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...Cairns, Dave Gregory, John White, Alan Master, Jim Downey, Jim Little, Ronnie Berman, Ted Scudder, Clark Coggeshall, and Judy, Kimball, and Cooke are the others who have shown up well in early runs. For the last ten days Mikkola's harriers have been working hard over the hills in Belmont, but as yet there have been no races, and times are not available...
...Belmont Park, N.Y., Greentree Stable's lightly weighted One Hitter, twice in one week, over Mrs. Charles Howard's Irish-bred Noor, four-time conqueror of Citation and holder of three world records. Also at Belmont Park, Christopher Chenery's Hill Prince, under top weight in the 81st running of the Jerome Handicap, over a field that included King Ranch's Middleground, to clinch 1950'$ top three-year-old honors...
...past four months, two horses have stood out among the three-year-olds of 1950. Many horsemen insist that the Kentucky Derby and Belmont winner, Middleground, rates the edge. But Christopher Chenery's strapping Preakness winner, Hill Prince, probably has as many admirers...
...bettors had overlooked a couple of points on the performance charts. At the classic distance of 1½ miles, the Belmont Stakes is a "breeder's race" where stamina and breeding* tell. And Belmont's fast, sun-baked track was made to order for Middleground's tastes. Said one jockey: "When he can hear his feet rattle he's a running...
...convincing victory for underrated Middleground. The best Hill Prince could manage was a sorry seventh place. The winning time (2:28 3/5) was the second fastest in the Belmont's history, bettered only by the 2:28 1/5 of Count Fleet in 1943 and Citation...