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GREAT CROWD AT PIML1CO Rain Brings a Muddy Track but the Racing Is Good Careful Runs Away From Her Op ¬ ponents in Her Usual Fashion Boniface Wins Again UATTIMORE Mil May 2 All of Hiltimorcs ratins enthusiasts assisted by large delegations from Washington Philadelphia and New York tl rouged tlie Iimlico stnnds and lawns to reple ¬ tion today Unluckily rain had fallen and they had to piit up with muddy track racing but stood it nolily nolilyTanfill Tanfill continiud licr unbeaten career in the Iim lico Spring Nursery Stakes and ran away from her i Iponents in the same uncompromising fashion that marked her previous rates She is wonderfully speedy and may have a great future unless raced too much this spring springKniface Kniface also won again but had his work cut nut to heat the lightly weighted Pondago by a brad Ito Frank finished third and ran as if need ¬ ing a race or two to fit him Ho looks well wellIt It 1arr scratched Warlock and Esquimau from the steeplechase but evidently knew what lie was alx ut and won the race with Itoyal Arch without any great trouble troublelames lames Fitzsimmons left at Gravescnd twentynine of the big string he is training this year He has fourteen here a majority of which are twoyear olds oldsJ J V Dayton vJJ i P hisstrinsof jumpers to Cmada The Canadianbred The Lost ISird is one r the number The latter is a good jumper and 1is quite a turn of speed or the flat flatThe The patrol judges at Iimlico are I A Cassidy William Doyle and George T Miller 1 1 Mackessy who was quite ill for several veeks during the winter at his home in Philadelphia lias recovered sufficiently to resume his duties as prddock judge at Iimlico Mr Mackessy will go from here to Canada next summer summerThe The clubhouse contingent turned out strong at Iimlico thi afternoon society from Washington Paltimore Philadelphia and Now York being well Hpreseiited The Green Spring Valley and Long Thiiid set iade their presence felt during the running of the Inaugural Steeplechase SteeplechaseThe The track was in splendid condition In fact the vhole plant looked spick and span The steeplechase course at Pimlico is now one of the safest and best in the country countryAmong Among the innovations introduced by the Mary Irnd Jockey Club is the furnishing of white stock ties for the jockeys All of the riders wore them this afternoon and they certainly looked neat and r cy cyWilliam William Shea has sent the Itock Sand Woodvine stallion Woodstone to the Devers farm at Perry man Md where lie will bo bred to several mares maresAI AI Kohrbik lias arranged to ship the horses he lus at Pimlico and Gravesend to Montreal where thev will await the opening of the meeting of the Montreal Jockey Club at Jihie Ponnets PonnetsSlim Slim Snlley was an arrival from Xew York It was his first day at the races since the close of the Oriental ParU meeting at Havana lie will re ¬ main here for a few days when he will leave for Louisville to be on hand to witness Golden Itrooms rj ce in the Kentucky Derby DerbyAlgernon Algernon Daiugerfield assistant secretary of the Jockev Club was busy at Pimlico all morning ro iviiig applications for licenses from the late iners among the triiners and jockeys jockeysPaul Paul Fox announced that he would ship his string from here to Toronto at the conclusion of the Pim ¬ lico meeting
