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ORDINARY CARD AT PIMLICO [ • Flittergold Beaten by Waukeag in Main Race of Afternoon. • ■ Green Spring Valley Steeplechase to £ Handicap Is the Big J / Attraction Today. I J V — • — t Baltimore. M 1.. May 10.— Todays program at Iiinli.o was made up of :i series of selling and .l.iiii.iiiB n:«-«»s. tin- cheaper grade cf horses lwiug l given ;;n opimrtunity to win :l nurse. The fourth J race. :i handicap at one mile. under claiming conditions, wax the most pretentions offering. Flitter- I geld. Willi K. Robinson in tin- saddle, was confident-!v WM and. while be flattered his Mipporters in tli- early running by setting a dazzbng pace, the f ol fellow tired in the stretch and Waukeag. finishing with good sitced after licginning slowly and S forced to worV his way up on the outside, caught and passed tli? fiivorite in the final eighth to win drawing away. j The Liustead Steeplechase scrvi-d to bring together a good band of old jumpers. Khomb, the fav- » orite. was eliminated by falling at the t nth fen.-e. , the winner. Uarter. coming from tli- Triple Springs Farm Stable, led all ihe way. fencing in brilliant I stvl" and displaying a high order of sp"od. ■ •;. It. Hit— ■■ filly In the MM captured the •peniiig dash after a race f rough t with mishaps. In the Sun cut across to the inside in the start, drew ;uvay i:i;o a big lead in the first eighth, but «ritfi« 11 h»st his whip in the stretch run and had to rcso;t to strong hand riding to save the contest. ■in Mouse ran a corking good race to win the s-conil. Poach T was the pacemaker, with avan Bov. Mars Mouse and Jule in close pursuit, t.avan Boy t.iok the bad in the stretch, hut tired and Mara Mouse, which was racing on the outside, fin ished in resolute fashion cud. catching tavan Hoy In the last eighth, out gamed him iu a terrific driving fi-dsh. Kummeis handling of the winner was a masterly bit of horsemanship. Home Hwcet Home rewarded his backers by an easily achieved victory in the fifth race. Dervish offering the only serious opposition of the big hand that started in this race. Lniigd-n and Say were the respective winners of the sixth and seventh races, both scoring at good odds in the mutuels. F. J. STEVENS TO TRAIN FOR H. S. KOPPIN. • rank J. Stevens, who trained a division of Hie II. ;. Bedwcll stable, has ■ vcred his connection wild the later and will take over the horses of II. S. Koppin of Ifc-tro;t. The Koppin horses are at Lmisvill" at present and Stevens will leave for Kentucky tonight and arn.uge to ship them east. They will make the trip /rim Ivouisville to Balt:-iii re in the car tha; brings A. K. Macombers colt War loud east. Clpt. I*. M. Walker reports the arrival of s.-von-tM-u foals at his iagchn.ok Tarm at Boyce, Va. The youngsters an- hy Celt. Ran! of Hope and Ultimas. There aiv t-ii more mares due to foal. Tin* ;reen Sjiring Valley Steeplechase to be run at Pluilioo tomorrow, is not only the richest steeplechase to be run during the spring and summer racing period, hut it promises to be the best and most interesting jumping event ever decided iu this country. The list named Includes every first-class jum|»er in training, except Cherry Malotte and Martian. The Maryland Jockey Club adds 55.000 to the event and the probabilities are that ii will lie wortli almost that amount to the winner. A servi — flag was raised over the jockeys room on which ther- «rc nineteen blue stars, representing : tliat many riders now in the service. It also lias one gold star for M. Tighe. the only one of the riders to lose his life iu action "somewhere in 1 Krance." The following is a list of the riders who have Joined the colors: I*. Rrady. E. Rurke. J. Rut-well. C. Corlict!. W. Davis. O. Fain, T. Fennessy, R. Flint. E. GfttfMj, ;. Hoatliug. E. Haynes, K. I. iirrlck. N. Kennedy. P. Maderia. I*. Musgrave. A. Nicklaus. M. OConnor. T. Parrot t» ami M. Tighe. The Maryland Jockey Club, believing that many of their neightc rs would like to witness the running of the Preaknoss Stakes, for which many well known horses will -oui|M-te at Iimlico on Wed-nesdav. may 17. have decided to open the center field to the public free .f charge. The entrance to - the free field will Ik- at the gale on Relvidere Ave., opposite ;o;itlemenV Driving Park. The gate will i he opened at 2:40 p. m. Those admitted to the field will »ot Ih- permitted to cross the track to ! tiie grandstand and are requested to leave the field 1 by tin" sam - gale through which they entered. Children under 1." year- of age will not be permitted to enter tic grounds. P. ONeill, who rode Rhomb, which fell at the ••nth jump in the Linstcad Steeplechase, was so seriously injured in the accident that his life is despared «f. A. Simons hid up Home Sweet Home from ?500 i to ,200 and bought him. . A
