Evening star., 1951-05-18

running the afternoon of May 5. the
PreaknesS will prove that Aerted Bold Repertoire
thing else ditto on May 10.
It's possible the picture will clear the time the Belmont
is June 16 And again not Like all Gau the Triple
Crown be divided into three parts But this won't be
exactly It's happened in the past and with such 1850
Nte Battlefield being pointed for the
Belmont it may well happen again
A w1DE-oPEN PREAKNEss is not without precedent
Until 1882 matter of fact most Preaknesses wide
because the mile and sxeenhS test at Baltimore
preceded the Derby BY the time the Kentucky classic
up horse players had line what the division had to
offer. Sometimes the line Clear ofttimes not
It's been the other around since 1892 when they began
to off the Derby first The Derby and then the shorter
and the longer Belmont this connection it's
pertinent note that SHORTLY thereafter cycle began At the
of 1880 only two horses had all three events Sir
the rablazer 1919 Eleven years later Gal
liant Fox did it,
cycle not unknown in horse racing and beginning in
1885, this under way. With regularity which may
have unduly influenced the casual turf follower two
colts began to dominate the big Winning the Triple
isn't precisely commonplace during the 10 years
between 1885 and 4S dozen boys crowded Sir Barton
and Gallant Fox
became Triple Crowner In 941 there Whrlaway.
years later Count Fleet. Assault 4e Citation
49, Count 'em-eght in all.
OVER THIS STRETCH quite a others close, too
Bold Venture 1886 the Derby and Johnsown
in 80 the Derby and Belmont Bmeech in 40 the
Preakness and Belmont Shut s42 Pensive 94 Capot
Q949 and battle-ground 950) each two of the three
classics But what forgotten is that many fine piece of
horsefesh only of the Triple Crown events.
Exterminator to prime example Like Count Turf
Old Bones wasn't eligible for all the big Extemnator
settled for the 1918 Derby and Immortality Down the many
years preceding him there Others since 1885,
when Triple Crown winners being produced at Of
nearly every other year. different horses have the
Derby Preaknes and Belmont with great loss to the
Lawrins Derby 1888 year which three different
colts shared the honos Dauber took the Preakness and
teuzed the Belmont They have been great horses
but they worth owning There threeway split in
194 too when Hoop r the Derby Polnesian the Freak
and Pavot the Belmont And again 1947 with Pilot
Faultless and Phaanx sharing the loot
THIS RAT RACE TOMORROW far from killing interest in
the 3yearold crop, add zes Bold Alerted
itau withheld from the Derby With the field less than
half the size of the Derbys 20 starters Big Stretch figures
have all the racing he colt
equine equivalent of basebas old o'clock hitter got
In his morning workouts in the afternoon
something to be desired
In this connection, it's interesting to note that Ted Atkn-
will ride Big Stretch for whom his Princeton
John Gaver still holds hopes of future Louisville
the stable made clear that Atkinson while rider
not acceptable by Big Stretch But 18TH
apparently figured he's got nothing to lose So Atkinson with
his osy whipping STYLE will to make Big Stretch
to his morning workouts.
OFF his win in the Preakness Prep Eddie Arcaro
with Greentrees entry of Big Fame
the preliminary line they quoting to against Wallace
Goys Timely Reward If nothing ese odds recommend
this steed
AS the critics say it's wide open repeat
necessarily the classic touch will be missing