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Preakness LineUp Narrows to Five Six Fast Juveniles Vie in Remsen Admiral Lea Seeks FiveFurlong Dash DashCoupled Coupled With Current News While Vying With Simmons Eternal World Swords Town TownJAMAICA JAMAICA L I N Y May 11 Six twoyearolds representing four interests have been named overnight for the thirty sixth edition of the Remsen Stakes at Jamaica tomorrow This test will be run at five furlongs tomorrow for the first time having been a test at a mile and a six ¬ teenth run during the autumn for the past two seasons and a six furlongs event before that since its revival in 1918 1918The The veteran Tom Smith is expected to saddle the favorite for this abbreviated edition of the Remsen in Mrs Ada L Rices Admiral Lea and Current News both winners at the meeting Frank Ca trone will also send out a pair for Allen T Simmons in Eternal World and Swords Town TownThe The two entries will be opposed by White Oaks Eternal Dream and E P Taylors Transfluent TransfluentThe The Remsen will be supported by the 5500 Lord Brighton Handicap at a mile and a furlong and is in need of support This event which follows the stake as the sixth event on the sevenrace program has attracted seven including at least one seri ¬ ous contender for Saturdays 75000 Gal ¬ lant Fox Handicap This is Alfred G Van derbilts longwinded Argentinian Hal conero coneroFavored Favored for Lord Brighton BrightonHalconero Halconero won the Exterminator Handi ¬ cap in Maryland last year and turned in several other creditable races but his re ¬ cent training moves suggest that he may have finally become fully acclimated in which case he will require considerable beating in the Lord Brighton Basileus n showed good form in Maryland this spring but this 40000 Frenchman seems to have been determined to prove in his New York races that 40000000 French who rated him as something like a champion can be wrong wrongThe The others in the Lord Brighton are Cable Mrs Phil Biebers entry of Challoa and Fulgor II and the soregoing Broad ¬ way Joe Of this band Cable has occa ¬ sionally showed faint traces of class while whileContinued Continued on Page Three Preakness LineUp Harrows to Five FiveMount Mount Marcy Escadru and Coaltown Out of Fixture Citation to Breeze Today TodayContinued Continued from Page One Onethe the mishap came at the most unfortunate time of all Trainer Veitch was confident that Mount Marcy would have shown to much better advantage in the Survivor and would have turned in a creditable effort in the Preakness but for injury Mount Marcy will be on the sidelines for several weeks possibly a month monthHowever However Veitch has a great deal of faith in the stretchrunning ability and gameness of Vulcans Forge and expects him to run a good race Johnny Gilbert will ride the Whitney contender contenderCitation Citation the heavy favorite for the Preakness by virtue of his brilliant record including his smart victory in the Kentucky Derby has a chance to lift his earnings to 423700 through a Preakness victory This would be far more than ever won by a thor ¬ oughbred at this stage of development Ci ¬ tation was on the track this morning for a gallop and will be given a brisk breeze to ¬ morrow morrowCoaltowns Coaltowns withdrawal from the Preak ¬ ness caused no undue excitement here Marylanders believe that Citation is quite capable of holding his own alone against any and all competition Coaltown no doufi t will have a busy schedule during the rest of the year on his own also If as many believe Coaltown is the second best threeyearold in the nation the stakes potential in threeyearold classics of Cal ¬ umet will be enormous enormousVulcans Vulcans Forge will race off his Survivor prep plus one light drill Better Self gal ¬ loped this morning and probably will breeze tomorrow tomorrowLikely Likely Gross Value ValueIf If five starters go in the Preakness the gross value of the race will be 135970 The net should either Vulcans Forge or Better Self win would be 95735 If either Citation or Bcivard wins the net would be cut to 92870 because both Citation and Bovard were supplemental entries Better Self Vulcans Forge and Salmagundi paid regular fees of 10 25 and 100 It will cost 1000 additional to start startIn In addition to the winners share of the purse there is 20000 in second money 10000 for third and 5000 for fourth The announcement in New York that W L Branns Escadru would not start was not unexpected Trainer Ed Christmas said in Kentucky after the Derby that he didnt fancy the chances of Escadru against Citation in the Preakness coming two weeks after the grueling Derby trip But owner Brann wanted dearly to be represented in the Preakness and did not make a final decision in the matter until today todaySalmagundi Salmagundi established a fine reputation in California during the winter and now that he has shown a return to top form figures to offer an argument to most any threeyearold in America On the basis of the Survivor Stakes there is every in ¬ dication that Bovard will go to the post a solid second choice to Citation Some point out that his impressive time was run over a track that had been pressed down by a heavy tractor but even so the track was not as fast as it could have been following prolonged rains rainsThe The prePreakness weather turned un ¬ seasonably hot but everyone was hoping the spell of fair weather continued on through Saturday The thermometer hit 90 here yesterday and it was hot again this afternoon Showers that had been predicted failed to materialize materializeWhile While the Preakness does not attract the outoftown volume ofvisitors as does the Kentucky Derby the tourists are here in great numbers and hotel space in Balti ¬ more is at a premium A capacity crowd is in prospect for the Preakness running
