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JUDGES STAND By Charles Hatton Baltimoreans to Greet Preakness Eligibles East vs West in Black Eyed Susan Pimlico Moves to Bar Inferior Horses Platers Shoes Lucky for Detroit Tigers TigersPIMLICO PIMLICO Baltimore Md May 6 6Baltimoreans Baltimoreans will assemble at the leafy suburban station in nearby Mt Washington tomorrow morning to welcome Blue Man Arroz and perhaps others for the Run for the BlackEyed Susans Word from Derbytown has Hill Sail and Sub Fleet coming next Tuesday Expected soon from New York is John C Clarks genuine little Charlie McAdam who yesterday won a division of the Swift Stakes And already on the grounds is Gus Smiths Handsome Teddy Though there was some hesitancy about paying 2250 to make the Flushing II colt eligible for the Preakness he has won the Chesapeake and Paul Re ¬ vere and is first of the invaders to arrive Meanwhile the Maryland Jockey Club is5et ting the stage for a banner Preakness Day attendance and there seems some possibility the crowd will approximate the 1946 track record of 42370 a gathering that wagered 2219120 the largest handle in the history of the nostalgic old Hilltop In case you have forgotten that was Assaults year For those who are impressed by track record times the featured 10000 Primary Day Handicap here on Monday suggested that if weather conditions are favorable there also is a possibility of a new Preakness time standard Senator Joe went over the five and a half furlongs of the Primary in a flat 106 thereby breaking a fourway tie for the record The current Preakness mark is Capots 1 56 And the slowest time it may amuse you to learn was Citations 202 in 48 We know people who think he was the fastest horse that ever won the Preakness Horsemen here at Pimlico see this re ¬ newal as a race posing prfetty much the same strategic problem Hill Gails presence created in the Derby The question heard oftest along the backsfcretch is Who is going to make Hill Gail run the first part of it and the fact that the Baltimore classic is a sixteenth shorter than the Derby is not expected to simplify things for the Bull Lea colts rivals Hill Gail looks awfully good running up on the bit like a horse breezing in the morning but rival jockeys have noticed he is no Capot when his riders sit down to drive him It still is quite a good trick to run with him and most of the Preakness crowd will believe there is no such animal animalSaturdays Saturdays 20000 added BlackEyed Susan is begin ¬ ning to assume all the aspects of a firstrate threeyear old filly classic The prospective starters include Real Delight Parading Lady Sufie and Gun Moll Cinda most accomplished of Marylands threeyearold fillies is an eligible for the stake but is not expected to be a starter Parading Lady came from far out of it to win the recent mile Acorn Real Delight is best known of the in ¬ vaders from Kentucky and Gun Moll qualified for an opportunity in this mile and a furlong when she won recently at Belmont Park E Barry Ryans filly is a War Admiral and some of this breed notably Busanda and Busher have improved as they matured The nine furlongs route of the BlackEyed Susan was suggested here and strikes us as quite far enough to race highclass threeyearold fillies one intends for the stud particularly in the spring We were discussing this with Tommy Oliphant the wellknown former jockey and rac ¬ ing official only the other day at Louisville It is his thinking that It is a mistake to train and race pro ¬ spective broodmares long distances in that it takes a lot out of them And I think it is a mistake also to suppose that such races prove a mare a good stud prospect It has been my observation that the mares who can win in stakes company only at very long routes often produce a lot of slow horses Additionally the middle distance events are likely to be the most interesting to the public as horse races racesThe The rule barring horses unable to win for 1500 originated here in Maryland and Pimlico this spring has a regulation that Entries will not be accepted on horses that have started for less than 2000 since October 1 1951 unless they have won for a claiming price of 2000 or over since that date This is in accordance with the national trend to bar bad horses from good tracks Hazels Dick Connell commented recently that Tracks which do not adopt some such regulation could find themselves a Mecca for the horses that do not measure up Pimlico also is endeavoring to card more overnighters at distances once around the park It has a special allowance similar to Hot Springs granting three pounds off to threeyearolds five pounds to fouryearolds and upward Centered for claimers and purses at a mile or farther if they have never won at such a distance McLennon also has written a number of races for fillies and mares of the allowance and claiming classifications This should please Marylanders who breed a few horses for racing in their own colors Inevitably they rear a lot of fillies of the sort who can not quite cope with the stakes mares maresTurf Turf ana Pimlico offers no spring stakes for twoyear olds Former jockey Jack Hanover has H F Kimen dahls Roman Miss at the top of her form at Churchill The Black Helen winner is a prospect for Chicagos rich fillyandmare stakes The trend is away from Annie Oakleys in Detroit N O Fair Grounds Gar Moore was a Derby visitor Directors have approved enlarged clubhouse facilities Four of Ten Gallon Hats racing plates are ornamenting the desk of Detroit Tigers Mgr Red Rolfe Claimed by Bill Zakoor of Windsor for 1250 Ten Gallon Hat last season won five straight Meanwhile the Tigers lost eight straight Zakoor presented Rolfe with the horses plates for luck and the club promptly won a onehitter in its first home game Cinda is a candi ¬ date for the Preakness Prep All Derby starters and all Preakness eligibles are eligible for the Prep for a nominal entrance fees Capots new sister is among Greentrees more appealing foals this spring Mon mouth has increased its stabling facilities Hazel Park is undergoing an elaborate landscaping program W Zakoor mentioned above now has horses campaigning on the Kentucky Maryland and New England circuits Some years ago the late Warren Wright sold his friend Royce Martin a broodmare who still is getting in the Calu ¬ mets hair This is Starweed dam of Tall Weeds who beat Wistful in the Ashland and of Our Dorie a rival for Real Delight Waterford stables have been reno ¬ vated parking facilities increased
