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BARD OF HOPE IS WINNER M WALKERS THEEEYEAEOLD HAKES AMENDS FOE PALMETTO DEEBY FAILUBE Beats Best Horses at Norfolk in Monticello Handicap Epsom Derby Candidate Calgary Makes i Good in Impressive Debut Norfolk Va April 13 Capt P SI Walkers Hard of Hope made amends for his defeat In tin Palmetto Derby a week ago by lieating a good band f illigd horses in the Slonticello Handicap tin feature race of the program provided bv the James ¬ town Jockey Club this afternoon Bard of Hope which ran coupled with Aspirin showed a smart performance lie conceded weight to i inie of tin others ami beat Kormak a neck in a driving finish The mile was run in 140 which was much the fastest race of the meeting At this distance Bard of Hope is a real good colt but it is nlwmt a far as he cares to go The Virginia contingent liacked Busy for a good thing in this race and while the latter was a keen factor for most of the way Jie could do no better than take the short rnd of the purse Kormaks race represented an impressive effort Had he escaped being caught in a jam on the lirst turn he might have won wonCnlgary Cnlgary the star juvenile of the Davies stable which has been nominated for the Epsom Derby of ISU3 made his maiden effort in the opening race this afternoon a dash of four and a half furlongs lie attracted general attention in his warmup and vas voted by horsemen as being one of the hand ¬ somest youngsters shown this season He is a well put together colt although not as large as some if the other twoyearolds shown this spring He has a smooth way of going and impresses one as being a bit of a loafer In todays race he was a bit slow to leave the barrier Imt when he got going he showed good speed and drew away Into a twolengths lead entering the homestretch Martin hook him up a bit in the last furlong to keep him going and he won by a length lengthThe The lirst runup in a selling race since the meeting licgan came after Woodcraft won the seventh race for William Garth He was entered to lie sold for fnOQ and was advanced to 1200 by Sam Louis who secured him at that figure figureThree Three favorites scored The biggest disappoint ¬ ment of the afternoon was the showing made by Joe Gaitcns in the third race He was the victim if poor handling by jockey Jensen The winner of this race Grenida had been quitting in previous races but this afternoon he hung on well in the final drive drivePedigree Pedigree which finished third In the sixth race was badly cut down during the running and will be on the shelf as a result of the mishap mishapSeventeen Seventeen layers were in line this afternoon Among the new ones were Bob Kennedy and Sam Frank FrankThe The stewards at Charleston lifted the suspension against jockey Joe Byrne and the latter was seen in the saddle for the first time at the meeting on Cordie F in the twoyearold race raceThe The books for the Pimlico meeting arrived this morning and were distributed among the horsemen horsemenThe The conditions for the races to be run during the two days meeting which will be given at Bcuning mi Slay 17 and IS will be published next week One if the races calls for a journey of fourteen mile the last two of which will be on the flat over the Bcuning track Cups will be presented to the owijr ITS of the winners of every race run and handsome trophies to the riders of the winners This meeting promise to lie one of the greatest sporting events if the year and some of the biggest men In Wash ¬ ington have already announced their intention of taking part in it itThe The mare which was programmed as Tizzismc in the steeplechase this afternoon was withdrawn by the stewards for the reason that the pedigree of G W Johnson Evergreen given by her trainer was found to be incorrect It it presumed that the mares correct name is Tis Me by G W Johnson I Iiuise iuise Lee and until such time as the matter can be straightened out her entry will not be accepted acceptedAmong Among the trials this morning were wereAlice Alice Slarchrnont Threequarters in 118 118Berkeley Berkeley Fiveeighths in J Kj KjBnrgeois Bnrgeois Fiveeighths in 107 107Camellia Camellia Fiveeighths in 105 105Colonetta Colonetta Threeeighths in 3 3Cowl Cowl Seveneighths in 48 101 115 liH vf vfForce Force Threequarters in 118 118Irene Irene Gummell Threequarters In 118 118Madman Madman Threequarters In 118 118Malitine Malitine Threequarters in 118 118Slaiie Slaiie T Half mile in 49 49Sfoisant Sfoisant Threequarters in 117 117Mountain Mountain Fay Half mile in 49 49Pink Pink Lady Threeeighths in 39 39Pons Pons Asinorum Threequarters in 116 and seven eighths in 132 pulled up upRcyJxiurii RcyJxiurii Threequarters In 115 115Roseburg Roseburg II Threequarters in 118 118Sandhill Sandhill Fiveeighths in 103 103Spellbound Spellbound Threequarters in 115 115Superstition Superstition Threequarters in 119 119Third Third Rail Seveneighths in 132 132Wihlwecd Wihlwecd Fiveeighths in 103
