Evening star., 1942-05-10

the leading set. Fair Call, owned
by Mrs. Barclay Douglas Of Long
Island, was sixth; Emerson r.
Woodward's Valdina Orphan, the
legged Texan who ran third
in the Derby. was seventh: Mrs.
Whitney's "glamor boy" Devil Diver,
supposed to be better than Shut
Out. stopped cold and was eighth:
William Woodward's Apache, wear
ing his brand-new blinkers, was
tired ninth after cutting out the
pace for three-quarters of a mile,
and the English-bred Domingo,
from the barn of Movieman Louis
B. Mayer, chased all the others
home.
Although he was second to Shut
Out week ago, even the betters
knew Alsab was hot today. They
backed him down to the favorite's
slot at $205 to 81 and let the Whit
ney double-th ride at $40 to 81.
Race Mutuel Is Near Mark.
This biggest crowd ever to Jam
old Hilltop poured money into the
mutuel machines. A total Of $240,-
353 was oct on the Preakness alone,
nearly equaling the $250,0 record
set In this same race when Man O.
War won it.
Basil James, part of the 126
pounds aboard the son of Good
Goods, who was supposed to be all
tired out from his tough, steady
work month after month, let Alsab
run just as he pleased for nearly .
mile. as first Apache then Requested
led the parade.
When they headed into the far
turn. the 24-year-old "firecracker"
from Sunnyside, Wash, clucked
Lets go"-and away they went.
Far on the outside, the Chicago
champion came winging. He didn't
pass 'em-he ran right over them,
II knew I was home at the quar-
ter pole" James said later. He
was q great horse today" &
Wins In Trainer's Back Yard.
For old Sarge Swenke, the hard
little man with the cigar who
trained the colt, it was more than .
whit was taking the big one
where his old neighbors could lean
out of their windows and see it.
For Sarge was born only a couple Of
blocks away from Pimlico.
"Yes. sir" he chortled. That's
one right IN my own back yard"
None OF the others had any ex-
cuses. Eddie Arcaro, who chose the
wrong Whitney Horse to ride in the
Derby last week-picking Devil
Diver instead of Shut Out and
staying right with his choice today
summed 1t up for all the boys.
There just weren't any excuses"
he pointed out in the jockeys room.
The other boys nodded agreement.
In picking up $58.175 for his first
victory this year "the Sab" boosted
his all-time earnings to $3.50
Along with the pay checks, AL
SABBATH, the Chicago lawyer and
husband of the owner, took the
famous Woodlawn vase with him.
He left for Chicago right after the
race to tell Mrs. SABBATH, who is i'll,
all about 1t.
Requested, Sun Again Sparkle.
Alsab will go to Belmont Park
Tuesday to run in the Withers and
Belmont Stakes.
In the dead-heat for second back
Of Alsab, couple of come hackers
also staked claim to a small share
of the honors. Requested, knocked
around and roughed up to finish
14th in the Derby, showed today
that was no indication Of his game
ness and class. He took the lead
for while in the stretch and split
total of $4,000 with Sun Again
for second and third money.
The latter, short in his training
because Of an injury he suffered
last year, was scratched from the
Derby a week ago and until two
hours before today's race he was an
uncertain starter. Then Ben Jones
decided to start-and if there was
anything wrong with him, his race
showed it was nothing to call the
doctor about.
The dead heat was the first in the
81 years history of the Preakness
and the judges studied the photo
graph so long some of the folks
thought they might have been look
ing at double feature.
The deadlock turned up some
peculiar odds in the. place and show
pools, although Alsab was $40 in
the second "hole" and $3.40 in third,
Requested was S6.10 for place and
$8.70 for show and Sun Again was
$500 and $50.