Evening star., 1954-05-23
Filed
.AsHdsseya1lpa
Comesin Third
Shoemaker Bore Over
On Him. Rider Soys;
Claim Is Rejected
By chorles N. Eson
Sporss Editor Of The StoY

~ SUOItUS w. 6V0U
Sports Editor Of The Star
BALTIMORE. May 22-Bald.
ing Johnny Adams. at 80 the
Oldest jockeysin the race, put up
the most powerful finish Of his
life this afternoon at Pimlico
and kept the Hasty House
Farms front-running Hasty
Road going long enough to stave
OF the favored Correlation and
win the 18th Preakness stakes.
Hasty Road. who cut over at
the start and took the lead al
most Immediately. was only Q
neck in front Of the California
bred Correlation. the 9-to-1O
favorite. at the end of q rugged
stretch battle, but that was
enough to bring Joy to the 4
foot-10 Adams, who never had
won a Triple Crown classic be-
fore, and to Mr.. and Mrs. Allie
Reuben Of Toledo. Ohio. fabu-
louSly successful owners of the
Hasty House stable.
Third to reach the finish line
in the mile-and-three- -sixteenths
battle. just as he was in the Ken
lucky Derby three weeks ago was
the Walmac FARMS Hasseyampa.
owned by r. w. McIlvain Of
Chicago. Hasseyampa. who fin-
ished a length and a half behind
Robert S. Lytle's Correlation,
furnished some excitement after
the race when his jockey, the
veteran Arnold Kirkland, filed
an objection against Willie Shoe
maker. Correlation's rider.
Bumping Evident.
Kirkland contended Correla.
ton bore over on him outside the
eighth pole. It was evident
there was humping as the field
of II three-year-olds charged
into the stretch and at first
many thought the claim was be.
ing made against Hasty Road,
who seemed to drift out before
he began his bitter duel with
Correlation. However, Shoemaker
made no claim against Adams.
and Kirkland lost his argument
with the judges after about 10
minutes.
JUST as Hasseyampa, who got
his name from aswishing a well In
Arizona. duplicated his Derby
finish. so did the well-backed
Goyamo. whose owner. Royce G.
Martin. died in Lexington hos
pital May l. Just eight minutes
after his colt ran fourth at
Churchill Downs. Goyamo, ridden
by Willie Boland because Eddie
Arcaro drew a To-day suspension
at Belmont. got of Just as badly
today as he did at Louisville and
had one-sixteenth Of a mile less
in which to make it up. The
Goya II colt made up a great deal
of ground, but still was six
lengths behind Hasseyampa at
the wire.
Correlation Heavily Backed.
The big crowd of 29,604, at
tracted by bright spring weather
and the prospect of another duel
such as Hasty Road and Correla-
tion staged in last Mondays
Preakness Prep. backed the Cali
fornia colt with rare confidence.
Despite his sixth-place finish in
the Derby. in which Hasty Road
was second behind little De-
termine. Correlation opened at
3 to S and never was better than
even money.
On the other hand. Hasty
Road was third choice at the
start and always was 8 to 2 or
more. He closed at 5 to / and
paid $12. $500 and $3.50. Cor
relation returned only $3.50 and
$2.40 while the overlooked Has
seyampa went on at about 16 to
l and paid $40 to show.
Hasty Road set almost all the
pace in covering the mile and
threessixteenths In l:572s. not
outstanding time for the fast
track that prevailed in spite Of
Thursdays heavy rains. This was
one and two-fifths seconds be-
hind Capot's Preakness record
OF 1856, established in 1949. In
the Pimlico Special last fall, the
Great Tom Fool set the track
record Of 1:55A without half try
ing.
Adams Rates Winner Well.
The veteran Adams, whose 10
year-old son, j. Ralph, is one Of
the country's better apprentice
jockeys and has hung several de-
feats on his old man. did o
beautiful job of rating the feet
Hasty Road. The son Of Roman
Traffic Court. Hung up these
times by quarters under the can
ny Adams: 1895. 47H. 1.12A,
1885 and 1:572s.
Although his sire was rated al
strictly q miller, Hasty Road
certainly proved today that he
has quite q bit Of staying power.
Hasty Roads Preakness vic.
tory was somewhat similar to
that scored by the $700 bargain
yearling Alsab in 1912. Both
were failures in Florida racing
after great 2-year-old seasons.
and neither showed too much in
their first start at Keeneland on
returning north. Both finished
second in the Derby and both
won the PreaknesS.
Hasty Road, q big. powerful.
looking dark bay, was bred by
Clifford Mooers in Kentucky and
(Eee PREAKNESS. Page C.7l