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GOOD PIMLICO FAVORITES. FIVE OUT OF SEVEN PUBLIC CHOICES FIRST PAST THE JUDGES STAND. Half Sovereign Defeats Pantoufle in a Severe Drive — Dugan and Mclntvre Guide Two Winners Each — Schorr Takes a Race. Baltimore. Mil.. April 8:-Mn was favorites lav :il limlico. five of tin- seven races being M ■» well l.aekeil choices. The racing was held under con ditimis that reminded me of Hie hleak windy spring ibe. at Guttenlierg. The weather was c.ild alii law. whieh made the grandstand anything Inn I eomtortal.le s,i,it. The MNM of the favorites however, made amends for the disagreeable weather • conditions, and there was little complaint except tic in the bookmakers, who certainly had a hard W of it. Speculation was heavy and the ring was crowded during the entire afternoon. The number if books that are permitted to do business here is thirty-six. and Mortimer Mahotiey reports thai lie has a wailing list of ten who are ready to cut in inst as s.kiii as some of those who are now iatM business retire. Mexoana. Kronomy. Red River. Mil mini Oirl and Half Soveiei-n were the winning choices. The last two had to stand hard stretch drives to win their races l.v small margins. William Garth furnished two of the winners in Autumn Girl and Red River lie owns the former and is training Red River for A. B. Hancock. James Mclntvre had the mount on : .,in of these horses. Jockey K. Dana Btaa wo.i two races, one with Halt Sovereign, which was a 1 to 3 favorite and just did manage to last loin: enough to heat Pantoufle out by a head, while Ra cine II.. after a long and hard drive, out gamed MaaaVaaaa. Red River showed a good performance in Mie last race, which he won with ridiculous MM from Charlie Eastman. He led his opponents by eight or ten lengths at one stage and ran the first six furlongs in 1:12*. Charlie Eastmans owner was forced to pa forfeits aggregating 50 which stood against the i horse, before he was permitted to start him. Young jockey B. Wilson, the little apprentice who i came on from California, was put out of commission i this morning. While exercising the three-year-old I U. t. Kid. Monforr. which was also on the track, wheeled in front of him and knocked O. P. Kid iigiiinst another horse with force enoitgn to fracture Wilsons right leg just below the knee. The lad was conveyed to the University of Maryland bo* pital. His injuries will keep him out of the saddle for a month or six weeks. Jockey Dave Nicol. who had his first mount today since returning from Trance, rode Gretna Greta in the third race and won. but earned the displeasure of the starter, who set him oa The ground roc four days, Gretna Green, by the way. raced in the name of J. W. Schorr and he was ihe first horse to carry the famous orange and black sleeves of the Memphis turfman to victory in some years. Dr. Paajrrita will leave Lor Louisville with jockey Kennedy on Saturday. Tom Nepper arrived from California vostonlav. He will train the black stirlnter. Coon, for W. E. Walsh here.
