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PREAKNESS STAKES MAY 14 ♦ 0,000 Added Three-Year-Old Feature on Pimlico s Closing Day. ♦ Interesting Details in Connection With Running of Maryland Jockey Club Popular Feature. ♦ BALTIMORE, Md., May 4.— The Preak-ness, the great annual fixture at Pimlico, for three-year-olds, will be run this year on Saturday, May 14, the closing day of the Maryland Jockey Clubs spring meeting. This stake, one of the worlds most important turf features, has an added value of 0,000, of which ,000 goes to the second horse, ,000 to the third and ,000 to the fourth. The subscription fee of 5 each, with the starting fee of ,000 each, all goes to the winner and as the starters generally number ten or more and as there are ninety-six entries, the lucky owner should receive well over 0,000 net as the result of his colts or fillys less than two minutes exertions. In addition to this, in the event the winner of the Preakness has been bred in Maryland the breeder thereof receives 00. This is in line with the policy of the Maryland Racing Commission to promote local breeding interests, whereby it established the following rule at all the mile tracks in Maryland, in stake races where the horse winning said race is bred in Maryland, the breeder thereof receives 00, and in overnight events 50. As the Preakness is limited to entire colts and fillies, geldings being not eligible, the number of entries is necessarily restricted, but this requirement is made particularly for its effect on the "improvement of the breed of horses," which is a provision in the charter of the Maryland Jockey Club, and which the club fosters. To breed, or own a horse descended from a winner of the Preakness, is a matter of pride with every horseman and enhances its value to a degree comparable only to that of a winner of the Epsom Derby. The three-year-olds all carry weight-forage, which is 126 pounds for colts and five pounds less for fillies, the distance being one mile and three-sixteenths. The start of the Preakness, at the head of the stretch, permits of a long run Btraightaway before the first turn is reached, affording ample opportunity for the field to get into its stride and avoid interference and crowding. By the time the club house turn Is reached every horse has settled down, and the race becomes more and more a question of the survival of the fittest. WOODLAWN VASE. An added attraction to the Preakness is the Woodlawn vase, which was originally donated as a trophy by Mr. Thomas Clyde, for many years a valued patron of Pimlico and a sportsman in every sense of the word. This beautiful specimen of the silversmiths art, with lifelike reproductions of the thoroughbred and surmounted by a statuette of a mounted racer, was made in 1860 for Col. R. A. Alexander of Kentucky for the Woodlawn Racing Association. It was in the nature of a challenge cup and was contested for annually until the breaking out of the Civil War, when it was buried with the rest of the family plate at Colonel Alexanders home, Woodlawn. In addition to Captain Morris, owner of the first winners, Mollie Jackson and Idle-wild, it has been held by the Dwyer Bros., Maj. Thomas W. Doswell of Virginia, Mr. Frederic Gebhard and other prominent horsemen, Mr. Clyde obtaining possession of it through the victory two years in succession, in 1903 and 1904, of his home-bred colt, Short Hose. It was presented to the Maryland Jockey Club in 1917, and the owners who have held the custody of it since that date, and who have in their turn very kindly consented to put it up again for competition in the Preakness are Messrs. E. R. Bradley, A. K. Macomber, W. E. Applegate, J. K. L. Ross, S. D. Riddle, with Man o War; the late Harry Payne Whitney, three times; Walter J. Salmon, twice; the late R. T. Wilson, Jr.; the late Gifford A. Cochran; William Woodward of the Belair Stud, with Gallant Fox, and A. C. Bostwick, the latter through the victory last year of the champion chestnut colt, Mate. This trophy will be presented to the winner of the Preakness this year by his excellency, Governor Albert C. Ritchie. Recently the Maryland Jockey Club has offered an exquisite model of the Woodlawn vase to go to the owner of the Preakness winner absolutely, a trophy that is among the most prized possessions of the lucky winning owner. RUN IN TWO DIVISIONS. In 1918 the race was run in two divisions, with 5,000 added to each, the winners being A. K. Macombers War Cloud and W. E. Applegates Jack Hare, Jr. In the forty-one renewals of the Preakness the contest last year will stand out : as one of the most memorable races ever seen at Pimlico, in spite of the fact that I ; the field that went to the post was one of the smallest on record. What it lacked in numbers was more than made up in quality, the starters including the acknowledged champions of the year. The winner turned up in A. C. Bostwicks Mate, ridden by G. Ellis; the Greentree Stables Twenty Grand, ridden by C. Kurtsinger, second; Walter J. Salmons Ladder, L. Schae-fer up, third, and C. V. Whitneys Equipoise, R. Workman in the saddle, fourth. Equipoise was far from himself in this race, although it would have taken a super-horse to beat such rare thoroughbreds as Mate and Twenty Grand, both of which were trained to the minute by J. W. Healy and the late James Rowe, Jr. As is well known, the Preakness is so called after the horse of that name, owned by M H. Sanford, that won the famous Dinner Party Stakes at Pimlico, afterwards known as the Dixie. Mr. Sanfords farm in New Jersey was near the village of Preakness, and the colt, by Lexington, brought undying fame to the little wayside hamlet, and also helped to boost the reputation of Pimlico, afterwards, to be still further en- : I ; hanced by the great sweepstakes between Parole, Tom Ochiltree and Ten Broeck, when Congress adjourned for the first and only time in its history to witness the victory of P. Lorillards great gelding. For the coming renewal of the Preakness, every worth-while three-year-old in training has been named, including such tried performers as the Belair Studs Faireno, A. C. Bostwicks Proteus, W. R. Coes Laughing Queen, Dorwood Stables Morfair, Fair Stables Sweeping Light, Greentree Stables Curacao, Hal Price Headleys Big Beau, Loma Stables On Post and Tick On, Nevada Stock Farm Stables Hygro, J. J. Robinsons Lucky Tom, Walter J. Salmons Air Pilot, M. L. Schwartz Barcelona Pete, Shandon Farm Stables Burning Blaze, and last but by no means least, C. V. Whitneys Top Flight, winner of the Pimlico Futurity last year. From such a select list of cracks from the most prominent stables eligible to start, the Preakness of 1932 should compare favorably with any of its predecessors, and, with good weather, an enormous crowd will gather to witness what will doubtless prove one of the greatest contests of the season. The importance of such an outstanding turf event as the Preakness, to racing in general, and Maryland in particular, cannot be overestimated, as it not only encourages the breeding of high class thoroughbreds and brings to the state the best produce of the various stock farms, but also attracts, from all points of the country, visitors who fill the hotels and stimulate trade in every line. BALTIMORE— GALLEY TWO The Preakness is an annual holiday for Baltimoreans, and throngs from near and distant places, and many who never visit a race course at any other time, make a point of seeing the Preakness and the famous horses that contest in this turf classic. Thanks to the enlightened policy of the Maryland Racing Commission and the cooperation of the four mile tracks, Pimlico, Laurel, Bowie and Havre de Grace, the sport here is conducted on the highest possible plane, and all the important stables send the pick of their establishments to Maryland for the spring and autumn meetings. In addition, excellent racing is conducted on the four half-mile tracks, Timonium, Hagerstown, Cumberland and Upper Marlboro, which as county fairs, are limited to five days each, and where the quality of the competing thoroughbreds compares favorably with that on the bigger circuit. One beneficial effect of the high grade racing prevalent in Maryland is seen in the location here recently of many prominent breeders from out of the state who have purchased stock farms and are embarking on breeding thoroughbreds on a big scale. Among those who have come to Maryland in the last few years are such well known turfmen as Messrs. T. W. Durant, Leslie E. j Keiffer, George M. Seglin, B. S. Cutler, Branncastle Farms, J. W. Y. Martin of the I Worthington Farms, W. L. Van Alen, and ■ others, who are helping to restore the state 1 to the proud position it held in Colonial times as the headquarters for .breeding , thoroughbreds. i This position is further maintained by such prominent establishments as Robert J. Waldens Bowlingbrook, William Wood- ■ wards Belair Stud, Howard Bruces "Bel- mont," Janon Fisher, Jr.s The Caves, S. W. Labrots "Holly Beach," Mrs. Charles Minot j Amorys Sagamore Stable, Mrs. Charles W. i Williams Stadacona Farms, Dr. J. Fred j Adams Glen Wild, J. Edwin Griffiths Griff -I wood, C. Willing Brownes Ellerslie, B. S. Cutler, W. J. De Moss, Mrs. John S. Raskob, and many others. The spring meeting began Monday, May 2, and continues through Saturday, May 14, on which day the Preakness will be run. This race typifies emphatically the sport of kings. The start will be made between 4:15 and 4:30 P. M. Chicago daylight saving time.
