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PROBABLE CONTESTANTS FOR 0,000 PREAKNESS i »- Field May Number Fourteen Though Four Are Listed Doubtful « Burgoo King, Winner of Kentucky Derby; Tick On, War Hero, Lucky Tom and Brandon Mint Among Certain Starters • BALTIMORE, Md., May 12— With the fifty-eighth renewal of the Kentucky Derby now racing history, although the ink has hardly dried from the many tributes and glamorous incidents that follow this old turf event, another valuable prize is about to be staged with the renewal of the Preakness Stakes, for three-year-olds, colts and fillies, at the Pimlico course of the Maryland Jockey Club on Saturday. Like the Derby, the prize is worth many times more than the monetary award and the thrill of a lifetime is had by the owner of the winning performer. With the 0,000 added fixture just two days away and a heavy track in prospect, due to the intermittent rains of the past three days, final workouts for the proposed starters were watched with keen interest. Nothing in the way of sensational moves were noted among the fourteen probable starters that will likely be made up of Mrs. L. G. Kauffmans Tick On, disappointing favorite in the Derby; War Hero, of Samuel D. Riddles Glen Riddle Farm; J. J. Robinsons Lucky Tom; Boatswain, of the Walter M. Jeffords barn; Daisaburo, the home-bred three-year-old that races for Leslie E. Kief-fer of Maryland; Mad Pursuit, of Walter J. Salmons Mereworth Stud; E. R. Bradleys Burgoo King, winner of the recent Kentucky I Derby; the Brandon Stables Brandon Mint, I which placed fourth in the Derby; Curacao ■ and Semaphore, of Mrs. Payne Whitneys Greentree Stable; Barcelona Pete and Gusto, property of Morton L. Schwartz; Proteus, of the Albert C. Bostwick stable, and Penny-wise, the home-bred that performs for his owner, A. H. Morris. DOUBTFUL STARTERS. The doubtful starters are Semaphore. Proteus. Barcelona Pete and Pennywise, which will leave a field of ten and allow for a truly run renewal. Thursday morning, over a track that was fetlock deep in mud, Tick On, from Mrs. L. G. Kauffmans Loma Stable, received his final blowout for the Maryland feature when with Pete Walls in the saddle, the son of On Watch — Sox broke from in front of the stands and covered the mile distance in 1:44%. The early fractions were :49r*5, l:16""f,. Blackboard, another three-year-old in the Hirsch barn, accompanied Tick On in the last half mile. War Hero, of the Glen Riddle Farm, which is suffering slightly from a boil in his mouth, worked over the mile and one furlong route on Wednesday for his final tightener and the Man o War colt went smoothly through the sloppy footing to register in 1:58. The fractions were quoted as follows: :49, 1:16%, 1:44. Previous to that effort, the Glen Riddle colt on the sixth of May went a mile and one-quarter in 2:09. J. J. Robinsons Lucky Tom, after shipping from the Downs in good style, was brought out on the track during racing | hours on Wednesday and in public ran three- I quarters of a mile in 1:17. Burgoo King is being shipped from New York by trainer H. J. Thompson to attempt I a double and equal the triumphs of Mr. Woodwards Gallant Fox and Sir Barton that raced for Commander J. K. L. Ross. Curacao received his final test at Jamaica, while Brandon Mint has been galloping ; steadily since his good performance in the Blue Grass event. FORMIDABLE CANDIDATE. Daisaburo showed a sparklin? effort on Wednesday to make him formidable on a muddy or heavy track, and his connections j are sanguine that he will be troublesome. Mad Pursuit has been given long gallops I after having some racing at Jamaica and since arriving here trainer J. Pryce has kept him on edge. Boatswain, which will attempt j to fulfill the role that was to be played by ! Slave Ship, went a handy mile on May 9 in j 1:46, and previous to that on May 7 turned j in a mile in 1:42, flat. His early speed was I timed as follows: :48%, 1:14%. Proteus and Pennywise were under colors j for their final trials, and while they both i met defeat, it is more than certain that neither of the pair will fill their engagements under present track conditions. Continued on tucntu-ninth vuae. PROBABLE PREAKNESS FIELD Continued from first page. The Preakness, one of Americas 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 b:en 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 Kentucky Derby. The three-year-olds all earn weight for age, 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 a long run straightaway before the first turn is reached, affording ample opportunity for the field to get into its stride, and avoid intereference and crowding. By the time the clubhouse turn is reached, every horse has settled down, and the race becomes more and more a question of the survival of the fittest. ■
