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Faultless Faultless Captures Captures Preakness; Preakness; Lincoln Lincoln Fields Fields Inaugural Inaugural Today Today Wright Homebred Shows Way To Early Pacemaker On Trust Favored Phalanx Finishes Third Before Jet Pilot While Dodson Rides Victor Out Smartly for Clean-Cut Victory Before 40,000 Pimlico Patrons; Winner Garners 8,005 PIMLICO, Baltimore, Md, May 10. — Gaining complete satisfaction for his narrow defeat in last weeks Kentucky Derby, Calumet Farms handsome brown colt Faultless came from behind here today to capture the fifty-seventh Preakness and earn 8,005, the greatest purse in the history of Marylands premier thoroughbred classic. With the thunderous roar of a wildly enthusiastic throng of 40,222 ringing out from the packed stands, Faultless carried confident little Doug Dodson under the line a length and a quarter clear of E. O. Stices western invader, On Trust, after the latter had cut the corner at the head of the lane to enjoy a length lead almost to the sixteenth pole, where Faultless came up on the ►outside to lodge his successful bid for glory. Two and one-half lengths farther back in third place came C. V. Whitneys great stretch-runner, Phalanx, the Preakness favorite, who moved like the wind around the far turn, but was found wanting in the long stretch run as Faultless and the dead-game On Trust drove on to write another thrilling chapter to Preakness history. Derby Winner Tries to Bear Out Almost completely forgotten in the excitement generated by Faultless relentless charge to victory was the game little Derby winner Jet Pilot, who finished a soundly beaten fourth but who drove up to press the pace at the quarter-pole before striking his colors to his stouter rivals in the final eighth of a mile. Completely . indicating competent observers, who had declared he would not go postward the favorite, Jet Pilot went off today as third choice behind Phalanx and Faultless. Except for that one thrilling charge at the leader, Mrs. Elizabeth Grahams Derby winner never was a really prominent contender, as he appeared to want to bear out under jockey Eric Guerin the entire trip. Indeed, the veteran Johnny Longden was forced to take up and go around Jet Pilot to wrest the lead when the latter went out at the three-quarter pole. The field for the big race remained intact, and strung out behind the top four at the wire were Riskolater, Cosmic Bomb, Bullet Proof, Secnav, Contest, Cornish Knight and King Bay, to finish in the order named. Faultless, whose victory today brought owner Warren Wright of Calumet Farm his third Preakness victory, gained immense satisfaction for trainer Jimmy Jones and dad, Ben Jones, who had retained complete confidence that their smooth-striding little colt would vindicate himself for his Derby defeat, in which he was Continued on Page Three •J±Aandand*wi14299. ij- ■■■ -lyiffiMssKT-xt/PSy . :" J lssfcj-x.*- .iflfitfsMBS?9t?iw:-: v-,c . ..* .-, ,. 4 Js- -A " y* ♦ flltfsVK i f.ltitp* FAULTLESS— The Bull Lea — Unerring colt won his seventh race of the year in accounting for the rich Preakness Stakes. Faultless Comes From Off On Trusts Pace to Win Preakness for Calumet Victor Triumphs in Clear As Phalanx Finishes Third Before Tiring Jet Pilot Continued from Page On* beaten only two heads by Jet Pilot and Phalanx in the blanket finish. Completely at home over a track for which he showed marked partiality as a juvenile last year, Faultless ran the one mile and three-sixteenths of the Preakness in the commendable time of 1:59. With Jet Pilot and On Trust setting the early pace, the fractions for the race were: :23%, Aiys, l:12y8. l:39y5 and 1:51%. Faultless, of course, carried the regular Preakness weight of 126 pounds. Despite flawless blue skies and a near seasonable temperature, todays throng failed to approach the crowd of 43,400, that witnessed the running of the Preakness last year. However, there was a new wagering mark set on the race, the 11 Preakness starters drawing a total play in the mutuels of 94,312; 11,358 of which was handled on the advance sale conducted on the Preakness from 11 oclock this morning until the horses went to the post for the fourth race of the afternoon. Last years handle on the Preakness was 46,140, which had been the record until today. Faultless, who paid 0.40, remained second choice from the moment the Preakness horses left the paddock until the field broke. Phalanx was a consistent favorite, his odds fluctuating between 4 to 5 and even money. Jet Pilot was never better than third choice and Riskolater was the complete outsider in the field at closing odds of 80 to 1. With ear-splitting grins reflecting their tremendous joy at capturing todays race, trainer Jones and his dad said that Faultless would be prepared for the Belmont Stakes, third and final leg in the "Triple Crown." Dodson, who was scoring his first Preakness victory, said he was "lucky. Anybody is lucky to win a big one like this." The redoubtable Eddie Arcaro, who so valiantly strove to win with Phalanax last week in Louisville and again today at Pim-lico, said he had no alibi. Longden, who rode the determined On Trust, was just as confident as ever and declared On Trust was a good horse and will "beat these horses yet this season." Guerin, aboard Jet Pilot, was keenly disappointed at his failure to annex the second leg of the "Triple Crown" and said when he made his move at the quarter pole Jet Pilot just didnt have it. The record Preakness purse that Faultless won today now gives the rangy son of Bull Lea — Unerring total earnings of 92,-720. Faultless was an original Preakness entry and, as a result, his prize was greater than that which would have been earned by On Trust, Cornish Knight or Bullet Proof, all of whom were supplementary entries to the race. With Phalanx the last member of the field to enter the gate, the start was effected without little delay, and King Bay was most alert, although Guerin quickly drove to the lead with Jet Pilot, who was running strongly in front of On Trust and King Bay as the field charged past the crowded stand the first time. Jet Pilot continued to show the way around the lower turn and into the back- stretch, and it was shortly after leaving the three-quarter pole that the Derby winner began to bear out, forcing Longden to take On Trust out and around him as he moved the Western invader up smartly to assume command. Straightened out for the run down the backstretch, King Bay was still third, followed by Secnav, Cosmic Bomb, Contest, Faultless and Phalanx, with Arcaro keeping the latter well out in the track and all clear of trouble. Nearing the far turn, On Trust was still setting a fleet and steady pace, with King Bay a persistent rival in second place and Jet Pilot now third with Guerin just beginning to launch a drive that never did materialize. Faultless was fifth at this juncture and running strongly and Phalanx was a formidable seventh. Half way around the turn, Faultless, sailing along like a chip on a flood, had moved up briskly to be third behind On Trust and Jet Pilot and he quickly drove past the faltering Jet Pilot to press the pace at the furlong pole. The race then resolved into a duel between Faultless and On Trust with the Calumet stalwart pegging the leader just beyond the sixteenth pole and drawing out in the final strides to emulate the feats of Whirlaway and Pensive, who brought Preakness gold and glory to the Calumet Farm in 1941 and 1944, respectively. A total of ,180,336 was handled on todays eight -race Preakness program. This, failed to approach last years record Preakness day handle of ,219,120.
