The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-11
ION TO BELMONT CURRENT CRY OF
 ALSAB'S CAMP
TwO-Year-O Old Equine Star Finally Proved Great
 ness in Preakness
BY JACK GUENTHER

United Press Sta CorrespOndent)
 New York, May ii-(UP)-The tune that led the turfs hit parade in 1941-''beat Alsab and you've beaten them all"-was tricked up with a few new lyrics today and tossed back into circulation while the railblrds were moving into Bell mont Park and experts were crawl ing into the dog house.
 For the $700 bargain colt who won $ll0.o00 and the juvenile crown e year ago Is back on the high road after being detoured for four months and once again the green light is hanging on the finish pole. Although he was won but single race in nine starts this season, Alsab was firmly established today as the horse to whip for the three-year old title.
 Can Cllnch Grown
 That was because his one victory was scored Saturday in the classical Preakness Stakes at Pi1nlico. This triumph, coupled with the second he ran week ago in the Kentucky Derby, gave him a slight lead in the confused title race and he can all buta wrap up the championship with another show of speed in the Belmont Stake on June 6.
 "On to the Belmont" was owner Al Sabath's happy greeting to friends after little sab had booTned home to glory over the Pimlico course, whipping the nine best ri- vals who could be sent against him by a clear length and boosting his two-year earnings to $172,075 while picking up the impressively fat sum of $58,175 in the winners purse.
 And on to Belmont it will be. Al- sab will run on May g in the Withers mile and then in the Bel- mont Stake, the longest and oldest of the big spring features. Unless Shut Out. who defeated him ins ths derby, defeats him again, the Lttlts horse who was written off by the turf authorities as burned out will roll right on to his second straight crown.
 T never did give up on him" trainer Sarge Swenke said shortly after the son of Good Goods made good his comeback bid. we knew all along that he was the best young horse in America and that sooner or later he would prove 1t. Well, he proved, didn't he? There IS no mistake about that"
 Nor was there. Although he ran ninth for three quarters of Q mile, Alsab turned on his speed when 1t was needed in the stretch and car. ried his 126 pounds home in 1857 flat-fastest time ever clocked in the Preakness and only Q fifth of second off the track record estab. lished by Pompoon and SeabiScuic while hauling less weight.
 The hungry-looking colt will facO virtually the same rivals in the Bel" mont Stake. Shut Out, who never ran a lick in the Preakness after his surprising derby score, and Devil Diver are eligible as are Re- quested and Sun Again. who dead. heated for second. The latter horse is improving fast and should STOW more troublesome by the week.
 Opportunity
 Whether or not he wins Che Bel. mont, Aisab will have plenty os chances to increase his earnings and enhance his record. He is eIig. ible for the Kent, the Sussex ana the Brandywine at Delwaare Park; The Withers, Belmont Stake Subur.. ban handicap and other fixtures at Belmont: the Arlington Classic m Chicago; the American Derby aE Washington Park and just about every big money race to be run 'n America.
 HOW many he will start in can't be estimated now but on the basis of his heavy campaign to date it @ a safe guess that he will be run as often as his handlers think he has a chance, As for Shut Out, lt ap' pears now that hls derby triumph might have been the result oE lneky racink, His poor fifth in the pveak" ness cost him plenty of prestige