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Ship Ship Iron Iron Liege Liege to to Pimlico Pimlico Tomorrow; Tomorrow; Arracado Arracado Scores Scores Midwestern Midwestern Upset Upset Preakness Is Next For Derby Winner Gen. Duke Expected to Miss May 18 Race; Bold Ruler Is Definite for Hilltop Classic By JOE IIIRSCH CHURCHILL DOWNS, Louisville. Ky.. May 6. — Its "on to Baltimore" and the Preakness for Calumets Iron Liege, winner of the 83rd Kentucky Derby amid a set of circumstances as dramatic as anything thai ever came out of a Hollywood script conference. The son of Bull Lea and Iron Maiden, winner by a nose over Ralph Lowes Gallant Man in what will forever be known as "Shoemakers last stand," is to leave Louisville on Wednesday. Pressure Is Off Now Trainer H. A. Jimmy" Jones, still bubbling with elation over Iron Lieges totally unexpected triumph in the "Run for the Roses," left by air for Garden State Park j Sunday morning and planned to be in Bal-l timore on Wednesday to supervise the unloading of the shipment. "The pressure is off now," Jones told this reporter from the drivers seat of his ong blacl: Cadillac as he prepared to head for the airport. *T think well give Gen. Duke a little more time to recover from his foot injury. Hell probably miss the Preakness and be pointed for the Belmont Stakes, although we havent made a definite decision as yet." While the Preakness may be light from the point of view of Derby starters. Pimlico officials report that several other promising three-year-olds who have been campaigning in the East are likely to be on hand to provide suitable opposition. These include Promised Land, Inswept, Gama, Gannett. Nah Hiss, Cohoes and High Sparkle. As for the remainder of the nine-horse Derby field, all of whom came out of the race in good order, only Bold Ruler, who left for New York by train on Sunday, Continued on Page Four TRAVIS KERR— Owner of Round Table says his colt probably will start in the Preakness providing the strip is not cuppy- Ship Iron Liege to Pimlico Tomorrow Preakness Is Next For Derby Winner Gen. Duke Expected to Miss May 18 Race; Bold Ruler Is Definite for Hilltop Classic Continued from Poge One looms as a certain starter in the Preakness. A decision on Clifford Lusskys Federal Hill was to be made tonight following a conference between the colts owner and trainer, while Round Tables owner Travis Kerr told Daily Racing Form via phone from Okla-home City today that he would know where he stood on Tuesday. "Id like to give Round Table another chance," said Kerr. "We think hes right there among the top colts. We think that he would like the tracks in California and we dont know about Pimlico. So Im sending a man out there today to examine the strip. As long as its not cuppy, we would probably fly him to Balitmore. A cuppy track seems to slow him down. Incidentally, Fd like to express my appreciation for the way we were treated in Kentucky. We enjoyed ourselves thoroughly and hope to return another time." Of the other Derbyites, Gallant Man and Wheatleys Bold Ruler returned to New York yesterday, Mister Jive departed for Garden State Park in New Jersey, Mrs. Ada L. Rices Indian Creek is on a train bound for Hollywood Park in California, William S. Millers Better Bee is slated to go to Balmoral in Chicago shortly, while | T. Alie Grissoms Shan Pac will remain i through the meeting and campaign in the Midwest during the summer. From Gloom to Glee The Calumet camp, deep in despair Saturday morning over the enforced declaration of Gen. Duke, was gripped in a frenzied jubilance Saturday night after Iron lieges game victory. Admiral and Mrs. Markey beamed delightedly at Col. Bill Coram s hectic post-race party for the winners, Jimmy Jones danced enthusiastic little jigs with any and all comers, Ben Jones slapped everyone on the back and Bill Hartacks face was creased with an ear-to-ear grin. In two minutes, two and one-fifth seconds, the situation had changed completely for the fabled barn that flies the devils red and blue. Not only had Calumet "gotten the money" and its sixth Derby trophy, but the stable was now sitting in the "catbird seat" with possibly the nations three top three-year-olds. Jron Liege proved that he was infinitely more than a racing tool in the toughest sophomore test of them all, Gen. Duke was walking this morning as though he never had come down with a severe stone braise in the left front hoof, and Barbizon has been training splendidly, possibly with the 0,000 Jersey Stakes at Garden State on May 25 as his next major objective. "The Derby Trial proved that Iron Liege doesnt want to be rated," Dave Erb noted shrewdly in the jocks room after the race. "I took him back last Tuesday and he didnt run his race. But I have always had the greatest confidence in him and wasnt much surprised that he improved off that showing." Erb, who has as much class as anyone on the race track, warmly congratulated Hartack on the latters brilliant ride and is believed to be in line for some compensation by Calumet, in view of the fact that he had to step aside for Hartack when the latters original choice, Gen. Duke, was scratched early Saturday morning. May Skip Preakness Over at Gallant Mans barn, trainer Johnny Nerad was grazing the imported son of Migoli and Majideh Sunday morning, immediately prior to the colts departure for New York. "Well know more later in the week," said Nerud, a "gallant man" himself in defeat. "He doesnt want his races too close together and I doubt very much if hell be ready for the Preakness. "However, you can bet hell be set for the Belmont on June 15. In fact, were planning to run an entry in that one. Did you ever hear of a colt named Bold Nero? No? Well, hes a full brother to Tulyar and hes been training well. He could be tough. "This is a game horse," Nerud continued, eying Gallant Man fondly as the junior-sized English-bred sniffed on the ground for choice patches of green. "L planned so long and so hard for him. Every time he stepped on the track during the past three months it was with the Derby in mind. I sat in my box and cried after the race. 111 probably never get another horse wholl be that close in the Derby." If Nerad lost the "big one" by the most bizarre of circumstances, he certainly gained in stature as a result of the tremendous job he did with Gallant Man. Al- ready highly respected by his colleagues for the grand manper in which he handled Switch On and other hard-hitting horses, the 44-year-old Nerad painted a masterpiece with his conditioning of this colt, who hasnt got the best feet in the world. Trainer Milton Rieser reported that he will confer with Lussky today on future plans foi? Federal Hill. "We could go to the Preakness May 18" Rieser said "and hes also staked in the seven-furlong Carter at Belmont on May 30 and the mile and one-eighth Jersey Stakes at Garden State on May 25, both 0,000 races. Yes, I know that the Carter is for three-year-olds and up, but I think that at that distance he can hold his own in any company. There is also the possibility that we will give him a rest and try him next in the 0,000 Chi-cagoan at a flat mile on June 8 at Balmoral in Chicago. "He wouldnt rate too much in the Derby," Rieser mused. "He was a little rank but he ran a game race for a mile and one-eighth. Any horse who tries to make him run has no chance. Hes best at a mile and can beat ordinary horses a little further. However, if we caught mud in one of these races, he could ran all day." Mr. Fitz, who after 82 years has learned to accept defeat with the same good grace as victory, trained back in New York Saturday night, with Bold Ruler following Sunday afternoon. At the barn early Sunday morning, his veteran assistant, Bart Sweeney, confirmed that the son of Nas-rullah and Miss Disco was rank in the early stages of the race and was trying to get out on Eddie Arcaro. The colts interests intimated that blinkers may be tried for the Preakness, and it is generally expected that Bold Ruler will ran hard from end to end in Baltimore. This free wheeler apparently doesnt want to be rated, as Arcaro attempted to do last Saturday, and veteran horsemen here expect Bold Ruler to be a much tougher horse at Pimlico. "I thought Indian Creek ran a creditable race," Jimmy Conway noted Sunday morning. "He was outside a little and lost some ground, but he made a good move on the turn and closed fairly well. Were leaving for California on Monday and hell be freshened and then pointed for the 00,000 Westerner at a mile and one-quarter on July 20. "Indian Creek picked up 10 pounds from his race in the Derby Trial," Conway added "and he had to go an extra quarter of a mile. Considering everything, he did fairly well and came out in good shape, which is the important thing." Bud Carter, Mister Jives 26-year-old conditioner, felt pretty much the same way about his colt, who was prominent for the first part of it and then retired slowly. "He seems fine this morning," said Carter "and were shipping back to Garden State today. The track was a little cuppy and he might have done better if we had more time to become familiar with the surface. It was a great thrill for me to saddle a horse for the Derby, though I doubt if a mile and one-quarter is his best distance." Over at Better Bees barn, trainer Del Carroll was frank in his disappointment over the Triplicate colts lack-lustre showing. "He just didnt want to do any running," Carroll noted. "He came back to the barn frisking and playing as though he hadnt done a thing all day. "I did notice that going into the first turn he was climbing a little and didnt want to run with those other horses. He wasnt bothered a bit so we have no excuses on that score. Of course he did pick up 10 pounds from the Trial but I still cant understand exactly what happened. Were going to Chicago soon and I look for him to ran a little better the next time out." Vester R. "Tennessee" Wright, cornered at his usual vantage point near the gap as his army of horses came streaming by for their morning calisthenics, observed that Shan Pac was slammed into the rail at about the half-mile pole and wouldnt run much after that. "Hes all right, for which Im thankful," noted the young trainer. "We have no special plans for him now. Were just going to take it easy for a while and finish out the meeting here. Ill be in Chicago and Detroit this summer and youll see him up there."
