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Citation Checks In At Preakness Site SiteCompletes Completes Uneventful Trip From Churchill No Definite Decision Made on Escadru EscadruBULLETIN BULLETIN BULLETINJAMAICA JAMAICA L I N Y Hay 5 The probable field for the Preakness gained two more candidates today when Max Hirsch said that he ex pected to saddle two colts King Ranchs Better Self and A J Sack etts Gasparilla will both make the I trip to Pimlico the veteran trainer said this afternoon Better Self won the Paumonok on opening day at Ja ¬ maica then finished second to Esca ¬ dru in an overnight race while Gas ¬ parilla won an overnight race then failed in the Wood Memorial Both colts have done well since their last starts and may show considerable improvement a week from Saturday1 Saturday1PIMLICO PIMLICO Baltimore Md May 5 Cal ¬ umet Farms Citation king of threeyear olds and a handy winner of the Kentucky Derby last Saturday reached the local course at noon today to await the defensfr of his laurels on Saturday May 15 in the rich Preakness Stakes second gem of rac ¬ ings Triple Crown CrownThe The strapping bay son of Bull Lea and Hydroplane n arrived at the Mount Washington siding of the Pennsylvania Railroad at approximately 1130 a m and within 15 minutes had joined his stable mates in barn G along the backstretch of the Pimlico track trackTrainer Trainer H A Jimmy Jones was on hand to supervise the unloading process at Mount Washington and after checking with groom Steve Genezi and exercise boy F McMillan who made the trip with Cita ¬ tion reported that everything was okay and the trip uneventful Earlier this morning William L Brann owner of the Glade Valley Farm near Frederick Md made the following state ¬ ment to Maryland Jockey Club officials in regard to his good colt Escadru EscadruEscadru Escadru is a Maryland horse and if he is in condition to run in the Preakness he certainly will start The colt had bad luck in the Kentucky Derby He was cut off at the break and in going around the turns he was forced into the rail The jockeys foot was crushed against the rail and very painfully bruised and Escadru was cut in several places We left him in Kentucky for four days to recuperate An express car has been ordered to bring him east tonight tonightBrann Brann continued that Trainer Ed Christmas will decide about Escadrus con ¬ dition when he gets him on the track in New York and if he is fit and ready to run without harming himself you can say that regardless of any other consideration he will start in the Preakness7 Preakness7Owner Owner Cornelius V Whitney who is shipping Mount Marcy here for the Preak ¬ ness announced this morning that it is not at all unlikely that he will have more than a single starter in the mile and threesix teenths classic Other Whitney horses eligible to the 100000 added event are Vulcans Forge last years Champagnewin ner who goes in an overnight race here tomorrow Dinner Song Quarter Pole Ready Jack Strike Buster and Black Maj ¬ esty The latter raced in a maiden affair at Pimlico today todayRecent Recent developments would indicate that the Preakness field will attract at least a halfdozen sophomores with several others as possibilities Probabilities at present are Citation My Request Escadru Mount Marcy Salmagundi and Better Self while those possible are Bomar Stables Piet win ¬ ner of yesterdays six furlongs Ral Parr in his seasonal debut and S W Labrot Jrs Bovard runnerup to Piet in the Parr ParrCHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky May 5 Benjamin F Whitakers My Re ¬ quest who finished third in the Kentucky Derby last Saturday William Branns Es ¬ cadru who was unplaced in the three yearold classic and Charles A QNeil Jrs Galedo left here this morning for Bel mont Park After Galedos arrival in New York the colt will be transferred to Gar ¬ den State Park by van
