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REMARKABLE STAKE ENTRIES AT PIMLICO. Representatives of Many Stables to Make Their First Start This Year at the Old Track. By J. P. .Ii fi-ry K Baltimore, Md.. April •_•!. Bar hag folks are looking forward to th- Pimlice meeting, ache dated to begin on Tilt II fay of u-t week, with keener interest Ihan usual on a. count of th- innovation which th- Maryland lackey Club has adopted of throwing opea its stak-s for entries free of charge Bo far as tin response of owners in making entries is Lome laid, this bold innovation is undeniably a suci ;. Whether it will accomplish the purpos- ." its sponsors and bring better fields to the starting post hi rom petition for the rheereal offeriaga of this famous oh! racing organization, remalaa fa he seen. Thus- responsible for the innovation are elated over the prosper ta that the coming meet-lag will vindicate the soundness of their new policy, the anaoaaeemeat of which aroused sack a storm of protest ia eertala influential qaal la ia teal fall. That th- new Idea has fomsd instantaneous favor with the owners of stables is tboramgbly established by the following impressive tabulation of the aamber of entries received for th- four stakes to be run during th- forthcoming spring meeting, as compared with th- aamber ordinarily received in previous rears for th- same event: Average Owners Nasnberef Previous stake Represeated. Koasiaatfaass, Tears. Spring luvi nil- ... .34 834 J". In akn-ss 83 152 83 Piinii.o Sprg Handicap 77 133 33 Green 8p*g VaL Chaae.S8 84 38 Racing Secretary W. P. Bigga his mad- a earefal analysis of th- entries received for all four races ami has reached tin- condaaton thai there is a smaller proportion .f dead timber among them Ihan ordinarily, notwithstanding ih- remarkable naaaer-i-al gains, lie is also ionvinc.il. from a knowledge of ii;- stables that are on hand and coming, that feu owners seal ia entiles without any serious Intention of taking pari in the in— ting, which, it was i .intended l.y the critiis of the plan, would constitute one of lis weakness . Thus- who have made nominations are for the most part owners who have l.i--n racing at Pimlico year after year. The difference is that they have felt freer to noni laate for th- stakes any of their horses that might possibly possess stake calibre and this is expected to overcome the exasperating condition that sometimes develops whin an owner makes an error of Judgment in naming a particular horse for a certain race, nhercaa it afterwards d-v-lops that another of hia horses would be much better suited by the conditions prevailing, when I In- t inn- -om-s for the d-ci.si-.ii of tin- race. By imposing a starting fee of suffiii. nr nreportioas to sift out tin-dross, the Pimlico peopl- expect to gel th refinement deahred in tie way of a high class fi-ld. ihis is by no nuans the first tim- that the Pimlico management has lift Ike beaten oath of turf tradition aad practice, it was the tirt racing organization in th- coaatry to voluntarily return to the hoi -somen its nortkm of the surplus growing out of aeUfasg race ran -ape. This was accomplished by add lag its share af the run up money to purses already programmed. The substitution of silling handicaps for the ordinary selling race waa another way la which the rhalli o management showed its progressiveneaa s year or two ago, a ben th-s-iiing race problem lit- i began to he troublesome. Pimlico Has a Clientele of Its Own. II is ion— did that Maryland racing makes its bravest showing at Pimlico. This old track baa a Clientele all its own. People prominent ill the social. ci i- and liiiaucial Ufa of Maryland who are never seea at any other tracks hereaboat delight In the enjoyment of a days racfaag at Pimlico. its rlubboase - invariably the readesvoaa far notable gatberhaga representing wealth and fashion. In i-w of the wonderful patronage bestowed on the racial at Bowie and Havre do Grace this spring, it seems likely that the reusing Pimlico meeting will represent the very health af Maryland racing to date and set a standard thai it will be difficult to surpass in the future. Secretary Bigga is at his wits end to provide quarters for all tin-harses whose oaatia desire la race -.t Pamlico. Th- 71 r, stalls within the track enclosure and some 238 that are available in the neighborhood have long since been assigned and few remain af the 218 thai are available at the G. utlemens Driving Park nearby, owners who will In- represented at Pim- i Bea whose horses have not yet been seen in action I this season include P. K. Hitcbcock, II. W. Sage. T. Hitcbcock, GhTord A. Cochran, Conarreaaanau George W. Loft, W. P. Barch, Baberl K. Gerry, I Bal Parr. Edward M. Weld. .1. Temple Kwath- • n-y. fatal W. M. Bshtrts. 1. B. Wldener, ■ George Willing. Bayard Tar he i nana, Jr., W, ■ IK Henry, G. B. lYnwick. s. D. Riddle. F. Ambrose Clark. .1. K. K. Boos, J. Murphy. Kdward F. Whitney. A. J. Devoreaux. W. A. Krime. S. Mc- Nnughtou. Cant. B. P. Cassatt and A. K. fata- I comber. The latter will send a small but select die la Ion of his stable here from Kentacky to make i a bid for the Juvenile Stakes and the Ireaknesy and Pimlico Spring Handicnns, for which ha has ! mail, a liberal number of entries. Arrangements are being made far a series of five-day meetings on tin half-mile tracks in this vicinity, immediately following the close of the Pimlico meeting. As an innovation, the saui-mataehl will be used • in connection with these meetings, for the first time. The Kenth nil B*S Driving Park will lie the St can of the first meeting, from May 1 to Hay L3. Tana will come the Prosper. t Park meeting, which will ho followed in turn by the most pretentious i of these minor meetings, that at Marlboro, which 1 will open Hay 30 and close June 4. James F. 1 OTlara. who presides over the destinies of the Powie : track, is also in control at Marlboro and has announced . 3."i0 purses for the nr-eting. W. P. Nor- • veil has been engaged as racing secretary. Ccorge T. Miller will serve as starter for all three meetings. . Three-Day Meeting at Wilmington. Plans are in the making for a three-day race meet- t ing at Wilmington. Del., on May 17 and 1!. in con- ; nection with the Wilmington Horse Show, with Which the members of the wealthy and influential DtiPont family are closely identified. It is proposed to card six running races daily, with the purses 00. There is a possibility that Wilmington may develop into an important racing center. Its prox- - baity to Philadelphia and Baltimore would assure i the success of racing under proper conditions there. I The details of the meeting remain to be worked 1 out. t The return of Harry Payne Whitneys good horse 1 Pennant to winning form in the Philadelphia Handi- ■ _ • Continued on second page. EEMARKABLE STAKE ENTRIES AT PIMLICO. Continued from first page. I cap at Havre de Grace Saturday occasioned ninch satisfaction anion? racegoers. It is now evident that the speedy son of Peter Pan -Koyal Base was not |iiite keyed up when he made his initial appe.i ranee of the season in the Harford Handicap in the opening day of the Havre de Grace meeting. On Saturday he reversed the outcome of his previous meeting with W. I. Orrs crack sprinter beseharee, which had lioaton him decisively in the Harford Handicap. Keochares appears nowadays to lack the dash he formerly showed in the early part of his races and decs not appear to •• unite himself. The welcome word comes from Ottawa, where the Canadian Parliament has just convened for an important session, that the Willcox hill, designed to restrict racing, prohahly will lie dropped. there is talk of levying an additional tax on the race tracks and other amusement enterprises ::s a war measure. Judge E. C. Smith decided to forego his proposed trip north and has beea devoting part of his time since the dan of the Bowie meeting to prepa rat ions ; for the racing at Pimlico. where he is to serve as , an official. On the strength of his recent victories Mai. C. W. Otwells High Flyer looms up as one of the . prospective steeplechase cracks of the season. This well-bred son of Hastings — Hantcsse II.. fences cleanly and has a fine turn of speed on the flat. Following out its usual policy, the Maryland | Jockey Club will run a steeplechase on each day of its approaching meeting. There will be nearly 200 jumpers in training at Pimlico when the meeting opens. The course is in splendid condition. The Pimlico management holds the unique record I of having run twelve steeplechases, with an average of twelve entries each, during an eleven-day meeting. Nowhere are the steeplechasers seen in such force as at Pimlico. Lieut. Ross Big Stable at Pimlico. William Hayward is training nineteen horses at Pimlico for Lieut. .1. K. K. Koss, the wealthy Montreal sportsman, including eight two-year-olds ; by stanhope II., Bowling Break, Dalhousie and Kryn Mawr. The stable also embraces the three-year-old " Cadillac, which looks well; Cnole Kryn 1 and Damrosch. which have beta nominated for the Pimlico Spring Handicap, and the seven-year-old gelding Sixty-Four, which was purchased by the late W. F. Presgrave for Lieut. Koss after he had won several steeplechases for .1. Howard bewria last fall. Capt. K. 15. Cassatt will make his racing debut for 1917 at Pimlico, with eight horses of his owu breeding, of which six are two-year olds sired by Aeronaut and Don de Oro. The older horses of the string include Garbage, Kuckboard and Cachet. Sandy McNaughton has ten horses, evenly divided lietween two-ycnr-olds and three-year-olds. Former jockey J. Kermath will have a hand in the training of the horses of E. M. Weld and C. R. Tompkins this season, under the tutelage of the latter expert developer of cross-country horses. While at Havre de Grace, on Saturday. II. I. Brown took occasion to deny that there was any foundation for a report that has been assiduously circulated during the past few days to the effect that Oriental Park at Havana is about to change hands. Mr. Ilrown stated that no new negotiations are on feet and that the reimrt probably grew out of a move made some little time ago by a coterie of wealthy Cubans to obtain a price on the proi erty. He has no idea that the plant will pass out of his possession, because he has set a price upon it that the Cubans are unlikely to pay. An apprentice rider, who is showing improved form in the saddle is W. Collins. He has ridden several races of late that have attracted the attention and commendation of lose observers. The lad appears to particular advantnge in the longer races. Al Koenigsberg is among the recent arrivals. He came from bis home at San Francisco and plans to spend the summer on the New York tracks.
