Evening star., 1954-05-22
5000 Fans 10 See
rs Fayorife Match
Strides With 10 Foes
BY Lewis r. Atchison
Sscr Stuff Correspondent

CnorougnDfe0S awaited the bugle
for the 18th running Of the
500. .000-added Preakness.
Mild, sunny weather was fore
cast for the second round In the
battle for 3-year-old honors.
The colts had q fast track for
the mile and three-sixteenths
test. which was expected to at
tract more than $4,000 fans.
Cramped conditions at the his
toric old track. made worse by
closing the linfield to the public
TO protect the turf course, figured
to hurt the attendance.
The absence Of Andy Crevolin's
Derby winning Determine also
robbed the richest Preakness Of
them all Of some Of its usual
prestige. but It still had the ear
marks Of q first -class race. Five
Derby horses. including Correla-
ton, were entered. Others were
Hasty House Farms Hasty Road.
runner-up to Determine at
Churchill Downs; Walmac Farms
Hasseyampa. third in the Derby;
Sunny Blue Farms Admiral Por-
ter and Woodvale Farms Co
yamo.
Woodvale Horses Leased.
Trainer Woody Stephens last
night announced that Woodvale
Farms horses. owned by the late
Royce @. Martin, who died soon
after the Derby was completed,
had been leased for q year to
Charles Oechler. a New York
attorney.
Rounding out the field were
Mrs. Ada L. Rice's Ring King.
Maine Chance Farms Jet Ac-
ton. e. M. O'Brien's Galdar.
r. A. Sears Nirgal Lad. Joe w.
Browns Gigantic and Howard A.
Jones' For Free.
Post time for the feature is
5:45, daylight time. Pimlico
moved up post time for the first
race Is minutes to 1:45.
(The race will be on tele-
vision over WTOP-TV and on
radio over WTOP, starting at
$50 p.m.)
Three supplemental nomina-
tions at $500 each, Ring King,
Gig antic and Hasseyampa.
helped make UP q record gross
purse of $140.150 for the race.
Victory for a regular nominee
would be worth $91. .600-fourth
highest payoff in the races his
tory. An increase in the sums
paid to the next three horses,
who will receive $25, 900, $4,000
and $500, respectively. prevent
today's winner from picking up
a record Preakness purse.
Correlation Drops to Us.
Correlation's price dropped to
z to 5 in today's morning line
and the margin might be Slim
mer when the field parades to
the post. Hasty Road, beaten
by a head by Correlation after a
thrilling stretch run in the
Preakness Prep last Monday,
was rated S to 2 in the early
figures. with the late-running
Goyamo and speedy Jet Action
next at 8 to /.
Early odds on the others were
as follows:
Hasseyampa, 10 to /; Ring
King. IS to !, with the rest of
the field grouped at 80 to /.
Such odds on Admiral Porter
after his Derby performance
seemed to be a heavy overlay.
With Hasty Road noted for
bearing out, Correlation famous
for Juggling in, and Goyamo
touted as a "one move" horse,
who must make his bid for VIC
tory at precisely the right mo-
ment. jockeys were expected to
have even more important roles
than usual in deciding the out
come.
Jockey Johnny Adams has had
his troubles with Hasty Road,
but the rider believes he has
good chance of getting his
colt home first. Willie Shoe
maker may have delayed his
move on Correlation too long
in the Derby. but Wee Willie
made no mistakes in last Mon
days Prep when he brought
the big California horse from
far back to win.
B0land Rides Goyamo.
Goyamo has a new rider in
Bill Boland. whose chief claim
to fame thus far is q Derby
victory on underground in 1850
when Bill was still IAN appren-
tice. Only one other rider, Babe
Hanford, shares that distinc-
ton. and it would be q feather
in Boland's cap If he could add
q Preakness plume today.
Boland replaces Eddie Arcaro.
who was suspended for 10 days
in New York earlier in the week
for a careless ride on Dead Duck.
a name that fits Eddie eloquent
ly today. Arcaro was blocked
when finally turned loose In the
Derby, after working his way
forward. and couldn't get to the
leaders. The slow-breaking colt
Is in an undesirable spot today
in the No. post position. but
Boland undoubtedly will have in
structions to 60 wide If neces-
sary to avoid trouble and give
him plenty of elbow room in the
stretch.
A raft Of State dignitaries,
Government officials and racing
bigwigs, as well as q small army
Of turf writer's. are expected to
see the race. Pimlico put the
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