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! i - RENEWAL OF PREAKNESS ■ Stake Revived in 1909 and Continued Each Year Since. . 1 Winners of Famous Race Before It Had Been Increased to Its Present Great Valne. ■ I ■ - BALTIMORE, Md., April 23.— When the Maryland Jockey Club decided to revive the Preakness in 1909, the distance was fixed at a mile and ,000 was added, a field of ten going to the post on May 12, W. T. Ryans speedy Effendi, ridden by Willie Doyle, showing the way to the finish. Oneck Stables Fashion Plate was second and R. Angarolas Hill Top third, in the fast time for the then Pimlico track of 1 :39%. The following year the late Capt. E. B. Cassatts lightly weighted Layminster, 84 pounds, Roy Estep up, defeat Thomas Clydes Dalhousie and Barney Schreibers Sager. although it was generally conceded that Dalhousie, which died in southern Maryland last year from lockjaw, would have won with a better ride. The victory of August Belmonts Water-vale in 1911 was noticeable from the fact that he broke the track record, the distance having been increased to a mile and an eighth. Ridden by Eddie Dugan, the son of Watercress defeated a good colt in S. C. Hildreths Zeus with Schilling in the saddle and the very moderate The Nigger, owned by T. R. Condran, third. No one who saw the race will forget what an imposing appearance the Nursery bred colt made in the race and how he fairly flew over the ground when challenged by the son of Adam. The fourth renewal of the Preakness in 1912 brought a poor field of seven starters to the post, the winner turning up in the Boverwyck Stables Col. Holloway, ridden by Clarence Turner, with C. S. Campbells Bwana Tumbo, Diggins up, second — both of which were included at the eleventh hour, owing to bad track conditions — and August Belmonts Tipsand third. This was a lucky turn for the Colonel, as he never did anything afterwards of consequence and degenerated into the veriest selling plater. Johnny Whalen sent out a game, honest | little horse in Buskin, Butwell up, to annex the 1913 Preakness, after a ding-dong finish with C. Turner, on Amos Turneys Kleburn, the R. E. Watkins entry, Barnegat, Hoffman up, third. Henry J. Morris was represented in the race by Scallywag, ridden by Joe McCahey, but the best he could do was to finish fourth after a burst of early speed. In 1914 Mrs. Archibald Barklie of Philadelphia, formerly Miss Belle Armstrong of Baltimore, sent out the winner in Holiday, with Schuttinger up, the Broomstick gelding beating IL G. Bedwells Brave Cunarder and August Belmonts Defendum, with Ral Parrs The Governor, Spearhead and Humiliation. Continued on twelfth pajre. RENEWAL OF PREAKNESS I Ton tinned from first page. belonging to Captain Cassatt, in the field, only six going to the post. Rhine Maiden, owned by Edward F. Whitney, was the one to set a new record for her sex in 1915, being the only filly on the long list of winners of the Preakness to capture the event, and she was followed to the wire by Abe Garsons Half Rock and H. Watter-sons Runes in the order named. "Pony" McAtee had the honor of piloting the winner in 1916, Commander Ross Rock t Sand colt Damrosch, a magnificent individual, with Greenwood, owned by G. H. Marl-man, second, .and W. Viaus Achievement t third. The W. Viau stable is now carried 1 on by his widow, who owns Omar Khayyam, sire of Quatrain, a strong candidate for this 3 years Preakness. Kalitan came out of the West like a whirlwind the following year, and E. R. Bradleys colors carried off the Preakness which had been increased in added money ,000, with 1 Everett Haynes, Epinards jockey, in the saddle. The West also furnished the second horse in a smashing good looking colt known i as Al. M. Dick, that was afterwards sold to Js A. Kingsley Macomber, who changed his name to Liberty Loan, W. W. Loneys Kentucky Roy third. There were fourteen three-year-olds in the race and among the owners 8 represented were A. 11. Morris, Thomas s Clyde, Ral Parr, J. E. Griffith, and Commander - Ross, all of whom maintain racing g establishments in Maryland.
