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► | 1 Maryland Notes PIMLICO, Baltimore, Md., May 10. Tom Sheehan, former columnist for the TJaily Racing Form, arrived from New England to cover the fifty-seventh running of the famed Preakness. Among the late arrivals from Lexington, Ky., was J. J. Keith, who formerly bred and raced a modest string. Keith will proceed to New York following the three-year-old classic. Ivor Balding, who handled the breeding and racing interests of C. V. Whitney, arrived to witness the race of the good colt Phalanx in the Preakness. C. V. Whitney, in whose colors Phalanx raced in the Preakness, was on hand for the race and was a guest at the home of Alfred G. Vanderbilt. Maine Chance Farms Jet Pilot was the only Preakness starter to receive more than a slow gallop around the track this morning. The Derby winner, under the watchful eye of trainer Tom Smith, broke at the quarter pole and went to the wire in :23%. Arthur B. Hancock, Jr., a bit disappointed in the races turned in by his two fillies, Blue Grass and Springtide in Fridays Oaks, feels that the track had much to do with the rather dull races. Hancock will ship both lassies to Belmont Park, where they are heavily staked for that meeting. James D. Norris, prominent in racing and many other sports, was an arrival to witness the running of the Preakness. J. Douglas Geddes received many compliments for the manner in which his crew aided in handling the large Preakness crowd. Geddes, at the conclusion of the Havre de Grace meeting, will have to split his staff, with half going to Atlantic City and the others to Delaware Park. Trainer Guy Lunsford announced today that Kenneth OConnors Statesman will make his next start two weeks hence in the mile and a furlong Havre de Grace Handicap. J. P. "Doc" Jones has transferred his large stable from Pimlico to Havre de Grace, where they will be campaigned until the Delaware Park meeting. Another departure was Judy Johnson, who shipped her string to Belmont Park. Trainer C. W. Shaw, Jr., who handles the Cedar Farm horses owned by Mr. and Mrs. John Bromley, of Philadelphia, is pointing Mityme for the Potomac Stakes, following his victory in the Survivor at Pimlico. The Havre de Grace management is assuming the charge for clubhouse privileges to horsemen during the second meeting. The policy has brought much favorable comment from the various trainers whose performers will be in action. King Ranch, which has been going so well in recent stake events, is represented in three of the four "open" stakes at the second Havre meeting, with trainer W. J. Hirsch handling the Texas-owned runners. The stable has Contest in the Potomac; Bridal Flower, Amanecer and Flash Burn in the Havre de Grace, and Task in the Eastern Shore.
