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Hedgewood Hedgewood Victorious Victorious at at Odds Odds On; On; Gushing Gushing Oil, Oil, Armageddon Armageddon Wjrk Wjrk Out Out Prep for Saturday V Preakness Renewal , Wilson Colt Clocked Seven Furlongs in 1 :28% and Rival Goes Same Distance in 1:31 By CHARLES HATTON PIMLICO, Baltimore, Md.f May 14.— The Easts Armageddon, winner of the recent Withers Mile, and the Midwests Gushing Oil, winner of the Louisiana and Arkansas Derbys, entertained a large gallery of workwatchers. on the hilltop this sunny morning, making their first appearances on the local course. Neither was asked to do anything spectacular, and Gushing Oils move was the faster of. the two, Sam E. "Wilson, Jr.s, colt breezing seven furlongs in 1:28%. His fractions were :23%, :49 and 1:16% in dry going. Armageddon sauntered seven furlongs in 1:31. Trainer Joseph "Whitey" Jansen- of the Texan opined his charge was never better. Over coffee at the famous "alibi table" in the old clubhouse, trainer Moody Jolley of the Alsab colt said, "It was just what I wanted him to do." And he added, perhaps by way of observing the tables tradition of proffering excuses, that "Armageddon has won four races, three of them at Belmont Park. Maybe he is one of those horses, for courses." The Guggenheim conditioner was accompanied from Long Island by Ray York, who fides the one-eyed colt in Saturdays seventy-sixth "Run for the Black-Eyed Susans." Count Flame Arrives From New York J. J. "Jack" Amiels Count Flame, a light waisted red son of Count Fleet who ran surprisingly well in the Derby, arrived from New York yesterday to fill his Preakness engagement. Trainer Sol Rutchick phoned Maryland Jockey Club officials that jockey Bennie Green will have the leg up on Count Flame this week-end. Green has been rated one of the more competent New York riders. There was a theory that Count Flame had gone off form ahead of the Derby, but he earned a place in the Preakness field when he was a steadily-closing fifth in the first of the "Triple Crown" events. Expected on the scene of Marylands richest horse race today was Mrs. Walter Jeffords One Count, another of the prog-Continued on Page Forty-One Gushing Oil, Armageddon Work Out for Preakness Timed Seven-Furlong Distance In 1 :28% and 1:31, Respectively Continued from Page One eny of Count Fleet, 1943 winner of the stake. Interest in the possibilities of the Philadelphia sportswomans colt was stimulated considerably with the recent announcement that Eddie Arcaro will have the mount. The Covington restaurateur has ridden four Preakness winners, can only better his own record in the stake. He already this spring has booted the winners of the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks and Black-Eyed Susan. A lesser light of the Preakness probables, Brookmeades Roaring Bull, worked a slow six furlongs in 1:18 this morning, and his stablemate Suggested, another engaged in Saturdays special, was to appear under colors this afternoon. Brookmeades Bold won the 1951 Preakness. There was. some indication this morning that G. F. Stricklands Lord Priam, who departed from Belmont Park, presumably for the Preakness then ended up at Garden State, still may continue on to this point. The Priam n. colt won two allowance races back at Laurel and in. his latest start was a retreating eighth behind Armageddon in the Withers.. Trainer Heard is expected to announce a definite decision concerning Lord Priams Preakness status later today. Probably he will be ridden by Nick Shuk if he is a starter. Racing secretary Charles McLennan supposed this morning that the starting field in this 5,000 added test of a mile and three-sixteenths will number 10 or 12, and that probably it will come from among Sub Fleet, Blue Man, Primate, Lord Priam, Suggested, Roaring Bull, Arroz, Count Flame, One Count, Gushing Oil, Handsome Teddy, Jampol and Armageddon. Ken Church will be on Gushing Oil, Arcaro on One Count, Darrell Madden on Handsome Teddy, Eugene Rodriguez on Jampol and there is a possibility Bierman will ride Arroz. Up to now Primate seems to be a "loose horse," so to speak. The probable outcome of the Preakness is about all that is ever discussed here these days, with a majority inclining to think that Dixianas Sub Fleet is the one to beat. Blue Man, Armageddon and Jampol also are expected to be the media of considerable "tote" business. The weather man forecasts light showers Saturday * " " I . v 3im iAIu morning, but clear skies for the running of the race. The Maryland Jockey Club will offer a total of 660 reserved seats in the open air near the finish line Saturday morning, beginning at 9 oclock outside the Hayward . Ave. entrance. Patrons may buy these accommodations and return later for the race. They will be sold on a basis of first come, first served. The Stevens caterers will convert virtually the entire first floor of the old clubhouse into restaurant facilities and will place dozens of tables on the lawn in an effort to serve luncheon parties planned for Preakness Day. McLennan will accept entries for the Preakness beginning on Thursday morning, closing them at 10 a. m. on Friday. Scratch time for the Preakness Day races is 5 p. m. Friday, to facilitate printing the programs for the final day of the meeting. Estimates of the orowd, in good weather, range from "about 35,000" to "a new track record," which ;wpujd be some 42,000. /A-1-1H3T2A3-.*:. 1 A m fj 2- lioh »T f k!3VV
