Evening star., 1942-05-08
Greentree Pair
Head Predkness
Field Of Ten
AIsob's Name First
In Box for $50, 900
Pimlico Classic
Earlier Story on Page C-1O
By the Associated Press.


By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, May 8.-Ten s.
year-olds-nine colts and a geld
ing-were entered today for to-
morrow's SID running OF the
Preakness Stakes at Pimlico,
with the entry of Devil Diver and
Shut Out still regarded as the
horses to beat.
All 10 of the candidates for the
$60, ZOO prize were in Racing Sec
retary Charles j. McLennan's entry
box an hour before the deadline
for filing entries at 10:30 o'clock this
morning. All had been listed as
probable starters
Mrs. Payne Whitney's pair-Shut
Out, who won the Kentucky Derby
a week ago, and Devil Diver, who
was supposed to-were among the
first entries in the box. Along with
them in the mile and three-six-
teenths classic were William Wood
wards Apache, Ben Whitaker's Re-
quested. Louis B. Mayors foreign
bred Domingo, r. Sterling Clarks
Colchis, Emerson Woodwards VAL
dina Orphan, AL Sabath's Alsab,
Warren Wright's Sun Again and
Mrs. Barclay Douglas Fair Call.
Luck Of Draw.
The luck of the draw gave Devil
Diver the inside-pole post position
and Shut Out the sixth stall in
the starting gate Colchis drew the
tough outside lane, but Jockey
George Woolf, who won the Freak
ness on Bold Venture in 1886, said
he liked it because you've got room
to run from there" Apache was
in lane 2, Fair Call in 3, Requested,
4: Domingo S; valdina Orphan, Z;
Alsab, 8, and Sun Again, 8.
Although no jockey was listed for
Fair Cali, Trainer Arthur Fletcher
said he expected to have either
Johnny Gilbert or Don Meade rid
ing the son of Trace Call, who was
handled by Herb Lindberg in the
Derby.
Alsab, second in the Kentucky
Derby week ago and champion 2
year-old of last year, was the first
horse entered when the secretary's
office opened today.
His name was dropped into the
entry box by Trainer Sarge Swenke.
Basil James, who rode the colt in the
Derby, will be in the saddle again
tomorrow.
Il don't know whether it's lucky
or unlucky to start it off," Swenke
said as he filed the entry. They
say first in, first home I hope it
doesn't work in reverse, too"
SABBATH Arrives Tomorrow.
Swenke said Mr.. SABBATH would ar
rive from Chicago tomorrow in time
for the race.
Next into the entry box was the
entry of Shut Out and Devil Diver.
Bill Whitley, Louisville stable
agent, filed the entries of Mrs. Payne
Whitney's aces, and then disclosed
that this will be the last time he
does the job for quite awhile since
he is to report to the Army May Is.
AS was the case last week, Eddie
Arcaro will ride Devil Diver and
Wayne Wright will try to repeat his
crack job aboard Shut Out.
One Foreign Bred.
Apache and Domingo, the only
foreign-bred horse in the field, were
the fourth and fifth entries in the
box. Assistant Trainer George Tap
pen listed blinkers as part OF
Apache's equipment in race for the
first time, because the colt worked
mile in 1895 wearing eye-cover-
ings two days ago. Jimmy Stout
will ride Apache and Jackie West
rope will be astride Domingo, who
worked a half-mile in 81 seconds
fat today.
Following in rapid order in the
entry box were Colchis, hope of the
Marylanders for hometown boy to
make good Valdina Orphan, the
front-running Texan who ran third
in the Derby last week; Sun Again,
the candidate with whom Wright
and Trainer Ben Jones hope to make
1t two Preaknesses in a row, and
Fair Call. Sun Again, another that
did not run in the Derby, was still
on the uncertain starter" list for
the Preakness.