The Washington times., 1931-05-07
20 GRAND DUE
IF COURSE
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OHAOOOI
PTMLICo RACETRACK. Md,
May 7.-Unless this racing strip
dries before Saturday, Walter j.
Salmon's Ladder, chestnut son OF
Ladkin.P n.Panoply, won't be a starter
In the $4,000 Preakness, accord
ing to Trainer Jack Pryce.
Most trainers here think c. v.
Whitney's Equipoise and A. c.
Bostwick's Mate will fight it out
for top money in Saturdays mile
a and-three-sixteenths feature, pro
Vided the track is muddy.
Twenty Grand Choice
II it gets fast before post time,
the trainers all admit that the
Gfeentree Stables Twenty Grand
is the logical choice.
Make Hirsch arrived from New
York today to saddle l.. M.
Schwartz'S Clock Tower in the
Preakness. Max says the black
son Of Snob 2nd-Daylight Saving,
is ready.
Pete Walls, who will ride Clock
Tower, will arrive Saturday morn
ing from New York.
Eleven Due To Start
The probable field in the Freak
mess looms as EquipOise, Twenty
Grand, Mate, Ladder, Clock Tow
er, Soil GiIls, Surf Board,
Anchors Aweigh, AegiS, My Broom
and Rip Van Wrinkle.
with no jumping race carded
for Saturday, spectators will be
allowed to go into the center field
upon their arrival.
It is expected that several thou
gand fans will view the Freak
ness from the knob in the intield,
thus shutting off from view any
part of the run down the back
lane, unless one has seat high
I'D in the grandStand. If one is
forced to remain in the lower part
of the stand or on the lawn, it
win be impossible to see the
horses going down the back lane.
Glen Mccarthy, of New York,
who recently returned from Eng
land, where he broadcast the run
ming of the Grand National
SteeplechaSe, will arrive tomor-
row to set up his mike" He
leaves next Sunday for Churchill
Downs, KY, where he will de-
scribe the Kentucky Derby on
Saturday, May Is.
How good is this horse Clock
Tower?
That is what work watchers
huddled far up in the grand
stand trying to evade the rain
and wind, which was sweeping
this course, asked one another
after Trainer Make Hirsch, just
In from New York, had sent
: Morton L. SchwartZ's black son
Of Snob 2nd-Daylight Saving, a
mile and one-quarter through the
Slop in 2:11 2-5.
Fast First Part
With Harry Shillick in the
irons, Clock Tower literally flew
the first part of his trial. Johnny
Henry's truSty timepiece caught
him in "a, 48, 1:15 3-5, 1:42 2-5
for the mile which was smart
stepping this morning over the
bad track.
Clock Tower hit the mile
and One-eighth mark in 1:55 rs
and, although he was firing as
he raced to the mile and one
quarter pole in 2:11 rs, Trainer
Hirsch was well pleased with
the move for it was the first
time he had asked Clock Tower
to 20 such D distance.
Today'S trial proved to the sat.
iSfaction of every one, that Clock
Tower can run equally as well
In the mud as on the dry. In
his last start he forced Twenty
Grand to run a mile and sew.
enty yards in better than 1:43 to
beat him to the wire.
Loafed Towards End
Clock Tower was carried the
first Seven-eightS of a mile by
Sir John Alden but after drawing
away from his companion
HirSch'S PreakneSS and Derby
hope seemed to loaf bit.
Scott Harlan also had Wal
ter M. JeffOrdS' PreakneSS
hope, AegiS, on the track this
morning. He was sent an easy
mile and One-eighth with Don
aid MergIer in the saddle. The
fraCtiOnaIs being rs As, So rs,
1:22 as, 1850 3-5, 2:O6.
A. c. Bostwick's Mate, second
CAoice for the Preakness, regard
less of the track conditions, was
seat Seven-eighths by Trainer
''Big" Jim Healy.
The colt was timed in "a As
40, 1:l5 2.5, 1.29 As. Following
which trainer Healy pronounced
him fit to run for a kings ran
S1n.
Court Stops Use
Of TerriS' MOneA
NEW YORK, May 7.-Dispute
over $3.50, 900 claimed to have beer
MSatS1YStad Tn his mother for safe