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| I ] ■ 1 1 1 i i i t t in n y b b ° b * ° h £ b ° b ° j b b ° b ? b b b ? , b SIR GALLAHAD III. HOLDS SWAY Great Sire Exerting Much Influence on American Racing. Eleven of Thirty-Nine Preakness Eligibles Have Blood of Brilliant Son of Teddy in Veins. BALTIMORE, Md., May 1.— Sir Gallahad III., the great thoroughbred sire, is making his influence felt in the turf features of America more and more each year. The Preakness Stakes at Pimlico, on May 13, has thirty-nine candidates, and of that number Sir Gallahad III. has seven grandsons, three sons and one "nephew," if such a relationship exists in the ultra-exclusive thor- oughbred horse family. Foremost of the Preakness aspirants with the blood of that eminent thoroughbred coursing through his veins is Gilded Knight, contender for first honors in 1939. This son of Sir Gallahad III. received national acclaim in the short space of two weeks, first by defeating the hitherto invincible El Chico, winter-book favorite in the Preakness and Kentucky Derby, and second by winning the Chesapeake Stakes last Saturday. His victory over the week-end was the most important because in achieving it he conquered seven other Preakness hopefuls and five Derby candidates. Johnstown, a maternal grandson of the great sire and, incidentally, trained by "Sunny" Jim Fitzsimmons, who also handles Gilded Knight, merits real attention in this select list of Preakness horses. Johnstown is also a half brother to Jacola, the grand race mare which defeated Seabiscuit at Laurel last October. Keen and competent observers declare that Gilded Knight and Johnstown will be fighting it out alone in the stretch at Pimlico on the second Saturday in May. JUST A PROBABDLITY. However, it is likely that the railbirds, shrewd as they are, may be wrong, as they . so often are, and that some other member of Sir Gallahad in.s ambitious family group will be racing down that stretch in front of the Preakness field. Another maternal grandson and a homebred one at that, Challedon, will have something to say about the final decision. That colt, bearing the colors of Marylander W. L. Brann, is attracting wide support for the Preakness and will probably provide a large measure of the Preakness contention along with Technician. The latter is a paternal grandson of Sir Gallahad HI., a son of Insco, who sired Lawrin, last years winner of the Kentucky Derby. Other sons of Sir .Gallahad HI. pointing for the Preakness are Gala Hour and Guy-b encourt. Other maternal grandsons are Chal-lenge and Deil and two more paternal grand-j sons are Giles County and Syracuse. The lone "nephew" is War Dog, whose father is Bull Dog, a full brother to Sir Gallahad HI. Altogether quite a family affair is the Preakness if you want to forget that Man o War, Equipoise, Blue Larkspur, Display, Sun Beau and The Porter, along with other noble and proved sires, also have children in the race. «
