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PIMLICO FINISHES CLOSE Water Xady Takes the Feature Eaca and Defeats Wanda Pitzer Kintorc Promising Jumper rimlico Mil May 10 The Hill Top Selling Handicap a dash of threequarters that served as the feature race at Pimlico this afternoon furnished a splendid contest in which the first three horses passed the Judges necks apart The winner turned up in Water Lady which came from behind after coming wide when entering the homestretch and finishing with a splendid effort beat Wanda Pitzer in the closing strides Corsican set the pace until well into the homestretch and in the final drive olutelyWellmatched hung on re olutely Wellmatched fields went to the post in a ma ¬ jority of the races and in several of them the winner was in doubt until in the final strides Sir William Johnson and Richwood won their races by the smallest margins The former beat what was supposed to IHJ a good thing In Coin which was making his first appearance in a couple of years Coin might have won had Turner not been overconfident He delayed making his move just a bit too long At the end Coin was gradually wearing the winner down downWorstdale Worstdale showed a good performance in the Linstead Steeplechase in which he came from be ¬ hind to beat the favorite Garter a length in a driving finish Worstdalo is a solidlooking colt and in todays effort he fenced cleanly and finished gamely gamelyAtaka Ataka one of the Sprcckels twoyearolds that are to be sold in the paddock at Pimlico on Satur ¬ day proved an easy winner of the opening dash She was off none too well but finished fast and at the end was going away The Jockey Club Sellihg Handicap also furnished a driving finish In which the favorite Ainulll came from behind and beat Spearhead lengthCarroll a half length Carroll Shilling was among todays arrivals He came east to try and straighten out his difficulties with rideThe the Jockey Club and secure a license to ride The stakes for the first meetings at Ottawa and Hamilton closed today and Joseph McLonmui re ¬ ported horsemen to have been liberal with their entries entriesJohn John J Mackesscy received notification of his appointment as paddock judge at Connaught Park by ClubKintore the Ottawa Jockey Club Kintore the Yankee colt that won the Green Spring Valley Steeplechase at Pimlico on Saturday orked as a twoyearold the fastest threequar ¬ ters ever shown over the Saratoga track three quarters in 112 but went wrong shortly after and was not raced as a threeyearold Thomas Hitch ¬ cock worked personally on tho alMn leg all last year and had the satisfaction of witnessing the horse win through the field at the first time of asking KJutore isa finished fenceraml will proba ¬ bly hold ills own in any company through the field this season seasonA A notice was posted in the secretarys office nt Pinillco from Secretary W P Fraser of the Ontario Jockey Club which read This is an order in council under the animal contagious act of Canada Raca horses shipped by express consigned to an in coriwratcd jockey club or racing association may IKS admitted without permit when complying with other regulations of the department John Boden who shipped to Toronto last week wired that he ex ¬ perienced no Inconvenience with the customs author ¬ ities but that no hay straw goats nor sporting dogs would be passed Joseph passedJoseph McLennan was in receipt of a letter from Toronto with instructions to inform horsemen that Ihe Canadian Racing Associations would hold a meeting in Toronto Mav 20 to pass on applications for jockeys and trainers licenses also that ap ¬ plications not in at that time would not be acted upon until the following meeting No temporary licenses will be granted in Canada this season seasonJockey Jockey Hartwell was suspended for five days by the stewards for rough riding in the closing race After raceAfter the close of the Pimlico meeting there will be fifteen days of racing on the halfmile tracks in this locality Electric Park will race five days commencing right after the finish at Pimlico Prospect Park will then go on for five days and commencing June 1 Marlboro will give a five days fair and race meeting This will make horsesPimlico a compact circuit for the cheaper horses Pimlico workouts this morning were the following followingAndrew Andrew 131Anita Seveneighths in 131 Anita Half mile In 51 51Ben Ben Dale Threequarters In 120 120Between Between Us Half mile in 50 50Briar Briar Path Threequarters in 120 120Bushy Bushy 124Buskin Head Threequarters in 124 Buskin Half mile in 33 33Cannock Cannock Half mile in 51 51Carbide 120Chaser Carbide Threequarters in 120 Chaser ffCockspur Threequarters in 12L f ff Cockspur Threequarters in 121 121Crijssbun Crijssbun Threequarters in 119 119Donald Donald Macdonald Mile in 152 152Dr Dr Duenner Threequarters in 118 118Ed Ed Henry Half mile in 5 Fasces Mile in 151 Ford Mai Half mile in 51 51G G 117George M Miller Threequarters in 117 George Smith Half mile in 51 Grapeshot 51Grapeshot Threequarters in 118 Hectograph 118Hectograph Mile in 147 a Hester aHester Prynne Threequarters in 118 Lady 118Lady Bryn Threequarters in 119 119Lndy Lndy LightningsHalf mile In 51 Vn r rLady Lady Teresa Half mile In 50 Little Dipper Half mile in 51 51Lilly Lilly Heavens Half mile In 51 51Lochiel Lochiel Threequarters in 120 120Mamie Mamie K Mile in 150 150Mntresor Mntresor Threequarters in 118 Mycenae IOur Threequarters in 123 I Our John Half mile In 5 5Patrick Patrick S Half mile in 54 54Progressive Progressive Mile in 140 140Rodomlo Rodomlo Threequarters in 119 119Runes Runes Mile in 151 151Sarsanet Sarsanet Half mile in 50 50Saturnus Saturnus Half mile in 51 51Sharper Sharper Knight Half mile In 52 52Spring Spring Board Threequarters in 119 119Surprising Surprising 117Tactics Threequarters hi 117 Tactics Mile in 140 140Talicarrier Talicarrier Mile in 148 148Tarbrush Tarbrush Half mile in 51 51Tlajan Tlajan Half mile In 52 52Tralee Tralee Half mile in 50 50Trial Trial 119Uncle by Jury Threequarters in 119 Uncle Ben Threequarters In 120 120Waterbass Waterbass Mile and an eighth in 159
