The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-14
PREAKNESS MAY. BRING WAKE UP. HORSE TODAY.
Menow or Fox May Sur- prise as Dauber Is Made
 Public Choice
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BY HENRY McLEMORE United Press Staff Corresponednt)

United Press Staff Corresponednt)
 Baltimore, Md, May 14-(UP)- The Derby disappointments have a chance to redeem themselves today and at a very fancy price.
 With Lawrin, their conquerer in Kentucky, ineligible, five of the colts who choked in his dust a week ago, run in the 48th renewal of the $70,00O Preakness at Pimlico track this afternoon.
 Favorite in the betting at 8 to 5, and liked by the handicappers, was Dauber, the unflagging stretch-run- ner from the Foxcatcher farm who was overhauling Lawrin at the fin ish in the derby. This despite the fact that the preaknesS is 8 six teenth of 8 mile shorter than the derby and Pimlico, with it's four sharp turns and brief straightaway is not the sort of layout Dauber prefers.
 Fighting Fox and Bull Lea, Hops in the derby, have everyone gues- sing, by breeding and record book figures, these two have the class to run with anything on four legs, but today the Fox was quoted at to and Bull Lea at 8 to l. The pie ture of the woodward colt and the Calumet pride collapsing in the backstretch at Louisville still was green in bettors' memories.
 Both colts have worked well this week. Fighting Fox will go to the post in blinkers for the first time in his career, and trainer Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons hopes this equip ment will make him attend strictly to the business of running. No one doubts that Fighting Fox could win today if he only would run the race he did in taking the Wood Memorial two weeks ago. And all Bull Lea has to do to get himself high in the money is to show the form he did at Keeneland last month.
 Menow, Hal Price Headley,s Sprinting Streak, and Myron Selz- hicks Can't Wait are the other der by horses in the field. Menow may surprise and come romping home to take the $50,000 plus prize. The Ken tuckian has been looking better and better in LIS workouts. The track is made to order for him, and the shorter distance won't hurt.
 Can't Wait, third in the derby, will go to the post with new rid er-Georgie Woolf-aboard. Woolf knows every inch of the Pimlico oval. He had leg up on bold ven- ture when that fellow won the preakness two years ago, and was astride Pompoon to set new track record in the Dixie handicap, here Wednesday.
 The field of II, of which only eight are sure starters, includes lilly, Anaflame. If Anaflame goes she will be coupled with Fighting Fox, and if she should win she would be the third lilly ever to cap- ture the stake. The last time a fil- ly came home in front was in 1924 when Cartoonist Bud Fishers Nell
 
 lie Morse won.
 Others named were H. P. Head- ley's Dah He; A. c. Compton,s Sun Egret; T. B. Martins Cravat; Ral Parr's Hypocrite, and Bull Whip of the Brandywine stable.
 If the field remains intact the gross value of the race will be $7O,- 525, with a net $53,525 to the win ner. The second horse will get $1O,- 900, the third $5,000, and the fourth $2,00O.
 With fair weather (weather fore casters said 1t would be cloudy at post time) a crowd of 45,000 is ex- pected to jam the historic stands, Probable I post time is 5:45 p. m,