view raw text
POOR DAY FOR FAVORITES FIRST SIGHT ONLY PUBLIC CHOICE TO BCOEE AT PIHLICO Hy Fellow Wins Selling Handicap for Amos Turner but Victory Profits Latler Little Because of a Bunup Track Drying Out Rapidly Baltimore Md May 9 Interesting contests were seen at Pimlico this afternoon Well balanced fields went to the post in a majority of instances and sev ¬ eral of the winners were first home by small mar ¬ gins The Canadian turfman Robert Davies fur ¬ nished the only winning favorite in First Sight which beat Captain Elliott a neck in the fifth race There was a decided improvement in the going the high winds drying out the track and making the footing fairly good all over overCapt Capt E B Cassatt scored his first victory of the meeting when Lawsuit won the opening race a dasli of four and a half furlongs Lawsuit benefited by a lucky start managed to stay in front all the way At the end she was quitting and it was only in a vigorous drive that she lasted long enough to beat Mary Scribe ScribeAmos Amos Turney furnished the winner of the Brew ¬ ers selling handicap in My Fellow but it did not profit him much My Fellow was entered to be suit I for 000 and when offered he was bid up to 120 by J Howard Ixwis Mr Turney retained the coll with tin necessary 5 advance Mr Lewis who contemplates campaigning the horses he has IeaM from George E Widener in Canada this snmmor proposes to strengthen his stable and It looks as if he will be troublesome to the owners of selling platers that 11133 happen to be entered for less thau their real value valueAdolph Adolph Wheeler arrived from Worcester Mass this morning with Nattic Butuppo Old Sport and Dullcarc They are intended for racing at the Ben ning meeting in Washington and the hunt club meeting at Pimlico PimlicoA A G Weston departed last night with a carload of horses for Toronto There were twelve in the lot and included in the number were five owned by Thomas Clyde and Capt W F Presgrave besides three of his own This Is the first consignment thut has left Pimlico for Woodbine WoodbineOrlando Orlando Jones was a visitor here this afternoon He contemplates giving a fourdays meeting at Hart ¬ ford Conn some time during the summer and prom ¬ ises pursesThe horsemen 100 and DOO purses The horses owned by John W Schorr that were wintered at Douglas Park will lie shipped from Louisville to Toronto tomorrow There are twelve in tho lot The fouryearolds that Mr Schorr has at Pimlico will leave on Tuesday next Mr Schorr will himself leave for Canada on Sunday SundaySince Since the Star Shoot colt Eyebrow has been dis ¬ playing such good form here W T Anderson has turned down several flattering offers for the colt Mr Anderson values the horse at 10000 10000William William Shields returned this morning from Ken ¬ tucky whither he went to purchase some material for steeplechasing for G Gray of Toronto He se ¬ cured three threeyearolds and two twoyearolds The lot will be shipped to Canada next week weekAlgernon Algernon Daingerfield secretary of the Jockey Club was a visitor at Pimlico today He will re ¬ main daysThe over for a few days The list of officials for the Electric Park meeting will be announced tomorrow Among the trials at Pimlico this morning were wereAldeSaran AldeSaran Mile in 152 Bean ChiUon Threequarters in 123 123Brandy Brandy Half mile In 54 54Cloud Cloud Half mile in 53 Dissenter Half mile in 53 53Futurity Futurity Mile in 152 152Jacquclinu Jacquclinu Half mile in 53 53King King Commoner Threequarters in 122 v vMarjorie Marjorie A Fiveeighths in 109 109Master Master Edwin Threequarters in 120 120Sig Sig Threequarters in 121 121Tarts Tarts Fiveeighths in 109
