Evening star., 1941-01-28
$4,000 Gross Value
Seen for Pim|ico's
Classic May 10
WhirIowoy, Bold |rishmon
Our Boots, Bushwhocker
Among Top Candidates
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. Jan. ga list of
81 3-year-old thoroughbreds eligible
for the 51st running of the S50,000
added Preakness Stakes at Pimlico
May 10 was announced today by the
Maryland Jockey Club.
The list includes the cream of
the crop of last years juveniles and
all of the colts now considered likely
Contenders for 3-year-old honors
this year,
Heading the Preakness candidates
Is Calumet Farms WhirlaWay, the
2year-old champion of 1910 and
currently regarded as the outstand-
ing 3-yearold prospect.
Also among the top-ranking CAN
dldates are the Wheatley Stables
Bold Irishman. Woodvale Farms
Our Boots Alfred G. Vanderbilt's
New World, c. S. Howards Porters
Cap and R. w. McIlvain's Bush
Whacker.
These six accounted for the
richest and most important stakes
for juveniles last year.
Whirlaway won the Saratoga
Special, the Hopeful Stakes and the
Breeders Futurity; Bold IriShman,
the Pimlico Futurity; Our Boots, the
Belmont Futurity; New World, the
Maryland Futurity and Grand Union
Hotel Stakes; Porters Cap, the
Washington Park Futurity, and
Bushwhacker, the New England
Futurity.
The list includes many others
capable of strong contention, such
as the Greentree Stables Monday
Lunch, King Ranch's Dispose. Mrs.
E., G. Lewis Magnificent and Col.
f, R. Bradley's Bryan Station.
Vanderbilt, Maryland Jockey Club
president who has named five
horses, has more Preakness candis
dates than any other owner. Be-
sides New World, his Tally Eo High
Standard. Afganistan and EXplora-
ton arc eligible
Col. Bradley. whose Bimelech won
the Preakness last year, has two
candidates besides Bryan Station
Buff1ehead and Best Seller.
w. L. Brann, whose champion,
Challedon, was the 1889 winner,
named only one colt-Chaldon
Heath.
Jockey Club officials said they
gross value of 100000 this year.
The winners purse last year was
s53.23O.
Owners who now have horses in
the list have paid $40 nomination
fee and a s25 eligibility fee and still
must put down another slO0 on
April Is to keep their candidates
eligible.
The only way a horse not now
eligible can be named for the Freak
ness is for his owner to make him
supplementary entry, also on
April Is at a fee of S1500.
The list of eligibles:
Belair Studs Perisphere, w. E Boeing's
BIsdlegS Bryan s5a5iOHs Rnf1ehsad ard
Brandywine Stables Pompion and Madi-
aama. w L. Brann's Chaldon Heath, Calu-
met Farms WhirlaWay and Blenweed,
as4 eSgasna @
Fairymant Greentree Stables Monday
lunch, swing and Sway and The Rhymer:
Hal Price Headley's Taking Ways and Ala
king, Hillendale Farms SWineing Low, c. F.
Hockley's Lauderkn c. Howsrds Yankee
Dandy. Present Arms and Porters Cap:
King Ranch's Temprano. Itabo and Dis
pose; w. H La Boyteaux's Springvood.
Mrs. E G Lewis Magnificent. John
Marschs Bulldinger R " McIlvains
BIShwhaCker and New Enelander. Mil
River Stables Poppadeets. Millsdale Stables
Kansas Crspn Oclebays Ocean Blue, Mrs
A.F sherman,s sun Eaeer- L Taliaferro's
Sun; A A., G vanderbilt,s Tally 10; HIGH
ploration Wheatley Stables Choppv Sea
and Bold IriShman. c. V Whitney's Yankee
Chance. J. H Whitneys The Stork and
Gun Bearer. G. D. Widener's 0uartertown
and OvrrdraWn, WOodvae Farms Our
Boots William Zieglers Armistice and