Pimlico Well Patronized: Pleasant Weather And Good Horses In Action Attracts A Big Crowd.; Crimper Wins Main Race of the Day--Veteran Sandhill Falls So Lame in His Race That His Track Career Is Probably Ended., Daily Racing Form, 1917-05-15

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PIMLICO WELL PATRONIZED PLEASANT WEATHER AND GOOD HORSES IN ACTION ATTRACTS A BIG CROWD. Crimper Wins Main Race of the Day — Veteran Sandhill Falb So Lame in His Race That His Track Career Is Probably Endod. Pimiie,,. m.i.. May it. Bal parrs Preach bred call Cl impel showed a u I ailfllimaail this after- BOsn when he beat a band of all aged horses iu Pimtieos featare race, tin- Badhraok Park Parse. 1 dash of three qaartera, to which tin- Marylaad Jockey ciui added si.jom. Crimper carried 121 pounds, came from behind and won in a canter by four lengths. Todays attendance was large for a Monday crowd, the pleasant weather briagiag out tin- full quota d" r.n 1 goers. Track conditions were also gaad and 1" a--t lime was made iu some of the races. Crimp rs three qaartera in 1:13 marked the fastest race run at the meeting. Old Sandhill probably ran his lust rue when he went to the post ic the sixth race, for which he was a well backed favorite. The horse broke down flat after geiag a half mile ami Hayaea was compelled to pad] up an! dismount. The race went to The- sieres. which made the pace and won under re-rtraint. It was a tight fight between Be probata and Miss Kruter in the Ctabbeaae Handicap, witli the former just lasting long enough to win by the smallest of margins. Miss Krut-r. which atet wi.!i early inter-fl reace, was closing up steadily and would have beaten Beprosate in a few aaare strides. Eupene Leigh to Open Public Stable. IT. Eugene Leigh, who has been managing the Folly Farm Stable, severed Ids 1 nam tllpa witli that establishmeal on Saturday and will leave for Bel-meat Park tomorrow. It is Mr. I,i ighs intention t 1 op.-u a public stable and there is no doubt tiiat he will have a big string on tin- ml tiaaalllta courses, as there is no better conditioaer of thoroughbreds in the famuli j than Leigh. H ■ was a leading trainer in this country before he went to France, whore he traimd the ariaaeTS of not less than 1.100 races, a record probably never equaled by any other man in t in- b adaeaa. X"ws comes from Cinac.i tint S. A. lopion was granted a trainers linns- by tin Canadian Bachag A -oei.tions at their meeting on Saturday last. It it is possible thai Cloptoa may take a division of the Whitia v stable to Canada this summer. An b v Blake* . will send 1 drriskm of his ttaaai to Canada later on. lb- has eatorod Bramley in several sialics to be run at Fort Erie an-l Windsor. c. Baton purchased of the Nassau Btahle the plater Glorinc this mimilnj. .--t private sale. Starter A. B. Dade aad hi till" of assistants leave for Toronto Thursday night. Prank J. Bryan is aaattitr official who w 11 have for Toronto the same night. Otto Towns, nil. who is looking after the shipment f iieis.s to Wilmington, waste .1 three days meeting will negia eexl Thursday aadet the aaspicea of tie- Wilmington Horse and Hound Association, expects more than ISO horse t to be shipped fr ,n iini-lico. l he most receat to aaaeaace thai tiny will take put in the Wihaiagtoa meeting are B. e-.v-man. who will new1 over Humiliation. Water Wings and Pique. Miss Hopkins of Washington, wifl sen-1 P.. in Ho of Baga ami David Shaw, Posy Una aa lie. Bbsdrach and Kittle Cottage. Tarvca is a not In t that aril! be sent there. auntwaU Steeplechaj.er3 Will Go to Toronto. H. c. BedweD will ship the ilnpli ihaana racing in Ids celois to Toronto tomorrow night. Bedwell will campaign four hampers on the Canadian circuit this year. March Court. Early light, Che-.r n and Welsh King. He purchased the latter of Thomas Hitchcock tin- morning. J. Basset] will BCC -impany the Bedwell string and da his riding through the field. Wolsteaholm will do the flat riding for the .t ihl -. K. J. Crawford has arranged to ship Golden Bantam from here to Wilmington and at the conclusion of the meeting will go to Betnaoat Park. Mat! Peakea was a vkdtor at PnaUco this afternoon. Mr. Peakea entered the three year old Puts and Calls and the two year old Spring, by Ildritti — May Emlia in several of the Canadian stakes for Mrs. L. A. Livingston. The pair will probably be turned over to William Hayward, who is training the J. K. L. Boss string. Joseph McLennan left for Toronto tonight to assume his datiea at the Woodbine meeting, which opens on Saturday. He reports that several stables will ship to Toronto tomorrow and on Wednesday. A apodal train will convey the big band of race followers and will leave Baltimore for Toronto Thursday night.


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