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FLOURISHING AT PIMLICO LARGE ATTENDANCE VIEWS EXCELLENT AND WELL -CONTESTED RACING. Elect Takes the Steeplechase for Gentlemen Riders — Yellow Sally Wins Her Race and a New Owner— Prcakness Handicap Weights. Baltimore. Md.. May 20. — The card offered at Pimlico this afternoon was featured by two divisions of the Driving Park Handicap, but this event was overshadowed by the second race, the Hunters Steeplechase, over the two and a lmlf mile course, in which the contestants were ridden by gentlemen riders. Society was well represented to encourage the riders, the lawns and clubhouse enclosure 1h -ing comfortably crowded. Elect, ridden by Mr. T. EL Wiltshire, was returned the winner after a hard drive over Induction and Bachelor. It was a good contest throughout. The running of the fourth race, a dash of four and a half furlongs for two-year-olds, was marred when two of the starters. Firing Line and Bar of Phoenix fell in rounding the far turn. Jockey C. Watson, who had the mount on Firing Line, suffered injuries which called for medical attention, while W. Doyle escaped injury. The colors of R. T. Wilson were carried to victory by Hanobala in this race in a stirring finish. The selling race troubles broke out afresh this afternoon and resulted iu one change of ownership. Yellow Sally was advanced from 00 to ,200 and sold to G. A. Alexandra. Marianao, racing for J. O. Talbott, was bid up to ,305. an advance of 00, and was retained by the usual advance. The racing on the whole was stirring, several of the finishes being marked by hard drives. A disqualification came out of the running of the fifth race in which Monocacy ran second to Freda Johnson, but was disqualified for swerving down to the inside rail at the end. William Murray was an arrival from Montreal this morning and will remain for a few days. Mr. Murray reports many improvements to the Maison-neuve plant, including the construction of fifty more stalls and a new betting shed and the re-grading of the turns. Murray brought down some tiooks of the Dorval meeting for S. N. Holman and distributed them among the horsemen. He brought the news that the new steeplechase course at Dorval is in splendid order and that jumping will be featured at that meeting. Jockey T. Harrington injured his foot when Marianao ran away after her race and crashed into the outside fence. He was forced to cancel his other engagements for the afternoon. The weights for the Preakness Handicap, to be run on Monday next, were announced today. They are as follows: Anita. 115 pounds: Achievement. 126; Celandria, 125; Curraghaleen. 105; Celtabel. 106; Col. Gutelius, 104: Daddys Choice. 108; Damrosch. 105; Eddie Henry, 112: Ed Bond. 100; Greenwood, 107; Golden Hours. 108; Golden Gate. 102: Illuminator, 105; Kama, 102; King Neptune, 126; Murphy. 113; Madame Herrmann, 104; Nyack, 108; Oratorium, 106; Prohibition, 110: Phil Cngar. 113; Baconteuse, 100: Skeer Face. 119: The Decision. 108; Tom Elward. 109: The Coolin, 105; Vermont, 112, and Watercress II., 103. Jockey James Butwell leaves here for Belmont Park tomorrow to join the stable of his employer Andrew Miller. Butwell will return here on Monday to ride the three-year-old filly Celandria in the Preakness Handicap. James Arthur, was assaulted this morning by a former employee. Mickey Morris, and a friend of the latter. Arthur was on his way to his home in Arlington at the time having just concluded his labors in looking after his horses at Pimlico. He was painfully, but not seriously injured. Herbert L. Pratt and Howard W. Maxwell were arrivals from New York this morning. Both gentlemen have extensive strings racing at Pimlico, the formers horses being in charge of James Fitz-simmons. while R. J. Walden looks after the Maxwell racers. After Weldships good performance through the field yesterday, Gwynn Tompkins decided to ship that jumper to Belmont Park Terminal to start in the United Hunts Steeplechase, to be run on Saturday. Thomas Hitchock will send Brentwood over to run in the same stake. Mr. Tompkins will ship his stable from the Belmont Park track to Toronto Sunday night. The meeting at Pimlico next, fall promises to lie the greatest ever held in Maryland. The Maryland Jockey Club contemplates erecting 100 more stalls within the grounds and various other improvements will be made to the plant, which is now one of the most picturesque of the Maryland courses. It is understood that Pandean and Sandman II.. in the stable of John O. Talbott. will be schooled through the field with the idea of making steeplechasers of them. Nightstick, in the same stable, is reported to have gone wrong and will be retired for the year. Capt. W. F. Presgrave has purchased the two-year-old Captain Fred of A. G. Blakeley. He purchased Rhymer from Blakeley the other day. but the colt was claimed by William Garth before the transfer was effected. M. Daly has purchased of Captain Presgrave the three -year -old Revelry. The latter has been schooled through the field and gives promise of developing into a good fencer. R. J. Walden will divide his stable at the conclusion of the Pimlico meeting, sending a division of his two-year-olds back to the Walden farm at Middloburg. Md. The remaindea of the string will be shipped to Douglas Park at Louisville. Gwynn Tompkins reports that he has two handsome fillies at his farm in Virginia out of the good steeplechase mare Bella. One is a yearling and the other a weanling. Both are by the imported horse Seahorse. T. J. Shaw was a visitor at Pimlico this afternoon. R. F. Carman departed for Kentucky yesterday taking with him the three-year-old Skeer Face, which will be a starter in tiie Kentucky Derby. Mr. Carman is now a grandfather, a son having been born to Richard F. Carman, Jr., a few days ago.
