Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-05-13 | Page 11 | Omaha to Enter Belmont Race

OMAHA TO ENTER BELMONT RACE 4 i Derby Pre Preakness kness Victor lOn Proves Class of Present soni soIl Day Crop by Double Win J ii H. H I t By Dy ORLO ROBERTSON Associated Press Sports Writer I j NEW YORK Ma May 13 13 Omaha Omaha the thc big red flash lash from William Woodwards Woodward's Woodward's Woodwards Wood- Wood 1 wards ward's Belair Eclair stud returned home Monday with prospects of little to beat beatIn beatIn I IB B I In his future races following the capping of or his decisive Kentucky derby deby f e v with a 3 triumph in the at Pimlico Saturday ee The son of c Gallant a ant Fox Fox has whipped o 0 11 til of the l leading ading 3 olds car olds either I Ir t r j jn the thc mud of oC the derby or over o a th tb t fast track in the s and it Is 1 find owner who would er h d hard to an any by care especially to have his horse take l Another nother crack at the Woodward ace ace I Ie It at t least over the longer routes d ho Omaha Is eligible eUg for both the thet t 4 tre e Withers mile and the Bel Bel- eri rL went ment stakes to be decided de during during- the Belmont park meeting opening reo f Wednesday 1 lie He might find the d' d Withers a difficult test tut but the 1 14 t bi D nile mile of the Belmont is made for the chestnut The Withers 1 I J Je will vili be run May 1 25 and md the Del Bel- Jt 14 J mont June 8 Nor Ncr Im not sure hell he'll be in the Withers With- With Irs ers said his trainer Jim e mons We may decide to give him hims himI 5 s third a res rest before Defore going Coing after the Belmont Bel Bel- th mont l M u The Withers Others probably will attract a large field field- whether Omaha goes or ivel i 3 not cot as there are some fast horses at that distance in the year old divi- divi lion ion They include C. C V. V Whitneys Whitney's Today Mrs Dodge Sloane's ec Bid and Mrs Payne Whitneys Whitney's Plat Flat Curl tI Eye Ee Ye all lI of which trailed Omaha in inS int inthe t S the derby after showing early speed t l Psychic Bid had mud kicked in his hise p e state face at the Downs but made n a better p I showing howing in finishing third in the Preakness Although not blessed with wilh carl early speed Omaha showed at Pimlico it does not take him long to get into stride He may go on to prove that h ha he will be a mighty tough horse even at a mile He came caine out of Saturdays Saturday's race Infine in infine infine fine shape said Fitzsimmons If II he continues to stand training and hes he's as sound as a dollar donar he should have no trouble winning the Belmont Belmont Bel- Bel mont Omaha was the fourth horse to win both the derby and Preakness s. s Sir Barton Buton Gallant Fox and Burgoo Burgoo Bur Dur- goo tOO KIn King previously having turned the tho trick A victory In the Belmont Bel- Bel mont would put him in even a more select group as Sir Barton and Gallant Gal Gallant lant Jant Fox are arc the only horses that ever won the bl big three In winning the 1 3 16 miles of the Preakness by six lengths Omaha ran the dist distance in 1582 5 5 2 only one one- fifth o of a second ot off the race record hung up by High Quest Que t in nosing out his Cavalcade last year Had Omaha's jockey Willie Saunders Saunders ders so desired the Woodward colt coIl might easily casily have slashed not only the race record but the track mark of made by Gallant Knight