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SOME PIMLICO SURPRISES Ross Stars Boniface and Billy Kelly Beaten in Their Races Duettiste Shows Good Form and andWins Wins the Green Spring Valley ValleySteeplechase Steeplechase KALTIMOHK Mil May S A brilliant attend ¬ ance gathered at edd Pimlico today anil witnessed the signal downfall of the powerful J K I Poss stable in the two most important races of the tlar Copious rain had fallen overnight and made the going heavy a circumstance that had much to tlo with the overthrow of Poniface and Pilly Kelly under their heavy imposts impostsDnettisto Dnettisto maintained his reputation as a cham ¬ pion steeplechaser when he raced to the front in the last half mile of the thirteenth running of the 1000 Green Spring Aalloy Steeplechase and won from Royal Arch without any trouble giving him twenty pounds and a good beiting Koliance matle a good showing and finisnod third but Prooks from which much was expected proved a failure failureThe The first rebuff for the Koss stable came in the fourth race Sir Itnrton was scratched and lioni face relied upon Ho was at a short price and made a gallant finish but the lightly weighted Slippery Elm admirably served by the state of the going proved too much for him ami won all the way It was Ponifaeos first defeat this year and ho was not in the least disgraced disgracedTicklish Ticklish is a horse which should win frequently lint seldom does so because he seldom has a gooil rider on his back Today he had the competent r ritage itage of A Johnson and shotvfd IMS approolntion r f the fact by defeating the redoubtable Hilly Kelly and gave the champion stable its secmid severe facer facerAfter After Tutt galloped homo in front of his oppo ¬ nents in the opening race the stewards issued the following ruling The entry of tlie twoyear oli Tutt is refused pending investigation investigationThe The entry of the horse Llnfirmier is refused Py order of the Stewards Win P Uiggs A II Morris Frank J ISryan ISryanLlnfirmier Llnfirmier ran away two and a half miles while on his way to the post in the seventh race yostor eTay lie is a notorious bail post actor and tho officials deemed it to the best interest of this sport not to permit him to race here hene e tin ruling in his case caseJames James Hoaloy will ship tho junipers ho pur ¬ chased from L AV Garth yesterday to Toronto t participate in tho racing at Woodbine Park He soltl Jay Itird which he claimed the other day back to the Crown Stable StableTack Tack Campbell will leave for Toronto next week fo assume his duties as racing secretary at tho Thorncliffe track Toronto The meeting at Tliorn cliffe follows that at AYoodbine Park and will conflict with that at Dorval DorvalJames James Uoss assistant superintendent to Edward Ituvki at Havre tlo Grace was a visitor at Pimlico this afternoon Many improvements will be made ti tin Havre tie Grace plant during the summer the purpose of the owners being to make the course eno of the most picturesque and inviting of any of the Maryland tracks tracksThe The big string that Kimball Patterson and Charles Hughes are training for Edward Simms will be shipped from Havre tie Grace to Jamaica on Monthly MonthlyW W P Purch acting for Samuel Itoss of Wash ¬ ington has disposed at private sale to James Fitz simmons the plater Chimera It is said that Fitzsimmous acted for a New York patron in tin transaction transactionStalls Stalls have been bedded elown for the Harry Payne Whitney threeyearolds which went to Kentucky to start in the Derby They arc coming back to Maryland to fill their engagement in the Proaknoss Stakes The Maryland Jockey Club now that racing has boon placed on a firm foundation here contem ¬ plates remodeling the Pimlico plant James Fos ¬ ter who designed the grandstand at the Polo rounds in Now York and tin Yale bowl was here today looking over the plant It is said that the old grandstand will be torn down and a hand ¬ some and uptodate structure built The clubhouse vill be moved farther elowi toward llolvidero aveiiut and a new patldock built where the pres ¬ ent clubhouse stands AVhen completed Pimlico will In an uptodate and modern racing plant plantA A J Jimmy Itiinn departed for Atlantic City today for a short vacation His horses have been turned over to 1 Purttscholl to train trainJames James F OHara just back from a visit to To ¬ ronto saitl toelay that the prospects for a good race mooting at Thorncliffe wore particularly pleasing Ne purse will have a less value than 1000 and the overnight handicaps will be of 1 0 Mr OHara is now busying himself with tin preparations for tlie opening of the Driving Park mooting which begins May 19 to continue to May 4 The success of this mooting is already assured wilh the number of horsemen who will remain in Maryland for its term termStuart Stuart Polk shipped the division of the stajilo he was racing at Pimlico back to Havre do Grace whore they will leave on the special that will pull out on Sunday for Montreal MontrealToekey Toekey Uichcrook will do the light riding anil Itodriguez the heavy ridinc for the Seagram Stable luring the entire season of racing on the Canadian irciiit this year yearJockey Jockey A Nicklaus has decided to confine 111 riding this year to flat racing He is under con ¬ tract to the J E Davis stable stableThe The Commander J 1C L Koss stable at Pimlteo s being inclosed and when completed will lie in ideal training stable for tile early spring springIlerniiin Ilerniiin Conklin and Jake AVeidler two of tlie acing officials employed here contemplate locat ng in Maryland permanently Mr Conklin will esitle in tlie future in Kaltimore while Mr Weid er will make his home in the vicinity of TOWKOU TOWKOUMan Man o War is expected to arrive at Piinlieo May III anil he will make his final preparations 01 the Preakness over the old Hilltop track Jockey Ilomanelli announced that he will go Continued oa tecond page SOME PIMLICO SURPRISES Continued from first page from here to Toronto and ride on the Canadian circuit this year He expects to accept a mount ia the Kings Plate as several horsemen are after his services in the race raceThomas Thomas liones was a visitor from AVashington Friday afternoon He saiil that all the arrangements had been completed for the Arlington Park meet ¬ ing which is to follow Pimtico with five days of racing at the Virginia course just across the Po ¬ tomac from Washington Army men are taking i lively interest in this meeting this year and for some time the officers of General Pershings staff have had their horses at the track Col C It Pat ton and Col Peterson are two other military men who are taking a lively interest in the plans There will In four races each day and the horse show showF F Ambrose Cark has turned the jumper ISonacourt over to Matt Prady to train trainT T W OKriens good Pluvious colt Plnribns s training exceedingly well since his recent illness and he will he a sure starter in the Spring Juvenile Stakes next week barring accident Trainer Shan ¬ non says he is another George Smith It was i Shannon who developed the son of Out of Reach ReachJohn John Lumsden has purchased the jumpers Robert Oliver Rhomb Stucco Dorcris ami Smithfield from Lewis Garth They are intended for racing in Canada
