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Citation Romps in Preakness Lincoln Fields Meet Opens Vulcans Forge Pegs Pace Of Calumet Farm Champion Earnings of Bull Leas Son Soar to 423700 to Place HimSixth on Money Roster RosterPIMLICO PIMLICO Baltimore Md May 15 With another magnificent display of his superlative running qualities Citation Warren Wrights homebred son of Bull Lea and Hydroplane n swept to victory in the seventysecond running of the thev v 100000 Preakness before some 32000 spectators at this course today Ridden by Eddie Arcaro and a 220 favorite in the betting the Calumet comet easily crushed all three op ¬ ponents while running the mile and three sixteenths on a heavy track and under 126 pounds in 202 Citations 91870 first money along with the 75300 earned when Faultless and Fervent finished onetwo in the Gallant Fox Handicap at New York established a worlds record for earnings of a stable in a single afternoon afternoonDemonstrating Demonstrating his superiority from the word go Citation merely galloped for the majority of the distance and seemed to be looking for a challenge which failed to de ¬ velop as he reached the end of the journey five and onehalf lengths clear of Corne ¬ lius V Whitneys Vulcans Forge extreme outsider in the field Three and onehalf lengths farther back came Sylvester W Labrot Jrs Bovard a neck before King Ranchs Better Self SelfNo No Minus Pool Develops DevelopsWhile While Citations 220 price was the shortest mutuel in the long history of the Maryland classic it was with some surprise that a minus pool did not develop Of the 191004 wagered on the race 156201 backed the chances of the Calumet colt Excellent weather prevailed throughout the afternoon and the manner in which Cita ¬ tion came up to expectations kept the throng in a jovial mood moodWith With Eddie Blind starting his first Preakness the compact field left in good order with Vulcans Forge noted for his tardiness leaving the starting gate slow ¬ est to get in motion Citation with Arcaro holding a tight rein held a slight advan ¬ tage over Vulcans Forge going around the first turn gradually increasing the advan ¬ tage as the field swung for the run along the backstretch backstretchCitation Citation galloped along on the front end without so much as a semblance of a chal ¬ lenge followed by Vulcans Forge Bovard and Better Self Bovard displayed a mild rally rounding the turn for home when he moved through along the rail to get his head in front of Vulcans Forge momen ¬ tarily with Citation still holding an ad ¬ vantage of more than two lengths lengthsTurning Turning for the threesixteenths of a aContinued Continued on Page Three Citation Adds Preakness To Roster of Triumphs TriumphsRomps Romps on Top Throughout While Vulcans Forge Pegs His Pace PaceContinued Continued from Page One Onemile mile dash to the wire Arcaro reached back and struck Citation twice with the whip as much as to say No loafing champ go on about your business That is just what Citation did and while doing so easily in creased his advantage with consummate ease His final time of 202 constituted the slowest running in the long history of the race being twofifths of a second slower than Head Plays race in 1933 1933Bovard Bovard in attempting to reach serious contention evidently had too much taken out of him and folded badly as Vulcans Forge responding to Doug Dodsons stren ¬ uous urging continued on well to be sec ¬ ond best Bovard outlasted Better Self by a neck The King Ranch colt apparently could not negotiate the heavy track trackTodays Todays field was the smallest since Count Fleet romped to victory over Blue Swords Vincentive and New Moon in the 1943 renewal of the rich fixture The small field resulted in Citations 91870 winners share of the purse being the smallest of the past three runnings However it was sufficient to bring his seasonal earnings to 268020 and his lifetime figure to 423700 423700In In reaching the 423700 mark in earn ¬ ings Citation became the sixth leading moneywinning thoroughbred behind Sty ¬ mie Armed Assault Whirlaway and Sea biscuit In attaining sixth position at this early stage of his career the Calumet colt is setting a faster moneyearning pace than any other thoroughbred in the history of the turf All starters in todays event took down a share of the Preakness booty second money being 20000 third money 10000 and fourth money 5000 5000Arcaros Arcaros Second in Race RaceCitations Citations victory today gave jockey Ed ¬ die Arcaro his second Preakness victory he also won it in 1941 with Whirlaway and earned him the second leg on racings Triple Crown with the Belmont Stakes the remaining event Arcaro captured all of the Triple Crown races with Whirl away in his year and victory in the Bel ¬ mont for Arcaro would enable him to be ¬ come the first rider in history to be astride two Triple Crown winners winnersThe The triumph was the fourth for owner Wright and marked the second success for trainer H A Jimmy Jones in as many years The younger Jones saddled Fault ¬ less last year while his father Ben re ¬ ceived credit for the victories of Whirlaway and Pensive PensiveAs As in the Derby two weeks ago wager ¬ ing was limited to a straight pool The Maryland rules state that a place pool must be held in a race involving as many as four starters but the rule was waived by the Maryland racing commission upon the re ¬ quest of the Maryland Jockey Club oper ¬ ators of the Pimlico race course courseJones Jones and Arcaro spent almost the en ¬ tire morning mapping out plans for Cita ¬ tions course in the important fixture Astride two of Calumets stable ponies Jones and Arcaro circled the oval twice selecting the route they determined to be most beneficial to the strapping Bull Lea colt Their efforts were well rewarded for throughout the race Arcaro seemed to be wisely selecting the safest part of the track trackThe The presentation in the winners circle following the running of the event seemed much like a rerun of a picture shown last year Citation was resplendent in his wreath of blackeyed susans as owner War ¬ ren Wright accepted the beautiful Wood lawn Vase from Gov W Preston Lane Jr of Maryland and Harry A Parr m pres ¬ ident of the Maryland Jockey Club In addition Wright recevied a replica of the vase which becomes his permanentn pos ¬ session The original vase is held for a I period of one year
