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MARYLAND RACING BEGINS ♦— Big Crowd Attends the Opening of the Eastern Turf Campaign. « . Idahony Wins the First Race of the Year for Two -Year-Olds — Mary Maud in Form. ♦ — Lo-.vio. M«l.. April 1. — Willi n big crowd present to lay. everything points in ■ successful Maryland ii nt mmmou. Tlie Bowie management has decided in begin the s|Ksrt at 2:30 i . iu.. avoiding the terii ■-lacker" bo!ng ati:i -licd to tlie Prince thorites County institution. The crowd congested nil trains leaving Baltimore and Washington, showing the .in vieiis interest in the sjiort. Tncro was the usual handshaking between the regulars and horsemen who had lieen seiiar-.ited diirinc tlie winter months. Tlie Hot Springs coutingcut w;;s here in force and many more will arrive this week. There will In- no short -rise of entries. exocptinj. for a few days. as the majority of horses which have wintered ia this ■wtMBJ are nearly ready. Tin- first two-yea r-okis race of the year was won liy Thomas Clydes Mahony. which managed to art u| after making a slow beginning. 11" and Sid C. Keener were the choices and t!ie latter quit after showing in frout for a while, finishing fourth. Ma* W. lived up to her owners expectations by wincing tin- aocoud after a drive. She heat the littl- -upjiorted Freda Johnson and Pharaoh. Much was exotf-ted. from True as Steel, but h. gave way ■ftrr smwiug in the front division for five-eighths. Tea Caddy. Startling and Mary Maud were fancied for the Kclipso 1irse and Mary Maud n—eivod tin verdict, though Tea Caddy might have done lietter l ut for a slow beginning. McTaggari saved as much ground with him as possible, but the ground lo«l iu the curly ruuuing was too much for him to mate wp. Startling ran a go wl race and should Be improved iiy it. Mary Maud equalled the track rei-ord for five and a half furlongs. J. W. McClelland has shipped his stable to Havre de Gr.ov and will not race at Bowie. In-ciiiVd iu his string is the good colt The Wanderer, by Vtilcain— Bone Tree II. Jas. Casey arrived from Hot Springs yenterday. lie has been troubled with one of his eyes for a few weeks. bet his physician says it is not serious. William Woodard. who is considerably interested iu eastern turf affairs, was a visitor." He has a good string of horses in the hands of William Hagau at Kelmoat Park. T. Itice will ride for Civile Freeman at this iii.i ting. JOCKEY WALLS FAST RECOVERING. Trainer Herold is iu receipt of word from Xew York that jockey George Walls, who was injured during the early days of the Fair Grounds meeting at Xew Orleans, is fast recovering from the effects of the fall and will In seen again iu the near future. A. C. Porrctto. wl.o is training the horses of William Sturuiont. was among the arrivals from Hot Springs. Harbard. the veteran campaigner, was fired yesterday by Dr. Lock-.vood and will be turned out for the summer. Mows Lynch, the well -known Xew York commissioner, came down from the big city for the opening of tlie Maryland racing season and will remain until the opening of the metropolitan tracks. The colors of Juan Fuentez. the San Diego turfman, who brought a fair band of platers east, were seen in the east for the first time today, the native sou saddling Bollin Laird in the third race. Arthur Pickens is under contract to him for the coining racing season. William Garth, another of the old guard, came in from his Alliernmrlo farm, iu Charlottesville, to see his two-year- -ld K-quimau ra«-e in the inaugural •lash of the year. The latter is the first of the get of Theo. Cook, which raced hereabouts in the colors of Amos Tuincy. Steeplechase jockey Sam Smith has attached himself to the stable of J. Luinsdeii and will do his riding through tie- field this year. There was a rumor around that Westy Hogan was showing signs of lameness. Mr. Carman, his trainer. says he is only muscle sore. "Omar Khayyam is iu excellent condition." said Mr. Carman, "and I think he will be first seen at Pim!ico." Algernon Daingerfield. assistant secretary of the Jockey Club, was the recipient of an avalanche of applications for licenses this morning. He will return to Xew York tonight. Frank Herold. trainer of the K. Arlington stable, rejiort* the death of the useful three-year-old Tumble Iu. which succumbed to pneumonia following his arrival at the track from the south.
