Evening star., 1941-05-09

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the 51st running of the rich Freak
ness Stakes tomorrow, with Warren
Wright's great stretch driving
Whirlaway, who spread-eagled the
field to win the Kentucky Derby,
topping the list.
Rain. which had fallen intermit-
tently for hours on Pimlico'S historic
race strip, threatened to make to-
morrow a good day for mud-runners
and give Whirlaway real test.
Three of the entrants who trailed
Mr.. Wright's colt to the wire in the
Derby-Royce Martins Our Boots,
King Ranch's Dispose and Charles
S. Howard's Porter's Cap were
named.
Meets Four New Opponents.
Completing the field are four who
did not face Whirly. the current s.
year-old leader, in the Derby. They
are Ogden Phipps' speedy King
Cole, E. D. Shaffer's Curious Coin,
Crispin Oglebay's Ocean Blue and
the unexpected entry, Kansas, from
the Millsdale Stable of Tony Pei
leteri and Mel Emerich.
The draw for the post positions
gave the No. l lane to Whirlaway
and Immediately brought conjecture
as to the effect this spot might have
on his chances. Away to a fast
break, Whirlaway might make every
post winning one, but if some of
tho oor1y cpaoJ opfriaS oof ouov
first, race observers said Whirlaway
might experience difficulty in get
ting his nose in front late where
the straightaway at Pimlico is not
so long as that he liked at Churchill
Downs.
. Ocean Blue drew the No. 2 lane
Porter soap, No. 3; Curious Coin, 4;
King Cole. 5: Kansas, 6; Dispose, Z,
and Our Boots got the outside.
Winners Share S49,500.
If all eight 60 to the post. the
gross value of the race will be s69, 500,
with the winners share, s49, 500: the
second horse, $4,000, and the third
and fourth horses, $1,000 and $4,000,
respectively.
Still question mark was whether
Our Boots would start, as Trainer
Steve Judge said his condition is
only fair despite the fact that the
colt worked a mile Wednesday only
35 of second over the track record.
Mr.. Judge said he wouldn't know
until tomorrow.
Trainer Ben Jones took Whirlaway
on the track for a final half mile
blowing" clocking him in just
under 81 seconds.
Dispose, who set the blistering
pace in the Derby last week. worked
3 furlongs handily this morning in
1866. Ocean Blue breezed for half
a mile in Sig and Kansas worked
the same distance in :5135.
10000 Fans Defy Weather.
AS today's program got under way,
dark lowering clouds hung over the
racing plant and the track was mud
dy. The crowd of 10000 got off on
the right foot when the Churn Greek
Farms Knitetta. favorite. won the
11-16-mile opener. He paid $50.
Mrs. H. Pyne's Denote was second
and A. r. Cremens' Martha's Queen
third.
Robert H. Heighe's Talent, well
ridden by Sterling Young, just got
up in time to capture the 6-furlong
second. A. K. Bowie's Ginobi, the
favorite. set the pace until collared
by the winner near the wire. j. w.
Y. Martins Marco was third in the
field of IL. Talent paid $3.50.
The Til daily double combination
paid $34.60.
The steeplechase, third on the
card. went to H. Howard's Fire
Light. He was timed for the 2
miles in 4:014s and paid $500. Ken
meth N. Gilpin's Buck Langhorne
was second, followed by Mrs. w.
P. Roth's Don Roberto and six
others.
Pete's Bet Wins Dash.
c. Lorenz's Pete's Bet, claimed
for s2,500 at Bowie, took a smart
field of 2-year-olds into camp in
the fourth at Az furlongs. After
forcing the pace from the break,
Pete's Bet withstood the stretch bid
of the Greentree Stables Polly Prim,
favorite, to win by head. He paid
5000. H. D. Massey's Steel Beam
was third.
The fifth race at six furlongs
proved disastrous to form players
when Becomly. owned by w. j.
Susini of Laurel got up in time to
whip the Wild Rose Farms Pleione,
covering the distance. in lis 3-5.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt's Bal
loon was third. The winner paid
$14.20