Also in recent years the value of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, added to the fact that they, too, are run before the Belmont, lessened interest , in it inasmuch as they expose the form and classify the colts to such an extent as to eliminate i the chances of many of them, in the opinion of their owners, by the time it comes to race for the Belmont. t However, the Belmont of the coming y