Big Bim's Redemption

When Bimelech was roundly trounced in the Kentucky Derby last fortnight, railbirds refused to pronounce him a cheese champion until they had seen him in another race. Last week, at Pimlico. 55,000 racing fans turned out to see Colonel Bradley's glamor colt run in the $75,000 Preakness, second of the Big Three U. S. races for three-year-olds (1/16 of a mile shorter than the Derby).

When the sun had set on the 50th running of the Preakness, Big Bim had redeemed himself, and his ailing, 80-year-old owner sat in his box with tears in his eyes. Leading from start to finish, he floated away from his rivals, finished two lengths ahead of Charles S. Howard's Mioland, three ahead of Ethel Mars's Gallahadion, the upstart who had humbled him in the Derby.

Explained Jockey Freddie Smith: "Bimmy acted today just as he would have acted in the Derby if he had liked the track. . . . He's the old Bim once more. . . . Now we will win the Belmont Stakes."

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