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BETWEEN RACES By OSCAR OTIS PIMLICO Baltimore Md May 13 Anno Domini 1948 will go down in the archives of the Maryland Jockey Club as the year of the great archeological discovery i e the un ¬ covering of 15 missing runnings of the Preakness The Maryland Jockey Club which dates into antiauity is quite justly proud of its rich traditions and there are on file such items as a letter from Andrew Jackson dated Washington City 1831 considering it an honor for him to be elected to membership and records to show that as long ago as 1830 the Maryland Club memorialized other jockey clubs to join with it in standardizing the various tracks to one mile measured three feet out from Jhe rubbing rail But the gap in the Preakness Stakes could never be fathomed Dave Woods the Pimlico good ¬ will man stumbled onto the missing Preakness runnings and quite by chance He was cleaning up some rubble frpra a musty vault and discovered a reference to a Treakness on a nohexistant date or at least nonexistant on the official records Woods realized he had stumbled onto something of consequence rushed over o the officer of Humphrey Finney where the Maryland Horse authority keeps one of the finest turf research libaries in the world Woods and Finney quickly obtained confirma tion of the Preakness series transferred to Gravesend There are still four missing however and after the rush of Preakness week is over the digging for the missing links 189093 inclusive will be resumed with typical Free State zeal It seems that1 all this time the Maryland Jockey Club had in its employ a man who knew ailabout it but just never thought to mention it This is Willie Davis a patrol judge for the Maryland club Davis merely rode Cairngorn in the 1905 i Preakness at trie course of the Brooklyn Jockey Club It was an autHenfic Preakness says Davis The man was there arid should know An eye witness to bolster the archieves was an unparalleled stroke of good fortune for the Maryland people r A A A Horses T arid People For the records the official owneiship bf Jaclyn Stable is Jay Paley1 Blanche Levy Research Adas New History to Preakness Bfanche Levy a Part Owner of Jaclyn Stable Mount Marcy Runs in Tricky Shutter Blinkers Steeplechase Sport Hits New Peak at Pimlico and Leon Levy Mrs Levy is the niece of Paley and purchased a minority interest in Jaclyn with her own money She is a grand sportswoman and takes a keen interest in the thoroughbred Humphrey Finhey recently purchased the turf library of the late W H La Boy teaux to mqke his own holdings more complete van was Elpis viewing the proceedings with interest After the delivery the van and Elpis continued on to Pimlico where the Helis mare kept her engagement in the Dixie Both Arcaroarid Saunders will be shooting for their second Preakness wins Saturday Arcaro having ridden Whirlaway in 1941 and Saunders Omaha in 1935 Both boys have Triple Crowns to their credit Syl Veitch will personally saddle Vulcans Force here and will delegate that duty with Phalanx to his brother in ANew York for the Gallant Fox Handicap Even though Pimlico bulges at the seams with people on Preakness Day the Maryland Jockey Club does not intend to build to aoneday standard Important as the Preakness is in the American three earold schedule it is a bit de emphasized if possible in favor of the allover stakes prfferam interest Here 4 Mount Marcy who unfortunately was forced to with ¬ draw from th Preakness because of bucked shins sus ¬ tained in the Survivor Stakes races with shutter blinkers The rider is given instructions to pull a string when ¬ ever horses get close to him and presto the horse has cup blinkers The shutter blinkers are an experi ¬ ment for a temperamental thoroughbred v Such blinkers are not common but have been in use for more than 40 year3 James H Bud Stbtler is a daily visitor hefe after a long absence from the races x Stotler is much improved in health and will return to active training in the nottoodistant future He has offers currently from New York to California Present and who will watch the Preakness with more than passing interest is jockey Don MacAndrew one of the two riders in America who can claim I beat Citation Mac Andrew was astride Saggy in the Chesapeake Trial when the Sagner colt upset the famous Calumet colt I thought Id win that day and told my valet so says MacAndrew Citation is undoubtedly one of the great horses of our times but I dont believe any horse is actually invincible MacAndrew is one of the leading jockeys of our time with a long service record tohis credit He has won Ihree stakes to date this year MacAndrew has another unique distinction When he started out under former rider now West Coast trainer Earl Porter he found himself worth more than the stable His contract was sold for 2500 and the two horses owned by Porter each brpiight only 1000 when put up for sale saleA A A A In the excitement of the Preakness it has oeen over ¬ looked that Pimlicos steeplechase sport has been quite keen comparative and sporty The carding of frequent steeplechase attractions including a liberal sprinkling of sweepstakes has made this one of the fines of early meetings offering the exciting dverthehedge racing By the way Frank Dooley Adams who gave the United States a good old college try with Refugio in the 1947 running of the Grand National finishing seventh re ¬ ports here thaV Refugio will be sent to New York Satur ¬ day from a wellearned rest and pasturage at the George Byrne Farm at Kennet Square Penn Refugio was tubed when in England but the tube has since been removed and the horse looks fresher than at any time in recent years He will be reads for stake engagements the latter art of Belmont Park Adams confesses his main desire in life is to return to England with a really good jumper He does not class Refugio as such It cost his parents quite a sum to send Refugio across the water and lor trie expense such an excursion involves
