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Continue Strike at Sportsmans Park Pimlico s Next on Hill Gails Itinerary Favored to Annex Preakness Stakes StakesJones Jones Says Big Problem Now Is to Keep Derby Winner on Edge Gushing Oil Injured InjuredBy By DON FAIR FAIRStaff Staff Correspondent CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky May 5 Calumet Farms Hill Gail winner of the seventhyeighth Kentucky Perby will get away some time this week for Maryland to try for the second jewel in the Triple Crown the Preakness Stakes to be run a week from Saturday Hill Gail homebred son of Bull Lea and Jane Gail brought the Mrs Warren Wright owned Calumet establishment its fifth tri ¬ umph in the rich threeyearold classic while trainer Ben Jones saddled his sixth Derby victor and Eddie Arcaro chalked up his fifth winning trip in the Downs stake The records established by Calumet Jones and Arcaro certainly will take a lot of breaking and veteran turf men around the shedrows this morning were discussing the allaround ability of the victorious combination Most of the horsemen at the local oval are conceding the Preakness to Hill Gail pointing out that the distance may be advantageous to the Calumet star and that the Pimlico turns are made to order for the colt Trainer Jones however stated that his main problem is keeping Hill Gail in his present form the colt hav ¬ ing been kept on edge since his Santa Anita Derby success in February FebruaryLucrative Lucrative Kentucky Campaign CampaignI I dont want Hill Gail to train off now said Jones who not only tightened the girth on Hill Gail but sent out Real De ¬ light to annex the Kentucky Oaks and Bubbley for her Debutante Stakes success Hill Gail also set a new mile track record at the Downs in the Derby Trial as well as annexing Keenelands Phoenix Handicap while Real Delight also scored in a divi ¬ sion of the Ashland Stakes at the Lexing ¬ ton course courseSam Sam E Wilson Jrs Gushing Oil and High Tide Stables Swoop came out of the Derby with injuries their extent will not be determined for several days Xrays have been made of Gushing Oils foot and the early diagnosis by Dr Alex Harthill was tht the Wilson colt may have suffered a stone bruise or a sand crack The Xray findings on Swoop and Gushing Oil will willContinued Continued on Page Five Hill Gail Leaving For East This Week WeekDerby Derby Winner Will Tackle Many of Same Opponents in Pirnlicos Preakness May 17 17Continued Continued from Page One Onedetermine determine their Preakness status With the Pimlico stake almost two weeks away it is possible that both colts may get to the post in the race raceAt At present White Oak Stables Blue Man Mrs Gordon Guibersons Arroz Dixianas Sub Fleet and J J Amiels Count Flame appear likely to tackle Hill Gail in the Preakness Sol Rutchick who conditions Count Flame and also Myhelyn Stables Master Fiddle said that the latter colt will be reserved for the Belmont Stakes Bay ¬ ard Sharps Hannibal who led Hill Gail in the earlier furlongs of the DerEy is not a Preakness nominee but probably will ship East tomorrow tomorrowSylvester Sylvester Veitch trainer for the Cor ¬ nelius V Whitney stable is loading Cold Command and the other members of that unit today and it will be sent direct to Bel ¬ mont Park Veitch brought Cold Command up for the colts Blue Grass stakes and Derby engagements after his first string selection Common Cause suffered injuries in a training mishap at Keeneland and it was necessary to temporarily take that colt out of action actionSub Sub Fleet who ran a corking race behind Hill Gail in the Derby pleased trainer Jack Hodgins who is of the opinion that his charge will improve considerably off the effort The Count Fleetsired Dixiana colt 1951 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes victor will get away late this week for Pimlico and jockey Steve Brooks who handled him in the Downs fixture will go along to do the riding chore choreTrainer Trainer Woody Stephens who put the tack on Blue Man last Saturday afternoon isnt ready to concede the Preakness to Calumets cannonball Hill Gail Well leave for Baltimore tomorrow morning he revealed today Conn McCreary who rode an excellent race on Blue Man is slated to be up on the White Oak Stable star in the Pimlico attraction attractionWally Wally Dunn who brought Arroz to Ken ¬ tucky declared this morning that the best colt won the Derby That number 16 post position last Saturday was not help to us but someone had to draw it and we did for Arroz Dunn said But were going to the Preakness and take another run at Hill Gail We plan to ship Tuesday morning morningSatisfied Satisfied With Happy Go Lucky s Effort EffortHarold Harold G Bockman owner and trainer of the useful Happy Go Lucky was pleased with his colts performance Happy Go Lucky missed some work for the Derby when he had to be declared from the Blue Grass Stakes and taken out of training a blacksmith having the misfortune to nick the colt when the latter was being shod for the Keeneland feature featureIm Im going to stay here through next Saturday when Mrs Bookmans Prince Marque will go to the post in the Bashford Manor Stakes said Bockman I thought Happy ran a good race in the Derby before tiring Well go to Chicago where he will run in the Peabody Memorial nine fur ¬ longs and if he does well in the Lincoln Fields stake he may be flown to New York YorkSol Sol Rutchick is of the opinion that Hill Gail is one of the finest threeyearolds to come along in some time The slightly built graying turfman disclosed that Count Flame and Master Fiddle fourth and fifth respectively in the Derby are to be sent to Belmont Park Tuesday and that later this week the Amiel colt will be shipped to Baltimore for the Preakness PreaknessReverie Reverie Knoll Farms Smoke Screen Milton Shagrins Shag Tails and Mildred F Underwoods Brown Rambler will remain at Churchill Downs for the balance of the spring meeting The trio then is to be transferred to Illinois for the Lincoln Fields season Montpeliers Pintor and Emerald Hill Stables Eternal Moon are slated for shipment to Maryland tomorrow tomorrowWith With the seventyeighth Kentucky Derby a matter of history this stately old course settled down to nearnormalcy today and the sport will continue here for another two weeks period Racing secretaryhandi capper Lincoln G Plaut arranged a well balanced program for tomorrow and the next feature is the fiftysecond running of the Bashford Manor at five furlongs for twoyearold colts and geldings which will headline the Saturday May 10 card
