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PIMLICO TURF NOTES j PIMLICO, Md., May 2. G. R. Tompkins has denied a rather widely circulated rumor that Big Blaze had broken down. He said that the colt was perfectly all right but that he did not start him in the Dixie on account of the track conditions. W. H. Niblack, M.F.H., of the Onwentsia Hunt of Chicago, who rode Impartiality in the Maryland Hunt Club Cup on Saturday-last, said he would be back for part of the meeting and would bring a group of his friends with him. Thomas Hitchcock, who is putting up at the clubhouse, is supervising the training of the four steeplechasers he has at rimlico. He is again taking an active interest in the sport and plans to gradually come back to the days of Good and Plenty and Hylas. Among those who are booked for quarters in the clubhouse are Thomas Hitchcock, T. J. Healey, Gwynn Tompkins, Howard Maxwell, Herbert L. Pratt, J. E. Davis, Frank J. Bryan, Chales 11. Fleischman, A. H. Morris, Harry W. Sage, Bayard Warren, Bayard Tuckerman, Jr., and F. Ambrose Clark. The latter cabled that he was leaving England so as to be on hand for part of the meeting. Mr. Clark met with an accident in the hunting field on the other side and was confined in a hospital in Kngland for several weeks. Jockey C. Fields packed his traps and left for Kentucky yesterday to join the stable of M. Goldblatt. P. E. Fitzgerald returned from New York, where he went in search of racing material. He has arranged to send his horses from here to Woodbine Park next week. Jockey T. Wilson, who rode for the Seagram Stable last year, has joined forces with James Boden. He will ride Bodens horses that are here, while H. Howard will pilot those which were left on Long Island. At the conclusion of the meeting A. G. Weston will have the five yearlings that Thomas Clyde bred at the Walden farm at Middleburg, Md., shipped to Pimlico. Three of the mare by Hire Aux Larmes and two by Transvaal. Wallace Armstrong, who has the stallions John P. Grier and Vindex at his Meadow-view Farm near Philadelphia, was a clubhouse visitor at Pimilco this afternoon. Mr. Armstrong, who is an enthusiastic breeder, has been recently returned from an extended visit abroad, which included a visit to Egypt. I The two-year-old Genuine, in the A. H. ; Morris string, is reported to have bucked in his recent trial. Jockey Albert Johnson, who is under contract to A. H. Morris, is lighter this spring than in several years. His finish on Welshot yesterday showed that he has roundtd into his best form which means that he will rank with the top notch riders this year. — ■
