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GETTING BEADY FOR PIMLICO OPENING Baltimore Md March 19 Superintendent Jolui 15rennan of Pimlico has that historic old course of the Maryland Jockey Club in Hrstclass condition considering the bad went Lor of the past month Sev ¬ eral of tle horsemen now racing at Moncreif Park Jacksonville are awaiting the word as to when lie will open the track for work They will leave the Florida track when the local course is available availablePreston Preston Iturch now at Helming will ship his two yearolds here iu a few days The second division of the stable is now at Jacksonville in charge of Wil ¬ liam Brooks It will also bo ordered to Pimlieo Hhortly In the consignment will come Tal oo Spell ¬ bound Red Doe Martinez Chess and Zymole Robert Boyle will ship the Kraus string to Pimlico from Bcnning within the next week weekHarrv Harrv Rites horses which have wintered at Pim lico are in line condition There lias been no sick ¬ ness among them Kites has under his earo six twoyearolds some of which are by the famous sire Ben Brush They are all good lookers well devel ¬ oped and give promise of representing Maryland well in rich twoyearold stakes to be run on the metro ¬ politan tracks this summer Kites lias only two of the older division in his stable one of which is the sprinter Tim Pippin the pride of Maryland He has wintered well anil appears to Ite 200 pounds heavier than lw was at the close of last season Scarus which gave promise of developing into a good threo yearold was the only other horse retained last fall fallTrainer Trainer Kites will not hurry his horses this spring ns he has in former years He will begin active operations in May and has signed jockey Fairbrother to do his riding Kairbrother is now at Pimlico galloping and exercising the Kites horses horsesGeorge George Sherman a Baltimore druggist lias a useful string in training in charge of George Boyle In the Sherman barn are Stargowan a castofT from Hie stable of Paul J Kainey Charivari Sam Muller and Landmark The lastnamed pair are threeyear olds that have never faced the starter High Hat a fouryearold fencer that was raced on the Can ndlan tracks last season by James Johnson is in ¬ cluded in the stable stableKey Key Estop a Baltimore boy who rode for T Uurttseliell at Tampa during the early part of the winter is under contract to Sherman and is now nssisting trainer Boyle to get ready the horses that lie oxnects to race iit rimllco rimllcoBrighton Brighton Jack in I Horans string has been fired for a splint Golden Castle his stablemate is going along nicely nicelyJ J J Fahey president of the City Call Company has shipped Ills sprinter Jennie Wells to 1inilico from I r Spanklins farm where she spent the win ¬ ter Jennie Wells shows no signs of the soreness she disnlaycd last fall fallSteeplechase Steeplechase jockey Busier Davidson who rode for the late Colonel Neville has arrived and will remain for the opening at Iimlico He says that fifteen horses will be raced by and under the name of the Neville estate this year by Henry Craven Colonel Nevilles trainer trainerA A Allen who trains for W M Kerr who races tinder the assumed name of Mr McMurtrie came over from Philadelphia ycsterdvy lie will buy twelve fencers during the latter part of the month Allen brings the news that steeplechase jockey Eric Savage who was injured at Pimlieo last fall will jiot be able to ride this year yearJockey Jockey J Garvev a crosscount rv rider from Erins isle hailing from County Cork where Ie rode for several years is now at Pimlico galloping horses for trainer Boyle He can do 138 and will ride as n free lance Garvcy says that the jumps here are nothing to those on the other side
