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F A BONSAI Sent out Jack the Great Greatto to register in yesterdays feature race raceat at the Pimlico course Blue Man Arroz on Preakness Scene After Trip From Downs Real Delight Makes Journey With Colts for Engagement In BlackEyed Susan Stakes StakesBy By CHARLES HATTON HATTONPIMLICO PIMLICO Baltimore Md May 7 In ¬ terest in the seventysixth running of the 75000 added Preakness here a week from Saturday was given a stimulus at noon to ¬ day with the arrival from Louisville of Arthur W Abbotts Blue Man and Mrs Gordon Guibersons Arroz Trainers Woody Stephens of the former and Wally Dunn of the Californiabred a supplemental Preakness eligible expressed themselves as well pleased with the way in which their charges shipped to the Hilltop HilltopBlue Blue Man and Arroz join Gus Smiths Handsome Teddy a front rank Preakness eligible already on tlie grounds and this trio will be joined within the next several days by Dixianas Sub Fleet E B Benja ¬ mins Primate and others Sub Fleet was expected from Kentucky on Saturday Nothing definite was announced here con ¬ cerning precisely when Calumets Derby winner early Preakness favorite and Triple Crown candidate Hill Gail might arrive But Ben Jones aide de camp Slow and Easy Martin declared the son of Bull Lea is all right and supposed the Missourian wanted to work him before shipping shippingBubbley Bubbley Also at Pimlico Jones shipped Calumets BlackEyed Susan candidate Real Delight who won the Ashland and Kentucky Oaks along with Blue Man and Arroz Accompanying Real Delight was the Debutante winner Bubbley who is her full sister and the colt MarkYeWell In the shipment with Arroz were the Guibersons Correspondent Tringle Rock Quick Solution and Mi Amante Stephens brought Woodvales Kentucky Oaks starter Our Dorie here with Blue Man though the filly is not in Sat ¬ urdays BlackEyed Susan Real Delight was preceded here by two other candidates for this weekends 20000 Preakness for fillies in Edgar Zantkers En Fleur an Apache filly coming from Belmont and the Puckety Farms FagaLa this daughter of Ocean Wave arriving from Garden State Park Several others were expected from New York within the next 48 hours hoursBlue Blue Man sometimes difficult about loading into vans gave trainer Stephens little trouble this morning and the Ken ¬ tucky horseman proceeded to New York where he has a large string in training upon seeing the Abbott colt safely estab ¬ lished at the track He returns the first of next week to work the son of Blue Swords and Poppycock Stephens believes Blue Man can give a better account of himself in the Preakness than he did in the Derby with a more even shake in racing luck He hit the side of his stall and was turned sidewise at the start the trainer observed then hadnt anywhere to go for a long time Arroz conditioner seemed hopeful the Preakness field woul be smaller than that for the Downs classic classicYork York to Ride Armageddon ArmageddonConn Conn McCreary is to have the mount on Blue Man in the Preakness but it is not definitely known if Ray York will handle Arroz York also has an arrangement with Harry Guggenheim whose Armageddon is a Preakness candidate Following the Preakness the Guiberson string is to re ¬ turn west Arroz has engagements in Cali ¬ fornia and at ArlingtonWashington but is not a Belmont Stakes candidate candidatePimlico Pimlico does not have any spring two yearold stakes but Bubbley who came here with Real Delight and MarkYeWell is in the filly division of Belmont Parks National Stallion Stakes on May 14 Real Delight is a candidate for the Coaching Club Oaks there on May 24 At the moment the latter daughter of Bull Lea and the crack mare Blue Delight is con ¬ sidered the probable BlackEyed Susan choice though she may be opposed by J W Browns Parading Lady winner of the recent Acorn in Long Island Jockey Eddie Arcaro handled Real Delight in the Ashland and Kentucky Oaks probably will have the mount in Saturdays 20000 run of a mile and a furlong Iloyce Martins Our Doric who kept Blue Man company to Pimlico is a rather conspicuous absen ¬ tee from the CCA Oaks as well as the BlackEyed Susan SusanThe The Harry Lungers were here yesterday and saw their Preakness candidate Andre a rather wellbred son of Pavot and Miss Ferdinand win his 1952 debut But they feel that he is not quite up to a race at the Preakness route of a mile and three sixteenths and he will not be a starter starterMaj Maj Gen Milton Reckord president of the local club meanwhile is optimistic that this Preakness will attract one of the larg ¬ est gatherings in the long history of the Baltimore classic If the same pleasant weather that has favored the meet the last several days obtains for the Maryland Jockey Clubs righest stake it is confi ¬ dently expected the crowd will approximate 40000 and the play 2000000 2000000Tickets Tickets for Preakness boxes and reserved seats now are to be had only from those who secured these accommodations early and have space to spare All the various staffs at the track have been augmented for Preakness Day
