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RAIN FALLS AT P1MLICO Dampens Everything but Enthu ¬ siasm of OpeningDay Crowd Omar Khayyam Makes Auspicious AuspiciousStart Start Old Rosebud Delights DelightsHis His Numerous Admirers BALTIMORE Md May 1 Unpropitious weather somewhat marred the oiKming program of the Mary ¬ land Jockey Clubs spring meeting at Pimlico today lint failed to keep away thousands of racing dev ¬ otees and while many pot a good drenching it ilid not dampen their enthusiasm especially when such popular old horses of the turf as Old Rose liuil and Omar Khayyam made their appearance Old Rosebud was greeted with cheers as he pa ¬ raded to the post in the sixth and on his return to the scales after his easily achieved victory over the speedy Flags lie and his rider received an ova ¬ tion that strikingly illustrated the popularity of Frank Weirs famous gelding Nor were the plaudits of the spectators missing when Wilfrid Viaus Omar Khayyam the sensational racer of 1917 gamely outstayed Commander Ross Boniface in the Kenncrt Handicap the feature of the inaugural card Omar raced in his former brilliant style and none were more jnbilent over his success than his trainer Sandy McNaughton who has time and again asserted that the great Englishbred horse would return to the races this year the same horse that astonished and delighted racing patrons the country over two years ago when he won the Kentucky Derby and other important American stakes stakesL L Ensor celebrated his first appearance in the saddle for the season by winning with The Desert In the opening race while Johnny Loftus also was NUccejisf ul with his initial mount scoring with Mr ISriimirioinimie second secondThe The Inaugural Steeplechase resulted in the vic ¬ tory of the Greentree Stables Tctan with Vincent Towers in the saddle saddleCarroll Carroll Shilling for a number of years one of Americas leading jockeys has Iteen granted a trainers license by the Jockey Club Shilling will train a division of the 1 K L Koss stable It is said that Commander Ross appeared in person before the license committee of the Jockey Club in Shillings behalf and that it was through his efforts that the license was granted For the past year Shilling has been acting as assistant trainer to II G Bcdwell BcdwellSteeplechase Steeplechase jockey J Smith has signed to ride the jumj ers in the Triple Springs Farm stable lie put in an application for a license yesterday yesterdayCIRRUS CIRRUS REPORTED INJURED INJUREDIt It is reported that Cirrus one of the crack threeyearolds in the S C Hiidreth stable picked up a nail and will be thrown out of training for the time being beingAmong Among the riders who appeared with the colors up for the first time this season were Ensor Lyke Loftus and Kiimnier KiimnierThe The stewards of the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association held a meeting in the clubhouse at Pimlico this morning Among those who attended were Henry J Morris Charles 1C Harrison J E Davis F G Von Stade and A Henry Higginson George Gall secretary of the body came over from New York to attend the session sessionThe The committee in charge of the race to be run at Pimlico in which oldtime riders will have the mounts has alxmt decided to run the race the morning that the 1reaknes will be run The com ¬ mittee in charge of arrangements is made up of T J Healey W P Iturcli A J Joyner and W R Midgley Ed Snapper Garrison and James Mclaughlin two oldtime rivals will lead the fieid to the post James Howe will act as timer and John Brennan will drop the timers flag Ben Pope and J Howard Lewis both wish to ride in the race The committee intends making this race i great attraction and it is said that each of the riders will be presented with a handsome umbrella as a souvenir of the occasion occasionMrs Mrs F Ambrose Clark has leased a house in the Green Spring Valley for the meeting where she is entertaining a house party which came over from New York and Philadelphia to attend the races racesMrs Mrs Payne Whitney has become a member of the Maryland Jockey Club and will be here for the Hireling HirelingHacing Hacing secretary Walter Edwards wiio was at Havre de Grace oil Tuesday reports that twenty of thirtyfour boxes have already been reserved for the Jamaica meeting
