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CUDGEL AND OMAR KHAYYAM • Special 0,000 Race to Bring the Two Stars Together. ♦ Blue Laddie Meets Defeat — Jack Hare Jr. Qualifies for Valuable Preakness Stakes. f • Baltimore. Md.. May 9. — There was so much talk after the running of the Piuilico Spring Handicap -. cstorday. altout the- lia«l link that some of those that finished hark of Cudgel suffered, that the Maryland Jockey "lul and elded that il would l c the skirting thing to do to offer aiioti- bid race for the first four horses to run for. and the an nouuccmciit was made taring the afternoon, that llie hib would donate 0.MMI for a race between Cudgel. Omar Khayyam. Bondage and Crank, to Im-run on either Monday or Tuesday next. The weights and distance to be the same as the Iimlico Spring Handicap. The Spiing Juvenile Stakes. tie- principal two-year old feature of the Maryland .IMkcy Club, was the main attraction at Iimlico t-xlay. It resulted in a big aarprise. the heavily backed Whitney representative. Illne Laddie, suffering defeat at the hands of Mrid.mi Byng and I.oi: Jour, lilac Kiddie had all tlje bad luck of the race, was off slowly and cut off when Bohinsou attempted to bring liim through on the inside en Hie stretch turn, but finished fastest of all and gaining on Hie h-ndcrs with very stride. Madam Byng led all the way. with Ron Jour In close pursuit, the two finishing a head and a nose in front of Pine Twiddle. Jack Hare jr. pialified handsomely today as a formidable contender for the rich Preakness Stake: to be run next Wednesday, by an impressive victory iu ihe Woodbury Handicap at one mile. This Mas practically a preliminary for the big three year-old race, as all the starters today are candidates for tlie Ireakness. Jack Hare Jr. was top weight a::d outran the others from start to finish. ■ inning eased up. li. 1". Whiineys flags, the highly touted Whisk Bro.wi II. colt, made an impressive racing debut in this race, running a fast and game race to finish a good second, George Starr suffered his first defeat of the year, but he had quite- a rough race. It was a iight fit iu the opener. Little Maudie riving to the limit to withstand the fast dosing rush of Swocpl«*t. Miss Krulcr brought woe to a host of admirers in the second, when she quit badly after setting the pace to the stretch turn and was cased up after she was beaten. The winner turned up in Julia L. after a stout tussle with Millrac-and High I/iw. J. E. Widoners colors were carried to victory i:i , the -Potomac Steeplechase, his Ixnivoir. fencing in faultless style aud winning quite easily from a fair I Kind of jumpers. Kirsties Cub. paying ftt.1V for S2 straight. lM-at the favorite Langdcn in the sixth race after running a remarkably fast and game race. The closing dash went to Louise V.. which barely lasted long enough to hold Cadillac safe in the , final strides. DERBY STARS FOR PREAKNESS. William I*. Biggs, secretary of the Maryland Jockey Club, recehed word this m irning to reserve stalls for several of the Preakness c!igihl--s. which arc nt Churchill Downs to fulfill their Kentucky iH-rby engagement. Walter C. Jennings, trainer for A. K. MacouilsT and Henry McDaniel, trainer for Willis Sharp- Kilmer, have ordered two express earn to- t e ready to leave Louisville Sunday morn ing. which will land them iu Baltimore Monday about noon. -N-iiniiigs is hringiog on the M-eoa-f-crack War Cloud and McDaiiicls Sun Briar and Nell Sweep. Sew ,11 Combs, tlie property of ■allalit-r Bros., will com- along in the same shipment. Frank J. Bryan, tlie presiding steward at Iinilieo. will l -ave for Toronto to officiate at Woodbine dur fiilf the running of the Kings Plate. This famous old Canadian race will be run in connection with the three days horse show, which will Im- given at Woodbine for the Is-nefit of the Red Cross. The race, which will probably be the only one run in Canada this year, will Is- featured on Mav 24. George Starr ran iu the colors of Wilfrid Viau iu the Woodbury Handicap this afternoon. Mr. Viau purchased the colt tins morning „f s. a. MarNaughtou for a price sai ! to be 5,000. IaPP. winner of last years Futurity, will be a.i absentee from the Ireakness at Iimlico. The colt develolted a cough a few day- back, which forced trainer Max llirscb to let lip on his preparation for the time betas. Wm. II. Travors has been ordered to report to the 1clham I.ay Naval Station. New York, for duty. A. J. Goldsborough, who trains tlie horses that race in the colors of Andrew Miller, came over from .New York t" saddle Recount, which made his initial 1 Mppcaraie-e in the fifth race at Iimlico this afternoon. » Wm. Walker lodged a claim for Air Man after the latter was beaten in th - seventh race yesterday and pl-e ■•■•! an even ,200 in his envelope. Tie-amount should have bees S2.20 ».l»i. consequently tie claim nra» not valid and the Viaa cstablishm n! retained their rarer. Dr. H. J. McCarthy, the well-known veterinarian, has been notified by Oovcrr.or Harrington of his ; nppointmciit as a meml er of the state medical 1 board. Wash X-rvell has ljcen engaged to act as racing : secretary ;. the half mile meetings to be given at 1 the Oetitlemens Ilriving Park, Prospect Pari? and 1 Marlboro, which will Im- given immediately following the !■ s. ef the Iimlico meeting. The Wid a r racers Lanius and ir»m| e La Morte . e,ve been shipped over from Belmont to fulfill 1 their sLike engagements at llralico.
