Evening star., 1951-02-07
Uncle MiItie Missinq
For May 10 Race, but
Still May Be Entered
BY the Assoeiated Press

BY the Assoeiated Press
BALTIMORE, Feb. Sixty
four of the country's top 3-year-
olds are eligible to enter the $780,
000-added Preakness set for May
19 at Pimlico, the Maryland
Jockey Club announced today.
AT the top Of the list are Bat
tlef1eld and Big Stretch, impress
sive sophomores last year. Miss
ing is Uncle Miltie, an early ia
vorite for 3-year-old honors this
year, but he still can be entered
as a supplementary nomination.
Battlefield stood out in last
summers campaigning with VIC
tories in the Hialeah Juvenile, the
Youthful. fremont, Sapling and
Hopeful Stakes as we'll as the
Saratoga Special and the Bel
mont Futurity.
Big Stretch Pimlico Winner.
Big Stretch was an impressive
second to Battlefield in the Bel
mont Futurity and drew a big
following by taking the mile and
a sixteenth Pimlico Futurity after
encountering interference twice.
Only one filly was nominated
for this running. 1t was Belair
Studs Vulcania, second. in the
Demoiselle and the Selma last
fall to Duval Headley's champion
2-year-old filly, Aunt Jimmy.
The Preakness, bracketed by the
Kentucky Derby and the Belmont
Stakes to make up the traditional
triple crown, carries only half the
pocket money as its running
mates.
The Derby, to be run two weeks
earlier. on May S, was the only
$4,000 race for 3-year -olds in the
East last year when the Belmont
was cut to $4,000. This year,
however, the Belmont will be re-
stored to the 100000 figure when
it is run about the middle of June.
Mites Standing Uncertain.
There has been no indication
yet whether j. J. Colando will con-
slider 1t worthwhile to put up the
$1.500 supplementary fee to enter
Uncle Mlltie in the Preakness.
The black colt showed plenty of
promise last year when he won the
Champagne Stakes and the Wake
field Handicap and came in second
to Battlefield in the Sapling
Stakes. These victories netted
nearly $4,000, pretty fair return
for his class.
Prominent eligibles other than
Battlefield, Big Stretch and Vul-
cania include S. B. Mason's To
Market, Mrs. Sarah Choits Lord
Putnam. Brownell Coomb's Bern
wood. King Ranch's Black Douglas
and Mazinga, full brother to As
saut, l946 Preakness winner; L.
S. McPhail's General Staff, third
in the Pimlico Futurity; Alfred
G. Vanderbilt's Good Loser, C. v.
Whitney's Mameluke. Woodvale's
Farm Away Away, and Sam E..
Wilson's BugledrumS.
Supplementary nominations can
be made until April Is. The reg
ular nomination deadline for this
running closed in September
1949, for yearlings.
Race Dates Unconfirmed.
Although Maryland racing dates
for the mile tracks still lack con-
firmation by the State Racing
Commission. it's almost certain
that Pimlico's request to open its
spring meeting on May 10 will
be approved.
The complete list of eligibles:
p,a Bel Air Stud; Kadir. ouirinus, vulcania
Mhlets Mrs SANS rne s Esssie; Calumet Farm ReDiste
Stable, Old Rowley; Brownell Combs,
ssrnSod; sssrnwood; Eoxeatcher Farm. Gaihampden1;
Big Stretch. "a amt
YET Fleet; Howell jackson. Due East. Beaie
street; Mrs. Walter M Jeffords. Yildiz;
DOUGLAS Sonic. Gay Count, Guard Of
=, Edward, Lasker, Hull Down; Sam A.
Hound: Silver Creek Ranch. patronaSe:
MIS-: Rea 3. Warner. Trusting; William
Goetz. Grantor. Gold Note; Maine Chance
Relent, Gay Cavalier, BY Five, Contact.
Dhara: Murlogg Farm. Fighting Back:
MrS; MIS-, George D; Widsner Knowitall: L. S.
Anyoldtime. Sir Bee Bum: Mrs. Ada L.
Rice, Pet Bully. Vincent K F.; A. q. Van
pu .Pont Weir. Master Mariner; G. Y.
whitney. Motif. The Weep. Mameiuke,
W. M. Wickham. Winning Fleet; George
Wilson. Imperial Bim.. Bueledrums. Devil
ma ton, Peace Sword, Corpus Christi:
Woodvale Farm. Away Away. Arctic Flyer.