Plate Glass Is Beaten: Robert Davies Good Horse Loses Race Because Of Careless Ride.; While Jockey Martin Is Devoting His Attention to One of His Opponents Another Gets Up to Beat Him--Several Horses Change Hands., Daily Racing Form, 1912-05-11

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PLATE GLASS IS BEATEN ROBEBT DAVIES GOOD HOBSE LOSES RACE BECAUSE OF CABELESS BIDE While Jockey Martin Is Devoting His Attention to toOno Ono of His Opponents Another Gets Up to Beat BeatHim Him Several Horses Change Hands Baltimore Md May 10 Plate Glass one of the best horses in training on the American turf today and aii oddson favorite in the owners handicaji that served as the feature race of the Piralico offer ¬ ing tills afternoon was robbed of victory through u careless ride on the part of jockey E Martin Tho latter after moving up from the rear in rounding the far turn and passing the pacemaker Bwaiui Tuinbo proceeded to take his mount under restraint and in the run through the homestretch paid strict attention to Bwaua Tuinbo which was on the in ¬ side Martin appeared unable to take his eyes off the latter and when Turner brought Light O M Life up on the outside with a rush in the last fifty yards he apparently did not see him Until Light O M Life had taken the lead When he dug his heels into Plate Glass the latter pinned bis cars back and was beaten a neck in a race that iu should have won easily The backers of Plate Glass were simply dumbfounded at Martins carelessness and many looked for the officials to censure the Tad for not going on about his business instead of paying so much attention to Bwana Tuinbo Plate Glass race this afternoon was in the nature of a test for the Connaught Cup to be run at Toronto in which he will carry 131 pounds and on his showing lie will certainly bo u hard horse to beat at Woodbine He carried 132 pounds this afternoon and was con ¬ ceding all the way from thirteen to thirtyono pounds to those he met The mile was run in 141 a splendid performance considering the condition oC the track trackThe The Davies stable was more fortunate in the sec ¬ ond race in which it also furnished an oddson favorite in Spring Maid The latter made all of her own pace and beat Buskin a neck Spring Maid showed a great flight of speed tunning the first half In 49 Buskin which finished second changed hands before the race C H Bobbins M F H of the Smlthtown Hunt was the purchaser and hi turned the colt over to John Whalen to train Through an error Buskin and Barnegat were coupled in the mutuel pooling which enabled those who backed the latter In the mittuels for place and show to get something for nothing as it were wereScholar Scholar ran in the name and colors of J H Lewis this afteinoon the latter having purchased this colt from J G Oxnard overnight Cock o the Walk which was programmed as owned by C J Qiiinn ran in Frederick Johnsons colors the colt having been trasfcrred to him tills morning morningDr Dr Farley who examined the hunter Kennewick yesterday pronounced the latter as ailing from septic poisoning probably caused by the bite of an insect The horse will recover recoverFrank Frank J Bryan who is looking after the entries for the twodays meeting at Benuiug made it known today that the races ware filling in a flattering manner Moro than a dozen have already been named to go in the Service test which calls for a journey of fourteen miles milesJ J W Hedrick claimed Fatherola from Robert Davies after the colt finished third to Rosseaux and Quoeu Bee in the second race yesterday yesterdayJoseph Joseph Marrone was a visitor at Pimlico this after ¬ noon noonJames James Rowe accompanied by Markle Mayer came over from New York to take in a few days racing They will probably remain during the rest of the meeting meetingHugh Hugh Penny came over from Benning this after ¬ noon He has arranged to shin the string he is training for W P Austin to Toronto on Tuesday next nextA A Henry Higginson a well known crosscountry enthusiast who has been spending a few months in Euglnud during the hunting season in that country is on his way home He will be here in time to attend the meeting that will be given at Benning and will probably have representatives In several of the races there thereSome Some of the trials at Pimlico this morning were wereActon Acton Threequarters in 118 118Brawny Brawny Fiveeighths iu 111 111Captain Captain Swanson Threequarters in 124 124Cherry Cherry Seed Threequarters in 122 122Edith Edith Inez Half mile In 54 54Elraa Elraa Half mile in 53 53Futurity Futurity Threequarters in 121 121Guy Guy Fisher Mile in 151 151Jeannette Jeannette B Mile in 148 148Little Little Hugh Half mile In 54 54Lynchburg Lynchburg Half mile in 50 Monocacy Threeeighths In S Noon Threequarters iu 121 Spellbound Mile in 148 148Tankard Tankard Threeeighths in 38 38Textile Textile Half mile in 5 5Tick Tick Tack Mile in 147 Tom Melton Threequarters iu 121


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