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FLITTERGOLDS EASY RACE WINS THE STAFFORD HANDICAP AT PIMLICO BEFORE A LARGE CROWD. Weldship Captures tho Steeplechase with All Ease Triple Crown Defeats Greentree and Killdee Toddington a Present to Maryland Club. Baltimore, Md., November 2. G. A. Midlers Flit-tcrgold accounted for todays feature nice at Pim-lico, the Stafford Handicap, a dash of one mile, in which, he led from the start and won under restraint by a half length from the imported horse Nylon. Flittergold carried top weight, was ridden by jockey Ambrose and was under slight restraint for the entire race. Another large gathering turned out at Pimlico this afternoon. It was a fashionable attendance, the clubhouse contingent being especially prominent. Apart from the Stafford Handicap, interest centered in the running of the preliminary steeplechase over the two miles and a quarter course. Several of the starters are eligibles for the ,000 Manly Memorial Steeplechase, to be run on Tuesday next. Weldship made all the pace in todays race and won with speed to spare from Expectation. Falmouth met with a mishap just as his rider was making his effort for the lead. It was while rounding the turn into the back-stretch, after taking the ninth fence, where Kennedy moved him up on the inside, and he was forced against one of the flag posts that marked the course. He struck the post with enough force to knock it down and the rider lost his balance and fell off. William Midgely, who is well up on the list of winning trainers in the United States for the present year, saddled another winner this afternoon when Gifford A. Cochrans good Star Shoot filly Triple Crown, galloped home the winner by a long margin in the third race. There were some useful youngsters behind Triple Crown in todays race, among them Greentree and Killdee, the latter a stake winner at Laurel. The Kentuckians put over a good thing when Charles Francis won the fifth race. He came from behind "while rounding the far turn and, after racing into an easy lead, won easing up from Voluspa. The stallion Toddington, which 1ms been doing service in connection with the Jockey Clubs Breeding Bureau in New York state, was at Pimlico today on the eve of his being sent to the farm of Frank A. Bonsai in Baltimore county for service. Toddington is 18 years old and was imported by the late James B. Haggln, who purchased him in England for 2.000 guineas. Toddington came here from Berlin, N. Y.. and came as a donation to the Maryland Jockey Club by the breeding bureau of the Jockey Club in New York. There are a number of good mares in the Greenspring Valley owned by wealthy Marylanders. who are interested in hunting and it was wtih the idea of improving the breed that the horse was sent here. One of Toddingtons sons. King Sol, is owned by James O. Walsh, of Lothian, Anne Arundel county, this state. Jockey Joe McCahey, after an absence of several mouths from the saddle, was a visitor at Pimlico this afternoon. It is not probable that he will resume riding here, although lie is good and fit. Francis Nelson, presiding judge on the tracks racing under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Racing Associations, was a visitor at Pimlico this afternoon. Judge Nelson is on a vacation. It is his first trip to Pimlico in some years and he was agreeably surprised at the many improvements n.ade in the plant. C. J. Casey was an arrival from Kentucky with the Grant Hugh Browne racers, Fair Mae and Gun-bearer. Casey blames the hard track at Latonia for the poor showing of Fair Mac in the Latonia Cup race on the closing day of that meeting. P. T. Chinn, today purchased the two-year-old Sea Puss by Star Shoot Ocean Tide of E. Wittc. She is destined to be a broodmare. There are two steeplechases on the program at Pimlico tomorrow, the conditions of which call for maiden jockeys. The Maryland Jockey Club will present 00 to the rider of the winner in each of the races. E. W. Moores apprentice rider, W. Crump, had his first mount in the east when he rode Life in the opener this afternoon. Cramp was one of the best apprentices riding on the Canadian circuit last summer, where his services were greatly in demand. Jefferson Livingston is expected here next week to remain for several days. The Livingston horses shipped from Latonia in good condition. J. W. May arrived yesterday from Louisville and engaged a stall for Bayberry Candle. The latter will be raced at Pimlico and Bowie. Gloaming, winner of the seventh race, was advanced from ,500 to ,005 and was bought in. Emll Herz and II. G. Bedwell were responsible for the bidding. Work-outs, over a fast track, at Pimlico included the following: Ambrose Mile in 1:45. Bac Half mile in 51. Beaverkill Mile in 1:523. Bet Mile in 1:50. Borax Five-eighths in 1:05. Celtabel Three-quarters iii 1:17. Corsican Five-eighths in 1:04. ,. Disturber Five-eighths in 1:05. Dixie II. Three-quarters in 1:18. i.. Dovednie Mile and a quarter in 2:11. Feiucca-Five-eighths in 1:03. Flag Day Three-quarters in 1:19. Harvest King Five-eighths in 1:03. Harry Shaw Three-quarters in 1:17. Juliet Mile in 1:47. Kilmer Mile in 1:48. Ladv Barbary Half mile in 51. i Lady Little Mile in 1:49. !i Leoehares Three-eighths in 30. Little Dipper Three-quarters in 1:19. Little Nearer Mile in 1:48. :. Madame Herrmann Three-eighths in 30. Marse Henry Half mile in 52. 2 Melodrama Mile in 1:47. Nebraska Half mile in 51. Obolus Mile in 1:51. Oratorium Mile in 1:47. Orperth Mile in 1:49. Penniless Five-eighths in 1:04. Piraeus Mile in 1:45. , Port Light Three-eighths in 38. Presumption Three-quarters in 1:19. Priuce of Como Mile in 1:52. Rebel Five-eighths in 1:05. Rhine Maiden Three-quarters in 1:18. j Royalist Three-quarters in 1:18. -. Sea Wave Three-quarters in 1:17. -i Sea Gull Three-quarters in 1:19. Sky Half mile in 52. , . jgliort Grass Half mile in 52. Soldier Mile in 1:55. Star Gaze Mile in 1:55. Startling Three-quarters in 1:18. , The Rump Seven-eighths in 1:34. : . Ting-a-Ling Three-quarters in 1:20. Traction Five-eighths in 1:03. j True as Steel Mile in 1:47. ! . j Warsaw Five-eighths in 1:04. I; 1 Wooden Shoes Mile in 1:45. JL. ilJL 1
