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KEEPS UP WINNING STREAK HIGH HAT APPEARS TO BE CHAMPION CHASER OF THE SEASON Taken from William Gartli Out of a Selling Raco Racoat at Norfolk After Series cf Victories Ho Wins Winsat at First Asking for the Beverwyck Stable Baltimore Md May 2 The cherry and green stripes of the Beverwyck Stable were conspicuous at Pimlico this afternoon The Seinpronius mare Lady Irma beat a shifty lot of sprinters in the opening dash while High Hat won the Electric Park Steeplechase over the twomiles course This was High Hats first effort in the Nolan colors and he showed a rattling good performance fencing in faultless fashion and being a keen factor from the start There were some who contended that had Trudo stood up he would have beaten High Hat The pair were on even terms taking the last fence High Hat is a wonderfully improved steeplechaser Todays effort marked his fifth start this season and incidentally his fifth victory He was taken from William Garth out of a selling race at Norfolk a few days ago and bids fair to be a useful racer for his new owner Trndo the heavily backed fa ¬ vorite for the race met with a mishap at the last fence which ended his career In lauding he brok one of his forelegs at the pastern joint and was destroyed as a consequence This horse was con ¬ sidered a jumper of great promise by William Garth He was owned by A I Parr ParrThe The best field that went to the post during the afternoon started in the fifth race and the winner turned up in Marjorie A which galloped liome with a long lead The early pace was extremely fast till first quarter being run in 22 and the half mile in 4i Electioneer favorite for the race was crowded back when the start came He worked his way up on the outside and closing a big gap fin ¬ ished fourth Blackfords showing was also good Like Electioneer he was crowded back at tho start and was forced to go wide wideThe The It T Wilson stable won Its first twoyearold race of the season when Old Coin boat Ringling a head after a long hard stretch drive The latter was a 4 to 5 favorite He was beaten because Old Coin outbroke him at the start At the end he was gradually wearing the finncr down and would have beaten him in another stride strideAbe Abe Garson owner of Grania did not profit rnuh over the mares victory The race was a selling affair and W A Burttschell trainer of Miss E A Tysons Question Mark ran Grania up 5305 over her entered price of 400 Grania was retained by her owner ownerSteeplechase Steeplechase jockey J Lynch was suspended for one week by the starter for pulling up Gartermau in breakawaysEdward one of the breakaways Edward McBride today purchased Ethel Le Brume of J F Sweeney and turned her over to Jamen Arthur for training She will be shipped to Canada and tracksEdward raced on the halfmile tracks Edward W Heffncr has given up all hope of ever bringing Martin W Littleton back to the races Tht horse tore the muscles of his shoulder badly when he struck the fence in falling Mr Ileffner has hopes of saving him for breeding purposes John W Schorr for whom Albert Simons is train ¬ ing a couple of twoyearolds is expected from Mem ¬ phis on Monday next Mr Schorr will remain here about a week and then will motor to Toronto TorontoW W T Anderson will ship his string to Hamilton at the conclusion of the Pimlico meeting He will race his horses at only two meetings in Canada Fort Erie and Hamilton and then will shin them back to Maryland to rest for tin fall campaign Several campaignSeveral of the owners racing here have made known their intention of shipping from bore to Ben ning to participate in the twodays meetings to bo given pointSome at that point Some of the trials at Pimlico this mornin were Absconder wereAbsconder Mile in 145 145Afterglow Afterglow Fiveeighths in 103 103Annie Annie Sellers Mile in 144 144Bounder Bounder Mile in 145 145Chocorua Chocorua Half mile in 49 Dissenter Threequarters in 117 Drexel Hill Fiveeighths in 105 r rEl El wall Threeeighths iu 35 T First Up Half mile in 50 Flower Girl Half mile in 50 50Garry Garry Mile in 145 t = Herbert Turner Half mile in 49 49King King Commoner Half mile in 48 48Mileage Mileage Threequarters in 118 118Muskniolou Muskniolou Fiveeighths iu 105 105New New Hivcr Half mile in 49 49Norhitt Norhitt Mile in 140 140Uod Uod and Gun Threequarters in 119 119Turbine Turbine Threequarters in 117 West Point Fiveeighths in 105 Woudawhy Half mile in 50
