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PIMLICOS BIG RACING DAY TINGALING CAPTURES THE PIMLICO NUR ¬ SERY IN A CLOSE FINISH Swish Wins the Crickmore Memorial Steeplechase SteeplechaseSomewhat Somewhat Luckily Norse King Arrives Arrivesfor for the Preaknesg Pimlico Md May 15 This was one of the big days of the Pimlico meeting The Maryland Jockey Club provided a good program the features n cludlng the Pimlico Nursery for twoyearolds the Crickmore Memorial Steeplechase and the Chesa ¬ peake Handicap The Pimlico Nursery brought out the best youngsters here and It furnished a splen ¬ did contest Jn which the Quincy Stables TingaLIng beat King Neptune a head in a driving finish Ting aLing made the paire and after racing Ormes Head into defeat in the lirst threeeighths held her own resolutely when King Neptune challenged in the homestretch King Neptune was probably best and would have won but for being cut off while rounding the far turn The colt is a rail runner and when he attempted to come through on the inside he was cut off by Ormes Head HeadThe The Pimlico Nursery was first run in 1909 and its condensed history iron that time to the present year is Year Winner Wt Jockey Val Time 1909 Tom Melton 104 Scoville 1C75 5 jf 1910 Stinger 107 C Grand 2070 5Gs 1911 Overman 117 K Hugan 18SO 55 1912 Uock View 107 McTaggart 1010 54 54J913 J913 Kxecutor 104 C Turner 1085 5I5 1914 The Masquerader122 J Butwell 1000 54 1915 TingaLing 112 K Ambrose 1210 55 Thomas Hitchcock furnished the winner of the theCrickmore Crickmore Memorial Steeplechase in his McGee gelding Swish The latter was ridden by Fred Williams but did not fence in his usual brilliant fashion In taking a couple of the jumps he tloundered and went to his knees and was fortu ¬ nate to escape going down Swish had the most speed on the Mat however and this enabled him to win Weldshlp ran a smart raco but was probably not quite up to a bruising contest At that he will prolmldy beat Swish if ihey meet again under the same conditions conditionsThe The condensed history of the Crickmore Memorial Steeplechase is as follows followsYear Year Winner AWt Jockey Val Time iiO Alglc 5 14 A Smith 020 538 liilO Thistledale 9 100 II Boyle 540408 1912 Alfred Noble 7 152 Donohue 495 432 1913 Knniskillon 0 152 W Keating 1220 425 1914 Rhomb 4 155 J Kermatn 745457 1915 Swish 7 135 F Wllms 735351 735351Superintendent Superintendent Brennan had the track in splendid splendidcondition condition and fast time was recorded Several horsemen are already making preparations to leave for New York and Canada M Daly leaves with his big string for Toronto tomorrow Gwyu Tompkins also sends his stable of jumpers to Wood ¬ bine tomorrow tomorrowA A number of horses changed hands at private sale this morning among them Golden Plume and Margery which James Arthur purchased from John 1 Mayberry who acted as agent for Frederick Johnson and Charles J Quinn in the transaction Oiplnin W F Presgravc also sold Warlock to George Brown Miss McGiggle to Harry Rites Wninotha to J Farrell and Bug Eye to Thomas Hitchcock The latter is a twoyearold by Bryn Mawr Rosebay a sister to Ben Brush Harry J Morris also repurchased Yodeling from Sam Louis The latter took the gelding out of a sell ¬ ing rare a day or two ago agoGeorge George T Miller has b en appointed starter for tlo Klertrle Park Prosi ct Park Marlboro and Piping Rock meetings Miller started twenty eight twoyearolds in n race at Piping Rock last summer and had them at Hie post less than one minute minuteWillie Willie Shields was an arrival from Kentucky to ¬ day whore he has been scouting for promising ma ¬ terial lie was accompanied to Lexington by Paul Powers and whilo there the latter purchased the threeyearold Outlook and three yearlings one by Stalwart another by McCio and the other by Ogden They will bo shipped to lUlmont Park ParkEdward Edward Burnett mauagvr of Capt W F Pros graves Silverbrook Farm hi New Jersey was a visitor nt Pimlico this afternoon Mr Burnett had eightyseven horses under ilils care last winter all thoroughbreds They includod the broodmares owned by Thomas Clyde Thomas Hitchcock F Ambrose Clark J E WIdener and II F Coe The stallions Garry Herrmann Dalhousic Bryn Mawr and Lord Rock bv Kock Sand Ladw of the Valley are also nt Captain Presgraves 3ace Silverbrook Farm comprises 500 seres and is close to the Brookdale Farm owned by Harry Pavjio Whitney WhitneyMax Max Hirsoh was an arrival today He brought over his threeyearold Norse King to till his en ¬ gagement in the Preakness Handicap to be run on Monday MondayTraining Training gallops over a fast track at Pimlico this morning were wereAldoulK AldoulK Threequarters in 119 119Alheiia Alheiia Half mile in 50 50Black Black Pine Mile in l45 l45Captain Captain Parr Half mile in 52 52Dime Dime Novel FiveeightlLs in 110 110Kucore Kucore Fiveeighths in 100 100Flying Flying Fairy Mile anil a quarter In 210 lint Threequarters ill 123 123Hlghtide Hlghtide Threequarters in 122 122Holiday Holiday Threequarters In 121 121Horron Horron Half mile in 50 50Ida Ida Claire Half mile in 51 51Klngloy Klngloy Mile In 148 Laird oKirkcaldy Threequarters In 122 122Little Little Alia Fiveeighths in 107 107Llngar Llngar Mile and an eighth In 201 201Marjorle Marjorle A Threequarters In 119 119Minstrel Minstrel Fiveeighths in 100 100Milestone Milestone Half mile in 52 52Montresor Montresor Threequarters in 123 123Orpertb Orpertb Threequarters in 123 Pride of Greeuway Half mile in 51 51Perthshire Perthshire Half mile In 54 Peggy Half mile in 50 Pimetto Bleu Threequarters In 123 Pharaoh Threequarters in 121 r rReliance Reliance Mile In 145 Huffo Threequarters In 122 Rurally Threequarters In 120 120Runes Runes Mile and an eighth in 200 Sandbar Threequarters In 125 Haliirnus I hreoqunrtors in 120 120Star Star of Love Half mile in 51 51Sir Sir William Johnson Iftilf mile In 51 51Sleuth Sleuth Threequarters In 125 V Soldier Throequarters In 119 Sir Edgar Threequarters in 121 121Spearhead Spearhead Threequarters in 123 123Shines Shines Fiveeighths in 103 103Silvermoon Silvermoon Fiveeighths in 107 107Sun Sun God Fiveeighths in 110 110Spring Spring Board Seveneighths In 130 130Song Song of Valley Mile and an eighth in 200 Trial by Jury Kereneighths In 130 130Water Water Lady Threequarters In 118 118Wanda Wanda Pitzer Threequarters in 121
