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Here and There on the Turf May Try to Outrun War Ad ¬ miral miralNew New Pompoon Strategy Likely LikelyWould Would Suit Others in Freak ness nessWhopper Whopper Tops Metropolitan Field New strategy may be employed by Cyrus Field Clarke trainer of Pompoon in tomor ¬ rows running of the Preakness in the hope of bringing about the defeat of War Ad ¬ miral and the connections of other horses in inxthe xthe race are anxious for Jerome Louch heiins star to carry out the expected changed tactics It will not be surprising therefore if Clarke instructs Wayne Wright who has been selected as Pompoons Preak ¬ ness pilot to send the colt up early in the pace in an effort to take War Admiral by the head and race him into the ground Pompoon went to War Admiral turning into the stretch in the Derby but when the Man o War colt was shaken up by Charles Kurtsinger he bounded away in handy fash ¬ ion Whether the son of Pompey and Oonagh is good enough to overtake War Admiral earlier in the race is naturally a matter of conjecture but Clarke believes it can be done even if he does not instruct Wright to employ this strategical move moveTrainers Trainers of other Preakness candidates would welcome such a move by Pompoon because they are well satisfied that their horses havent the early speed of War Ad ¬ miral and their principal hopes of success in the mile and threesixteenths event lie in the Glen Riddle Farm colt being raced into the ground Apparently without worry of what the other starters may do is George Conway War Admirals trainer He is very well pleased with the condition of his prin ipal charge following his brilliant perform ¬ ance in the Kentucky Derby his return trip to Maryland and subsequent final speed test in preparation for the Preakness That he will instruct Kurtsinger to send War Ad ¬ miral right to the front is a foregone con ¬ clusion although Conway remarked recent ¬ ly that he saw no reason why the Man o War youngster could not come from behind if necessary Trainer necessaryTrainer Clarke still is of the opinion that Pompoon at least is still the equal of War Admiral and has pointed out that the Pom ¬ pey colt lost enough ground during the final half mile of the Derby to have cost him the victory victoryHarry Harry Richards who rode Pompoon says he was carried out by War Admiral at the turn into the stretch and then was pocketed there thereHe He further remarked that Pompoon was at War Admirals saddle girth at the time and when his mount ranged alongside the winner Kurtsinger went to the whip with the result that the Glen Riddle colt then stepped away into the advantage of nearly two lengths which he enjoyed at the finish But for this loss of ground Richard avers Pompoon would have taken War Admiral by the head and then had a much better chance of victory Regardless of what has been said however except that Pompoon probably lost at least two lengths in making Continued on twentyrseventh page HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page the final turn it did not appear to close observers having good vantage points that he got closer than a length to War Admiral at any time during the race raceThe The running of the Preakness should be different from the Derby in several respects In the first place no more than eight horses will be in the field whereas twenty com ¬ posed the Derby lineup Because of the much smaller number the Preakness should be entirely free of crowding and interfer ¬ ence if the riders mind their own business By the time the horses reach the first turn they should be so well spread out that each should have all the room he needs for his best chance That the Preakness may re ¬ solve into a parade is a matter freely an ¬ ticipated but only a battle royal may be forthcoming unless something happens to War Admiral such as a poor getaway The Glen Riddle colt undoubtedly will be the shortest kind of favorite in the Preakness tomorrow tomorrowWhopper Whopper will be starting topweight in to ¬ morrows renewal of the historic Metropoli ¬ tan Handicap and he probably will be the favorite as well in the smallest field that event has commanded in quite a few years Assigned 120 pounds when the weights were announced on February 1 by John B Camp ¬ bell the gigantic member of Hal Price Head leys stable must take up a penalty of two pounds by virtue of his victories in the Phil ¬ adelphia Handicap at Havre de Grace and the Jamaica Handicap Conditions of the Metropolitan call for a winner of two races valued at 2000 or more to be penalized eight pounds but to apply only one quarter if the horse has been handicapped at least 120 pounds such as Whopper WhopperMemory Memory Book promises to be Whoppers chief opponent under 115 pounds but there is a shift of weight in the latters favor over their recent meeting in the Excelsior Handi ¬ cap which was at a mile and onesixteenth over a distance which may have been more to the fancy of the Greentree Stable colt Whopper had 127 pounds in the Excelsior and Memory Book 115 and he led until well into the stretch where Thorson and Memory Book passed him to be beaten a length Count Arthur and Shark with 112 each and Bill Farnsworth under 110 appear the other certain Metropolitan contestants
