Evening star., 1948-06-13
Calumet Marve.
breezes Home
By Lengths
Better Self in Drive
PLACES Over Escodru;
Show Pool Is Minus
By Froncis E. Stonn
By Froncis E. Stonn
Stor Sfoff Correspondent

NEW YORK. June 12.-Sever
other owners of seven other colts
didn't believe Citation could run 8
mile and a half today and they
were all wrong. The great brown
colt of Calumet Farm, literally
breezed to victory in the $1O0,O0t
Belmont Stakes in the record-equal-
ing time of 2 minutes 281 seconds
to gain the Triple Crown of Amerl-
can racing.
The great 3-year-old champion
stumbling slightly as he broke from
the gate. recovered quickly under
Jockey Eddie Arcaro's expert han
ding, then went on to pick up a
s77,7O0 purse with only one brief
challenge during the entire mile
and a half. That opposition came
from a chestnut colt named Far
away and owned by Glen Riddle
Farms. PARKWAY and Citation were
neck and neck for half mile where
it lost all semblance of contest.
Arcaro, riding easily aboard a
horse which had won II of 10 races
merely kept Citations nose pointed
toward the finish line and romped
home. Six lengths behind was King
Ranch's Better Self while the tir-
ing Escadru from William L. Brann S
stable was third, another half length
behind.
Joins Select Company.
A crowd of 43,O46, watching the
race under sunny, humid conditions
established Citation the 1-5 favorite
playing him so heavily for third
there was a deficit of $3,041 80 in the
show pool. The winner paid $2.40
81. 80 and 2.10 across the board.
Thus did Citation-the winner OF
the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and
Belmont-join an exclusive club. He
moved into the company of Sir Bar
ton, Omaha. Whirlaway, Gallant
Fox, War Admiral, Count Fleet and
Assault. Arearo also tied Earl
Sande's record of riding four Bel
mont winners, Eddie having scored
previously with Whirlaway in 194l
Shut Out in 1912 and Pavot in l94o
The victory for the Calumet star
placed him we'll up among the Lead
ing money winners of all time and
almost assured him of beating the
one-year earnings of Assault, who
won S424,195 in 1916. Citation has
won 1889 ,O20 as a 3-year-old thus
far and S544,700 in his two years o1
racing. The colt now is just Sl6,-
461 behind WhirlaWay, another Cal
umet horse, which holds forth place
among the all-time money winners
Arcaro Rides Careful Race.
Arcaro brought up Citation an
instant after he stumbled at the
break and shot him out in front as
the field left the post. Arcaro was
after the distinction of being the
only Jockey ever to ride two Triple
Crown winners and rode a careful
race.
PARKWAY stayed with the cham
pion around the first turn ard into
the backstretch. At the half-mile
pole the ambitious challenger took
the lead by a head as Arcaro eased
Citation back slightly. -Four lengths
farther back, A. J. ,Sackett's Gas
parilla was running third.
Farther along the backstretch
Arcaro started to open up and Cita-
ton put daylight between himself
and Faraway. At the mile mark, he
was only length ahead of Faraway
who, in turn, had only a head on
Gasparilla. Escadru began moving
after the flying leaders with Better
Self also coming up.
At the far turn, Citation was IN
complete command, going on top by
four lengths. with Jockey Arnold
Kirkland moving Escadru into Sec
ond position. Gasparilla was a lad
ing third as Jockey Warren Mef1r-
tens made his move on Better Self.
Better Self Rushes to Place.
Entering the stretch, Citation in-
creased his lead to six lengths while
the others began to fight it out Tor
second. Arcaro, who may have
tapped the colt lightly in the back
stretch, never touched Citation with
his whip as they breezed down the
long run to the wire.
Escadru shaped up as the second
best horse until Better Self came
on with rush at the 18th pole and
closed fast to win the place money
of $4,000. Escadru earned $4,000.
PARKWAY, who spent himself IN
the early, futile duel with Citation,
finished a dismal last. c. V. Whit
ney's Vulcan's Forge got fourth
place and $4,000, with Gasparilla
fifth.
The field had been reduced by
one in mid-afternoon when Coal
town was scratched. The Calumet
No. 2 3-year-old, who ran second
to Citation in the Derby and was
defeated by Vulcan's Forge in the
Withers Stakes two weeks ago, had