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Hueso Qualifies For Jersey Stakes Takes Trial Event by Five Lengths Over Better Goods; Favored By Zeus Runs Third By WILLIAM C. PHILLIPS Staff Correspondent GARDEN STATE PARK, Camden, N. J., May 5. — Robert P. Levys Hueso very nicely qualified for his engagement in this coming Saturdays 0,000 added Jersey Stakes when he this afternoon handily accounted for the mile and a sixteenth Jersey. Trial by five lengths. According to his Philadelphia owner, the clean-limbed son of Roman — Blois, by Man o War was prep-ping for the mile and a furlong Jersey Stakes today, and a decision whether to start him in the Preakness on May 23 will depend upon the result of the local fixture. If Hueso comes through satisfactorily, Levy will have to rush a supplementary ,500 starting fee for the Preakness, which closes late nominations at 12 midnight, Saturday, May 9. The track was muddy for the Jersey Trial, and jockey Joe Culmone had Hueso racing next to the pace until the stretch bend, where he handily drew away from the field despite drifting wide. Boncrist Farms Better Goods loomed a momentary threat entering the stretch, and, although not up to the task, he finished three and one-half lengths in front of Mrs. Edward Laskers By Zeus, who in turn was a nose before F. I. Wrights Sakr-El-Bahr. Returns 3.80 Mutuel Hueso, who lists the Cherry Blossom Stakes at Bowie as his lone previous triumph in eight starts this year, was second choice to the heavily favored By Zeus and he paid 3.80. The Garden State Park racing strip, although termed muddy, is of a heavy sand content and actually in good condition, allowing Hueso to run the distance under 116 pounds in a creditable 1:45%. By Zeus, an even-money investment for the estimated 19,200 attending this muggy and murky afternoon, can be given a chance for atonement as it appeared that he did Continued on Page Forty -Seven Hueso Qualifies Nicely For Jersey Engagement Continued from Page One not like the condition of the track. He had started only three times previously and remains a threat in the Jersey stakes. Henry H. Polk, Alexandria, Va., owner of New Dream, who was a disappointing sixth, rated his New Moon colt a defiinte possibility for the Preakness in the paddock, but he may have changed his mind following the race. Ogden Phipps Bassanio, who has some creditable efforts in his column, finished last, but, he too, definitely could not handle the going. Bernadotte Stables swift Jersey-bred Dandolo set the pace for six furlongs in the Trial, closely followed by Hueso and Better Goods. Both Culmone and Glen Lasswell, astride Better Goods, were holding snug reserve, but the latter sophomore could not stand the pressure in the drive. Hueso was wearing blinkers, but Culmone had to continuously shake his whip by Hueso s head while he steadily drifted out to the middle of the track in the last three -sixteenths.
