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Coaltown and Bewitch To Be Sent to New York YorkLEXINGTON LEXINGTON Ky May 11 Warren Wright this morning at Calumet Farm announced his decision not to ship Coaltown to Pimlico for the Preakness It is felt that the congestion of rail travel and the backlog of such traffic might interfere with the colts journey Of course this would possibly have an adverse effect on his form Wright ar ¬ rived at his decision late last evening after communicating with Ben Jones at Louisville LouisvilleThe The master of Calumet said that present plans are to ship Coaltown di ¬ rectly to Belmont Park when satisfac ¬ tory arrangements can be made The son of Bull Lea and Easy Lass is a can ¬ didate for the Swift Withers and Bel ¬ mont Stakes there He is also in the Yankee at Suffolk the Kent at Dela ¬ ware Park and the Jersey Stakes StakesWhen When Coaltown is transferred to New York he will be accompanied by Be ¬ witch 1947 twoyearold filly cham ¬ pion and Deluxe a Calumet homebred juvenile colt who is scheduled to make his racing debut at the Metropolitan
