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BELMONT RACERS IN FORM BOCK SAND COLT ROCK VIEW WINS THE PIM ¬ LICO NURSERY STAKES Chairman of the Jockey Club Has Pleasure of See ¬ ing Tipsand Carry His Colors to Victory at Old Pimlico Many Notables on Hand Baltimore Md May 11 August Belmont chair ¬ man of the Jockey Club showed what may turn out to be the best twoyearold of the year this after uoon when Rock View by Rock Sand Golden View took the Piinlico Nursery Stakes in a canter The nrsery was one of the two big events and thi rifliest race of the spring meeting The Parr pair Lic and Little Hugh the former the winner of the Clabaugh Memorial were thought to have the stakes at their mercy but there was a very well definJ tip out that Rock View was the best colt in the Bel IIHIU t barn Mr Belmont himself came on from Xew York to see his colt run Rock View was off well and sprinted into a long lead in the early part lie ran his opponents dizzy before the turn for home wan leached and was eased up through the stretch Lace which vas the main reliance of the Par stable showed well in the beginning but she Mumbled while rounding the turn aud finished next to last It is likely that she has been somewhat overrated She certainly did not run like a filly of stake class this afternoon afternoonThe The largest attendance of the season was present today many distinguished jiersous being iu the crowd Mayor Preston occupied a box and there were a host of others prominent in social and official life Iu Baltimore and Washington The track was much better than it has been for a week as was shown by the time made in the Nursery Stakes Mr Belmont not only scored with Rock View in the stake race but he captured the second race wilh Tipsand which ran in much Improved form I Iiiibtlcss iiibtlcss Tipsands good showing may be accounted for by the fact that McTaggart was iu the saddle Mr Belmont during the afternoon signed a con ¬ tract with McTaggart to ride for the stable this season The Belnumt horses will be campaigned on the Canadian tracks tracksSand Sand Vale which ran in the Belmont colors in tin first race was well supported but ran out on She home turn and the Whitney pair Tankard aud Monocacy finished first and second Tipsand had to be ridden out to take the second race from Master Edwin which was the medium of a big plunge The Amateur Cup for nonprofessional riders aud liie CrJckmore Memorial Steeplechase Handicap were the features next in importance to the Nur ¬ sery In Hie former Apache well ridden by Mr J Tucker had no difficulty In winning after Indian Maid had been indulged with the lead to the turn The sUeplechase was an interesting affair St Abe anil Alfred Noble were the fancied cues and they finished onetwo Alfred Noble which won the Green Spring Valley Handicap here last fall at a long price and which is destined for jumping in France was making his second appearance of the meeting Admirably ridden by Tim Donohue Alfred Noble was waited with behind the pace set by St A lie to the last fence where he assumed command and won comfortably St Abe might have given Alfred Noble an argument but for Mystic Lights interference during a large part of the race Mystic Light unseated his ridor at the first jump but con ¬ tinued on taking every fence iu the lead and at one time sharply cut off St Abe Lad of Langden nnd Textile each added the second victory of the meeting to their ieeords and both were favorites Textile made a runaway race of the last and it looks as if lie had returmd to his good twoyearold form formGovernor Governor Goldsborough was to have been present at the races today but was detained by an engage ¬ ment elsewhere elsewhereThomas Thomas Clydes Brynwood was added in the Pirn Jlto Nurscrv Stakes but made a poor showing showingThomas Thomas Hitchcock Jr and J E Davis went to ew York today to be present at the drawing of iconics that are to race at the Piping Rock hunt meeting next Oclol er There were fiftyone men who pooled 00 each for the stakes and purchase of ponies for this sportsmens event 200 each to be xpeud Ml for the imnics and the remaining 5100 to be the stake to go to the winner The ponies an to e drawn by lot lotThere There will be a sale in the paddock here on Wednesday Itefore the mnning of the races y I Oliver today purchased Overlook from J G Ovmird John W Schorr Itought Gerrard from H P Winner and J W Pangle Frijoiee Morning Star and Grosvenor all twoyearolds from the Whitney jockev Eddie Martin loft for Toronto last nignt to work some of Robert Davies candidates for thi KIivs Plate to be run at Woodbine WoodbineVlinea Vlinea Fitzsimmons horses and those of Thomas Fortune Ryan will I shipped to Churchill Downs tomorrow Jockey McCahey will go along to ride for these stables
