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PARR JUMPERS NOW AT PIMLIC0 William Garth Training String for Maryland Jockey Club Meeting — Discoverer Is Injured. Baltimore. Md., April 17. — William Garth has arrived at Pimlico from Beiiiiiug with the flat runners ami jumpers of the stable of Ral Parr and a few jumpers belonging to Edward B. McLean. Ibis endeavoring to get Crimiier ready for the Pimlico Spring Handicap and Man o the Hour in condition to start iu the* Preakness. Both horses are excellent racing prospects this spring. Crimper weighs from 150 to 200 pounds more than he did at any time last year and lie is training splendidly. Man o the Hour, a son of Negofol, sire of Hourless. which raced indifferently as a two-year-old. has matured into as good a three-year-old as any one would wish to see and he is beginning to show fine speed in his work. Garth is of the opinion that Man o the Hour is a colt of high-class and he confidently expects to have him ready to make a creditable showing in the Preakness. Discoverer, the most promising of the Parr three-year-olds six weeks back, probably will not race this year. He is recovering slowly from cuts and bruises he received in a railroad accident while he, with a half dozen other runners of the Garth stable were on their way from Charlottesville to the Benning track. The four-year-old jumper Le Mar-souin was hurt at the same time Discoverer was injured, but he is in tip-top condition again. Garth is not without hope of having him ready for the Green Spring Yalley Steeplechase. In lieu of this French horse, either Robert Oliver or Shannon River or Royal Sninner or Caotain Parr wil! bear the Parr silks in the Green Spring Yalley. Garth will train The Belgian II. and Nebraska for flat racing this spring, but if The Belgian II. docs not improve in temiier he will be put at fencing. He is a fine jumping type. PARR TO SEE HIS HORSES RACE. Major Parr exacts to see his horses race this spring. That nrivilege was denied him last fall, because he was in the west pretty much all the time. Major Parr has been transferred to Camp Meade. He has no two-vear-olds for this years racing, because his military duties prevented him from attending the yearling sales last summer and fall, but Mr. Garth has instructions to buy anything in the two-year-old line he considers worth while. Major Parr may wind up by buying a couple of the Theo. Cook two-vcar-olds. which showed up well under the Garth silks at Bowie. Two of these home-bred youngsters. Agnes Cook and Esquimau, are in the string Lewis Garth has taken to Havre de Grace. Agnes Cook won at Bowie, but was later disqualified lieeause of non-registration. Esquimau ran second once. But since Esquimaus race at Prime Georges Park, he has worked a half mile at Benning iu forty-nine seconds. William I*. Burch. who has some good two-year-olds of his own at Benning. dt .hired when he saw Esquimau sprint his half mile in 49 that he was the best two-year-old at the old Benning track. _ Esquimau is to start at Havre de Grace in the Aberdeen Stakes and then come to Pimlico for the Pimlico Nursery and Siriug Juvenile. Lewis Garth took the two-year-olds "We Win and Jack Foel, the three-year-old" Col. Balentine. which formerly raced as Dr. Muck, and the jumpers Rhomb, Royal Spinner. Ballybay. Pandean and Faker to Havre de Grace with Esquimau and Agnes Cook. W. Ailen will do the steeplechase riding this year for the cross-country horses of tlie Garth and McLean stables. He has been busy at road work for some weeks and is in fine physical condition. Allen and Crawford, who will ride for the stable of W. K. Coc. are at Pimlico every morning schooling horses.
