Evening star., 1947-05-09
Record 5000 Fans
Expected 10 Attend
Classic tomorrow
By ihs Assee;oisd Press

BALTIMORE, May "A field Of
II horses, among them Derby VIM
ner Jet Pilot and six Of the gallopers
who chased him home In the KEN
lucky classic last week, were en-
tered today to run tomorrow In the
57th Preakness. second jewel OF the
triple crown.
The only expected entrant who
was not named at the Pimlico sec.
retary's ONCE this morning was the
generally regarded doubtful starter,
Uncle Remus.
The top i've Derby finishers jet
Pilot, Phalanx, Faultless, On Trust
and Cosmic Bomb all were named
to run the mile and three-sixteenths
for the black-eyed Susans, along
with Bullet Proof and Riskolater,
who were 7th and 11th last week.
Others Entered.
Rounding out the field were the
Canadian campaigner, Cornish
Knight; the Texas-owned giant.
Contest; the Louisville undertaker's
horse. King Bay, and Secnav, a New
York owned hopeful with q lot of
front run In him.
It was generally expected that Jet
Pilot and Phalanx, who finished only
heads apart In the Derby, would go
to the post at 4:10 pm. tomorrow
(Washington time) very close to CO.
favorites In the betting at odds of
about 2 to /.
(The race will be broadcast over
WRC In Washington
With II to 60. the gross Freak
ness pot will be $138,1 lao, about
1880 short Of the hoped-for-w world
record gross payroll for q horse race.
OF this, the winners end-ff the
winner is Cornish Knight, Bullet
Proof or On Trust-will be SOS, ,140,
and for any of the other eight,
$98,0l6 The difference is accounted
for by the fact that the former
three were named as supplemental
eligibles at cost of $4,000 each,
after the regular nominations had
closed.
PhaIanx Last Entered.
The last colt to be entered was
Phalanx, who Just got under the
wire before the entries closed. AS a
matter Of fact, when no one showed
up to enter the horse, Dave Woods,
Pimlico public relations director
,,,n,~k ~,,ar ~ l,ir I,arn and Jaorrod
that Trainer Syl Veitch had left to
meet Ivor Balding, manager of Co
Owner Sunny Whitney's barn, ap-
parently overlooking the filing OF the
entry. So Woods filled out the en-
try blank himself.
With "a hours still to go before
the race, the center Of Baltimore
was so jammed you might just as
well call 1t Sardineville instead
Some of the same kind of pistol
to-your head prices that made 1t
practically necessary to have your
own money-printing press in Derby
town last week were showing up in
a few spots, too.
Hotels Are Crowded.
The operator Of one hotel said
he'd been offered $50 per day per
room and wasn't 1t too bad his linen
closets were all full of bed sheets
and such, because it would mean a
nice piece of change If he could hang
homeless horse players on hooks in
them If thew vrernnt
Large loads of the tourists have
come along from Louisville, appar-
emily because they weren't convinced
by the Jet Pilots win last Saturday.
They thought Phalanx or Faultless
or On Trust, who were closest to
him at the wire, or one Of the other
out-of -the-clouds gallopers, might
change the theme song here at
Pimlico.
AS a result, officials. given the
green light for weather clear, track
fast" from the weather man. pre-
dicted pleasantly today that last
years record turnout Of more than
43 900 would be kissed OF, and over
As 900 would have or Hilltop break
ing out of its vest buttons tomorrow
Clark Due to Attend.
Official Washington will be well
shown-ofi, along with the Preakness
prancers themselves, although OIL
cial Washington won't have to run
mile and three sixteenths.