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PIMLICO RACING ORDINARY DAY GIVEN OVER TO THE COMMON ONES AND THE RACES EASILY WON Dulciari Takes the Steopldchase in a Drive Sig Said To Be a Good TwtfYearJOld A Slight Rain Falls Baltimore Aid April 30 The program offered at Pimlico this afternoon was ordinary and ordinary sport resulted the finishes In a majority of the races being of the processional order The owners han ¬ dicap steeplechase produced the best contest of the day the first two Dulcian and Noblesse Oblige fighting it out all through the last half mile witii a scant length separating them as the winning mark was passed Incidentally it marked Dnlclans sec ¬ ond straight victory and the Canadian contingent profited handsomely over his win Prince of Pilsen favorite for the race performed badly trailing along far In the rear of his opiKments all the way wayThe The layers had another good day as only two of the choices won Just before the horses went to the post for the opening race It began to rain and during the afternoon there were intermittent showers The rain had but little effect on the going and the footing remained in fairly good condition Probably the bestbacked winner was Kempton which won the seventh race Kempton made a show of his company leading all the way and win ¬ ning in a canter from Cock Sure SureDisobedient Disobedient which was entered in the seventh race was scratched when the rain came up This horse lias not started in two years yearsGuardian Guardian II supposed to be a good thing ill the steeplechase pulled up very lame Savage got a bad fall when Bloodstone unseated him at the tentli jump in the steeplechase and was knocked out for a time It was thought that the rider had suffered internal injuries but on examination he was found to be sound outside of a few bruises bruisesSig Sig winner of the fifth race has been touted as the best twoyearold in training here He Is a big handsome colt and looks like one that will improve right along alongJockey Jockey Mclnerney left for New York tonight M Daly trainer for J AV Colt wired for him to return at once onceAmong Among the visitors to the course this afternoon were Pierre Lorillanl and E La Montague Both gentlemen came on from New York to look over the horses they are racing here hereJockeys Jockeys Boyling and Midland were suspended for the remainder of the meeting by the starter for their failure to leave the post with their mounts mountsPierre Pierre Lorillard purchased of T E Mannlx today the fiveyearold gelding AAater Dog with the Idea of making a juniper of him himR R II Shannon has resigned his position as trainer for AV F Mathows and will return to New York It Is understood that he will make a connection with J E Madden by whom he was formerly employed Wayne O Joplin will In future train the Mathewa horses
