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SOCIETY FOLK SEE PIMLICO RACES Baltimore Md August 0 With weather that vas ideal and a program so varied in character that interesting sport was bound to ensue it was little wonder that the society folk of Baltimore turned out en masse at Piuilico today Though the first favorite Cloud proved a winner the books had the best of the break for the public followed a wild tip on Boyal Vane with the result that from a high quotation of five his price was steadily forced down until two was the best at post timo Tlio second race proved an eagle bird for th books the winner Royal Onyx being overlooked so much BO in fact that in the muluels there was not a ticket sold on him to win or for the place With fiix facing the Hag in the first steeplechase of the flay tho finish found but two horses Nick oTinio mid Maio Fletcher lighting the issue out the balance of the starters being distributed in various parts of the field In the succeeding race Scotch Lassie lifld no trouble in defeating those opposed to him today whereas on Wednesday he could not get up a galhpThe respectable galhp The feature race of the day found Mystic Light Installed as the favorite but a bungling ride bv Day ¬ ton sent his chances aglimmering the tinish finding the judiciously ridden Gartennan winner by a length P Stevenson previous to the races today pur ¬ chased from J E Davis the horses Plutocrat and Zellwood and they both started in his colors through the field The latter gentleman shipped the two yearolds Humility Iledonic and Garter Maid from Havre de Grace track to Pimlico today where they were being trained by James Fitzsimmons FitzsimmonsJockey Jockey Obert signed a contract yesterday with W J Spiers of Louisville Ky and left for Lexington last night to break several yearlings Mr Spiers has there
