. y.
Hea has more admirers than Pillory.
Washingtonian and host of New York
racegoers believe he is the best in the
country. They even look for him to
beat Snob II. But his race on Wednes-
DAY wasn't anything extraordinary. He
won and ran like good colt. but it Is
probable he might have been beaten If
Ray Jay had had a race under him.
The Quincy Stable colt was breezing
along three lengths in front and only a
furlong to go when he stopped from
breeze to a tired horse.
The classic tomorrow is three fur
longs further than that race, and 1t may
be that Hea will show to greater adj
vantage. but until he does better he is
likely to finish behind botn Pillory and
Ray Jay.
Letterman Is an extremely fast colt,
and in trials has covered a mile and a
quarter in real good time. but in the
Derby and in several races here he
failed to show CROUCH to warrant the
belief that ne had chance Of beating
his opponents.
The Belmont Stakes was inaugurated
IN 1863, AMI since then it has been won
by the greatest three-year-old in the
country. 1t is worth $4,000 and gold
plate valued at $500. donated by Major
August Belmont Each colt will carry
126 pounds.
The winner will be heralded as a
mighty horse, and will be placed beside
such immortals as Grey Lag, Man o.
War. Sir Barton. Houress. Friar Rock,
The Finn, Sweep, Colin, Africander.
Commando, Henry of Navarro. Hastings,
Sir Dixon. Hanover. Harry Bassett and
Ruthless, its first victor.
Grey Lag Runs Mile I'm :36.
Grey Lag came back to the races yes
terday afternoon and he ran like
steam engine. He won the Centreport
Handicap like Man O. War used to win
his races. He carried 126 pounds and
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