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MUDDY TRACK RACING AT PIMLICO. Baltimore, Md., November 12. Races at rimllco this afternoon were run over a track that was deep and holding.- This, of course, brought a generous reduction ia the size of the fields and a material lessening in the keenness of the sport. As it was the first really heavy track of the meeting, the horsemen did not complain, taking tlie sensible view that those whose stables shelter mud runners are entitled to at least a portion of the spoils. In the steeplechase there was but one fall, and this was without serious result to either horse or rider. There was some rough riding in the flat races and this brought not alone complaints from the bettors, but an accident in which jockey Noone had his foot badly bruised. In the closing race. In which he rode Incorrigible, while rounding out of the backstretch he was crowded to the fence and when he pulled up fell off his horse. He was carried to the jockeys room and at first it was thought that his leg had been broken, but the doctor in attendance after an examination said that the foot was only bruised and that he would be riding again in a few days. The bookmakers that have been working here are, with few exceptions, losers; still they have nothing but praise for the place and the manner In which it has been run. They predict a great future for the new track which is to be built during the coming year and have planned to make the meetings here a part of their regular circuit. Jockeys L. Smith and J. Hennessy ran afoul, of I stnrter Dade in several of the races. Both were warned, but continued their actions at the post and were set-down for the remainder of the meeting. Billy Garth claimed the mare Azellna from the second race, for . He ran Anna Smith for Woods Stockton and Azelina Is now that gentlemans property.
