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VIRGINIA YELLS STAKES TAKES THE PIMLIC0 NURSERY FROM QUIE-TUDE BECAUSE BEST RIDDEN AT THE END. Bill Livingston Captures His Race — Fourteen Starters in the Crickmorc Steeplechase Get Over the Obstacles Safely with Bryndor the Winner Pimlieo. Md., Hay 5. -The Pladtee Nursery, one of the annual fixtures of the soring meetings of the Maryland Jockey Club, was the featuiv race offered at the hilltop track this afternoon and. despite most disagrvable weather, an immense gathering turned out to witness the running of the race. There were eight starters and Leata Carth furnished the winner in Dr. J. P. Jones Virginia Yell, which came from behead with a great stret-h rush and got up in time to beat Qakladt out by a head. The latter was favorite for the race and was heavily supported. Qatetade showed u fine turn of speeil in racing Perigourdine into defeat and drawing away after entering the homestretch. When it came to the finish. Ambrose outrode .1. P. Ryan. With the riders reversed, the Morris filly would have won. The Pimlieo Nursery was first run in 1800 and its brief history including todays running is as follows: Year Winner. Wt. .locker. V.-l Time. 1080 Tom Melton 104 Sc-.ville ...,075 :5t.V- 1010 Stinger 107 C. O.rand... 2.070 :.".,u, 1011 Overman 117 Iv Dugan... 1.808 :55--, 1012 Back View 107 McTaggart. . l.CM :84% 1010 Executor 104 C. Turner.. 1,008 :5li 1014 The Maaaaerader.122 J. Kutweii.. i.ouo :r,i , 1015 Ting a Ling 112 K. Ambrose. 1,210 :.".:."■ DM0 rank 114 M. Baxtoa.. 1,440 :•".:. 1917 Virginia Yell ..112 B. Ambrose. 1.055 :.,, The McKride stable scored its first victory of the meeting when the two year-ch! Kill Livingston heat Peeper out by a head in the ..pener. The win -ner led all the way. but was tiriuc at the end aad would have ben hf.aMa in another stride or two. Fourteen Starters in Crickmorc. There were fourteen starters in tin- Criekmnre Steeplechase, which was run as the second race and all of them finished the course without a mis -hap. It was a dash of two miles, to which .010 was added by the club. Thomas Hitchcocks Rryn-dar. alter heginaiag atewly, gradually improved his position and heat BeOe of Brya Mnwr by a head in the final drive. The latter made the pace to the twelfth fence, where she dropped back, but Bear the finish ame again ami only lost by a narrow margin. This was the eighth running of the Crickmorc Steeplechase, tin ci.mUns"d historv of which is as follow.; Ye, 1-. Winner. A.Wt. Jockev. Val. Time. 1080 Algie 5 140 A. Smith...* 020 5:.!si., 1010 Thtettedale 0 100 H. Boyle .. 840 4:00*4 1012 Alfred Noble.. .7 152 Oonohue ... 408 4:32% 1!H3 Limiskilleii 0 152 W. Keating. 1,220 4:28% PHI Rhomb 4 155 J. Kermath. 745 4:57% 1018 Swish 7 135 K. Williams 735 3:51 D10 Sun King 5 134 F. Williams 700 1:32% 1917 Bryader 7 1-»1 L. Franklin 9004384 K1111 at 2 1-2 miles in 1080 and 1911; 2 miles iu 1910 and 1915. Not run in 1911. Will Hall was an arrival from Californii this morning. He plans to take in the racing on the M tropolitan circuit this year. Kalitan to Start in Preakness, [■:. K. Kradlcy wired the Maryland Jockey Oh*h this morning that he would ship the three yenr-o! I Kalitan to Iinili CO to start in tin- Picafcaeaa Stakes. Andrew Kla!: ley will probably take charge of the colt, on his arrival here. The Cul.au military and naval commission, which came a? from Havana to attend the conference in Washington, were guests of the Maryland Jockey Club this afternoon. The party was made up of Lieut. -Col. Jose Mario Lezama of the Cuban army. Coinmai.iler AllM-rto de Carricaito. naval aid to President Mcnocal. and member of Cuban general naval section, ensign Jose Vandergutch. Cuban navy niemher of the Cuban military commission to the Cnited States. Joseoh V. Knight, commercial attache of the Cuban government, accompanied the party. A decision was handed down bv the Court of Appeals of Montgomery County, Maryland, which prohibits betting on horses in that county. The decision affects the county fair tracks anil also Bowie. unless they obtain a license from the Circuit Court and the judges declined to express an opinion whether the Circuit judges have the power to grant such licenses or not. It is oresumed that the Bowie management will straighten out the matter in some manner before the time arrives for its fall meeting, which is scheduled to be held in November. Ral Parrs steeptoehaaet Warloek, ridden by I". Ambrose Clark, won the four mile Hunt Club Handicap this morning. The race was run at S oclock and Warlock beat Patrick by eight length.;. The latter collapsed after the finish.
