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Chevy Chase Purse Finale at Laurel Pimlico Inaugurates Meet On Tuesday With 00,000 Preakness Set for* May 19 LAUREL, Md., May 5. — Mondays racing program, featured by the ,500 Chevy Chase Purse, at a mile and one-sixteenth on the turf course, brings to a conclusion the 17-day Laurel" spring meeting. On the following afternoon Pimlico launches a 23-day session which runs through June 2, conflicting for the final full week with Delaware Park. The Chevy Chase matches a well-balanced field of seven horses, including Cedar Farms Our Dance and C. Mahlon Klines Kaster, recently first and second, respectively, in a local grass offering. Others in this test are Auburn Farms Powder Flask, North Downs Farms Sun Ruler II. and Brae Burn Farms Robin Hood. The- Maryland Jockey Club vmeeting will feature the 80th running of the 00,000 Preakness Stakes, second jewell in the Preakness Stakes, second jewel in the turf calendar is scheduled- for Saturday, May 19. According, to Louis Pondfield, executive director of the Maryland Jockey Club, prospects are bright for a good meeting. Six stakes, other than the Preakness, brought a fine response from horsemen and applications for stable space have come from many of the leading establishments. Many stables will campaign a division of their outfits at Pimlico while others perform in New York and New Jersey. Sprint Opening-Day Feature For the opening program Tuesday, Pimlico offers the Baltimore Spring Handicap, a dash of five and one-half furlongs with 0,000 in added money. Weights for the 30 horses nominated were released last Thursday and racing secretary J. Fred Colwill is of the opinion that at least one-third of the nominees-may be regarded as probable starters. As part of the Preakness week program, Pimlico will offer the Preakness Prep on Monday, May 14. This, a final test for three-year-olds pointing for the big one. The annual Dinner Party Purse and subsequent dinner in the members club is listed for Thursday of that week. Friday afternoon, May 18, the track presents the first running of the Mr. Fitz Handicap, honoring Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons. That evening the Preakness Ball will be revived at the Southern hotel. For Preakness Day, the club plans to open gates at 9:30 a.m., to sell tickets on the Preakness from that time until regular betting opens. The Powder Puff Preakness, a five-furlong dash limited to lady jockeys, j is down for 12:45 p.m. Preakness Day and there will be a drill and musical program by Hamilton Post of the American Legion drum and bugle corps. Afterward the Pimlico band wTill make its appearance for an afternoon concert. Following the Spring Handicap on opening day, Pimlico presents the Riggs on the turf on Saturday, May 12; the Mr. Fitz on May 18; the Preakness on May 19; the Pimlico Nursery on May 26, the historic Dixie Handicap, also on the turf, on Memorial Day, May 30, and the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes on Saturday, June 2. Post time will be 2 p.m. daily, with the exception of Preakness Day when the racing will start at 1:45. The Preakness will be carried nationally on both radio and television by CBS with approximate post at 5:45 p.m.
