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PREAKNESS STAKES TODAY Marylands 50000 Three Year Old Classic First Notable Turf Event of Eastern Season Gallant Fox With Peerless Earl Sande in Saddle Public Choice Though Experts Consider Race Most Open in inYears Years Tremendous Crowd Expected BALTIMORE Md May 8 The Preakness Stakes with 50000 added one of the threeyearold classics and out ¬ standing races o the American turf will be run at Pimlico tomorrow The Maryland Jockey Cluh under whose auspices this event is staged annually expects and is prepared to accommodate a crowd close to 40000 for the running of the first big turf prize of the eastern racing season The Preakness which will be run for the thirtyninth time tomorrow closed v y yBALTIMORE BALTIMORE Md May 8 The eleven named to start in the 50000 Preakness Stakes together with post posi ¬ tions weights riders owners and trainers are as follows PP Horse m Jockey Owner Trainer 1 GALLANT FOX 126 E Sande Belnir Stud Stable J Fitzsimmons 2 f SNOWFLAKE 121 A Robertson W J Salmon J R Pryce 3 JTETPtAPtCIIAL 126 IV Kelsay Howe Stable T H McCreery 4 FULL DHESS 126 J McCoy Glen Riddle Farm Stable G Conway 5 WOODCJUFT 126 R Workman Audley Farm Stable S M Henderson 6 MICHIGAN BOY 126 J Shclton J L Pontius J Butler 7 SWEET SENTIMENT 126 F Coltiletti Seagram Stable E J Salt 8 CRACK BRIGADE 126 G Ellis T M Cassidy J Bauer 9 JGOLD BROOK 126 T Maiben Howe Stable T H McCreery 10 fSWINFIELD 126 L Sehaefer W J Salmon J R Pryce 11 ARMAGEDDON 126 J Eaby W M Jeffords S P Harlan fW J Salmon entry Howe Stable entry with seventyeight nominations in fortysix interests and of that number eleven are scheduled to start Providing there are no further withdrawals before post time the net value to the winner will be close to 52000 On the eve of the great race Gallant Fox which will have the peerless Earl Sande in the saddle rules an overwhelming favorite and it is the concensus of public opinion that the Belair Stud representative will carry off the valuable prize though many of the experts declare the race to be the most open in years The Audley Farm Stables Woodcraft with the Whitney crack rider R Work ¬ man to pilot him is considered by many as the most dangerous rival of Gallant Fox W J Salmons colors will be carried by Swinfield and Snowflake the only filly in the field The Howe Stable is likewise repre ¬ sented by two Gold Brook and Tetrarchal The winter Derby hero Michigan Boy has quite an extensive following and they are confident that the Louisiana Derby winner will give a good account of himself as he has done since coming to Maryland this spring Crack Brigade is another that does not lack admirers Of the eleven named to go all but Snowflake Tetrarchal Sweet Sentiment and Armagedden are candidates for the Ken ¬ tucky Derby which will be run at Churchill Downs Louisville nine days after the local fixture fixtureALL ALL CANDIDATES READY READYReports Reports from trainers of the prospective starters in the Preakness are that all are in prime condition and ready for the bugle call Some of the final trials this morning were Michigan Boy fiveeighths 1 02 Crack Brigade same distance in 1 01 Snow flake half in 51 Armageddon half in 50 Woodcraft six furlongs in 116 The latter is reported to have worked a sensa ¬ tional mile and a furlong on Sunday Accord ¬ ing to reports he went this route in a shade better than 154 154The The Belair Studs Gallant Fox is a certain favorite This fast son of Sir Gallahad III which won the Wood Memorial Stakes at Jamaica late last month would go to the post an oddson choice but for a display of sulkiness when working here yesterday On that occasion he sulked after working six furlongs This action may cost him some local support among the horsemen but trainer James Fitzsimmons who is condition ¬ ing Gallant Fox discounted the colts action It is understood that Fitzsimmons gave orders to ease the colt after six furlongs and merely gallop him the final quarter mile mileTrainer Trainer Jack Pryce has elected to send two to the post for his employer Walter J Salmon in Snowflake and Swinfield The latter a true honest racer is at the top of big form just now and may furnish a sur ¬ prise priseJ J Shelton has come on to ride Michigan Boy The latters owner claims he under ¬ stands the colt better than any other jockey who ever rode him It is said that R Work Coutinued on eighteenth page PREAKNESS STAKES TODAY Continued from first page man will be in the saddle on Woodcraft The Seagrams have engaged Coltiletti to pilot Sweet Sentiment and J Eaby will be the pilot of Armageddon ArmageddonIf If has been well over half a century since the first Prcakness was run at Pimlico This is a long time in the average life of man and most unusual in the existence of a racing fixture most of which date from compara ¬ tively recent times timesIn In the case of the Preakness this lon ¬ gevity is emphasized by the fact that the course where the stake is held has changed but little save for more modern and en ¬ larged facilities since that memorable aft ¬ ernoon in the year 1873 when Mr John F Chamberlins bay colt Survivor by Vandal dam by Lexington bred by Mr John M Clay of the Ashland Stud Kentucky rid ¬ den by George Barbee the best jockey of his day and trained by Mr A D Pryor triumphed over Messrs Jordan Cos locally owned John Boulger with Mr H P Mc Graths Artist third There were twentyone subscribers seven starters time for the mile and a half 2 43 and value to the winner about 1500 1500By By calling the stake the Preakness the Maryland Jockey Club sought to perpetuate the name of the good son of Lexington and Bay Leaf which in the colors of Mr M IT Sanford of the Prcakness Stud Farm New Jersey was victor in the sporting event The Dinner Party afterwards famous as the Dixie Stakes the feature of the inau ¬ gural meeting at Pimlico in 1870 and which made it known as a racing center the world over overProm Prom this modest beginning the Preakness has grown in value and importance until now it is recognized as one of The Blue Ribbons of the Turf and worth as much or more in thousands of dollars to the win ¬ ner as it is years old oldThe The Preakness is essentially a race for the sterner sex as only two fillies have won it since its inaugural these two being Mr Ed ¬ ward P Whitneys Rhine Maiden in 1915 and Mr Bud Fishers Nellie Morse in 1924 the latter also capturing the Pimlico Oaks at the same meeting proving she was some ¬ thing out of the ordinary ordinaryIn In 1909 the added money in the Preakness was only 2000 which has been increased first to 5000 then 15000 and 25000 finally to the present figure of 50000 which makes it one of the most valuable stakes of the turf turfThe The famous Woodlawn Vase was offered to the Maryland Jockey Club in 1917 as a trophy to the winner of the Preakness by Mr Thomas Clyde who obtained permanent possession of it through the prowess of Short Hose HoseThe The Woodlawn Vase is a beautiful speci ¬ men of the silversmiths art of massive and appropriate design and was made by Tiffany in I860 to the order of Col R A Alexander of Kentucky who presented it for competi ¬ tion to the Woodlawn Association of Louis ¬ ville Ky KyAVhea AVhea Mr Clyde turned it over to the Mary ¬ land Jockey Club as a trophy for the Preak ¬ ness it was with the idea that the winning owner should have the privilege of naming the track and feature for the next contest Through the courtesy however of the suc ¬ cessive winning owners since 1917 the Wood lawn Vase has been annually added to the Preakness and has come to be identified with this historic event These winning owners who have shown their sportsmanship by re ¬ turning the vase to the custody of the Mary ¬ land Jockey Club during the past decade are E R Bradley A 1C Macomber and W E Applegate joint winners in 1918 with War Cloud and Jack Hare Jr J K L Ross S D Riddle II P Whitney three times R T Wilson Jr Walter J Salmon Bud Fisher Gifford A Cochran CochranThe The Preakness of 1928 was won by H P Whitneys Victorian and was the most valu ¬ able in its existence being worth CO000 to the winner winnerThrough Through the victory of Dr Freeland in 1929 Walter J Salmon for thethird time be ¬ came the custodian of the Woodlawn Vase Vigil winning it for the New York sportsman in 1923 and Display in 192C and Mr Salmon has again kindly consented to return it to the Maryland Jockey Club for competition in the renewal of the Preakness at Pimlico on Friday May 9 The Maryland Jockey Club will present to the owner of the winner a model of the Woodlawn Vase
