>C. V. Whitney's Counterpoint (114 Ibs.), the $24,950 Peter Pan Handicap, over Battlefield (123 Ibs.) and six other three-year-old nominees for this week's Belmont Stakes, setting a track record (1:47-4/5) for the mile-and-one-eighth; at New York.
>Manhattan Restaurateur Jack Amiel's Derby winner Count Turf, the $5,000 Polynesian Purse, in another Belmont preview; at New York. After the race, Preakness winner Bold, who finished third in a field of three, was withdrawn from the Belmont because of sore shins.
>Mrs. Kitty MacCann of Tullamore, Ireland, playing with sun-blistered arms swathed in bandages, the British women's...
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