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INCLEMENT WEATHER Cold and Rain Combine to Make Things Unpleasant at Pimlico. . Farrell-Knapp-McAtee Trio Score Double Victory with Horologe and Time Exposure. r BALTIMORE, Md., Nov. 7. It was another disagreeable day for the faithful at Pimlico this afternoon when there was a drop.v,in the temperature and an occasional cold drizzle of rain fell during the afternoon. The conditions resulted, in several scratches, but good sport came out of the program and tha day was marked by a double for the Frank J. Farrell silks and trainer Willie Knapp when the two-year-old Time Exposure was winner from a fine band of juveniles and Horologe followed by taking down a mila and an eighth claiming race. Pony McAtee shared in this double, for he had both mounts and on each occasion the winner met with an interference that made necessary skillful riding to make the victory certain. In the mile and an eighth race Advocate bumped Horologe sharply as he left the barrier and he was knocked back until he had a big gap to close, while in the juvenile race Time Exposure stumbled so badly at the start that he appeared to have scant winning; chance. McAtee was patient with Horologe and,-timing his move nicely in the backstretch, he sent him along on the outside until he had overtaken the leaders, and when he had passed Advocate, the one that had been showing the way, he eased him slightly and gave him a breathing spell. This gave him ample time for his run through the stretch, and he was under restraint at the end, while Wrangle, after having been last through the early stages, closed a big gap to beat Jacqueline Julian for second place and Lads Love was fourth" after having raced prominently all the way. Advocate quit badly after his term of pace-making and Faith was never a -serious contender. THREE GRADED BLANDICATS. There were three graded handicaps ove the mile and seventy yards distance and tha first of these fell to Joseph E. Davis Reparation when he led home J. S. Cosdens Golden Rule, with H. P. Whitneys Transom beating the Lilane Stables Sunsini for third. The start was a good one and Thurber at once sent Reparation to the front and the son of Trojan was good enough to make every post a winning one. Golden Rule was as consistently second all the way and Transom to be third closed some ground. Opperman, after a little flash of speed, dropped back badly, while Sunsini did not seem to have any good excuse, except that he was raced along on the inside in the deepest part of the going. The performance of Ten Minutes in this was particularly disappointing, for beginning; slowly he showed scant speed and there was no time that he was in a contending position. The second of the graded handicaps went to Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords Miss Smith, when by a sensational run through the stretch she beat home E. K. Brysons Setting Sun, and the Kenton Stables Fair Gain was third, ahead of J. S. Cosdens Blazes. It was Biases that cut out the pace, but Peddler went right after him, while Miss Smith dropped back rather badly afterleaving with, the pacemakers. Setting Sun made a bold challenge leaving the backstretch when he circled around until he was with the tiring; leaders. Then Miss Smith, after she seemed beaten, dashed around on the outside herself, caught Setting Sun an eighth out and went on, but right at the end Taylor was easing her slightly and there was an uneasy moment when Setting Sun came again and the filly was only winner by a neck. The steeplechase of the day was over the two and a half mile course, for selling platers, and William Garth saddled another winner for J. S. Cosden when he sent Sea Master to the post. A. Reads imported mare Hu-bnora was second and W. G. Wilsons Brig-anna the one to finish third. Vox Populi II. unseated Kleeger at the fifteenth jump, while the Riverdale Stables Dandy finished on three legs and it appeared that he had dislocated the fetlock joint of his off hind leg. Chuckle was the one to cut out the pace for a turn and a half of the course, but IIu-onora went right along with him. Beck was another that showed speed for a turn of the course. Kennedy was rating Sea Master alongsome lengths back of the pace and had him under a nice steadying restraint, while Ferguson permitted Briganna to drop far out of it in the early stages. It was going into the last turn of the field that Chuckle weakened and Huonora drew away into a good lead. Then Kennedy made Continued oa twelfth vase., 1 INCLEMENT WEATHER Continued from first page. his first move with Sea Master and the four-year-old rapidly went into second place. Ferguson followed suit with Briganna and she closed an immense gap in an eighth to put her in third position and well within striking distance. At the upper end of the field Huonora hung on remarkably well, considering the fact that she had kept up with the pacemaker, and Kennedy had to ride Sea Master vigorously before he had her headed. Briganna was also close after the imported mare, but she could not quite reach her, while Sea Master drew out right at the end to win by four lengths and Briganna was just a length and a half back of Huonora, Fifteen lengths farther back came Beck and he easily beat home Chuckle. As the race was run it appeared that Huonora was probably best, but Cheyenne asked too much of her in forcing tne pace for such a long, trying journey through a field that was deep and soft from the recent rains. The opening race was a three-quarters dash for maidens of every age and it was a bit remarkable that it was a pair of two-year-olds that were fighting it out at the end when Frank Taylors Abu Ben Ahdem beat Edward F. Whitneys Suppliant and third place fell to W. C. Clancys Stony Point, a three-year-old son of Half Rock and Summer Hill. Stony Point was the one to cut out the pace when Clarence Kummer got him away quickly, but he was never able to draw away from his opponents. Before the stretch was reached the field had closed on him and, while he fought along through the stretch under Rummers drive, the two-year-olds easily drew away from him in the last eighth. It was Clancys birthday and he rooted as he never rooted before to have Stony Point give him a birthday present. It meant something to the genial Clancy, for in addition to November 7 being his natal day Stony Point is a colt that was bred by him, is owned and trained by him. Frank J. Farrells Time Exposure won his fourth consecutive purse when he scored in the three-quarters for juveniles that was tlio third offering. It was by long odds his most impressive victory, for the reason that he stumbled so badly at the start as to have scant chance, and he also "grabbed" his quarters badly. Forced to race around on the outside he closed an immense gap and at the end was showing the way to Willis Sharpe Kilmers Sunmagne, with Edward R. Bradleys Batter Up saving third from Skirmisher and Briggs Buchanan was fifth. While Time Exposure was off so badly a3 a result of his stumble that was next to last in the field of nine that raced, Miss Cameo and Skirmisher were both away running and each showed an abundance of speed in the going. The filly was clear and Skirmisher was nicely out from the others as they raced down the backstretch. McAtee was forced to keep Time Exposure wide to find racing room, but when the colt settled into his real racing stride he circled around gallantly, until headed for home ho was showing the way. McAtee eased up slightly as he had the others well beaten, but when Sunmagne came with a rush on the outside he had to shake the son of High Time up smartly to have him winner by a head, while the Kilmer filly was two lengths before Batter Up. A. J. Contentos Masquerado was winner of the Class C Handicap in a drive from Fornovo, while Ducks and Drakes was third. The winner was ridden by jockey T. Burns and came from behind the pace. Fornovo was rushed into the lead when Camouflago began to tire, but was unequal to the task of stalling off the winner. Ducks and Drakes closed a big gap to be third.
