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KNOT DEFEATS MOTOR COP Crushing Impost of 130 Pounds too Much for Commander Ross Crack Sprinter BALTIMORE Mil May 0 The lightly weighted marc Knot sporting the silks of Samuel Ross of Washington triumphed over Commander 1 1C L Ross speedy racer Motor Cop carrying the crushing impost of 130 iMjiiiids in the running of the Staf ¬ ford Handicap the principal attraction at 1imlico this afternoon afternoonThe The race was practically a duel between the alx vementioned pair the other three starters being outdistanced throughout Motor Cop quickly moved into the lead with the rise of the barrier and sot a dazzling pace but try as he did he could not shake off the game mare When Motor Cops heavy weight told on him in the final eighth Knot was right there and responding to Lancasters call passed the favorite in the last sixteenth drawing clear at the end endLeading Leading from start to finish the bay filly Care ¬ taker a daughter of Sweep Pliant proved easily best in the opening dash She displayed the most speed and was never in serious danger of defeat 1 Lumsdens Al was second with the E 11 Mc ¬ Lean Pair Starellu and Commander Colin following him home in the order named namedThe The second race brought together a speedy band of threeyearolds with five of the seven starters receiving substantial backing While Polly Ann from the stable of S L Jenkins was one of the five her easy victory was in the nature of a sur ¬ prise the majority of the spectators figuring that the race was between ly Jiminy Lough Storm and Baby Grand As it was Polly Ann led all the way and never was in trouble ISaby Grand Avas the runnerup and though lie ran his usual game race never seriously threatened the winner Billy Mc Laughlin was third outgaming Lough Storm for the short end of the purse in the final strides stridesEarlocker Earlocker won his second straight race through the field when lie captured the Potomac Steeple ¬ chase the finish of which was of the sensational order the winner earning his laurels in the last few strides The J E Widener pair Frank 15 and Joyful were second and third respectively the first mentioned leading to the final sixteenth where lie tired too much excessive use in racing Syrdarya into defeat being responsible for his own downfall downfallIn In the following dash the Theo Cook filly Quick Kim proved that she was aptly named She showed a clean pair of heels to J S Cosdens Uncertainty getting away like a flash and increasing her ad ¬ vantage to six lengths at the end endJames James Fitzsimmons will come over from Jamaica to saddle Joan Marie in the Pimlico Oaks which will be run on Thursday Admiral Graysons racer Gnome which was bred to six marcs at Benning this spring is again in training and going along well in his work lie will be seen with tha colors up at the Saratoga meeting meetingJohn John Farrell is the latest horseman to announce Iiis intention of sending his horses to Toronto TorontoThe The stewards received word from the Jamaica officials on Saturday that the suspension imposed by starter Cassidy on jockey Ted Kice has been lifted liftedKim Kim Patterson wired the management that he would be here either this afternoon or in the morn ¬ ing with eight of the Xalapa Stables horses in ¬ cluding tlie two Preakness candidates Leonardo II and Uon Homme W J Salmon is sending on Careful and Jack McCormack is coming with P A Clarks Nancy Lee It is expected that James Kowo will be here the latter part of the week with Tryster and Prudery PruderyThe The Essex Fox Hounds has announced that 3500 will be added to the New Jersey Hunt Cup which will be run at the Farmers day meeting at Essex N Y on Saturday November 12 The conditions call for hunters over the fourmile course This years running will be the renewal of the stake stakeJ J II Meade leaves for Toronto with the steeple ¬ chaser Flight Captain and C I Wilson will send the flat racer Some Baby to Woodbine in the same car Siren Maid winner of the sixth race was boosted from 83000 to 1500 and sold to S Louis
