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High Quest and Cavalcade Finish FinishFirst First and Second Respectively 1 Nose Separates Mrs Dodge Sloane Colorbearers With WithDiscovery Discovery Third a Length Back Derby DerbyWinners Winners Remarkable Race BALTIMORE Md May 12 Thirty thousand men and women a thoroughly repre ¬ sentative American racing crowd saw Mrs Isabel Dodge Sloanes colt High Quest win the fortyfourth Preakness here this afternoon with his stablemate Cavalcade in second place a nose behind with Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilts Discovery third a length back and Mrs F J Hellers Agrarian fourth a length and a half back of Discovery In front all the way and galloping one mile and threesixteenths in 158 High Quest a son of Sir Gallahad III and Etoile Filante which cost Mrs Sloane 3500 at the auction block two years ago while he was still a yearling set a new mark for the Preakness and came within onefifth of a second of the Pimlico track record The Preakness mark was 159 flot held jointly by Coventry which was the revival of 1925 and Mate which took the renewal in 1931 The track mark 158 flat held jointly by Coventry which won it two years ago when he won a renewal of the Dixie Handicap HandicapHigh High Quest ridden by Bobby Jones and under the whip part of the time added 25 175 to earnings of 19515 amassed last sea son namely in a renewal of the Eastern Shore Handicap which he won and the Hopeful Stakes in which he finished second to Bazaar and in a second in the Har ford Handicap this year and a win in the Wood Memorial bringing his total to 45 790 Cavalcade added 2500 to a total of 51155 accumulated last year in a renewal of the Hyde Park Stakes and some minor races and this year in revivals of the Chesapeake Stakes and the Kentucky Derby and an overnight race His total now is 53055 53055Bred Bred by Wallis Armstrong at the Meadow view shed in New Jersey Cavalcade was a 1200 yearling of the Saratoga sales of 1932 Marshall Field bred High Quest which is a half brother to Fair Star a remark ¬ able twoyearold in 1926 1926The The placing judges made a mistake in giving third place to Agrarian but quickly corrected it Immediately after the finish High Quest was led away to submit to the saliva test The finish was not exactly as Mrs Dodge Sloane and trainer Col R A Smith wish They declared to win with Cav ¬ alcade Discovery and Agrarian were press ¬ ing High Quest so hard at the finish that Jones could not afford to take chances He could not moreover see Cavalcade which whichi i was closing on the rail immediately behind him Mack Garner rode Cavalcade CavalcadeGovernor Governor Ritchie of Maryland Mayor D Jackson of Baltimore Jervis Spencer John Mudd Edwin Warfield Howard Bruce and some other distinguished folks watched the race from the second landing of the stew ¬ ards stand and the governor presented the Woodlawn Vase to Mrs Dodge Sloane when Continued on twentythird page BROOKMEADE ENTRY WINS THE PREAKNESS STAKES Continued from first page she mounted the stairs as the field weighed out Mrs Sloane was accompanied by Colonel Smith and both were cheered as they descended the steps stepsDiscovery Discovery got 1500 for finishing third Agrarian 500 for bringing up fourth There were two scratches from the bunch of nine named to start yesterday afternoon They were the Brookmeade Stables Anarchy and George Willing Jrs Swiftsport neither of which had done anything to warrant his starting in such company companyTodays Todays was the smallest field barring the field of 1930 that has taken part in a Preak ¬ ness since the race became a major special In 1930 Gallant Fox had only five opponents Todays was the first Preakness in which an entry finished first and second secondThe The weather was bright and clear and the going fast as High Quests time indicated The totalizator handle about the forty fourth Preakness was 173805 as against 139771 last year yearHigh High Quest led throughout displaying a fine order of speed and courage that enabled him to successfully resist the challenges of Time Supply in the first mile and under hard riding to outlast Cavalcade in a thrill ¬ ing and spirited finish The Derby winner ran a remarkable race to finish second only beaten by a nose He was taken to the in ¬ side after the start and racing under re ¬ serve went to the outside nearing the far turn and managed to squeeze through a nar ¬ row opening at the stretch turn He was gaining with every stride and finishing with a tremendous rush just failed to overtake his stablemate stablemateDiscovery Discovery was a forward contender all the way In tight quarters on the inside of Time Supply at the half mile post he se ¬ cured racing room thereafter and fought it courageously the remainder of the distance Agrarian showed much gameness and stam ¬ ina in closing fast and was passing tired horses at the end Spy Hill tired after being a contender in the early stages Time Sup ¬ ply was done for after forcing the pace for the mile Riskulus never figured at any part of the contest contestBetween Between thirty and thirtyfive thousand men and women from all parts of the coun ¬ try were at Pimlico today to witness the running of the Preakness They came in automobiles street cars railroad trains busses and even out of date horse drawn vehicles Long before 215 p m the time set for calling to the post the field engaged in the first of an eightrace card every seat of the 12000 in the long rambling old fashioned single deck grandstand was occu ¬ pied the aisles were jammed and the stand ¬ ing concrete promenade in front of the stand was fully well occupied As for the cozy little clubhouse it was a seething color ¬ ful whirlpool of beautifully gowned fem ¬ ininity and smartly groomed men with Gov ¬ ernor Albert C Ritchie Maryland debonair and widely popular governor Mrs Woodrow Wilson widow of the war time president Mayor Howard Jackson of Baltimore who has announced his candidacy for Governor Ritchies office at Annapolis Mrs Isabel Dodge Sloane owner of Cavalcade and High Quest Mrs Spalding Lowe Jenkins widow of a president of the Maryland State Fair Corporation Jouett Shouse and other nota ¬ bles gatheringGovernor among the gathering Governor Ritchie was the luncheon guest of Frank Riggs the Maryland Jockey Clubs treasurer He came out to formally present the historic Woodlawn vase to the owner of the Preakness winner Governors of Mary ¬ land always make presentations of this handsome trophy which the winner of one season keeps a year and then returns to the Maryland Jockey Club to be presented to the winner of the next To have and to hold the owner of each Preakness winner gets a miniature silver replica of the chal ¬ lenge trophy trophyAlgernon Algernon Daingerfield brought a consider ¬ able party down from New York and enter ¬ tained his guests in the old clubhouse Mrs Dodge Sloane Mrs Jenkins Jouett Shouse and Howard Bruce were the hostesses and hosts of considerable parties There were smaller luncheon groups galore The Mary ¬ land Jockey Club and the crowd were fortunate in the weather The clouds of yesterday afternoon and evening which threatened to deluge the entire Baltimore area were dissipated overnight by fresh northwest breezes and the sun shone bril ¬ liantly all day The temperature was pleasantly cool Thanks to sun and wind the going which was a bit to the bad yes ¬ terday was about as fast as it had been all season A couple thousand men and women who did not care to be pushed about in the grandstand and on the promenades were able to watch the racing from the infield infieldOutoftown Outoftown sports writers who came down to report the doings of the day were Bryan Field New York Times Al Copeland New York News William MacBeth New York HeraldTribune Joe Williams New York Telegram Jack Webster Philadelphia En ¬ quirer George T Ryall the New Yorker Clem McCarty New York Evening Journal Damon Runyon Kings Features William Corum New York Journal Jack Fitzgerald New York Telegraph and T B Cromwell Blood Horse Mrs John Hay Whitneys Quick March a winner earlier in the meeting and Axon which finished second yesterday to Rocky Run put on a show in the two mile steeple ¬ chase that stirred the crowd to its depths After Philistion had thrown his rider at the water on the first turn and Jambo and Pink way had fallen in the back field the second time around Quick March and Axon de ¬ tached themselves from the other two con ¬ testants Rozell and Mullah and drove head and head over three fences to finish that way both under the whip Quick March got the call but only because hla muzzle was up as he passed the judges while Axons was down A decision the other way would not have caused much kicking kickingThe The fourth favorite of the afternoon scored in the fourth a claiming race over threequarters when Vishnu won in hollow fashion under the good riding of Litzen berger and paid even money Vishnu was Litzenbergers second winning mount The outcome was never in doubt Litzenberger rated the Ladkin fiveyearoldawith Lodorus and Meeting Place to the turn out of the back stretch and then gave him his head Meeting Place was through almost imme ¬ diately Lodorus held on a little longer but Vishnu left him without trouble in the home stretch to gallop away hard held He finished in 113 113Lodorus Lodorus a fair twoyearold starting for the first time since last December might have needed a race He gave up a furlong from the finish and second and third monies were taken by Luck In under Jacobs and Marge under Yowell Luck In was the one the crowd picked to finish second Todays was Vishnus second Pimlico victory Penny wise was a late scratch
