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CONN McCREARY » . , McCreary Believes Blue Man Has Good Chance in Belmont Jockeys Analyze Preakness i Running; Arcaro Has Good Word for Pimlicos Strip BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., May 19.— Conn McCreary, who brought White, Oak Stables Blue Man from last place to win Saturdays Preakness by widening daylight, was comparatively restrained in his enthusiasm for the Blue Swords colt today. Asked if he felt that he had the classic Belmont Stakes wrapped up, the mighty mite replied: "No stake is ever wrapped up, but we certainly have a good chance." McCreary added that he had clear sailing throughout the Preakness and added that he had not been really bothered in the Kentucky Derby, in which Blue Man finished a distant third to Hill Gail and Sub Fleet. "The track was what bothered him there," McCreary said. "It was hard and cuppy and Blue Man doesnt; like that kind of going." Several other jockeys, some who had ridden in the Preakness and others who had watched it on television in the Belmont Park jockey room, sat around the scales analyzing the race from a time standpoint. Their conclusion, after noting that3the last three-eighths were run in :39, was that the Preakness was not sensational. Arcaro Conjectures on Hili Gail Eddie Arcaro, who rode One Count, said, "I dont say that Hill Gail would have won it, but he would have been 15 lengths, .10. anyway, in front coming into the stretch. He would have really opened up on horses like Jampol." Speaking of One Count, Arcaro said, "Hes really tough to ride. He tried to put Primate over the fence, then when we came to the top of the stretch he tried to tear out on me and I really had to swing him." One of the riders who had watched the race on television remarked, "Its a good thing Blue Man was going so fast. If he hadnt that would have been a real jam." Eddie agreed, adding, "I did hit Sub Fleet, but Steve Brooks said afterward that his horse was stopping anyway." Of all the jockeys on the eastern sector, Ted Atkinson was perhaps the most im-squawled at him in the stretch, he took off at any rate, the most ready to express himself on the point. Immediately after watching the race on the screen at Belmont, Ted said, "that has to be a good colt to sail past those horses the way he did. I dont see whos going to beat him in the Belmont." Arcaro closed his remarks with a good word for the Pimlico racing strip. "Thats really a fine track," Eddie said. "You could hardly hear the horses, though it was fast." Spreading his hands some six inches apart,-he added, "It has a cushion like that. Per- j feet."
