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Gigantic Made Supplementary Entry to Preakness Stakes StakesPIMLICO PIMLICO Baltimore Md May 8 Ar ¬ rival of the supplementary nomination for Gigantic in the Preakness Stakes on May 22 provides another instance of the devel ¬ opment of a horse beyond the early hopes of his owner and trainer Gigantic is owned by Joe W Brown of New Orleans and is trained by J B Theall The original nominations to the Preakness costing only 50 show five horses belonging to Brown They are Bobby Brocato Gentilly Jim Mc Cafferty Mel Leavitt and Pat Thompson Gigantic was not named and yet it now appears that he wil be the only Brown representative in the Preakness this through payment of the 7500 supple ¬ mentary fee feeGigantic Gigantic surprised the stable by winning the Louisiana Derby at the Fair Grounds during the winter season and then last week scored another impressive victory coming from far back to whip a fine band of threeyearolds in the sevenfurlong Swift Stakes at Belmont Park Richard McLaughlin who has done the bulk of the riding for the Brown stable in recent months is expected to be in the irons on Gigantic in his Preakness engagement and the colt is expected to run in the Preak ¬ ness Prep on Monday May 17
