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GARTH JUMPERS IN FORM VIRGINIA HORSEMAN HAVING THINGS HIS OWN WAY IN EASTERN STEEPLECHASES Duplicating His Jamestown Success at Pimlico Sandhill Is Bid Up After Selling Race Victory Jenny Geddes Takes Another Purse Baltimore Md April 29 William Garth the Virginia liorscmnn who is handling a big string of junipers this seasonpromises to cut quite a figure in the steeplechases run at Pimlico as he did at James ¬ town On Saturday Mr Garth furnished the winner of the Inaugural Steeplechase in High Hat This afternoon lie saddled Trndo which cantered home iirst in the Baltimore Steeplechase There were fourteen starters in this race and all but three fin ¬ ished the course without mishap The running of this race brought out the hunt club element and society folk in large numbers and despite disagree ¬ able weather the clubhouse balcony and boxes were well filled filledThe The Cesarion fiHy Jenny Geddes scored another victory when she galloped home in advance of a good lot of threeyearolds in the Stafford purse one of the feature races of the program She was ridden by McCaiiey came from behind after over coining much interference and won easily by a aSandhill Sandhill winer of the sixth race a dash of one mile and sixty yards was run up after his vietorv He was entered for 1000 and 1 W Hedrick who finished second with Key bid Sandhill up 40 over his entered price The colt was protected anil bought in by his owner James Fitzsimuions Former FitzsimuionsFormer jockey Tommy Burns saddled the winner the twoyearold race in Mama Johnson one of the bettingW outsiders iu the betting W H Burch the Washington horseman received word from his son Preston who is training a stable of horses for Frank La Montague in France thit lu has taken over for the latter the horses Hampton Court and Dinna Ken which S C Hildreth shipped from this country a few weeks back Both horses will be put to steeplechaslng Frank J Nolaiv proprietor of the Beverwyck Stable announced that the good racer Sir John Johh son will be placed in training again The horse which has been putting in a season in the stud at the Chesterbrook Farm of Captain E B CassaU will be shipped here some day this week and trainer Dave Woodford will fit him for Canadian racing racingAlfred Alfred IleuUan Morris came up from New Orleans to participate in the sport Mr Morris has a couple of candidates for the Clabaugh Memorial and will remain here until after that race is run Gun runGun Cotton was claimed by William Garth out of the steeplechase on Saturday after his own horse High Hat was run up upThe The stewards today gave jockey Forehand per ¬ mission to accept mounts here There is some trouble between H G Bedweli and Forehand over a contract which the former claims he holds on tho lad If there are any papers they are not on SIu with the Jockey Club heuce the action of tlif officials here James Fitzsimmons has secured first call on jockey meetingTen Whatley for the Fimlico meeting Ten twoyearolds the property of Harry Payne Whitney arrived at Pimlico from Brookdale yester ¬ day consigned to Albert Simons The latter was successful with the Whitney youngsters last season and pricesNews disposed of several at good prices News of the death of Edward Sturgeon who was in the employ of Smith Colby for several seasons reached hero today The lata Mr Sturgeon died at the Polytechnic Hospital in Chicago several days age diseaseThere as a result of an attack of Brights disease There were some fast moves at Pimlico this morning The going was good and many trainers permitted their racers to move right along Some of the best trials were wereAbsconder Absconder Mile in 140 140Aldebaran Aldebaran Seveneighths in 133 133Altamaha Altamaha Threequarters in 118 118Annie Annie Sellers Half mile in 40 40Ben Ben Loyal Threequarters in 123 123Calgary Calgary Half mile in 23 35 4S and five fur ¬ longs in 102 pulled up Captain upCaptain Swansou Mile in 144 144Cherry Cherry Seed Threequarters in 23 33 47 101 115 115Cliff Cliff Stream Threequarters in 117 117Clif Clif Ionian Mile in 140 140Dr Dr Neet Half mile in 50 50Elma Elma Fiveeighths in 104 104Garth Garth Mile in 140 140Lad Lad of Langdcn Threequarters in 121 121Martin Martin W Littleton Seveneighths in 129 129Mediator Mediator Seveneighths in 130 pulling up Mission upMission Fiveeighths in 107 107Moss Moss Rock Threequarters in 118 118O O Em Fiveeighths in 103 103Ostend Ostend Threequarters iu 117 Penobscol Mile in 147 147Priscillian Priscillian Threequarters in 117 Reybourn Threequarters in 110 110Slim Slim Princess Threequarters in 11S 11SSpring Spring Maid Half mile in 49 49Suffragist Suffragist Threequarters in 110 110Theo Theo Cook Threequarters in 114 Tipsand Viveeighths in 107 107Watervale Watervale Threequarters in 119 119Womlawhy Womlawhy Fiveeighths in 49 103 and threequarters in 120 pulled up
