Evening star., 1940-05-07
Five Listed for Test
Race, All Of Them
Woman-0wned
BimeIeeh at PimIico,
With GulIuhudion and
Midland on the Way
BY MASON BRUNSON,

BALTIMORE, May IA real
Preakness atmosphere settled over
old Pimlico today, with five candi-
dates for the 50,000-added classic
set for q tune-up in the Survivor
Stakes and the Kentucky Derby
winner. Gallahadion, due to arrive
from Louisville.
Accompanying Gallahadion, the
surprising colt from the stable Of
Mrs. Ethel v. Mars, was G. s. How
ards Midland. fourth in the Derby.
Both are considered certain starters
in the golden jubilee running Of the
Preakness Saturday.
The Survivor Stakes, sixth race on
today's program, is Pimlicos tradi-
tional pre-Preakness test for 3-year-
olds. This year it furnishes a cru
cial trial for group of dark horses"
who may attempt to do in the Freak
ness what Gallahadion did in the
Derby.
Is Contest Among Women.
Oddly, all five of the Preakness
candidates entered in the Survivor
are owned by women. They are Mrs.
H. G. Phipps' Merry Knight, Snow
Ridge and Asp; Mrs. G. D. Widener's
Your Chance and Mrs. Anthony
Pelleteri's Sun Pharos.
There might be a glimmer Of light
here for the hunch players, who will
be keenly aware that Gallahadion is
also owned by a woman. But only
three times in the history of the
Preakness have woman owners won.
The first was Mrs A. Barklie, with
Holiday in 1914. The second was
Mrs. S. B. Mason, with Head Play in
1884, and the last was Mrs. Isabelle
Dodge Sloane, with High Quest in
1885. High Quest set the Preakness
record of 1:58ls for the mile and
three-sixteenths.
Three others in addition to the
Preakness candidates were entered
in the $2,5oo-added, 1-16-mile Sur
vlvor. They were Hugh Dufford's
Cockerel, w. H. Lipscomb's Quatre-
dom and Mac Thorn Farms Run By.
W." DCCAuc 1Hclr course.
The performances of the five
Preakness hopefuls in the Survivor
will determine whether or not they
Will join the general rush to 70 after
G a ! ahadion, whose astonishing
Derby victory over Col. E. R. Brad
ley's Bimelech threw the Pimlico
race as wide open as a '49 gold rush.
Bimelech arrived here yesterday,
accompanied by three other Derby
dust-eaters-Arnold Hangers Dit,
w. L. Brann's Pictor and Tower
Stables Royal Man-all labeled as
definite Preakness starters.
Completing the list of Preakness
possibilities are Millsdale Stables
Andy K, c. v. Whitney's Carrier
Pigeon and Flight Command, John
Hay Whitneys Woof Woof and Mrs,
E. G. Lewis Jacomar.
Mrs. Mars, Bradley Coming.
Because Mrs. Mars wasn't at
Churchill Downs to see Gallahadion
Yiuuand Col Bradley wasn't there to
See ThAkch lose, Alfred G. Van
derbilt, president Of the Maryland
Jockey Club, invited both to come
to the Preakness. The club an
nounced Bradley would arrive Fri
day.
Even though Bimelech went down
to defeat in the Derby, there are lots
OF die-hards in this race-loving Sec
ton who aren't ready to admit that
one loss is habit-forming.
Plenty of folks are willing to bet
that Bimelech will come back in the
Preakness, including some of the
Jockeys at Pimlico. In a jockey poll,
10 favored Bimelech to win, while
Dit and Gallahadion got three votes
apiece, Andy K. and Pictor two each
and Your Chance one.