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FLAGS FLY AT FAMOUS PIMLICO Maryland Jockey Club Entertains Notable Gathering on Opening Day • ♦ ShafRs Along Easily Captures Jennings Handicap, Outstanding Featun of Inaugural Program — Ethereal Blue First in Steeplechase » . BALTIMORE, Md., May 1. — Famous eld Pimlico was today the scene of one of the most auspicious inaugurations of spring racing under the jurisdic:ion of the Maryland Jockey I Club, which had its inception in 1S6S. The principal attraction of opening day was the Jennings Handicap and Shuffle Alon* I easily ran three-quarters in 1:11% in winning the second renewal of this fixture, which was established last year. F. Stevens donned the silks of A. C. Bostwick to ride the four-yea r- Id sen of Ruke McLuke. Big Blaze, from the stable of S. D. Riddle, finished second. se en lengths behind the winner. The Riddle establishment wen the first running of the stake I last year with Dinna Care. Gifford A. Cochrans Sunspero finished a neck behind the Riddle aPreakness candidate. Golden Rule beat t!.o others. The race was worth ,050 to t!.a winner. F. Stevens had the leg on the Bostwick representative. Reaving the post alertly, Shuffle Along moved to the front and dievr away in the stretch under 110 pounds when the real racing began. Big Blaze was cl s-est to the pace throughout. He tired near the end slightly and barely outlasted Sunspero for the second portion of the stake. j Sunspero was outrun early, while his stable- mate, Sun Flag, attempted to force tl a j pace. At the turn into the stretch Sunspero saved ground and finished fastest of all. Todays opening was conducted over a fast track despite the rains of Wednesday. John | Brennan worked tirelessly in whipping the going into condition for the opening. A largo I crowd turned out in sunshine to cast their . eyes over the best assemblage of thorough-! breds seen this year in Maryland. ! Exterminator took another severe beating in the Merchants Handi Cap, sixth race on | the program. Martingale and Spic and Span beat him home in a race at a mile. The old campaigner raced within striking distance of the leaders until nearing the head of the stretch. There he came through on . the insiele and held on well, but lucked his , usual charge. He carried Uti pounds and pulled up scund. The crowd applauded him in parade and defeat. ] Martingale was rated off the pace of Spie j land Span by Wallace and wore the Cochran I three-year-old down in the stretch, winning by half a length. Exterminator was tea , lengths behind the first two. DOUBLE FOR E. V. WHITNKY. | The Hill Top. concluding dash of the day, completed a double for K. !■. Whitney, whose; Barbara Frietchie won the opener. Mainmast easily wop. Rion dOr finished second . to the Superman he rse. Frank G. was tl«j one to finish third. Overcoming early Interference and closing with a rush in the center e f the track. E. ¥ Whitneys Rarbara Frietchie defeated a highly regarded band of two-year-olds in the first race of the meeting. Her performance was impressive. At the end she had a margin e f a length over loldpieco ■and had plenty in reserve*. False Pace finished third, another length to the rear,* Goldpiece is the first of the get e f Golden Broom to go to the post, He showed tie same flashy speed that kept his sir.- making pace for the topnotehers live years ago, anel raced False Face into defeat alter the latter had fallen heir to the pace, but had nothing left for Rarbara Frietchie. Two falls atid cantering victory for J. E. Wideners Ethereal BUM featured the Inaugural Steeplechase. The Wrack filly made | the pace for the two miles anel won by eight i ! lengths from USlllpopj which beat larlays. la stable mate of the winner, by six lengths i for second money. Houyhnhnm was fourth, a head further baek. B.UK IIHIIKK IN I All.. Alice Quickthorns back was broken in the first of the falls when she landed badly at the third fence. She died almost instanth . On the second turn of the field. Ilerriard fell at the same obstacle. Bscott, the Knglish-i:ian, fell with Ilerriard. but escaped injurs. It was his first mount in this country. Ilo made a favorable Impression by his riding of Ilerriard for the first turn of the field. Juvenile platers of the better grade iqade the contest in the fifth race, at a halt" mile. Bother proved the speediest, leading all Co way. Pete Walls was riding the RaJ Parr filly out at the end t . stall ofl Night Shad . a length separated them at the end. Arbitration gath red third m ney. G. w. Campbells Night Raider beat a far band of platers in the third. It was a mile and a sixteenth. Milner was off in the retr with tie Whisk Broom II. folding; bat ha charged upon the leaders nearing the final turn and picked them up steadily, winning by a neck from Sam Smith, which had niad.i the pace. Sea Monarch, always p:u..... c.i, held oh for third money.
