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OPENING DAY AT PIMLICO Maryland Jockey Glub Autumn Meeting Begins Auspiciously Gloomy Gus Wins Arlington Han T dicap Speedy Old Leochares Suffers Defeat N Baltimore JIil November 1 What everyone is predicting will IK the greatest meetingever staged at old Iimliro was auspiciously inaugurated today tlie first of the eleven days of racing under the iisi Iet s of the Maryland Jockey Club the oldest and most popular of Maryland racing organizations A large1 gathering was present including many New Yorkers The races were run over a drying out track and were productive of some excellent sport sportO O C Ilascu scored his third straight victory with Gloomy Gus when he Avon the Arlington Handi ¬ cap the feature of Pimlieos opening program Gloomy Gus raced into an easy ead fter the horses had gone a half mile and at the end led Corn Tassel by a couple of lengths Omar Khay ¬ yam which was an even money favorite for the nice again proved a disappointment and was third beaten two and a half lengths by Corn Tassel TasselThe The three year old Ultima Tluile furnished a sur ¬ prise when he led the noted old syrinter Leochares from start to fiiiteli in the sixthrace ji dash of threequarters of a mile The winner set a fast pace considering the condition of Klic track and always held Leochares safe The opener fell to the Canadianbred Hong Kong from the stable of Joseph K Seagram of Toronto His winning margin was bnt a head E M Welds Carpet Sweeper gaining on him with every stride J W McClellands Phantom Maid was highly fancied in tliis race but failed to race up to ex ¬ pectations pectationsIt It T Wilsons colors were carried to victory in the mile dash run as the second race his Wood thrush a son of Olambalar scoring easily over Gray son and Charlie Leydecker Subahdars performance was a distinct disappointment to the talent who backed him quite heavily heavilySquare Square Dealer with Vincent Powers in the saddle won the Jnaugural Steeplechase but pulled up lame after his victory The closest finish of the afternoon came with the decision of the fifth race Duclfess Lace getting the verdict by a nose with Esquimau second but a head in advance of Lillian Shaw The latter was going the fastest of all at the end and would have won in a few more strides stridesJockey Jockey L Ensor was much in the limelight today riding three winners winnersDISTRIBUTE DISTRIBUTE HAVANA PR OGHAM BOOKS Dr Ash is looking after the closing of the stakes to be run at Oriental Park this winter He will be at Pimlieo every day to receive entries to the events from the horsemen These stakes cjose on Monday November 4 He also distributed the con ¬ dition books for the first ten days daysMax Max Hirscli disposed of severaL horses ntiprivatft sale this morning I Hammond secured Smart Money and Fleeing Sheik which he will ship with Clark M to Cuba CubaJ J 0 Talbott has purchased the maiden Grouse anil E K Bryson bought Wise Man The latter is also destined for a campaign in Cuba CubaMax Max Hirsch will send a string to Cuba and they will leave at the conclusion of the Pinilico meeting meetingFrank Frank Herod was an arrival from New York Most of the horses he has in his string will In raced at Oriental Park next winter winterKimball Kimball Patterson will shiy the J W McClel ¬ land string from here to Hot Springs at the conclu ¬ sion of the Pinilico meeting John McCornmck has turned over the platers OMallcy and Prince Bonero which have been rac ¬ ing in the Jefferson Livingston colors to R 1 Westmoreland WestmorelandW W Slieedy has purchased three yearlings from William Garth and James Uoden secured two from the Virginia turfman J 7 Mackossey is laid up with an attack of the flu and his position of paddock judge at Pimlico is to be filled by James McLaughlin McLaughlinJockeys Jockeys Loftus Lyke Frank Robinson Haynes Btixton McAtee and Fairbrotiier are additions to the riding colony colonyJohn John Sanford the Amsterdam turf mau and breed ¬ er was an interested spectator
