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. : , ; Blue Man Drills Six Furlongs In l:T23/s for Preakness Stakes Stephens Well Pleased With Colts Condition; Dozen Now Listed for Saturdays Race By CHARLES HATTON PIMLICO, Baltimore, Md., May 13.— A sparkling trial by Blue Man, the arrival, of several more eligibles, and the withdrawal of Charlie McAdam, -highlighted * pre-Preakness activities today. It was learned that John C. Clarks colt had come out of last week-ends Withers with a ruptured throat ulcer, and that he will point next for the Peter Pan. The ancient Pimlico course, reactivated at an estimated 50,-000 in recent years, was in fast condition when trainer Woody Stephens brought Arthur Abbotts Blue Swords colt out to work at about 7 a. m. dockers caught the striking looking brown six furlongs in 1:12%, galloping but seven in 1:26%. His early fractions were :12, :23%, :35%, :47% and 1:00 for five furlongs. Commenting on the move before he motored back to Long Island, Stephens said, "I am happy about the way he has done since coming here. He could run this morning, and all that remains now is to blow him out and run him." Pimlico has encountered some showery weather of late, which has made the public mud mark conscious. Asked how Blue Man goes in the mud, Stephens replied, "I do not think it would matter much to his chances. He has shown me that he can handle it." Blue Man cooled out satisfactorily, posed for photogs, and ate a large "salad" of green, lush orchard grass and clover that attendants gathered for him near the track. "He is holding his flesh well and has not drifted since the Derby," Stephens observed, add.-ing, "He was third in that one, but this is another race, over another track." Suggested Also Works One other candidate was on the track for a work. This was Brookmeades Suggested, who skipped along a quarter in :22% and went on a leisurely half in :48%. Now on the grounds are Cain Hoys Armageddon and E. B. Benjamins Primate, who were first arid third in last week-ends Withers, and Mrs. W. M. Jeffords* One Count and S. E. Wilson, Jr.s, Gushing Oil were expected momentarily. Van men were prepared to meet Gushing Oil rt Friendship Airport at 1 oclock this afternoon. Meanwhile, Cold Command and Lord Priam became somewhat doubtful, the former remaining at Belmont and the latter shipping to Garden State. There was no indication either will start. At the moment it appeared the field for Saturdays seventy-sixth edition of "the Run for the Black-Eyed Susans" will come from among Armageddon, Gushing Oil, Blue Man, Roaring Bull, Suggested, Sub Fleet, Arroz, Jampol, Handsome Teddy, Count Flame, One Count and Primate. There are 12 in that group, with a possibility of one or two additions or substrac-tions by the week-end. Sub Fleet continues to be generally considered the-one-to-beat, and the local cognoscenti opine-that, on the whole, the Derby starters, Blue Man and Sub Fleet have been "consistently good" in more exacting races than have the Easterners. Yesterdays Preakness Prep suggested Continued on Page Thirty-Nine | Blue Man in Sparkling Workout for Preakness Abbott Colt Timed Six Furlongs In 1:12% for Saturdays Race Continued. from Page One that Max Kahlbaums gelding Jampol may require an entertaining amount of beating Saturday, particularly if the track should be of the same sticky, holding variety that obtained for this "preview." He beat the non-eligible Pintor by only a neck, but was going to win off in another sixteenth. Arroz, last as the favorite for the Prep, did not at all discourage trainer Dunn, who "had turned caulks on him in anticipation of slop, then was amazed tho track dried and stiffened up instead. The Californian prefers fast or sloppy going and did not stride out quite as he does under more favorable conditions. Biermah rode him satisfactorily, may have the mount again in Saturdays fixture. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Guiber-son, incidentally, will fly here from the coast this week-end to attend the Preakness. Handsome Teddy, ordinarily a speed horse, also seemed to lack his customary zip in the Prep going. The announcement that jockey Eddie Arcaro will ride One Count in the Preakness must have taken the Jeffords colt, out of the "dark horse" category, for" the noted riders mounts just do not go to the post as outsiders in classic races. One Count, a son of Count Fleet, showed trainer Oscar White he had speed last season, but he only began giving it the old school try in recent weeks. It now appears that John Hertz stallion, himself a "Triple Crown" winner, will be well represented in this Preakness, what with the favored Sub Fleet, .One Count and Count Flame. Maryland Jockey Club officials announced that first post time on Preakness day will be 2 oclock. This is 15 minutes later than usual, and the new post was adopted so that the Preakness running will coincide with the time established for TV and radio commitments. Maj-Gen Milton Reckord, president of the Hilltop Park, has arranged to present this "Run for the "Black-Eyed Susans" in all its traditional pomp and ceremony, complete to the Maryland Jockey Club band, the presentation of the antique Woodlawn Vase and the case of champagne for the winning horses stable attaches. Among the larger parties coming from other cities for the event is that of Charles T. Fisher and his guests, two boxes strong, to root for Dixianas homebred Sub Fleet. The Preakness appears to afford the Detroit sportsman his brightest prospect of winning one of the "Triple Crown" events. CHURCHILL DOWNS, Louisville, Ky., May 13.— Sam E. Wilson, Jr.s Gushing Oil and Air Mail departed by air early today for Baltimore, Md. Gushing Oil, Blue Grass Stakes, Louisiana and Arkansas Derbies victor, will fill his engagement Saturday in the Preakness Stakes.
