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PROSPECTIVE PREAKNESS CANDIDATES Man o War Said to Bo in Grand Condition and Sure to Start BALTIMORE Md March 27 When the power ¬ ful stable of Harry Payne Whitney reaches Havre de Grace from Red Bank early in April most of the formidable threeyearolds that will take part in the impending renewal at Pimlico if the Preak ness Stakes which this year will be the richest of eastern threeyearold specials as it was last year will be on the soil of Maryland For with a strong delegation of twoyearolds and some threeyear olds of the second and third grade James Rowe Mr Whitneys trainer will bring on some of his threeyearold stars John P Grier Upset Wihlair and Leviathan Rowe has engaged twenty stalls at Havre de Grace GraceIrish Irish Dancer and King Thrush also the filly Constancy winner last fall of the 10000 Eastern Shore Stakes of the stable of Commander J K L Ross are training already at Uinrcl Park with Carmandalc belonging to Richard F Carman tin owner of the Carmandale Stud Blazes and Paul Jones of the stable of Captain Ral Parr of Balti ¬ more are at Pimlico Man o War and Golden Broom arc at Samuel 1 Riddles training place near Berlin on the eastern shore of Maryland MarylandMr Mr Riddle is authority for the statement that Man o War will be trained for the Preakness which will be run at Pimlico May IS Man o War easily the champion among the twoyear olds of has come through the winter in splen ¬ did condition Thanks to the mildness of the eastern shore climate he and Golden Broom prob ¬ ably are the most forward of the great American threeyearolds Man o War will unless Mr Riddle changes his mind make his first start of the year in the great Pimlico race raceGolden Golden Broom will be shipped to Kentucky about April 1 to be trained in the Blue Grass country for the Kentucky Derby But Michael Daly trainer of the stable of Mrs Walter M Jeffords has an ¬ nounced that the Frenchbred son of Sweeper Ztnni will come back to Maryland for the Preakness if he shows in the running of tin Derby that he is worthy to start in Pimlicos banner race Nor is Coldcn Broom the only threeyearold pointing for the Preakness that will try his luck in the Derby The cracks of the stable of Commander Ross Cap ¬ tain Parr and Mr Whitney also will start in the Derby if their condition in the first week of May is satisfactory This year as last the Derby at Churchill Downs will be a trial for Preakness can ¬ didates It is within the limits of possibility that the winner of the Derby may come cast as Sir Bar ¬ ton did last May and win the Preakness The Derby will be run ten days before the Preakness is decided decidedThe The first race run in Maryland in which the star threeyearolds of the east will have a chance to show their Preakness stuff will be the Chesapeake Stakes a 000 added affair at one mile and seventy yards for threeyearold colts and fillies recently announced by the Harford Agricultural and Breeders Association The Chesapeake will be ruu April 21 Mr Rowe is authority for the state ¬ ment that his Preakness candidates will go in the Chesapeake and II G Bcdwell the man who trained Sir Barton for his Kentucky Derby and Preakness victories of last spring has made a like announce ¬ ment Whether Blazes the winner last year of the Grab Pag Handicap at Saratoga and of the Breed ¬ ers Futurity at Lexington will go to Havre de Grace for the Chesapeake will depend on what he shows at Pimlico in work Blazes and Paul Jones wintered in Virginia and arrived at Pimlico in splendid bodily condition Both have grown and matured handsomely handsomelyIt It is generally conceded that Mr Whitney holds a strong Preakness hand iu his selection from John P Grier Wihlair Upset and Leviathan John P Crier was by some regarded last fall as the best twoyearold after Man o War Thanks to the excellent training facilities of Brookdale Farm the Rowe candidates ire iu fairly advanced condition Probably they are not so far behind Golden Broom Commander Ross Preakness prospect Irish Dancer a half brother to The Porter which did not start last year and King Thrush which did not show a great deal in his races are both good lookers Carmandale a winner iu Maryland last fall has grown into a powerful colt He will have his Preakness trial in the Chesapeake
