| Show t 1 Backers and Critics Await Shut Out Test By MASON BRUNSON BALTIMORE May 7 IP Shut jp-Shut Shut Out Plucky Out Plucky Hero or Lucky Bum That's up to Mrs Payne Whitneys Whitney's Kentucky Derby winner to prove in the Preakness stakes at Pimlico Saturday when the field of ten goes after the richest pot in in the history of the race and a large portion of prestige You can find plenty of of people willing to argue and wager both ways Those who favor Shut Out as a hero point out that Equipoise's Equipoise's Equipoise's Equi Equi- poises poise's son came up to the derby with a pretty good record that he stuck it out at the finish when the pressure was on that it was his number they post posted d first and that his victims included most of the top-flight top year 3 And those who call him a lucky bum contend he won only by one of those racing miracles that if I he hadn't been coupled with his Devil Diver hed he'd have been a long shot and most of the good colts he beat had plenty of trouble along the way Rivals Rival Meet 1 Again Well Shut Out will face most of those fellows again in the mile and three-sixteenths three Preakness along with two or three more he hasn't met yet and he and Jockey Wayne Wright will be in there pitching to show they weren't at Churchill Downs But their opposition in this caner canter canter can- can ter er for a pile of chips that will exceed Victorians Victorian's record pay check if all 10 go promises to o be even tougher than in the derby when Al Sabath's 1941 juvenile champ made the only threat in the stretch only to tobe tobe toe be e outrun decisively Therell There'll be three fresh horses in against Shut Out and his stable- stable mate Devil Diver Divor They are Warren Warren Warren War War- ren Wrights Wright's s Sun Ag Again in which never ha has run a bad race R R. Sterling Storing Ster- Ster ling ing Clarks Clark's s never out of the money until the Wood Memo- Memo nan rian ran and Louis B B. Mayers Mayer's Domingo Domingo Domingo Do Do- mingo English-bred English war refugee which won his maiden victory at Jamaica this week Sun Again trained by astute Ben Jones who developed Whirl- Whirl away has been out of the money only once in his career and turned in a satisfactory work-out work yesterday yesterday yesterday yester yester- day to be taken off the doubtful list and placed among the probable probable probable able Preakness starters E Eyes Ejes es Preakness Plain Ben who sent Whirly Whiny out outto outto outto to win the Dixie Wednesday has that off his mind now and can concentrate on the Preakness which spells danger And theres there's another handy man with horses Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons who might take it all with William Woodwards Woodward's Apache After two straight victories Apache faded inthe inthe in inthe the derby but turned a sparkling mile in 5 1 35 Wednesday For the remainder of the field there are Ben F F. Whitakers Whitaker's Requested Requested Requested Re Re- I quested whose connections say he never had a chance to run inthe inthe in inthe the derby but predict he will re return return return re- re turn to his victorious Flamingo and Wood Memorial form Emerson Emerson Emerson Emer Emer- son F. F Woodwards Woodward's Valdina Orphan Orphan Orphan Or Or- phan winner of the derby trial and third in the derby and Mrs Barclay Barclay Barclay Bar Bar- clay Douglas' Douglas Fair Call You cant can't find a trainer who doesn't think his horse has a chance chance all all of which leaves this second fifty-second Preakness wide open |
