Evening star., 1950-05-21
Hill Prince Wins
.74th Preakness
ByFive Lengths
Beots Middleoround
And Dooly With Only
26, 599 on Hand
BY Chorles N. Eson
Spert, Ealaer 81 he Ster

SpeffN t0tfcr et tbe Stof
BALTIMORE. May 20.--Hill
Prince. probably the best horse
Virginia ever has bred-st least
since colonial days-proved this
afternoon that he is everything
his most enthusiastic admirers
have said he is-and whole
lot more.
The biz Strapping bay from
Christopher Chenery's 2.000-scre
farm at boswell, Va. simply ran
away with the 74th Preakness
Stakes before a disappointing
crowd of 26.599 at Pimlico, win
ming by five lengths over the King
Ranch's Middleground. his Ken
lucky Derby conqueror. And he
covered the mile and three-six-
teenths in 1905 despite a slow
track dulled by several days of
rain.
Dooly. the mud-loving lesser
half of the highly touted c. v.
Whitney entry. finished third. an
other flve lengths back Of Middle
ground. Mr.. Trouble, the Whit
ney ace. wound up six lengths
behind his stablemate after forc-
ing the early pace. The outsiders.
Kinsman and Balkan. were NTH
and sixth.
Ran Sensational Race.
Hill Prince, favorite at 7 to 10.
ran a sensational race and the
pattern for 1t was far different
than that in the Derby. With
one sharp move on the inside go-
ing up the back stretch. tNs
Virginian shot into three length
lead and then Jockey Eddie
Arcaro gave him q breather Just
before the far turn.
This gave Middleground's back
ers some cause for hope as the
Derby winner drew up to within
a length OF Hill Prince turning
into the home stretch. But then
Arcaro set the big Virginia colt
down again and 1t was ell over.
Hill Prince paid $3.40 and s2.40
and Middleground 1920. There
was no show betting.
Arcaro, who thus won this third
Preakness after previous victories
on Whirlaway and Citation. had
big grin on his face afterwards
as he explained his successful
switch in tactics. II seems that
Eddie had ridden Music in the
race before the Preakness and
noticed that the going near the
inside rail wasn't nearly as bad
as the other riders seemed to
think 1t was. So he decided TO
stay close to 1t II he could. He
could and did.
Victory Worth $56,l15.
Arcaro and Casey" Hayes. Hill
Princes trainer, also profited by
what they had learned about the
colt in the Withers Mile last Sat-
urday when Hill Prince was turned
loose just as soon as he showed
he wanted to run in earnest.
The Preakness victory. which
was worth $56,l15 to Chensry.
gives Hill Prince a 3-to-1 margin
over Middleground in their four
meetings. The Virginian beat
Max Hirsch's pet in the Wood
Memorial at a mile and a six
teenth, then was second to him
in the mile -and-a-quarter Derby.
Since that defeat two weeks ago.
Hill Prince has proved his SUI
periority most convincingly, al
though his victory In the Withers
Mile wasn't even comparable TO
todays.
Whereas a week or so ago many
experts thought Hill Prince would
win the mile-and-a- half Belmont
Stakes but probably would have
trouble in shorter races. most of
them now think the Virginian
could win even at the briefest OF
distances.
In this respect he Is not unlike
the great Exterminator and his
own sire, the Irish-bred Prince
quillo, who won at six furlongs In
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