The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-11
Yankees Halt Winning Streak By Ferris
Hoop Faces Acid Test
In Preakness Saturday

Hoop, Jr., galloping winner of the
richest Kentucky Derby, headed
East today for Saturdays Freak
ness at Baltimore, leaving the
hardboots wondering whether he'll
60 on to join the select group of
horses who have won the triple
crown.
In the mile and three sixteenths
of the $4,000 added Preakness,
he'll again tangle with five or six
of the three-year-olds he whipped
by six or more lengths in the
Derby, plus several Fasteners
headed by Walter M. Jeffords Pa
vot. Held out of the derby after
an au-victorious two-year-old cam
paign, Pavot dropped a close de-
cision in the Withers Mile last
week but he may be a tough COM
petitor for F. w. Hooper's Derby
king.
Trainer Ivan Parke loaded Hoop
on the train this morning and then
parked himself on bale of straw
alongside the hard-hitting bay colt
II am not going to take any
chances with him." said Parke.
He came out of the Derby in per-
feet shape and 1 want to keep him
that way"
If Hoop, Jr., wins the Preakness,
his next engagement will be June
% in the $4,000 Belmont Stakes,
last of the races comprising the
triple crown. Only six of the ma
tons greatest horses, Sir Barton,
Gallant Fox, Omaha, War admir-
al, Whirlaway and Count Fleet,
ever won all three stakes.
Warren Wright's Pot o. Luck and
Mrs. W. G.. Lewis Darby Dieppe,
second and third respectively back
of Hoop last Saturday, definitely
will be starters in the Preakness.
Col. c. V. Whitney's Jeep, which
ran a disappointing fifth, will 60
if the track is fast, while Henry
LungeT's Alexis, E. R. Bradley
Burning Dream and possibly ].
K. Houssels' BY Me A Bond may
ask for another crack at the new
ly crowned champion.
The way Hoop, Jr., set the pace
and won much as Eddie Arcaro
pleased, it is difficult to seeing
anything in the Derby field offer
ing the Hooper colt serious ar
gument this week, especially since
the Preakness is one-sixteenth of a
mile shorter.
Both Pot o. Luck and Darby Di-
eppe had to come from far back
to get into the money picture. The
son of Sir Galahad 3rd, on the
front end practically all the way,
stepped the first six furlongs OF
the muddy going in liza, covered
the mile in 1:41, and hit the end
of the mile and one quarter in
2:O7. Slow time, but the track was
heavy for the first time
The record purse of $64, $50
boosted the colts earnings for the
year to s83, 800. A pretty good re-
turn for the Jacksonville, Fla,
contractor who paid $4,000 for
the colt as yearling. Hoop, Jr.,
also picked up $500 in finishing
either first or second in five starts
last year, with five different jock
eys handling the reins. He didn't
show much in his first 1915 out
ing under still another jock, but
once Arcaro got into the saddle in
the Wood Memorial, Hoop really
started to run to his fast morning
workouts.
Arcaro's brilliant ride in his
sixth trip over the Derby distance
gave him his third victory and put
him in a group that includes only
Earl Sande and Isaac Murphy.
"I'l be looking for my fourth
next year, so I can really be in an
exclusive group" said the New
port, KY, veteran after he had
completed what he called rock
ing chair ride.