Evening star., 1958-05-08
Net 10 Victor
In Preakness
MaySet Mark


star Racins Editor
BALTIMORE. May B.-The
field for what may be the rich
est Preakness ever Is fast taking
shape following the arrival at
Pimlico yesterday Of the sup
Elementary fees Of $500 each
from the owners Of Noureddin
and Lincoln Road. second and
third. respectively, In last Sat-
urday's Kentucky Derby.
Ofiicials said Noureddin would
arrive Saturday by van from
Louisville. Six other Derby
horses already are on the
grounds. including the victori-
ous Tim Tam. who Calumet
Farm hopes win be the first
Triple Crown winner since
Citation turned the trick in
1913. The others are Jewels
Reward. Lincoln Road, Ebony
Pearl. Gone Fishin' and last
and maybe least-Silky Sulli-
van.
Meanwhile, Trainer Frank A.
Bonsal. who handles Nala for
the Montpelier Stable, declared
that capricious colt from the
Preakness, but may saddle an
other starter in the ls-mile
classic May II.
Maine Chance on Hand
II all hinges on Principado's
showing in -an overnight race
at Garden State Park in the
next few days. Should the
Roslyn Farm horse. also trained
by Bonsal, show well in New
Jersey. he may find himself ir
the Preakness q week from
Saturday.
Maine Chance Farms trio OF
top 3-year-olds-Jewel's Re-
ward. Ebony Pearl and Jets
Alibi-arrived yesterday morn.
ing by train from Louisville
Jets Alibi, scratched from the
Derby, is not slated to run ir
the Preakness.
Based on II starters, the
Preakness could come up with
a net purse to the winner OF
$98.950, largest in the Ions
history Of the race.
Tim Tam. who was merely
walked under saddle for Al
minutes yesterday in the gloon
and rain at Pimlico. was sched-
uled to 60 on the track for the
first time today under the eye
of Trainer Jimmy Jones. Hi.
father, Ben A. Jones, who
saddled several Preakness win
ners for Calumet before Jimmy
took over, also is coming here
from his farm in Lexington, Ky
Silky Still Big Draw
On the far end of Barn J.
resting comfortably, is the
glamor boy, Silky Sullivan, who
: although a miserable 18th in
; the Derby, still attracts an aw-
ful lot of people wherever he
goes.
Trainer Reggie Cornell is faI
from disalluSioned about his
, strapping sophomore. Asked
about Silky's Preakness chances
what with the race being still
shorter than the Derby dis
tance. Cornell replied: 81
, haven't lost hope. Silky has
won at 6 furlongs and he can
win at a mile and three six
teenths. He's still got my con-
fidence."
Cornell left today for Cali
: fornia on business, but expects
to be back by Saturday or Sum
day.
Favorite players finally cashed
in on a daily double yesterday
when Landseair ($9) and Suave
$50 combined for a modest
S29.80 payoff. The winning
| double numbers were 8 and 5.
Karl Korte took riding hon.
, orS for the day. scoring aboard
Halfway ($D in the sixth race
and coming right back to boot
home Mayan Princess ($3.80)
in the seventh.
The continuing rain held the
crowd down to 1879 and the
days mutuel handle to $703, Asst
! Six-fmlong races have beer
5 discontinued here for the bal.
! ance Of the meeting at the in
sistence of the jockeys, whit
, have labeled the six-furlont
!, chute a hazard. All race.
; originally scheduled for six fur.
longs will be run at 5la fur.
, longs.
! The three-quarter- mile chute
has always stirred controversy
here because of the unusua
angle at which it enters the
, main track. If it were to reach
, the backStretch on a straight
, line the chute would be in tn,
middle of Belvedere avenue.
VoIenzueIu Honored
BOSTON. May 8 (P).-Jock.
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