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GOLDEN LIST IN VICTORY BEDWELL FILLY RUNS AWAY FROM HER OP ¬ PONENTS IN THE CLABAUGH MEMORIAL Kintoro a Promising Steeplechaser and an Easy EasyWinner Winner Divan Takes Her Race Nearly a aRecord Record Attendance at Pimlico Piuilico Md May S The eleventh running of the Clabaugh Memorial Cup one of the annual fixtures of me Pimlico spring meeting was featured by the Maryland Jockey Club this afternoon The race Is a sort of sporting affair the conditions call ¬ ing for twoyearolds from mares served in Mary laud Virginia or Pennsylvania The winner turned up iu II G Bedwells Golden List which made a ruuaway affair of the race winning easily by four lengths Ormes Head King Neptune and Plaintiff followed iu the order named heads and necks apart There was a tremendous gathering at the course tliu crowd being by far thu largest of thu meeting heavyThomas and speculation was heavy Thomas Hitchcock showed what promised to de ¬ velop into a shifty sort of a steeplechaser in Kintoro which proved an easy winner of the Green Spring Valley Steeplechase Handicap one of tbe feature races of the program He was ridden by F Wil ¬ liams raced into an easy lead while going the last time around and beat Single Stick winner of last years Harbor Hill Cup a halt dozen lengths Divan had no trouble in placing the opening raco of the day to the credit of the California owner and breeder A B Sproekels Pharaoh took the soiling sprint from Humiliation in a canter Tlie veteran Colonel Asiiuicade at long odds accounted for the fifth race of the day but had his troubles in hold ¬ ing the still longerpriced outsider Veneta Slroim at bay In a fiuisu that would have wound up in a victory for the latter in another stride or two The good form of Cliff Havens race on the opening day of the meeting was overlooked when it came to the running of the sixth race of the day and he had his rcvense when at a shade more than 20 to 1 he prevailed in a close finish with Ben Quince and Buzz Around The last race of the day resulted In tlie downfall of another favorite when the Wilson castoff Ailiena tackled the first choice Sir William Johnson In the last sixteenth and after a sharp struggle drew away from him and won by a good length concluding a day of decidedly iutercstiii diversion diversionAn An interesting match raco will be run some morn ¬ ing next week between the steeplechaser Old SUt and Astute tluough one turn of the Jiild v ith t4cli to carry 105 pounds the former to lx ridden by J Howard Lewis while Silas Veitch will have tliu mount on Astute Lewis and Vuitch arc now rated as two of thu foremost trainers of junipers In this country and away back in the long ago they were both crack riders through the field The match is for 100 a side pay or play playReports Reports from Belmoiit Terminal arc that Mrs Payne Whitney will probably hayu the strongest string of steeplechasers In training this season Among those that Jimmy Owens is handling arc Meeting House Flanders Cherry Marlotte Winkle Web Carter and Marcellinus MarcellinusA A G Weston disposed of the twoyearolds Dr Sullivan by Greenways Best Allie IL and Prido of Grecnway by Greenways Best Eminence II to Edward Crawford and the pair will bu shipped to Delorlmier Park Montreal MontrealLewis Lewis Garth has arranged to ship his stable to Toronto alwut May IS He will have ten jumpers in his string this season and several fiat raco horses Steeplechase jockeys Fred Williams and J Dupee will do young Mr Garths riding in Canada this season seasonThe The Second Annual Maryland Hunt Cup renewal was run and won thia morning by Gresham JI Pocs Prince Hal The race was at four miles on the fiat Mullinahon was second and Induction third Kings Linn and Whipperpool were the other start ¬ ers The winner was ridden by Mr Spencer am ran four miles iu ii03
