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— o PIMLICO OPENS THURSDAY i Most Pretentious Stables of the Country to Be Represented. • Bancocas to Send a Division of Its Stable — H. F. Whitney Reserves 24 Stalls— J. S. Cosdens String Numbers 25. -e BALTIMORE. Md.. April 28.— On Thursday Marylands spring program of racing will open its third act at Pimlico. The climax and close of the drama will be enacted at the course of the Maryland Jockey Club. Racing secretary Frank J. Bryan has made his usual play for the patronage of the most prominent stables of the American turf and Edward Brennan has been called on to assign stabling accommodations to the most pretentious strings either in divisions or in their entirety. The following are some of the establishments whose horses have taken up quarters at Pimlico or are destined for a campaign there ; Rancocas Stable, Greentree Stable, Glen Riddle Farm, Mrs. W. M. Jeffords. James Butler, Cary T. Grayson, Samuel Ross, Thomas Clyde, W. L. S. Martin, John S. Ward, Gifford A. Cochran, G. D. Widener, A. H. Morris, H. P. Whitney, J. S. Cosden, Mrs. Kathryn Elkins Hitt, J. K. Widener. Queen City Stable, Middle Neck Farm, Ralph Beaver. R. B. Strassburger, A. C. Bostwick, Mrs. Herbert Pratt, W. J. Salmon and the Laurel Park Stud. The Rancocas Stable has not arrived, but will be represented in the Preakness and other stakes. The Greentree Stable in charge of Vincent Powers has promised twelve horses. They are expected on Tuesday. In-i eluded in the list is Knight of Greenane, a highly regarded son of the White Knight This jumper was bought from William Ho-gan. In the Glen Riddle and Jeffords strings, which came together from Berlin, Md., in charge of Gwin Tompkins and Bob Smith, respectively, are the first of the get of Man o War and Golden Broom. It is reported, however, that Tompkins is not ready to start the Man o Wars and will send them immediately to New York. Diogenes, Mrs. Jef-i fords Preakness candidate, is training well. ! So is Big Blaze, the hope of the Glen Riddle Farm. Ten Minutes, in the same string, is • expected to go well in the handicap division. James Butlers establishment is headed by the home-bred Sting, a Preakness candidate. W. 1. Lurch has eleven of his own horses and those of Cary T. Grayson and Samuel Loss for the Pimlico campaign. HjF Own looks less jaded than in his 1923 campaign. Th mas Clydes string is in charge of A. G. Weston. Mr. Clyde will be seen at the race* again when Pimlico opens for the first time in two years, during which period he has been confined to a Baltimore hospital. W. L S. Martins horses were expected to Continued on sixteenth page. . i . ■ j I | ■ : PIMLICO OPENS THURSDAY ""ontinued from first page. accompnay those of John S. Ward from Kentucky. The Ward stable, including Wise Counsellor, was due at Pimlico Monday. Carroll Shilling Is bringing ten of the G. A. Cochran horses to Pimlico instead of nine as previously announced. This stable Is strong numerically in Preakness and Derby candidates. R. J. Waldron brought the A. H. Morris horses from Middleburg, with many eyes on Rustic as a Preakness possibility. Twenty-four stalls have been reserved for the H. P. Whitney horses, but the make-up of the stable is subject to change, what with the practice of James Rowe of shipping his horses from Redbauk to Maryland for trials and returning them pronto if they do not come up to expectations. The Preakness candidates at present are Gonfalon and Klondyke, but Whiskalong and Transmute may enter into the calculations. J. S. Cosdens band includes twenty-five. Nautical has shown more than many of the three-year-olds in this barn. T. J. Healey will send the Havre de Grace representtaion to Pimlico to join forces with the jumpers of W. J. Salmon in charge of Silas Veitch. The jumping program at Pimlico will be especially attractive. Howard Lewis is pre-| paring sixteen steeplechasers for J. E. Wide-ner. "Specs" Crawford has a numerous band for the Queen City Stable, headed by the lied Knight, a three-quarter bred, rated as one of the best chasers in England last year. White Satin in this stable has gone amiss and will not be ready for the colors before Toronto. In the stable of Mrs. Kathryn Klkins Hitt are a couple of jumpers and some two-year- olds by Ed. Crump. T. Rod rock is in charge. R. B. Strasburgers band is made up mostly of foreigners puked up by Johnny Kermath when the stable raced in France last summer. Perkiomen and Houynhnm are the exceptions. In the twenty-three horses James Healey j Jr. has shipped to Pimlico for A. C. Bost- wick, is Melra. the four-year-old filly by j Corcya — Melmond that was drawn in the subscriptions. John Hastings will ship from Belmont Park a public stable which includes Bar Gold, traveling companion of Papyrus, Fane Lady, winner of a chase at the opening of the United Hunts meeting, and a couple of the subscription horses. Bar Gold has been schooled for the field. The Laurel Park stud holds a strong hand lor the Pimlico steeplechases.
