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Wland ■ ■■ __ * V MRS. C. S. PAYSON— Daughter of Mrs. Payne Whitney who owns Shut Out and Devil Diver, probably will be asked to receive the Woodland vase in behalf of her mother in the event either of the aforementioned thoroughbreds is victorious in the Preakness. H !_ JAMtJ FITZSIMMONS— Again will act as judge of the yearling judging contest to be held at Pimlico tomorrow. ♦ Grey Wing Prevails In Survivor Stakes Lasts for Neck Decision Over Incoming in Close Finish at Pimlico Track BALTIMORE, Md., May 5.— The Cedar Farms Grey Wing became a repeater at Pimlicos brief spring session and accounted for initial stakes when he captured this afternoons Survivor in an extremely close exciting finish that concluded this run of a mile and a sixteenth. The veteran Eddie DeCamillis had the mount on this hard-hitting son of Halcyon, driving him to the final marker a neck in front of Mrs. D. B. Millers Incoming who was gaining at every stride through the last dramatic yards. Only a head farther away, Alfred G. Vanderbilts strapping Rascal finished third. Anticlimax was a fairly close fourth in a starting field of half a dozen three-year-olds after stumbling at the break. Grey Wing finished out in 1:46% on a racing strip apparently much less speed conducive than for the preceding days card, though there had been no change in overhead conditions. Ocean Blue, winner of the 1941 Survivor, still holds the stakes time mark, 1 :45. Grey Wing returned his backers .00 for and added ,410 to earlier earnings. He ran prominently throughout forcing Troons early pace closely, though trying to bear out at the clubhouse turn, and then withstanding the favored Incomings challenge in the home lane. Daiger Presents Trophy to Owner A large Preakness week attendance saw Grey Wings most noteworthy success in a rather checkered career. Though Incomings failure was saddening to the followers of the favorites, their aim proved accurate in a fair number of the days races. Following the survivor. Matt Daiger of the Maryland Jockey Club, presented a trophy to owner Bromley of the Cedar Farm, a Philadelphia establishment. Of perhaps more real significance than the Survivor was the days secondary affair, the Old Dominion, in which Green-trees veteran Third Degree inaugurated his comeback effort with a creditable second to Brandywines Pompion. Troon, Grey Wing and Rascal went away together on the lead in the Survivor, with Troon saving all the -ground at the first turn and Grey Wing trying to get out under DeCamillis. In the back stretch run, Grey Wing forced Troon along at a clip that found him limber at the last turn. The Cedar Farm colt then assumed command and promptly was challenged- by Rascal and Incoming. Through the front stretch Rascal was trying to bear out and Madden was little help to him, the Sagamorean finally dropping the first award by a neck and a head. As the race was run, it appeared Incoming could have won himself in a few more strides and that Grey Wing lasted largely because DeCamillis finished better than the other two riders.
