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EXCUSE ME A BIG SURPRISE Unexpectedly Beats Carmandale in Selling Handicap at Pimlico My Play Wins Pikesville Handi ¬ cap After Missionary Is Prac ¬ tically Left at the Post BALTIMORE Md May 4 A selling han ¬ dicap at threequarters mile was one of the chief offerings at Pimlico this afternoon and it resulted in a stirring finish in which R F Carmans homebred Excuse Me was up in time to beat Carmandale with Pride of In ¬ dia third The winner was ridden by Josiah and came from behind the pace established by Carmandale Excuse Me Avas neglected in the wagering and returned a dividend of 53120 for the usual 52 investment The start was a good one and Carmandale displaying the most speed in the going drew away into a good lead Excuse Me raced in closest pursuit while Pride of India and Night Raider were forced to work their way up In the final sixteenth Carmandale began to tire and Excuse Me under energetic riding wore him down and was drawing away at the finish Pride of India and Night Raider put up a strong battle for the short end of the purse and the former proved the gamer gamerThe The Pikesville Handicap enabled My Play ridden by Robinson to display his worth in the sloppy going at Pimlico this afternoon and the brother to Man o War had but little difficulty in defeating those opposed to him in the dash Second portion fell to Prodigi ¬ ous while All Over was third The race was for threeyearolds and the Lexington Stables pair Missionary and My Play were installed heavy choices The start found both jockey Schuttinger and Missionary un ¬ prepared and Missionary attempted to bolt to the outside Before Schuttinger could get him straightened out the field had traversed to the first turn My Play went to the front with a rush and was followed by Prodigious with All Over racing in third position Mis ¬ sionary was sent after the leaders and when the field was settled down on the backstretch was racing in third position on the outside My Play in the meantime was going along smoothly and was under restraint Entering the stretch My Play went wide and was fol ¬ lowed by Prodigious while All Over slipped through next to the inner rail Schuttinger eased Missionary up through the final eighth eighthTOUCANAS TOUCANAS EASY TRIUMPH TRIUMPHSamuel Samuel Ross sent Toucana a daughter of Ultimus Toucan to the post in the running of the Sudbrook Handicap at a half mile for twoyearolds and she made a show of her opponents Starting slowly she was out ¬ run in the first part but when settled into her stride easily disposed of Papillon the pacemaker and had a wide margin at the finish Papillon displayed the most speed for the first part but under punishment was unable to withstand the rush of the winner winnerCommander Commander J K L Ross Lion DOr was in the softest spot of his racing career when he faced the starter in the opening dash which was for maiden threeyearolds and fouryearolds and over nonwinners in 1921 and 1922 That he won by twelve lengths oc ¬ casioned no surprise Rather it would have been surprising had he not won as easily as he did He had no opposition worthy of the name and Turner kept a tight hold on him as he cantered along in front with the others several lengths back backThe The steeplechase at two miles for maiden jumpers brought out the largest field that has started in a race through the field in Maryland this year Fourteen faced the starter and despite the unweildy field all but three finished the course While Sobrigade from the Dosoris Stable was the pronounced choice in the betting and he won his victory was not as clean cut as his supporters im ¬ agined it would be In fact he was forced to the limit to withstand the great closing rush of Flying Welshman WelshmanGREAT GREAT FINISH IN STEEPLECHASE STEEPLECHASEThe The winner had been saved to the last turn of the field and after taking the lead and securing what appeared a safe margin things looked exceedingly bright for the favorite However Flying Welshman had to be reckoned with and that speedy and good jumper after dropping back slightly at the last jump came again and was wearing the winner down at the end Only a half length separated the two at the finish and the win ¬ ner was practically exhausted while Flying Welshman was running fastest of all The oddly named Houyhnhnm threatened mo ¬ mentarily but after taking the lead tired and finished fourth several lengths behind Gold Foyle which jumped and ran well wellA A mishap in the third race robbed T Clydes Catapult of an easy victory After the latter had raced into a long lead in the first quarter and apparently had the race at his mercy he stumbled at the sixteenth post and lost many yards when his rider let go of his head and went to the whip Before he could be settled in his stride Bucado came along and got up to win in the last twenty yards Catapult was an overwhelming favor ¬ ite and his defeat was a sad blow to his many backers backersSister Sister Flo accounted for the final race of the afternoon when she was winner of a dash at a mile over Antilles and Laughter The winner came from behind and drew away in the final sixteenth Sister Flo drew but scant support and netted a dividend of 3200 for the usual 52 investment investmentHorses Horses favored by a muddy track had their innings at the Pimlico track this afternoon but the talent had a good line on their abilities The track was drenched by a storm which swept this locality last night and kept up unabated during the afternoon Considering the disagreeable conditions a crowd of large proportions was on hand to witness the racing racingPhilip Philip T Chinn was retored to good stand ¬ ing this morning at a meeting of the Mary ¬ land Racing Commission held at their of ¬ fices in Baltimore Chinn was suspended last spring during the Bowie meeting and his restoration was gladly received by his friends who labored under the impression that he had been severely dealt with under the conditions conditionsFollowing Following the running of the fourth race G A Alexandra claimed Carmandale for 55000 from E F Whitney Continued on twelfth pag EXCUSE HE A BIG SURPRISE Continued from second page James W Ilealey has turned over to train ¬ er Matt Brady the jumpers Algardi and John Douglas ivhich will be raced in New York under the care of Brady BradyTrainer Trainer W Irvine reported that Carpet Sweeper will be shipped to the R J Valden farm at Middleburg Sid and mated with Transvaal The mare was cut about the legs in her start yesterday yesterdayThe The Triple Springs Farm sold to W Tam ersley the twoyearolds Pikesville and D J Kearney at private sale saleCommencing Commencing Friday post time for the first race has been set at S oclock instead of 2 30 as at present presentAn An auction sale of the horses eight in num ¬ ber from the stable of Sirs M Koehler will be held in the paddock next week weekTrainer Trainer J Fitzsimmons of the Quincy Stable reported that the twoyearold Poor Sport has been taken with a coughing spell and would not be a starter at this meeting meetingCommander Commander Ross returned to Pimlico from a hurried business trip to Montreal Canada CanadaTom Tom Healey and jockey Butwell returned to Pimlico this afternoon after going to New York for the opening day at Jamaica JamaicaWilliam William Murray purchased from H G Bed well the Canadianbred twoyearold Billy El by Marathon or FItz William Elwah ElwahJ J Fraters at private terms sold to W Skinker of Virginia the plater Sammy Jay JayJ J R Fleishman of New York was a visitor this afternoon afternoonWillis Willis Sharpo Kilmers Exterminator will be transferred to fulfill his engagements in the running of the Pimlico Spnng Handicap on Saturday
