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JOHN C CLARK pwner of Charlie McAdam winner of first division of the Swift Stakes McLennan Sees ThirteenHorse Field for Renewal of Preakness Money Horses of Derby Will Meet Some Fresh Rivals on May 17 at Maryland Course CourseBy By CHARLES HATTON HATTONPIMLICO PIMLICO Baltimore Md May 5 It was on to Pimlico for the nations top threeyearold talent today Handicapper Charley McLennan now sees a field of about 13 for the 75000 Preakness second jewel of the Triple Crown events on the hilltop a week from Saturday Indications the Derby winner Hill Gail will encounter some fresh rivals in this mile and three sixteenths nevertheless he is expected to be a heavy favorite to gain a second leg on the Triple Crown Pimlico officials werent sure quite wherv Plain Ben will arrive but Blue Man Count Flame Arroz and possibly Sub Fleet will follow Hill Gail to Baltimore Already in the East and pointing for the Run for the BlackEyed Susans are Charlie McAdam Comte deGrasse Jampol Jet A Dandy Primate Handsome Teddy Suggested and Lord PriamTom Priam Tom Fool Still Sidelined SidelinedIt It was learned this morning that Tom Fool will be hors de combat still on Preak ¬ ness Day and that Gushing Oil and Swoop came out of the Derby something the worse for wear Master Fiddle absent from Preakness nominations is pointing for the Belmont Stakes Col Command who ran disappointingly in the Derby ships from the Downs to Belmont Park His Preakness status will depend upon how lie does in training there Several of the candidates Jet A Dandy Lord Priam Suggested Primate and Charlie McAdam were engaged in one or another division of the Swift at Belmont Park this afternoon More may be known of their prospects when it is determined how they come out of this event Jet A Dandy one of Maine Chances Jet Pilots went into the race the winner of his only start And Lord Priam won an allowance race by six emphatic lengths back at Laurel Primate literally koncked himself out of the Derby when he is said to have rapped himself in the Wood and Charlie McAdam has recuperated from an attack of distemper which depriye d him of a chance in the Downs classic Developed Local Interest InterestMeanwhile Meanwhile Baltimoreans are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Derby lumi ¬ naries and the usual large galleries of thoroughbred enthusiasts will gather at the unloading chutes to welcome them The live TV of the Rose Run appears to have developed a great deal of interest locally in the next of the springs threeyearold classics An estimated 12000 of the crowd of some 16000 here for Saturdays Dixie remained after the last race to watch the Derby on sets about the plant There were 26 such sets situated at various points in the stand and club and Bryan Fields run ¬ ning description was hooked up to the loud speakers Pimlicos patronage now is a bit more than that for the corresponding period in 51 and officials of the Maryland Jockey Club report an encouraging demand for Preakness Day accommodations accommodationsThere There is the customary amount of if fing about the Derby result here today It is conjectured the order of finish might have been different If Sub Fleet had been a bit tighter for example and If Blue Man and Master Fiddle were as fortunate as Hill Gail in the draw for post positions However that may be the Calumet colt plainly outran his Derby rivals and it ap ¬ peared to most observers that every one of the starters had a chance chanceTwoWeek TwoWeek Interval IntervalThere There also is a question if Hill Gail rec ordrbreaker though he is has the sub ¬ stance and constitution to make a sweep of the Triple Crown races In this con ¬ nection it is noted that there is a two weeks interval between the Derby and Preakness which is seven days longer than in some past springs and this will afford colts who may be a bit jaded after the Louisville race a chance to freshen a bit This factor makes for a larger Preakness field not only enhancing the chances of the Derby starters but also giving the eli gibles who were not quite up to that mile and a quarter more time in which to be prepared for the local mile and three sixteenths sixteenthsGus Gus Smiths Handsome Teddy arrived here yesterday from Suffolk Downs where he added the Paul Revere to his conquest in Marylands Chesapeake Ineligible for the Derby the son of Flushing n is a supplemental Preakness candidate at a 2250 fee He is reputed to be a speed horse and there are Free Starters who think he is up to carrying Hill Gail for a while at least in this 76th edition of the Preakness Herman Delman who is inter ested in Flushing n incidentally visited Blue Grass Stud Farms yesterday and the New York sportsman finds Handsome Teddys form most encouraging as it has attracted considerable attention to the Mahmoud stallion
