The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-15
JockeysGiive
WarniingBy
Stewards
Bv KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

Jockeys IN LOIuOTEOW > 1OELy-
sixth running Of the Pimlico
Preakness, will be punishable
by disqualification of the
mount, despite the fact that a
$4,000 stake will be involved.
Such is the attitude of the
Maryland Jockey Club and the
stewards Of the Pimlico track as
the high.spirited thoroughbreds
are poised on the threshold Of the
second most important 3.year-old
championship race Of the current
spring.
Ready for Worst
browning sternly on the whole
sale humping, cutting-in and foul
ing which have characterized two
Of the richest thoroughbred clas-
sizes of the 1886 season, that which
marred the finish Of the 500, 900.
Santa Anita Derby last February,
as well as the rodeo riding which
blemished the Kentucky Derby
two weeks ago tomorrow at
Churchill Downs, the Maryland
thoroughbred officials are pre-
pared to tolerate no such similar
riding tomorrow.
Traditionally one Of the straight
est-laced tracks the country over.
proud old Pinlico has its repu-
tation to uphold. Strict racing
rules will obtain In tomorrow'S
$500 race just the same as If
1t were for a $1,000 purse.
Patrol judges will be advised to
pay particular attention to the
work Of the jockeys as they swing
around the local oval in the
PreakneSs, and the slightest in
fractions Of honorable riding tao
tics will be penalized with as
great severity as though the race
were of minor import.
Dignified officials Of the old
Hilltop were nothing short Of in
dignant when they learned Of the
riding conditions at both Santa
Anita and Churchill Downs. They
made it plain then, as they did
today, that racing has always
been run at Pimlico after the
Kings manner, and that no up
start Jockey in the land is going
to turn old Pimlico into county
fair" where anything goes"
The attitude Of Pimlico toward
circus riding is a tradition
throughout the racing world.
One Of the Oldest and most re-
spected tracks the country over,
Pimlico has ever adhered to the
finest principles Of thoroughbred
competition.
The history Of the thoroughbred
sport is fraught with severance Of
many long-Standing pleasant rela-
tionShipS which went aground on
the rocks of Pinlico's hard and
fast racing rules.
Case of BedUeU
For instance, there was the case
Of the famous Guy Bedwell, who
trained a splendid string Of horses
In years gone by.
Bedweu once ran afoul Of some
unpleasantneSS, and was barred at
Belmont Park, a Joseph e. Wide
uncontrolled track. OF this, the
Maryland Jockey Club found itself
quite forgiving. It welcomed Bed
well to it's racing fold.
This is said to have ired Mr..
Widener, whose name is spoken
only in whispers and with an awe
in such racing centers as Belmont
and his other plant, Hialeah. Mr..
Widener's thought was that the
Maryland Jockey Club was entirely
too tolerant.
His attitude is apparently I'M
changed, for, despite the fact that
many moons have come and gone
since the Bedwell incident, Mr..
Widener has raced with reluc-
lance at Pimlico, Havre de Grace,
Bowie, Laurel or, for that matter,
little old Marlboro.
They Get Along
In the meantime, racing seems
to thrive in the Free State in
pretty fair fashion, despite Mr..
Widener'S aloofneSS.
He has had many chances to
come down off his high horse, the
latest of which was this winter
when an emissary from Pimlico
was sent to Hialeah to invite Mr..
Widener to race his Florida Spe-
cial, otherwise Brevity, in the
PreaknesS tomorrow.
Mr.. Widener just yawned and
allowed as how Brevity was going
to race in the Derby and that he
didn't wish to over-exert him by
starting the colt over another long
route at Pimlico two weeks after
the Derby. Dozens Of other
horses, however, have run in both
races week apart.
Racing people are that way,
you know, and some of them, such
as Mr.. Widener, sometimes get to
think that in the race world they
are little short Of Royalty.