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PIMLICO HAS A DRENCHING RAIN FALLS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BUT DOES NOT PREVENT GOOD RACING. Crimper Takes the Priiijiral Race in Easy Fashion — Lady Eileen Almo-t Wins After Being Left at the Post — Track Go ip. Pimli.o. Md.. May 4. The races at Pharisee this afteraooa were run under a steady dewaasmr and the going was sloppy after the running of tie- first race. The program had m .oral features, among tin in a steeplechase, a race for maiden lackeys, tha Arlington S lling llaii.lie.-ii nnil the CasweB Handicap. The farmer was a dash for fhrei year-elds, white the Caswell Handicap was a dash of a mUe aad «iMr yards, for three year alda ami over, to which a mane of -sl.-joo waa added. The ateeetechaae was won by A. P. Humphreys fearer Monikie. which was ridden by his owner. Mouikie was a forward caateader from the start am! ia the final drive got ap ami heat Bngeaia McGee out by a length. The winner paid slls.»;i j., Hi • mataesa, Owaga. with I,. Baser !a the saddle, made a runaway affair of the race which called for maiden Jockeys. Jockey IfcDetmett, who had the mount ..11 V.i.air. t.il while raaadiag the far turn. The accident came as a result of the saddle slipping. The lest finish of the meeting to date came with the reaming of the fifth race, a dash of four and a half farhmga for two year-olds. There were siv start is. aad fear ef them p 11 ami the judges noses apart. They were so close together that it was impossil.lo to tell which had won until the official ]ila. lag was displayed. Lady Bfleea, which finished fourth after hnaaj left at the aaat, showed a splendid li.-rforniai.ce and is evidently a fair filly. The winn-r. Plan.-v. was hid up over his entered price of ,M0 I.y .1. W. Hedricfc an I was baaghl in. Crimper Makes It a Double for Parr Stable. the Parr stable made it a liouhle when Criaraet "0.1 the siMh race. Be hmfe the lead at the start and was never headed. King Herod, the Kentu. kv Derby eligible, finished fourth. A delay of lea minutes was raaaed i.y the failing of Nebraska to appear in the paddock. His stable supposed that the hOTBB had been scratched. A. 1». Pair retaliated for the hidiling up of Ptaacy i.y claiming .1. w. Hedricka Baaay Hill for ,800. •lack A.kins was among the aew arrivals. He is here to tak" charge of the Letting ring at the Centlemens Drivini: Park. Praaas.ll Park am! Marl-bare aseetlags, which follow that at Pimllee, in the aider named. One of the big sporting events of the Maryland me tings will he run at Plasties toiiorro-.v morning at S oclock. It is the I iiited Hunt dabs of .Maryland Steeplechase, Which is over tlie four mile course. The pal an, which is one of .Sl.ooo. i; donated by the ilillerent iluul Clubs in the state and the Maryland .1. 11 key Crab turns over their st.-epleehase course for the running of the race. The conditions call for gentlemen riders and horses tiiat Started in the Maryland Hunt *i Steep] -chase on Saturday last, ate eligible to go to the pest. Joseph McLennan, who is looking a for the closing .f tlie stakes to he run at the differ, nt ti tings in Canada, reports a large entry list in till of tiie events. The stakes to ne ran at W ll.ine Park in I eoatO Closed with as many entries as last year. Tin- llorval Stakes close tomorrow and they, tea, are filling well. Among the new features at Il-.rval will he the Capt.-pii Preagrave Memorial Handicap, at one mile, for three-year-elds and over, which Will be in 1 Saturday during that meeting. V. II. Bortbey, secretary of the Montreal Jockey Cliih. was an arrival. He reports a number of horses already at Itlue Baaaets. Mr. Northey will r-iiiain seer until Batajrdaj night. He i- In-re in the interest of Ids meetiim and is especially an-xieaa to inter, st owners of jumpers in the steeple-Chase races to be run at l!ue P.i.iinets. Plater Burgb.r Sold to J. 1. Richardson. .1. K. Kichardaaa this morning purchased the plater Bargtar of J. i. Baaaejr, who claimed the horse after in- wen yesterday. Biehardasa will ship ins stable from her.- to Toronto at the conclusion of the Pimlioo meeting. Mm I.ewe shipped the P. A. Clark horses over from Havre de Grace this morning. Cr.-etings and I.lu ■ Gram Belle in the .lames Arthur stable have been fired. Carbide, which fractured his hip after being turned loose the other night when the fir-- brake out. was takea in an ambadaaee to a veterinary hospital in Baltimore, where he will be treated with tho hope of saving him for breeding purposes. Senator Bredeikk. the two-year-old awaed by Thomas Francis, which was lost after the fire, was found this morning locked up in a barn about three aajaares from the track. There are still three horses missing. K. T. ■joWceBer is eadeararlag to secure first call on he apprentice rider Merimee for the Canadian racing season. Owner Pons has some other offers for the lad ami he may dispose of the contract to a Mew York man. Peter Sheridan has purchased the contract on jockey Bejlaa from C. S. Wishard. Among the owners who have promised to send some horses to race at Wilmington are E. Feustal, J. A. Cochran. K. T. Wilson. Samuel Ross, W. V. Pureh. K. Mel.ride. J. P. Iturke, W. Oliver and U. J. Walden. Geaeral Manager L. A. Cassidy lias the promises from several other horsemen to ship part of their stables there and it seems the meeting will be a good one.
