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GOOD FINISH AT PIMLICO FOUR TWO-YEAR-OLDS HEADS AND NOSES APART WITH ONE OVERLOOKED. Montnelier Stables Horses Again Capture Two Races — Former Jockey Pcnn Dies — Schorr Arrives at Pimlico. Baltimore. Mil.. May 5.- The racing at PiniH.o this afternoon was some-wh.it unsatisfactory, not that the- sport was not clean, bill results put the speculators iu a bad frame of mind. To begin with, the Judges made a grievous error when they placed Algronel third in tl pi nlnjT race. when, as a lmitt-r of fact, sin- finished last hut one. Tin- tin ish for third inonev iu I his race was ve rv close- between Dav- Nicholson. Johnny Wise-. Ce-ranclo and Miss Knickerbocker -11111 it appeared that the- former had beaten Johnny Wise for the- small end of the purse. These four horses were almost aligned ami a majority of those in tin- Stand really did not know which was third and the Incident passed oil without anv great 1 nni-iit. Algronel was a loo to 1 shot with as good as 1.". to 1 UUSted about her to show. It is doubtful if there were a dozen people on the-ground win. prohted by the error, so it made no material difference. The- Montpelier Stable, which is own.-d bv It. T. Wilson. Jr.. president of the- Saratoga Raiing Association, furnished two of the- winners in Zac-atec-as and Chepontnc and both of them wire- rtdden by the stable apprentice. J. Creevy. It was the second time during the- meeting that the Montpelier Stable had won two race-s on the same day. Only one favorite-won, tin- saeeeaafal choice being Simple Honours, which made a runaway aflair of tin- fifth race. R. W. Waldeii received word today thai W. Pi in. the old-time- jockey who rode- for his lather some ream ago. nad died in New Orleans. Penu was a rider of some- merit. John W. Kchorr and his family arrived from Mel phis. Tenn.. this morning, and will s.iv in the e i for the remainder of the spring and summer. George K Ion la n. Mr. Schorrs son in law. actum nasled him. J. Jones, who raced I he fast horse. Mailman. 1 :: the- coist hist winter, is hero looking for ..ine youi horses. lie will purchase stent live ami race tl.i ui over the Canadian circuit. The- stable owned by W. A. Hughe-s left this morn ing for Louisville. Jockey T. Ilarty has been engaged to ride States man in the Merchants Handicap on Saturday. V flve-elavs runiiiii" meet i" elven 11 --o|i|"i tl--e ... with the Georgia state Bxpositbm. will open it Chattanooga May 2.".. Lhnor Laurence will lie ace retary. manager and presiding lodge. J. Cassicly. agent for P. T. Chinn. brings tin-news that Chinn disposed of all hut seventeen of the forty-eight horses which lie took to California last fall. He has seven t w . v. ar olds, seven three-year olds and Rilleni.in. John Carroll anil C. W. Burl naartered at tin- Woodbine track, loronio. Pretension. Yankee Tourist ami Roberta wire- sedd to W. P. Maxwell, who will race them at Ogden. Jack Aikin was a rfadtor at Pimiiio UiK afternoon, other notahlrn pram at were Harry Page. Cougri-ssinan Rhinock ami ollie- James.
