Evening star., 1952-05-16
l0Horses Named
For Preakness;
Showers Likely
Sub Fleet, Blue Man,
Probable Fuvorites,
Both Good Mudders
BY the Assoeioted Press

names Of four more 3-year-olds,
including the two "big" horses,
were dropped into the entry box
today, completing the lineup of
10 starters for the 10th running
of the Preakness at Pimlico to-
morrow.
The "big" horses are Dixiana's
Sub Fleet and A. w. Abbott's Blue
Man. who finished second and
third. respectively, in the Ken
lucky Derby two weeks ago.
The classic. carrying $4,000 in
added money, drew six entries
yesterday when the secretary's
Office opened the box for Freak
ness horses.
Woody Stevens, trainer for Blue
Man, said the colt went three
eighths of mile in 36.3 seconds
in this mornings workout. Stew
ems said he had instructed the
exercise boy to try to shade 81,
which meant the horse did exactly
what he wanted.
Largest Field Since Al.
Trainer Jack Hodgins entered
Sub Fleet and said the Derby run
nerup had just galloped and is in
perfect shape"
Arroz was the first colt named
today. Trainer Wally Dunn said
the California hope, owned by
Mrs. Gordon Guiberson, had a
final blowout this morning and
was as fit as ever. Arroz ran
sixth in the Derby.
Max Kahlbaum, owner-trainer
of Jampol. entered his colt last,
about an hour before the box
closed. The field of 10 makes this
the largest number of starters in
the Preakness since 1947.
Purse May Total S113,27O.
Trainers or aides dropped in the
names yesterday of Sam E. Will
sons Gushing Oil, Mrs. Walter M.
Jefford's One Count, Gustave
Smiths Handsome Teddy, Jack
Amiel's Count Flame, Armageddon
from Harry F. Guggenheim's Cain
Hoy Stable, and Primate from the
Starmount Stable of E. B. Ben
jamin.
If all 10 face the starter at SIT
pm. tomorrow the race will have
a fat purse of $113,270.
In the draw for post positions,
Jockey Eddie Arcaro. who has rid
den four Preakness winners, was
lucky again. His mount, One
Count, will break from the No. l
position just as Hill Gail did in the
Derby. The other positions in
order are: Jampol, Armageddon,
Blue Man, Gushing Oil, Arroz,
Handsome Teddy, Sub Fleet, Count
Flame and Primate.
Four of the horses are getting
into the race via the back door,
as supplementary entries at $2,-
$50 apiece, while the others were
nominated regularly through vari-
GUS payments totaling $135 each.
1t costs an additional $3.50 to start
the race. So if any of the four
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Fleet, JAM
pol, Arroz or Handsome Teddy
hit the winners circle, they'll net
$84. .020. Any of the others can
slash away $86,135 profit by get
ting there first.
Race to Be Televised.
There is no lack of argument
about which horse will be the
favorite, in spite of the fact Sub
Fleet seems to be the logical
choice in view of his second in
the Derby. Hill Gail, the Louis
vile winner. left the Preakness
rather open when he developed
an ankle injury and was declared
out of the Pimlico event.
Sub Fleet followers think they'll
get around 2 to / if Jockey Steve
Brooks can win the race, which
will be televised and broadcast
coast-to-coast (CBS-TV and ra-
dio). starting at pm.
On the other hand, the Blue
Man admirers claim Abbott's colt
suffered poor racing luck in the
Derby, and insist he's the logical
choice, or at least should be a CO.
favorite with Sub Fleet at about
5 to 2.
The weather may have some
thing to say about the result, for
the Saturday forecast calls for
increasing cloudiness and warmer
with showers. Trainers of Sub
Fleet, Blue Man, Gushing Oil and
Primate' say an "off" track won't
bother their horses.
Except for Orcaro, the only
Jockey with Preakness victory
is Conn McCreary, who was
aboard Pensive in 1914. Raw
York will ride Armageddon.
winner over One Count in the
Withers Mile last Saturday, while
Brooks rides Sub Fleet again.
Darrell Madden will be up on
Handsome Teddy, winner of the
Chesapeake Stakes and Paul
Revere Handicap.
Carroll Bierman has been as
signed Arroz. with Bennie Green
on Count Flame, Ken Church on
Gushing Oil and Pete Anderson
a surprise jockey on Primate.
There was a riding switch.
Fernando Fernandez, 45-year-old
Cuban subbing for his country
man, Eugenio Rodriguez, on
Jampol. Eugenio won the Freak
ness Prep Monday with Jampol
but was suspended for 10 days by
Garden State stewards who ruled
he interfered with other horses
in the eighth race there Tuesday.
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