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; Jackpot7 Foreman One Count Rooter Veteran Valet Has Put Tack On 23 Preakness Winners; To Do Chore for Arcaro -Today PIMLICO, Baltimore, Md., May 16.— Some folks around the jockeys room at Pimlico, home of the Maryland Jockey Club, are happy because "the shrimp boats is comin," but John "Jackpot" Foreman, veteran Negro valet hasnt the slightest interest in the arrival of the shrimp boats or anything else except that jockey Eddie Arcaro is coming to Baltimore to ride One Count in the Preakness Stakes tomorrow. "We is gonna git it agin " said Jackpot as he went through the days chores in the usual hubbub which marks the preparation for a days racing in any jockeys room in the country. The "we" is the combination of Jackpot and Arcaro and the "it" is the Preakness. The Arcaro-Foreman combination has clicked four times in the top race of Maryland and if confidence in the rider by the valet means anything, Arcaro and One Count are home free in the Preakness. For Jackpot describes Eddie in three words of admiration. Hes "The Mighty Master" to Jackpot. I And Jackpot should know about these things. An ageless sort, who still retains all the natural enthusiasm for the sport that marked his first appearances around the tracks, lie will be seeking to put the tack on his 23rd Preakness winner. When it is considered that the first time Jackpot did this was in 1898, it may be realized that he has seen a lot of riding stars come and go and when he calls Arcaro "The Mighty Master" his opinion commands respect. After Third Straight in Stake Arcaro will be shooting for his fifth Preakness victory, just as he successfully shot at his fifth score in the Kentucky Derby. And on each occasion that Eddie has ridden the Preakness winner, Jackpot has been his valet, starting with Whirlaway in 1941, then Citation in 1948, Hill Prince in 1950 and Bold in last years renewal. Should Arcaro be successful with One v Count, he will be the first rider to score in three consecutive runnings of the Preakness as well as the first to win the race five times. George Barbee won three Preak-nesses, including the first one with Survivor, but not consecutively. Eight other i riders have won the race twice. In this group are C. Holloway, W. Hughes, W. Cos-tello, S. H. Fisher, F. Taral, J. Loftus, C. Kummer and C. Kurtsinger. If the American Racing Manual ever fails to come off the press, historians will have only to sit down with Jackpot to get the dope on what has gone on in racing since the gay 90s. For the tall, good-humored veteran rattles off instances of the turf as he would the alphabet. "Man, I was at Timonium when it opened in 1887" says Jackpot. "And Ill bet you dont even remember Ivy City, or where it was. Well, it was near where the roundhouse of Washingtons Union Station now stands. They even had a swimming pool for the jockeys there. Where else I been? .Man, I was at St. Aesops near Alexandria Va. and Alexander Island across the river from Washington. And at Herring Aun, Electric Park, Driving Park and old Ben-nings. "Other places? Well Ive been to Groves Point, Highland Park both in Detroit old Continued on Page Forty-Four Jackpot Foreman Banking On One Count for 23rd Win Continued from Page Three Monmouth in New Jersey and other Monmouth at Memphis. I was at Jerome Park, Morris Park, Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Latonia, Churchill Downs, Charter dak, Old, Providence, Old Orchard, Essex Park at Hot Springs and Jefferson Park in New Orleans. Yeah, I been around a little." Jackpots home is at Wilmington, Del., and he plans a nice visit there during the Delaware Park meeting, which follows shortly after the conclusion of the Pimlico session. But to get back to Jackpots Preakness list, it started with Sly Fox in 1898 when he was with Jockty W. Simms. Then followed Half Time R. Clawson, 1899; The Parader Landry 1901; Cairngorm W. Davis, 1905; Colonel Holloway C. Turner, 1912; Buskin J. Butwell, 1913; Dam-rosch L. McAtee, 1916; War Cloud J. Loftus and Jack Hare, Jr. C. Peak both" in 19L8; Sir Barton J. Loftus, 1919; Man o War C. Kiunmer, 1920; Broomspun F. Coltiletti, 1921; Pillory L. Morris, 1922; Coventry C. Kummer, 1925 r Mate G. Ellis, 1931; Head Play C. Kurtsinger, 1933; War Admiral C. Kuringer, 1937, and Count Fleet J. Longden, 1943. All these, of course, in addition to the four for Arcaro.* Jackpot is proudest of his feat in 1918, the only year the Preakness was run in two divisions and he put the tack on both winners, A. K. Macombers War Cloud for Loftus in the first section and W. E. Apple-gates Jack Hare, Jr. for Peak in the second half. Just thinking about Arcaro and One Count has made Jackpot a happy man since his "Mighty Master" fell heir to the mount early in the week when Ted Atkinson was obliged to surrender it due to stable commitments in the Metropolitan Handicap at New York. Originally Arcaro was to have ridden the ailing Hill Gail in the Preakness.
