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COUNTRY WIDE INTEREST IN PREAKNESS STAKES r ■ ■ — Renewal of Hostilities Between Brokers Tip and Head Play * However, Bradleys Derby Winner Reported as Doubtful Starter, Due to Feverish Fore Ankle — Head Play Rules Favorite • BALTIMORE, Md., May 12.— The prospective field for the Preakness Stakes, the 5,000 added feature of the Maryland Jockey Clubs spring meeting, to be tum at Pimlico tomorrow, together with weights, names of riders, owners and trainers, follows: P.P. Horse. Wt. . Rider. Owner. Trainer. 1— Poppyman 126 E. Steffen Mrs. J. H. Whitney J. W. Healy 2— Brokers Tip 126 J. Smith E. R. Bradley H. J. Thompson 3— Ladysman 126 R. Workman W. R. Coe J. II. Stotler 4— Head Play 126 A. Robertson Mrs. Silas B. Mason T.P.Hayes 5 — Silent Shot 126 R. Jones J. E. Hughes F.Garrett 6— Pompoleon 126 W. R. Coe J. H. Stotler 7— De Valera 126 H. Mills H. C. Phipps J. Fitzsimmons 8— Kerry Patch 126 L. Schaefer L. Rosenberg J. Notter 9— Utopian 126 J. Gilbert Wheatley Stable G. Tappen 10 — Pomponius 126 J. Bejshak W. R. Coe J. H. Stotler 11— Inlander 126 Brookmeade Stable J. J. Connor BALTIMORE, Md., May 12. — Eleven blue-blooded three-year-old colts were named through the entry box today to start tomorrow at Pimlico in the forty-third running of the Preakness Stakes, worth 5,000 added, at one mile and three-sixteenths, Marylands and the Maryland Jockey Clubs richest and most important spring race. It is reasonably certain, however, that not more than ten of them will go to the post. Despite the fact that the added value of the Preakness this year is only 5,000, having been cut in half as part or tne Maryland Jockey Clubs economy program, the race has aroused more enthusiasm and more interest than any recent running. Certainly the 1933 running of this noted eastern fixture has attracted more country-wide attention than probably ever was displayed in its decision. The chief reason for this national interest is that Brokers Tip and Head Play, which staged such a sensational battle in the famous Kentucky Derby, with the former victor by a nose, after the riders of both horses had indulged in more rough riding than ever before was witnessed in the Blue Grass classic, will meet in the Preakness to decide the much discussed question of superiority of the two colts. The only discordant note in the prospective meeting of these two great rivals is that there is a possibility that Brokers Tip may not start. The Bradley colt is suffering with a feverish fore ankle that may keep him out of the big race. IMPRESSIVE WORKOUT. Although Brokers Tip won the Derby and despite the fact that Ladysman and his running mate, Pomponius, were the choices in the Kentucky classic. Head Play is expected to be the favorite in the betting on the Preakness. His sensational work here Wednesday won him an army of supporters. The Coe entry, despite the drubbing it took at Churchill Downs, retains a horde of admirers and the chances are that it may be the second choice in tomorrows race. Five three-year-olds, which began training this spring with the Derby and Preakness as their objectives, but which fell by the wayside, either victims of sickness or failure to train properly, are missing from the Preakness entries. They are Adolphe Pons Swivel, last years best two-year-old filly; the Audley Farms handsome Trace Call, the Glen Riddles Farms War Glory, A. F. Griffiths Sarada, and the Quincy Stable"s Repaid. The first four named fell victims of the epidemic which has been rampant in Maryland for three weeks. Repaid trained famously in New York, but failed at Havre de Grace to show any semblance of his best form. Had these horses come up to the Preakness in good shape the complexion of the race probable might have been entirely changed, for Swivel and Trace Call are believed by many experts to be as good as any of the horses scheduled to start tomorrow. The prospective field for the Preakness will comprise Poppyman, which will sport Mrs. John Hay Whitneys silks and which drew number one post position. He is to be piloted by Earl Steffen. the Oklahoma farm boy, who is the contract rider for Mr. and Mrs. John Hertz; second from the rail will be Edward Riley Bradleys Brokers Tip, the colt which scored a nose victory last Satur- ■» Continued on txcenty-first page.. c — - COUNTRY WIDE INTEREST IN PREAKNESS STAKES Continued from first page. day at Louisville In the Kentucky Derby. In his saddle will be Jimmy Smith, the veteran booter, who rides for Bill Hurley, trainer of Bradleys eastern division. Number three post position went to W. R. Coes Ladysman, last years champion two-year-old and the winter book and post time choice for the Kentucky Derby. Raymond "Sonny" Workman, regarded by many expert critics the best rider in North America, will ride this fellow. The Washington boy had the leg up on the Coe star in the Derby, in which he finished fourth. John H. "Bud" Stotler, of Baltimore, who trains the Coe horses, also named his contract employers Pomponius, which finished fifth in the Derby, and Pompoleon, which went to Kentucky, but which was not started in the classic mile and a quarter special, for the Preakness. He said this morning that the latter would start only in the event of mishap between today and tomorrow afternoon to Ladysman and Pomponius. Johnny Bejshak, the Montreal, Canada, lad who is Stotlers son-in-law, is to be astride the second Coe horse. Mrs. Silas B. Masons Head Play, the colt the Lexington, Ky., woman bought through Thomas P. Hayes, her trainer, from ex-jockey Willie Crump on the eve of the Derby, drew number four post position. Alfred Robertson, the Canadian lad who, like Workman, rides contract for Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, will ride this fellow. In the Derby, Head Play was handled by Herb W. Fisher who, according to Hayes, did everything except what he had been told to do. Bobby Jones, the San Ysidro, Calif., youngster, who is under contract to Willis Sharpe Kilmer, with whom it was reported here yesterday he is in bad grace, has been engaged to ride Silent Shot, which is owned by John E. Hughes, of Washington, D. C. This colt drew number five post position. Pompoleon is slated to start from the sixth stall in the big starting device. Seventh position went to H. C. Phipps De Valera, an easy winner of a six furlongs race on opening day at Jamaica, N. Y. This fellow, after turning in a sensational work over the Aqueduct, N. Y., track, was shipped to Maryland on Wednesday. "Hank" Mills is coming down from New York to ride this horse. Coupled with De Valera will be the Wheat-ley Stables Utopian, which drew post position number nine. The Wheatley Stable is owned by Mrs. Phipps. Johnny Gilbert, the Kansas lad who was last years champion rider, is to pilot this colt, which has shown splendid route-running ability in his spring races in Maryland. Kerry Patch, owned by Lee Rosenberg, of New York, drew the eighth post position. This colt was the surprise winner last year of the Futurity Stakes at Belmont Park. Louis Schaefer, from far-off Idaho, who rode Walter D. Salmons Dr. Freeland to victory in the Preakness of 1929, is to pilot this colt. The outside position — number 11 — went to the Brookmeade Stables Inlander, owned by Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloan of New York. A rider for this horse has not yet been selected. The weather man was unable to promise fair weather. The track today was in fair shape but just a little rain would quickly turn it to mud. A number of the Preakness candidates showed good speed in their morning "blow outs". Inlander went a half in :49%; Utopian, a half in :50%; Kerry Patch and Brokers Tip, a half in :48% and Poppy-man, three-eighths in :36. Since there appears to be little chance of the track being fast, the Preakness time mark — 1:59 — which is jointly held by Coven- try and Mate, is in little danger. As a matter of fact, none of the Preakness records, except the attendance mark, appear to be in danger of being broken.
