Evening star., 1940-05-12
Bradley Horse
PAGES Big Race
Al Every Pole
MioIund Rallies for
Place; GoIIohodion,
Third, Well Outrun
Continued From Page A-l.)

watched the colt he touted so highly
justify his confidence.
Smith, the dark-faced, black
haired little rider who was criticized
in many quarters because he allowed
Bimelech to swing wide at the final
turn at Churchill Downs, was vindi-
Gated along with Bradley and the
fine colt he rode. The Cuban boy
hustled Bimmy to the front $50
yards after the electric gate broke
the field and he kept him there.
1t was daring ride Smith gave
the Idle Hour colt. He set the
pace and thereby laid himself open
to more burning criticism. If Bimmy
had faltered toward the end, as he
did in the Derby, the jock stood to
get all of the blame. But Bimmy
didn't falter. He won driving. He
looked as if he could have won a
race much longer.
Midland Only Challenger.
Midland, the stretch running
Oregon-bred colt which ran credit
able fourth in the Derby, was the
only entry in the field of nine today
which gave Bimelech a run. The
Howard horse was seventh at the
quarter, sixth at the half, fourth at
the three-quarters mark and second
at the stretch.
When the red and white Of the
Howard Stable showed just behind
Bimelech as the horses entered the
stretch the straining crowd leaned
forward and yelled:
There goes Bimelech, here comes
Mioland."
A week ago Bimelech faded and
Gallahadion came UP. But today
Bimmy wasn't fading. Midland, the
established stretch runner. was only
half length behind Bimmy at the
stretch, but when the flying Ken
lucky colt hit the line, with Smith
gleefully clinging to his slim neck,
Midland was between two and three
lengths back.
The time was excellent. Bimmy
ran the mile and three sixteenths in
1885. which is only rs of second
OF the Preakness record of 1885
set by HA Quest in 1884.
g. Jon Well Outrun.
Gallahadion, surprising winner of
the Derby, but a 7-to-1 shot today,
came IN third, outrun all the way by
the Bradley colt which lost to the
Milky Way entry a week ago by a
length and half. Gallahadion was
a length and a quarter behind Mo-
land.
In order, the rest Of the nine
horse field finished: Your Chance,
Pictor, Andy K, Sun Pharos, Royal
Man and Dit.
AS the field broke from the barrier
there was wild, desperate scramble
for the lead. Midland jumped ahead,
momentarily, with Royal Man sec
ond, Pictor third and Bimelech
fourth. They pounded down the
stretch and Bimelech was rushed to
the front, with Pictor, the Maryland
bred colt owned by William Brann,
second: Dit, the Arnold Hanger colt
from New York, third, and Andy <
fourth.
At the quarter-mile pole, Bimelech
was, trailed by Pictor, 30-to-1 shot;
Dit, 5-to-1; Andy K, 10-to-1, coupled
with Sun Pharos, and Royal Man.
Midland, which dropped back to
sixth at one point, came on again,
but today the colt with the Italian
German ancestry didn't have it.
Track Right for Bimelech.
Bimelech opened at 8-to-5 in the
betting and then dropped to 2-to-5.
He progressed to 3-5, and finally As.
He paid $3.50 to win, $3.10 to place
and $3.50 to show. Midland paid
$500 to place and 81 to show. Gala
hadion returned 81 to show. Gala
hadion's odds fuctuated the most.
He opened at 4-to-1, jumped as high
as 16-1, and finally settled to 7-to-1.
'Bimlech," said Jockey Smith
after the race, "did what he would
have done a week ago if the Louis
vile track had been right. 1t was
cuppy at the Derby. The Preakness
proved the best 3-year-old. I'm
happy for Col Bradley's sake. When
we hit the three-quarter pole l
knew we were home"
Lester Balaski, who rode Midland.
had no excuses to offer. 1--WE weren't
bothered" he said. simply. Carroll
Bierman, who rode Galladhion to
victory in the Derby, said:
"Gallahadion was okay, but
don't think he likes this track. I
didn't think Bimelech would win,
but he did and he's good horse
Funniest jockey quote at the finish
was that of Sonny Workman, the
Washington boy who rode Royal
Man and finished eighth. who
won?" asked Workman when the
horses came back to the judges
stand.
Bimelech's victory in the race on
which 1922 ,088 was wagered-beat-
Ing last years Preakness handle by
approximately $50 0,OO0-boosted the
Bradley colts earnings, in two years
of racing, to $204,065. The gross
(See PREAKNESs, Page E-3.J