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Citation in Brisk Preakness Move Timed Six Furlongs in 11 3 5 And Eased Up Last Sixteenth Jones Says Colt Is Sharper Now Than on Derby Day FiveHorse Field Is Assured AssuredPIMLICO PIMLICO Baltimore Mdf May 12 An ¬ nouncement that William Helis Salma ¬ gundi would be shipped here tomorrow from the Helis farm at Jobstown N J as ¬ sured a fivehorse field for the seventy second running of the historic Preakness Stakes here on Saturday William Booth head trainer for the Helis stable will sad ¬ dle the sturdy son of Hash and Manatella and jockey Ovie Scurlock will ride him himSalmagundi Salmagundi gained stature as a Preak ¬ ness candidate by winning yesterday at Garden State Park in a sixfurlong condi ¬ tion race He carried 126 pounds and scored in 110 worked out the mile in 137 and a mile and a furlong in 152 152The The presence of Salmagundi winner of the 100000 Santa Anita Derby among other races has injected both importance and color into the Preakness picture The other starters and all of them positive are Calumet Farms Citation S W Labrot Jrs Bovard winner of the Survivor Stakes here on Monday King Ranchs Better Self and Col C V Whitneys Vulcans Forge ForgeA A sharp work on the part of Citation centered the days interest here Citation with F Mac McMillan exercise boy in the stirrups stepped on to the track short ¬ ly before 8 oclock He broke at the three quarter pole and worked a brisk six fur ¬ longs with the boy easing him through the final sixteenth and well in hand from the head of the stretch as trainer H A Jimmy Jones kept waving him to slow up upFractions Fractions of Trial TrialThe The fractions were as follows quarter in 23 three furlongs in 34 half in 47 five furlongs in 59 and up in 113 113Jones Jones supervised the cooling out routine of the famed Calumet colorbearer then said he was satisfied that Citation was a fitter and sharper horse than he was the day of the Kentucky Derby Citation had ample zip left after the trial and the drill seemed little more than play to him himThe The merit of the workout further strengthened Citations position as a short priced post time favorite The news rapidly spread at the track and into downtown Baltimore that Citation would be at peaks for the Preakness engagement engagementBetter Better Self here under the care of W J Buddy Hirsch pending the arrival of his father Max Hirsch from New York will be breezed tomorrow morning The King Ranch horse is in excellent fettle fettleC C V Whitneys Vulcans Forge was on the track for a gallop this morning but did little else Trainer Sylvester Veitch be ¬ fore leaving later in the morning for New York said Vulcans Forge was in good form and will be in the starting lineup on Sat usday Veitch will return from New York early Saturday morning to saddle the Whitney colt for the big threeyearold event of the year in the Free State StateBovard Bovard Out for Slow Gallop GallopBovard Bovard was on the track for a slow gal ¬ lop nothing else Trainer Jimmy Rowan is confident the Marylandbred from the stable of S W Labrot Jr will give a good account of himself on Saturday I Officials of the Maryland Jockey Club will confer with the Maryland State Rac ¬ ing Commission on Friday afternoon to discuss what types of parimutuels wager ¬ ing will be offered on the Preakness When the field dwindled from a hopedfor eight to five at the most the present rating and possibly even four a different aspect was placed upon trie matter The State of Maryland stands to lose along with the track if a minus pool develops in the Preak ¬ ness and for this reason it now seems probable that win wagering only will pre ¬ vail In any event the commission and the racing association will issue a statement following their conference on the matter From now until entry time the most Preakness news will be merely of marking of time timeThe The weather continued fair and warm today but the forecaster said he thought it possible that increasing cloudiness dur ¬ ing the late afternoon would bring scat ¬ tered showers or thunderstorms late this afternoon or evening If the present spell of warm weather holds over until Saturday the Preakness will be run in a summery shirt sleeve atmosphere
