In the Saddle Again (Preakness)
A top-hatted, striped-trousered backer rides a horse labelled 'BIM' across a cloud lettered 'PREAKNESS', holding out a bill marked 'Winnings' to a smaller man labelled 'Long Shot Player', who holds open an empty sack. The backer says 'I know it's only a handful --- but it's better than an empty sack!' The cartoon is a sporting-page joke on betting the favourite; its link to propaganda technique is slight.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- May 12, 1940
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Theme
- Economy and finance
- Event
- 1940 Preakness Stakes
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Records of the U.S. Senate, Jim Berryman Political Cartoons (NAID 5730852), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Jim Berryman, Washington Evening Star. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the U.S. Senate, 5743117 (NAID 5743117).
Text on the object
I KNOW IT'S ONLY A HANDFULL --- BUT IT'S BETTER THAN AN EMPTY SACK! FAVORITE BACKER "BIM" WINNINGS LONG SHOT PLAYER PREAKNESS Jim Berryman
