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PI Ms My 1 Ra ra raco J!1 tion, that the a on onds al able an and ra. no not w were t to m ,,, Mv a The .. the j; iu ju J at ,, tho , tj, t 11 for " Jr.. f " are il -" J ! .. " -a ; ni ti " n " in 1 s i n tl .V PIMLICO RACING PROSPEROUSLY SUPPORTED. Grace a Surprise in tho Chief Raco of the Day W Noted Sire Islington Dies. Baltimore. Md.. November 2. De Mund. Paul J. Baineys high-class sprinter, by winning his second , of the meeting at Pimlieo this afternoon showed ar and he is back in his best form and, beyond ques- - the speediest racer at the track. De Mund ran j- six furlongs in close to record time and won in 4 canter. The first quarter was covered in 221 sec- - and tho half in 4G. L Ind Weather conditions and the track Avere more favor- - for good racing than at any time in a week 779 there Avas a big increase in the attendance. The 77 racing Avas excellent and, while public choices were 77 as successful as the backers desired, the finishes Tt exciting and for the most part the horses ran form. ., . ... Ti On the program the feature AAas the Greater Balti- " more Steeplechase and it resulted in a big surprise. Grace. Courtland II. Smiths hunter. Avhich av:is sharp contender all the way. came away from old Grandpa in the last half mile and avou in a drive. J; victory of Mv Grace, on which Jay OBrien had mount the last time the horse was started, dis- -J qualities him for hunt races hereafter, as under the rules a horse that wins an open steeplechase is 111- " eligible for hunt races thereafter. Bilberry, favorite the race, was running well in Jlie lead and ap- parently had the race won Avhen he ran out at the next to the last jump, the same place he refused r in his previous start. Starter Dade suspended jockeys 13. Kraus and T. . Fuerst for the remainder of the meeting because they j were unrulv at tho post in the last race. Sampson. . steeplechase rider, was et down for three days. 7 .1. J. Hvland will arrive at Pinilico tomorrow. ,r Mr. -Ilvland has Tony Bonero and Footpad in training lor Charles Fleiscliniann of Cincinnati, and it is probable that Footpad will be added to the Walden Stakes tomorrow. More than a third of a century ago Mr. tl Ilvland was a regular at the Pimlieo meetings and rode ma v races through the field. Later he trained Johnson Brown, grandfather of George Brown. v who owns a number of horses. James McLaughlins two-year-olds, Wapor.oca and Arondack. will reach the track tomorrow and Wap- 01101-a will be a starter in the Walden. There will be a pink coat hunters steeplechase on l-ridav as an additional attraction. The conditions . for four-vear-olds and over, the horses to be j property of members of a recognized hunt club 111 Alarvlaiid. Virginia or tbeOistriet of Columbia. The 7 riders will Avear the regulation hunt costume. 7 The horses Horace 13.. Nick Stoner, John Marrs 7 and three -"icrs. will be shipped to Cuba by D. Kelly. W. Conroy will go to Cuba as trainer for , TheVavanagh special train, which left Baltimore this evening at :.!0. carried nearly 4K voters to Xew York, all of whom will east their ballots against Hughes. The general opinion and hope of 1 horsemen at Pimlieo is that Clianler will be elected j governor. , , s There is a scarcity of good riders at Pimlieo and p this afternoon Ed Peters, trainer for the Ralnrys. t was obliged to scratch Nethermost because lie could not find a suitable boy to ride the colt. Alex Grant, winner of the second race, was sold the paddock at Pimlieo 011 Saturday for 50. . His new owner more than won him out. , 1 Mr. II. T. Oxnard reports the loss of his valuable stallion. Islington, at his Blue Ridge Stock Farm. Fauquier Countv. Virginia. Islington sired, among 1 others. Kinley Mack, the only horse that ever won the Brooklyn and Suburban Handicaps in the same year. J
