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Jampol Preakness Prep Victor After Long Duel With Pintor Kahlbdums Erstwhile Plater Prevails by Neck to Become Threat for 75000 Stake StakeBy By CHARLES HATTON HATTONPIMLICO PIMLICO Baltimore Md May 12 The erstwhile plater Jampol raced his way into the front rank of the candidates for Sat ¬ urdays 75000 Preakness here this after ¬ noon when he outfinished the pacemaking Pintor in a long stretch drive climaxing the mile and a furlong of the 10000 Preak ¬ ness Prep Jockey Eugene Rodriguez had the Thumbs Up gelding a neck in advance of the Montpelier colt at the stand where Gustave Smiths Handsome Teddy was third thoroughly beaten and two and a half lengths off the grimly battling leaders Californias dusky Arroz the only other starter with Roaring Bull declared brought up the rear in a steady effort effortClaimed Claimed for 7500 7500Max Max Kahlbaums successful bay was the outsider of the quartet and returned 10 in the tote There was of course no show pool Arroz was installed the favorite after some little wavering between him and Handsome Teddy Kalilbaum who also trains Jampol feared this morning the track might be against the New Englander but it dried rapidly under the influence of the sun and wind and was good by the time of the feature Jampol earned 7065 for his 152 work Claimed last season for 7000 he won a division of the Endur ¬ ance was second to Blue Man in a division divisionContinued Continued on Page Forty Four Jampol Outfinishes Pintor In Preakness Prep Event EventQualifies Qualifies for 75000 Stake as He Shows Way by Neck at Pimlico PimlicoContinued Continued from Page One Oneof of the Flamingo and runnerup to Hand ¬ some Teddy in the Chesapeake ChesapeakeThe The climactic Preakness week of sport here on the Hilltop downed with showers a sloppy track and a gale but the weather moderated toward race time and 11230 turned out to see the Prep Following the decision of this final Preakness Pre ¬ view secretary John ONeedles of the Maryland Jockey Club presented Kahlbaum a trophy in briief winners circle cere ¬ monies moniesIf If anybody stayed away on the assump ¬ tion the Prep was going to be a sparring match he missed a hammerandtongs horse race for his suspicions There was hardly any delay at the gate before starter Eddie Blind caught them plumb and sent them away In the dash first time past the stands Pintor breaking from the inside was popped a couple of times with the whip to send him to the front of Hand ¬ some Teddy The latter was trying to beat him to the lead going into the clubhouse turn but the Goya n colt had the most dash and opened up two lengths lengthsJampol Jampol moved into second place around the first turn and they went down the backstretch in Indian file Pintor bowling along well within himself two in front of the eventual winner and Handsome Teddy unable to make up any ground though he was stung with the whip about the half mile ground Arroz as everybody ex ¬ pected was last but saved ground and was never more than five lengths back backOn On the final turn it became a shooting match with all the field under the whip Jampol was the only one that could gain on Pintor wtio entered the threesixteenths mile stretch a length in front In the upper stretch it still appeared that the only en ¬ trant not in the Preakness was going to humiliate the eligibles for that classic But about the eighth pole Jampol was getting to him and in a rousing drive over the final furlong he wore down the Virginian and won by a neck Handsome Teddy may not have cared for the going and Arroz ran an even race but could never produce a run that would carry him into contention contentionEach Each of the field carried 114 pounds The early fractions were fast with Pintor going the first six furlongs in 111 and the mile in 138
