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Royal Bay Gem Drills for Preakness Goes Five Furlongs lnl:032/5atPimlico Prep Race on Monday Will Pit Derby Winner, Dark Star, Against Correspondent et Al. By CHARLES HATTON United Press Sports Writer PIMLICO, Baltimore, Md., May 15.— Eugene Constantin, Jr.s busy colt, Royal Bay Gem, entertained a large gallery of workwatchers training for next Saturdays 00,000 Preakness here this morning. Clyde Troutt asked him to breeze five furlongs and the dusky son of Royal Gem II. responded with a satisfactory 1:03%. Jockey Jimmy Combest had the mount on the stretch runner from the Texas estab-lisment. Breaking at the five furlongs pole, he moved through the "good" going a quarter in :24% and a half in :50%. The work suggested that Royal Bay Gem retains the form which enabled him to win the Jersey Stakes at Garden State Park last week end. He apparently thrives on racing and could be a starter in the Preakness Prep here Monday. One Preakness prospect was dismissed as a Prep candidate this morning when it was learned the Saxon Stables Invigorator would run in Saturdays Withers instead, shipping here Tuesday for the Baltimore classic. Due on the same date is A. G. Vanderbilts famed Native Dancer. Nick Shuk, who has been leading rider in Maryland and Delaware the last two seasons, is to have the mount on Invigorator in the Preakness. Summers to Ride Correspondent As reported yesterday, Bob Summers is to have the mount on Mrs. Gordon Guiber-sons Correspondent in both the Prep and the Preakness itself. Trainer Wally Dunn this morning said there had been no rift between Arcaro and Correspondents connections, but that he felt Summers, who has ridden him for two years, is entitled to an opportunity in the rich three-year-old events. Summers is well acquainted with the California bloodstock industrys hope for eastern honors, having ridden him on the West Coast. The fascination of the Mondays prep is the prospect that it will place Correspondent vs. the Kentucky Derby winner, Dark Star, and a near record Monday crowd is expected to attend if the unsettled Baltimore weather clears. Dark Star arrived this noon. Under the terms of this mile and a sixteenth, Harry Guggenheims colt must pack topweight of 122 pounds, conceding eight to Mrs. Guibersons Blue Grass winner. He is nevertheless expected to be the favorite for this ,500 Preakness "preview." Ram o War, Real Brother and Isa-smoothie also are among those who may be named tomorrow morning to oppose Native Dancers conqueror. The new members of the 210-year-old Pimlico club report a very gratifying demand for reservations Preakness Day. The plant now has more seats than ever, and there has been a corresponding increase in requests for them. The synthetic Black-Eyed Susans, traditional posies of the Preakness winner, have been ordered. Since the Maryland State Flower is not in bloom at Preakness time, this involves dying daisy centers. The historic Woodlawn vase, which is the Preakness trophy, will be exhibited in the clubhouse during Preakness week.
