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Rellim Rellim S. S. W. W. Decisive Decisive Sprint Sprint Winner; Winner; Federal Federal Hill Hill Is Is Ready Ready for for Preakness Preakness Works Crisp Mile In l:39atPimlico Iron Liege, Bold Ruler and Inswept All Fit; Nah Hiss And Promised Land Arrive By JOE HIRSCH PIMLICO, Baltimore, Md.. May 14. — Clifford Lusskys Federal Hill, as though envious of the sparkling clockings hung up here Monday by Wheat-ley Stables Bold Ruler in the Preakness Prep and Calumets Iron Liege in an afternoon work, highlighted the days activities leading up to Saturdays 81st edition of the "Run for the Black -Eyed Susans" with an impressive move of his own. The son of Cosmic Bomb and Ariel Beauty, ridden by Willie Car-stens. worked a crisp mile in 1:39 and galloped out a mile and one-eighth in 1:98%. Field of Six Likely In other Preakness news. Bold Ruler and Roslyn Farms Inswept came out of yesterdays mile and one-sixteenth prep in good condition, Iron Liege seems fine after his work, and following yesterdays arrival of Mrs. Jules Schwartz" Nah Hiss and Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs Promised Land from New York, all the probable starters in the middle jewel of racings Triple Crown for three -year -olds are on the grounds. Only Cain Hoys possible," One-Eyed King, is an absentee. The Nasrullah colt is still at Belmont Park with a decision on his status due probably by Thursday. Heres the way they could go to the post in the 00,000 mile and three -sixteenths Preakness: Iron Liege Willie Hartack , Bold Ruler Eddie Arcaro, Federal Hill Willie Caratens. Inswept Joe Culmone Promised Land Ted Atkinson and Nah Continued on Page Four — — a— — «r «™mia«M«» - ~ FEDERAL HILL — Worked a mile in 1:39 in his preparation for Saturdays Preakness. Federal Hill Is Ready for Preakness Works Crisp Mile In 1:39 at Pimlico Iron Liege, Bold Ruler and Inswept All Fit; Nah Hiss And Promised Land Arrive Continued from Page One Hiss Bob Ussery. Should One -Eyed King run, he would be ridden by Pete Anderson. All horses, of course, are to carry 126 pounds. If six horses start, the race will be worth 12,800 with 4,250 to the winner. Should seven go, the Preakness prize would be 13,800 with 5,250 to the victor. Though Iron Liege, the Kentucky Derby winner, went just a bit faster yesterday 1:37% than trainer Jimmy Jones had planned, he appeared to be running easily, and seemed in excellent condition this morning. The son of Bull Lea and Iron Maiden demonstrated great gameness in winning the Derby and is an improving horse. If he runs back to his race in Louisville and his work yesterday, it would require an extraordinary effort on the part of the others to beat him. The situation in regard to his stablemate Gen. Duke is not nearly so bright. After completing an excellent mile move in 1:40% immediately prior to Iron Lieges work, the Florida Derby winner limped off the track, was declared from the Preakness, and remained in his stall today. Jones, speaking from Garden State Park this morning, was not optimistic. "I debated quite a while before I decided to try him yesterday," Jimmy said. *T went into the stall about noon with a pair of tongs and gripped his left front foot, and he showed no soreness whatsoever. Now I plan to take another X-ray in a day or so and will probably bring him up here where I can keep an eye on him. No Break in Gen. Dukes Foot "We may decide to give him a rest for a while," Jones continued. "It could do him a world of good. Of course it all depends on his injury. I dont believe theres anything broken because the boys I have with him called me and told me hes all right this morning, and he couldnt respond that I quickly if there was a break. But theres I something wrong and were going to have • to find out what it is." Gen. Dukes injured foot was poulticed i overnight and was placed in ice late this I morning. The colt is fit enough to run tomorrow if he were to come around, but • should he be rested for a while, Jones I might run out of time to get him ready for the Belmont Stakes on June 15. Although Federal Hill is staked elsewhere in the East, his appearance in Sat- i urdays classic is becoming increasingly ! certain. Stanley Rieser, who is training the 1 colt in the absence of his father, Milton, ! was more than pleased with this mornings work, as he should have been. Federal Hill was caught in :24% for the quarter, :49% 1 for half a mile, 1:14% for the first six fur- longs and the full mile in 1:39, fractions J which compare favorably with those turned in by his chief rivals, Iron Liege and Bold ! Ruler, yesterday. ] As Federal Hill posed in his stall for a "gag" shot with an obliging traffic cop, i who was writing him a ticket for "speed- 1 ing," young Rieser noted that he had his feet under him at the finish of the move, 1 an encouraging sign. "Hell blow out an 1 easy half mile on Friday," Stanley said, i "and he should be ready for anything. Hes doing very well and you cant ask for any more than that. Of course, we wouldnt mind it a bit if it comes up mud." Off Track Would Please Trio It is interesting to note here that the connections of Bold Ruler, Iron Liege and « Inswept would also be happy enough with | off going. Incidentally, it rained hard in j Baltimore early this morning, and the strip , was just a little faster than it has been in j several weeks. Veteran horsemen here are becoming in- . creasingly optimistic about Federal Hills chances in the Preakness. His great speed is a matter of record and it is generally be- J lieved that Pimlico favors a speed horse. ! The last seven winners of the Preakness J were all in front entering the stretch and though Iron Liege and Bold Ruler are also likely to run for it on Saturday, there are some who think that Federal Hill might prove a particularly tough nut to crack. At Bold Rulers barn, all was serene in- J I I • i I • I i ! 1 ! 1 J ! ] i 1 1 1 i « | j , j . J ! J J eluding the Flamingo winner himself. After yesterdays race, Eddie Arcaro was quoted as saying that he wasnt impressed with the Nasrulllah colts effort and that the blinkers, which were tried under combat conditions for the first time, didnt seem to help a bit. Bart Sweeney, deputizing for the absent "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons, expressed an opposite opinion, so you pays your money and takes your choice. Parenthetically though, it might be noted that Arcaro had several unkind things to say of Nashua before that colts best races last year. At any rate, Bold Ruler came out of the prep in good order and now has the distinct advantage of a race over the track. Mr. Fitz, in New York, received an immediate report yesterday afternoon from Sweeney and talked optimistically to this reporter last night. "I still think hes better than the others," said the grand old man of the American turf. That Derby race was too bad to be true." Inswept Eligible to Improve Well pleased with the way Inswept performed in the Prep, trainer Downey Bon-sal observed this morning that the Chesapeake winner was a little short for the race since he had seen no action in Kentucky this spring, and was eligible to improve off yesterdays effort. "Though Culmone appeared to be whipping," Bonsai noted, "the colt came back with no marks on him and is fine today. In fact, had Joe dropped him inside of Bold Ruler turning into the stretch, he might have been closer than the length that separated them at the wire." Inswept, a son of Faultless, is a handsome horse of impressive girth, and might be a little better than expected. He was carried out a bit entering the stretch yesterday but finished gamely. If the speed horses burn themselves out in a duel on Saturday, this one could get part of it. Nah Hiss, who won that four-horse mile and one-eighth race in New York last Friday, shipped in good condition and trainer Chester Ross plans to work him about seven furlongs Wednesday morning. "He seems to like it best a little off the pace," said the astute and articulate Marylander. "Bob Ussery, who knows him, steadies him the first part of it. Hes about the kindest horse I have ever handled, and is easy to rate. Ussery rode him eight times and won five races." Ross doesnt think distance will bother the son of the Devil Diver stallion Call Over, and also believes that he can cope with an "off" track, though he would probably run best on a dry strip. Nah Hiss, who girths big, runs in blinkers incidentally. If Ussery doesnt get down for tomorrows work, hell be handled by his ] regular exercise boy, Herbert Wells. Promised Land, Hirsch Jacobs gray Palestinian colt, will also work tomorrow, and Jacobs plans to be down from New York to supervise the move. Promised Land, the Governors Gold Cup winner, was second by half a length to Nah Hiss in his last outing. However, there was no speed in that race and this colt, who usually likes to come i from way out of it, was forced to take the lead entering the stretch. If Promised Land has something to run at, as he will in the Preakness, he can make up a lot of ground when other horses are "getting late."
