The Washington times., 1936-05-18
LILIES, KRESS, LEWIS REAL CRIFF DISCOVERIES
Preakness
Race of
Century
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By KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

Times Sports Editor
Preakness Impressions:
The forty-sixth Pimlico
Preakness is one the rail birds
will talk about for a long,
long time.
It was NOT just another
spring 3-year-old race with a
$4,000 purse.
It was the race of the CEN
fury.
Clearly run and closely con-
tested to the final lunge, the
1886 Preakness set a standard in
riding etiquette that Santa Anita
and Churchill Downs might well
emulate.
Jockeys Woolf and Stout proved
at Old Pimlico Saturday that q
tight finish can be staged in q
Sportsmanilke m amer without
any Of the slapstick of the
Cheyenne roundup.
The Free State
Maryland has long been noted
the country over as stronghold
wherein thoroughbred horse rae
ing is an art, where no mean adj
vantages are asked or granted and
where the best horse wins.
Jockeys know better than to re-
vert to rodeo riding when booting
'em home in the grand old Free
State.
And not alone for a great race
will the forty-Sixth Pimlico Freak
ness be rerun in song and story
in the years to come, but for the
perfect day which prevailed.
The scene was bathed in sun
shine with a cooling breeze off the
Chesapeake area which made for
comfort in a crowd which hasn't
been equaled in PreakneSs history.
Daeger's Good job
Matt. Dagger, secretary Of the
Maryland Jockey Club, should be
the recipient Of many congratu-
lations for the splendid manner
In which the throng was handled
The happiness and contentment
of the crowd seemed to be the
: first thought of the scores OF track
guards and police who were cour-
teous and conSiderate at every
turn.
; Years Of catering to a distin-
' grIished multitude at the Freak
ness has wrought q sort Of per-
lection that borders on the magic,
when you think of the numbers
and their needs. Dagger has mas
: tered this situation year in and
, year out, last Saturday being no
: exception.
= He's only a pint and half in
stature, is this Dagger, but he's
: q 1O-gallon executive around that
course. He goes at his task more
as though it were a hobby than a
job. The public comes first with
him.
Sarron Sees Race
: Humpty Dumpty Petey Sarron,
featherweight champion Of the
world less than a week, found
himself a convenient rail to lean
against and he refused to bulge
an inch even to let Jack Tullock
rest an elbow.
: Squire "Cy'' Cummings, presi.
dent of the Laurel race track,
Strolled through the clubhouse
with the grandeur Of a peacock.
Walking stick in hand and Gig
arette-holder cooked between free
fingers, "Cy'' chatted with all and
: sundry who stopped to pass the
= time of day.
The plainestrappearing man in
. the enclosure was one who may
be your next President of the
United States. Senator William
E. Borah was quite unnoticed on
the edge of the crowd where he
preferred to linger as the seven
events flashed down the finish
line.
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: and a frequenter of the bride
paths of Rock Greek Park.
D. C. Commissioner Melvin
Hazen, his naturally pronounced
neck emphasized by a wide band
age that was remindful of the
old-time stock collar, was in tow
Of Johnny Gheen, or visa versa.
The Commissioner yelled himself
: hoarse at the Miller-Sarron fight
Too, Admiral Cary T. Grayson
was present with a distracted
look, what with half the track at
his heels, asking for winner.
Oh, yea, Bold Venture won TIE
PreakneSS and objected Strenu-
ously at being draped with a huge
/. horseshoe of that rare species Of
white flower called the PreakneSS
, rose.
Will Bold Venture go on to
/ win the triple crown by annexing
: the Belmont. June 6?
I Well, you've got to grant him
s that chance until some horse
comes along to beat him!