Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-12


$685. generally considered the poorest Charlie. M Eran
horses that have this last of the triple
crown in the past quarter-century.
also the first Belmont in nine years and the second
1886 which neither the Kentucky Derby nor PreakneSS
a Andy Crevon the California automobile
Determine had failed to nominate his Ken
lucky Derby the Belmont he decided to
the Preakness sent the little to the West
Coast where the purses big and the competition less
tough Hasty Road whose Mr. and Mrs Allie Reuben
Toledo think Shakespeare had their colt in mind
when about "the noblest Roman of them ALL
apparently decided the sprintng Roman wasn't
quite noble enough to go mile and half.
1T WAS DIFFERENT in As and SO when the Derby and
Preakness winners passed up the Belmont which most
consider the greatest of them ALL Nine years
ago. due to the and Jimmy ByrneS who then held the
title President Derby and Preakness
in successive early June. Hoop Jr away with
the Derby the PreakneSs while hnSnng
Polynesian and raced again. Polynesan
the of Native Dancer wasn't much
slayer than Roman he didn't start in the Belmont
either Walter M. JefordS Pavot, who had
unbeaten in 1914 but unpaced in the
behind PolyneSian Hoop Jr and Darby Deppe
1886 any ducking the issue when Bold
Venture the Derby and Preaknss victor missed starting in
Belmont Bold Venture whose Assault is OF the
eight triple champions bowed tendon while nosing
out Granville in one OF the best OF all the PreaKnesS he
injury that caused the retirement of Turn-to
and contributed to today's wide-open Belmont.
And it really wide open, too In fact, it's much so
that Willie duPontS elevation, colt that had earned only
$5OO the Kent Stakes at Delaware Park last
Saturday. only about to in the morning line for the
Belmont
Abha could win the too he closes like he did
ANOTHER ODD ANGLE on todays race is the of the
field If none of named overnight scratched there
will starters than at any time since 1875 when the
Belmont was only years Old Normally by the time the
last of the triple the wheat has been
separated the cha 1t isn't that now largely
because only name" horses Correlation and
Poerhouse too sound and who's afraid OF cripple
In sports?
The 1854 Belmont different from most in still another
Uay It has Riverna coupled with the favored
High Cum the first ly the has had since 1882 when
Laughing Queen in the coors of W. R. Coe Canny Max
Hrsc who trained three Belmont winnes-Assaut Middle
ground Vto-reportedy quite high the daughter OF
Princequo in the overnight entries may
have factor in making the Hrsch entry the 5to-2
prerace Correlation is to while both Porter
house and Fisherman are 6 to l.
If Riverina, who third in photo finish behind
Cherokee Rose Open Sesame in the me-and-three-
eghs Coaching Club American Oaks should beat the colts
today would be the third ly to do Ruthless won
Belmont in 1867 and Tanya duplicated the feat IN
1905 Regret the winner the only y victor in
Derby while Nellie Morse the 1924 winner was the last
flly to take the PreaknesS .-.
EDDIE ARCARO, WHO finished fourth Goyamo in the
Derby out the Preaknes due to suspension
may profit by suspension today. Willie Shoemaker
grounded Hollywood Park recently for faulty ride on
something called Modern World and result won't be able
to today This combined with the WITHDRAWAL
sowsartng Goyamo Arcaro the mount on Cor
relation may make the most of it, he wins Eddie
will tie an named Jimmy Mclaughlin as the win
ningest Belmont rider Mclaughlin won six Belmonts
years during the 1906 Arcaro and Earl Sande now
tied with five winners.
If Arcaro wins with Juggling Correlation many will
interpret Shoemaker who set an a-me record
last wear with 4S5 winning mounts Willie 100000
races on Lytles Caornabred colt the Florida
Derby Memorial but he did lose prestige In
Preakness when 39yearod Johnny Adams outrode him
in the stretch and with Hasty Road
will be in position to sympathze with Shoe
Correlation reforms today Back in 1947 Eddie beW
the Derby with the Phaanx who nosed out by
Jet Pilot Preaknes and Phaanx were third
behind Faultless Trust So in the Belmont Eddie
taken of and replaced by the Cheanborn Ruperto
Phalanx and, under DonoSo, went on to be
acclaimed the 3-year-old champion.
So in a sense Arcaro could settle old score today.
He and Shoemaker nothing nice things to say about
each other but insiders insist love lost between
the two.