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Show Fine Field Nominated For Prealcness Run By MASON BRUNSON BALTIMORE, Jan. 28 (AP) A list of 54 three-year-old thoroughbreds eligible for the 51st running of the $50,000-added Preakness stakes at Pimlico May 10 was announced today by the Maryland Jockey club. ' The list includes the cream of the crop of last year's juveniles and all the colts considered likely contenders for 3-ycar-old honors this year. Heading the Preakness candidates candi-dates Is Calumet farm's Whirl-away, Whirl-away, 1940 2-year-old champion and currently regarded the outstanding out-standing 3-year-old prospect. Whratley Candidates capable of strong contention, such as the Greentree stable's Monday Lunch, King ranch's Dispose, Mrs. E. G. Lewis' Msgnlficent and Colonel E. R. Bradley's Bryan Station. Vandrrbllt lias Five Vanderbilt, Maryland Jockey club president, who has named five horses, has more Preakness candidates than any other owner. Besides New World, his Tally Ho, High Standard. Afghanistan and Exploration are eligible. Colonel Bradley, whose Bi-melech Bi-melech won the Preakness last year, has two candidates besides Bryan Station Bufflehead and Best Seller. W. L. Brann. whose champion, Challedon, was the 1939 winner, named only one colt Chaldon Heath. Jockey club officials said they expected the Preakness to have a gross value of $80,000 this year. The winner's purse last year was $53,230. Also among the top ranking candidates are the Wheatley stable's sta-ble's Bold Irishman, Woodvale farm's Our Boots, Alfred G. Van-derbilt's Van-derbilt's New World. C. S. Howard's How-ard's Porter's Cap and R. W. Mc-Iivain's Mc-Iivain's Bushwacker. These six accounted for the richest and most important stakes for juveniles last year. Whlrlaway won the Saratoga Special, the Hopeful stakes and the Breeders' Futurity; Bold Irishman, Irish-man, the Pimlico Futurity; Our Boots, the Belmont Futurity; New World, the Maryland Futurity and Grand Union Hotel stakes: Tor- ter's Cap, the Washington Park futurity, and Bushwhacker, the New England Futurity. The list includes many others |