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WAR ADMIRAL SHOWS BRILLIANT SPEED IN WORK Becomes More Pronounced Favorite for Saturdays Preakness Renewal Gallops One Mile and an Eighth Easily in 156 at atPimlico Pimlico Pompoon Runs Same Distance Hard HardHeld Held in 1 57 Other Workouts BALTIMORE Md May 12 War Admiral became more of a pro ¬ nounced favorite for Saturdays renewal of the Preakness this morning after he had breezed a mile and one furlong in 156 as his final im ¬ portant training test for the 50000 added fixture over the mile and three sixteenths distance His trial one of five by leading Preakness candi ¬ dates this morning was the most impressive because of the easy fashion in which the Kentucky Derby winner went about his task Other Preak ness candidates going over the mile and one furlong route were Pompoon which finished second to the Glen Riddle star in the Derby and Julia M Lofts Mosawtre Pompoon was hard held in going the distance in 157 but Mosawtre was driving as he fin ¬ ished out in 155 Asked to ex ¬ tend their speed over the mile and a quarter course were Walter M Jef ¬ fords Matey and Merry Maker the hope of Mrs E G Rand and Willie Shea which disappointed in the Derby Matey worked in 210 breezing and Merry Maker was running in handy fashion to be timed in 209 209UNDER UNDER STOUT RESTRAINT RESTRAINTWar War Admiral was the first of the quintet out on the track trainer George Conway giving the rider explicit instructions to keep the son of Man o War and Brushup under stout restraint Breaking at the fur ¬ long pole the Glen Riddle colt went the first quarter in 25 half mile in 50 threequarters in 116 and the mile in 142 By quarters his time was 25 25 25 26 and the final eighth in 14 Pompoons 14Pompoons rider had his feet pressed hard against the stirrups in his attempt to rate the son of Pompey and Oonagh which be ¬ ginning at the furlong post went the first quarter in 26 half in 52 threequarters in 117 and the mile in 144 His time by fractions was 26 26 25 27 and 13 for the last furlong furlongMatey Matey which numerous observers here ¬ abouts believe War Admirals most formida ¬ ble opponent moved along at a steady pace while being well rated through his long trial His workout began at the mile post and he required 25 for the first quarter reach ¬ ing the half in 50 six furlongs in 116 mile in 144 and nine furlongs in 210 fin ¬ ishing at the threequarters post The son of Man o War and Tavy was timed the re ¬ spective quarters as follows 25 25 26 27 and 26 26MOSAWTRE MOSAWTRE SHOWS SPEED SPEEDDisplaying Displaying the most early speed was Mo ¬ sawtre which had E K Brysons fouryear old filly Carvola as a workmate Carvola began about two lengths ahead of the On Watch colt at the eighth post and while still enjoying the same advantages He was pulled up at threequarters as Mosawtre continued his trial When by himself how ¬ ever Mosawtre refused to extend himself and he had to be sharply roused to com Continued on thirtieth pageJ WAR ADMIRAL SHOWS SHOWSBRILLIANT BRILLIANT SPEED IN WORK Continued from first page plete the mile and a furlong in 155 He was called upon to keep within striking distance of Carvola to run the first quarter in 23 half mile in 48 and the three quarters in 113 He then went the mile in 141 and out in 155 His slowing down is reflected in his time by fractions 23 24 25 27 and 14 14In In his trial over the ten furlongs route Merry Maker went the opening quarter in 25 half in 50 threequarters in 115 mile in 142 nine furlongs in 155 and the full route in 209 Cut into if ractions his time was 25 25 25 26 and 27 Trainer Shea was highly pleased with the perform ¬ ance of the son of Cynic and Isabella and immediately set about to obtain a capable rider riderHis His efforts to get one of the better jockeys in New York so far proved unsuc ¬ cessful and he is now dickering with Charles Stevenson at Narragansett Park ParkAll All of the probable treakhess starters are on the grounds with the exception of Melo ¬ dist and Jewell Dorsett both of which have had quarters at Aqueduct They are ex ¬ pected here by tomorrow morning at the latest Jewell DorsettUthe Mbne filly in the iium was wuntuu a uuie mm unts juiiung juiiungin in 158 at Aqueduct Tuesday by trainer J B Theall If Joe W Browns cplorbearer starts in the Freakness it is expected that Dunice Dubois will be her pilot pilotThe The transaction whereby Over the Top passed into the ownership of Mrs William H Furst of Chicago was completed today by her trainer Bert B Williams and George Conway representing the Glen Rid ¬ dle Farm Williams and Mr Furst inspected the son of Man o War and Cresta late yes ¬ terday placing their approval on him at that time timeFurst Furst this afternoon instructed Jack West rope to come here from Louisville so as to be on hand to guide Over the Top in his final blow out Friday morning and the Montana jockey will ride the colt in the Preakness Over the Top will remain in his present stall in the Glen Riddle barn until he is shipped to Louisville after the Preak ¬ ness nessCyrus Cyrus Field Clarke trainer of Pompoon stated late this afternoon that Wayne Wright had been engaged to ride the colt in the Preakness the engagement having been made today in New York by Louchheim Clarke finally got in touch with George Woolf who was located in Havre de Grace but Wright already had been selected at the time timeGeorge George Woolf will have the mount on Merry Maker as trainer Willie Shea was un ¬ able to engage Eddie Arcaro or Wayne Wright and he has little hope of landing Charles Stevenson He learned today that Woolf was in the vicinity and as Merry Maker was the only probable starter with ¬ out a definite rider Shea engaged the west ¬ ern veteran who rode Bold Venture to win last years running of the Preakness PreaknessThe The probable field for the Preakness is as follows followsHorse Horse Wt Jockey JockeyWar War Admiral 126 C Kurtsinger KurtsingerPompoon Pompoon 126 W D Wright WrightMatey Matey 126 H Richards RichardsMerry Merry Maker i 126 G Woolf WoolfOver WestropeMosawtre Over the Top 126 J Westrope Mosawtre 126 H Le Blanc BlancFlying Flying Scot 126 E Arcaro ArcaroMelodist LongdenJewell Melodist 126 J Longden Jewell Dorsett 121 D Dubois
