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War Cloud and Jack Hare Jr. Winners of the Two Preqkness Stakes Baltimore. IM., May IS. — A record crowd turned ■nit at Pimlieo this afteiniMin to witness the l-tiniiing •f the Preakness Stakes, one of the now famous races of the American turf. The race was riin in two division aail the Maryland Jockey Club added IandB.0M to each division, something unprecedented in turf hist ry. A. K. MaionilM-rs War Cloud won the first divi-imi of the stake. He beat the outsider Sunny Bfcnae by three parts of a length. Ten lengths away came the favorite Kinitis and four lengths further back .lohren. the latter just managing to get up in the final strides to get the which went to the fourth horse. It was a great race, truly run. with the ln-st horse winning. A. K. MacoiiilM-r was present to witness the victory of his colt and naturally was much elated over War Clouds showing. In a way his victory this after-ttoaai made annuls for his defeat in the Kentiieky lierby, which was run over a heavy track, in going unfavorable to him. Jack Hare Jr. showed rare form in the second division of the Preakues-;. which lie won in runaway fashion. Peak sent him to the front in the run tr the first turn and set his opiKinents a dazzling pace all the way. At the finish lie won with speed o spare and led The Porter a couple of lengths. Kate Bright, the extreme outsider in th» race, ran .veil ami outgamed Joseph Wideuers representative, Trompe l«i Mort for third place in the final -trides. Jack Hare Jr. ran his race a fifth of a second faster than did War Cloud and won in much easier fashion. War Clouds share of the purse was Ill.rsKI, while Jack Hare Jr.s was a ,000 less, or 1,250. The second hors;- in each race received r~.H— , the third .f 0 Bad the fourth *1.000. Flags race in the first division of the big stake was a big disappointment to the followers of the Whitney table, as the son of Whisk Itroom II.. iu his previous two races here, gave indications of being abb- to hold his own with the best of them. In todays race Flags flashed in front for a moment anil ran well to the far turn, where he- quit -u.ldetdy and dropped to the rear. Ueorge Starr, which W. Viau purchased last week for ii liixu-li-d price of £1." .0U0, was another -disap-u iiitmelit. lie likewise was prominent in the early -tages of the rare, but like 1-lags, quit badly when the real racing began. Andrew Jack.- n Joyner exprtssed himself as quite lixappouitcd over the showing of I.anius. He confi-lently cx]»ected the Irish-bred representative of Ceorgc I. Wideuers to beat War Cloud. Lanins race last Monday showed that he was at the top ■if his form and on the result of that race, he went t» the post today slightly favored over the Ma-■otnlM-r colt. McTaggart gave I.anius a hustling ride, but the colt seemingly never got fully nettled in his stride. Sunny Sit in- furnished the surprise of the big race. He and Orestes were the rank outsiders in the l et-ting. Sunny Slope ran a remarkable race. After War Cloud drew away on the stretch turn. Sunny S1o;k- came again and. in a sensational driving finish, nearly overhauled War Cloud. Lofttts being foi-eed to io his liest to save the day for the Macomb -r representative. The Maryland Jockey Club today established a record for liln-rality that has not Imm-ii approached by any other racing association in this country for many years, when it distributed to the winners -if the seven races this afternoon the goodlv sum f IffJM. TIM steeplechase race was placed first on todays program, in order that after its running, the infield Id Im- thrown oimu to those who wished to take advantage of th" offer of the Maryland Jin-key Club 1" witness the decision of the Preakness Stakes free of charge. A big field went to the post in the jumping race and all but one finished the course. SuiM-rhuman was n turned the winner after a spleii did exhibition of ele.-ui fencing and under a well judged ride on the part of W. Make. Infidel II. *s race was di-ippointing. the Widener representative never figuring prominently. The Sweep filly Penrose proved tiMi fast for those opposed lo tor in the second race. She raced Little Maudie to easy defeat and was only cantering at the end. with an eight lengths advantage. Penrose has won four out of five starts and. when beaten, she finished second, only a small margin separating her from the winner. Although N. K. P.cal and Captain Pair were overlooked in calculating the nrobable winner of the third race, they were the two that furnished the contention, the former leading throughout, but tiring badly at the end and just lasting long enough to get the verdict. Captain Kay ran a fine race ami would have won in a few more strides. Tie Pin. the favorite, was third and his performance was a creditable one considering that he got away slowly and was forced to close a big gap to get near the leaders. James Arthur saddled the winner of the Monti mental Handicap, run between the two divisions of the Preakness. when the speedy Tea Caddy galloped home a winner by three lengths, with Cum Sail second and the favorite, HaulM-rk, third. Commander J. K. L. Koss saw his colors carried to victory in the closing race, when his Monomoy earned a an 11 deserved decision over ISarry Shannon and Sandman II. The directors of the Maryland Jockey Club have expressed a willingness to hang up a purse, provided the owners of the winners of the two divisions of the Preakness Stakes run this afterniMin desire it. If such a race is given, it will be carded on Friday, the closing day of the meeting. Jockey J. Loftus left for Louisville immediately following the running of todays program. He will have the mount on A. K. Macomlicrs Hollister in the Clark Handicap, which will be run at Churchill Downs on Saturday. Among lUr* — tables who came on to witness the running of the Preakness were James Itoss. superintendent of the Kentucky Associat ions track at Lexington. He was accompanied by the well-known breeder Arthur II. Hancock. Others present were Andrew Miller. A. K. Mucomber, James Duller. Senator Johnson, Fred Durlew. Andrew Jackson Joyner. Dr. McCully. James Rowe, W. 0. Hayes. F. Ambrose Clark. Captain C. K. Kockwell, E. D. McLean and Jcorge W. Loft. John Schorr, acting for E. B. McLean, purchased the promising three -year-old Peerless One of C E. Clements. A. H. Diaz came up from Cuba to witness the running of the Preakness. in which the Tracery colt Orestes carried his colors. Joseph Marrone purchased at private sale from W. Stormont, the plater The Mas-pit-rader. lie then engaged A. C. Parretto to train and W. Stormont to handle his horses. The string will consist of Philippic, tlas Mask and The Masquorader. Previous to the races today, the following horses were dmfjaaad of by auction in the paddock: St. Quentin. C. F. Clark. ,400; Pinard. E. T. Zolli-eoffer. fl.W; Dagheera. C. E. Til II all. ,400: Oas Mask. J. Marrone. S1.250; Philippic. J. Marrone. S4.00O; Drxatelle. C. K. Clements, .»5o0; Dugliouse, It. Pair, Sl.ioO; Veeni i:ian. J. P. ODono-van, 0: Duke of Kichards-.n. F. c. Uonsall, : Helen C. J. M. Johnson. .. P. T. Cbinn purchased of Mr. Widener thr-e French-bred fillies. They will be sent to Kentucky and bred.
