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CLUB STEAK ATONES Makes Amends for Her Only Defeat of Racing Career Gallops Home Easy Winner of ofIncentive Incentive Stakes Hampden HampdenSteeplechase Steeplechase to Gun Boat PIMLICO Md May 11 After the tre ¬ mendous crowd of Preakness day at Pimlico it was not expected that the racing would bring out anything like the attendance which turned out today but the weather was bright and warm and it was a surprisingly large crowd that attended attendedThe The sport was excellent with the Incentive Stakes for twoyearolds bred in Maryland as one of the features and there was also three graded handicaps over the threequar ¬ ters mile distance There was also a steeple ¬ chase which fell to Walter J Salmons Gun Boat BoatClub Club Steak the handsome daughter of Meridian and Stake and Cap adequately atoned for her one defeat when she galloped home an easy winner from Dignus another offspring of Meridians in the running of the Incentive which was over four and a half furlongs and worth 2770 to the winner winnerThe The J P Jones filly and General Bu ¬ chanans Dignus were not the only ones of the get of Meridian to distinguish them ¬ selves for in the previous race the three placed horses Lena Rinehart Matilda I and Eda C were each descendants of Wil ¬ liam Garths successful stallion stallionThe The running of the Incentive showed Club Steak at her best and her one defeat by Red Rocket could readily be forgiven and forgotten She finished out the distance with her ears pricking and under restraint restraintCONFIRMS CONFIRMS IIEU QUALITY QUALITYThe The start was good with II G Bcdwells Forenoon first of the four which started to show the way Dignus began fast following tho son of Foreground while Club Steak was just showing the way to her stablemate Hominy still another Meridian MeridianThis This order did not last long for when Club Steak settled into her stride Chalmers took her up on the outside and she was soon racing stride for stride with Dignus Then she was past and the race was as good as over though in the last eighth she was under restraint to win by three lengths Dignus was a like distance before Forenoon and Hominy was right at his heels having been last of the four all through the race raceWalter Walter J Salmons Gun Boat the four yearold son of Man o War and Star Fancy under an able ride by Barrett Haynes was winner of the Hampden Steeplechase which was the opening attraction This was a test over the twomile course and the Man o War gelding proved good enough to force all the pace and then outfinish Bayard Tuek erman Jrs Le Aignemalo with Joseph K Wideners Coningsby a distant third Bicc of the son of Sweeper came Lieutenant Sear Gravity II and Gold Foyle following in the order named namedConingsby Coningsby went after Gun Boat at tho drop of the flag and he kept the Salmon jumper going right along for a turn of the field Lieutenant Seas and Le YingnomaJe wer heading the others and Gravity II aiul Gotl Foyle brought up in the rear rearREAL REAL JUMPING RACE RACEAfter After completing one turn of the coirse Coningsby began to tire and there t was that Le Vingnemale made his rush en t cut side to come alongside Gun Boat This kept the chestnut right at his task and for ai instant it seemed that the Tiakermnn geldini was going on by But Gun Bont answered the call of Haynes gamely and held to his lead though he was put to real racing racingThis This took the pair of them well out before the tiring Coningsby and in the run home Gun Boat had enough left to be winner by a length Coningsby was fifteen lengths farther back and Lieutenant Seas performed as though he was just a bit short shortLe Le Vignemale met with some slight inter ¬ ference in the running and whL Lou ten he ran a creditable race raceThe The first of the three graded handicaps saw the And ley Farm Stables Glister light ¬ weight of the party the winner At the end she was doing her best to beat Edward I Whitneys Mr Pepp a length while he ii turn was just up to nose out II G Bed wells Senator Xorris for the place Extra Dry was a close fourth and the others trailed along in fairly close order An accident came right at the start when Son of John making his first start of thy year stumbled and unseated Fields For ¬ tunately the rider escaped injury and the colt was caught before he had injured him ¬ self selfGlister Glister was rushed along by Lang froii the start and when she had taken command she held the front position resolutely Di t and Senator Norris were right after the filly and then came Mr Pepp and Kxtra Dryl Storm King was not showing his usual burst Itonttnticil on UstecnlU page CLUB STEAK ATONES rontiniioil from Tint IIISP of sj eed and Ducks and Drakes II met with some interference when Son of John stum ¬ bled and he was not settled into a racing stride At the head of the stretch there was a general moving up back of Glister but she held her lead resolutely and raced Digit into defeat Right at the end Mr Pcpp rushed up on the outside and oustayed Senator Nor ris for second piace piaceThe The second of the graded handicaps fell to James Arthurs Leonard G and it com ¬ pleted a double for Chick I ing for he had the mount Ixonard G won easily enough but he was helped along to victory by the miserable riding of I Schacfer on Lieutenant 11 which appeared to be plainly best He wus badly messed about all through the running and was racing all over his field to be second secondJjuddio Jjuddio Buck after forcing all the pace tired badly in the stretch and Son Ami finishing with good courage was the one to bo third 1 reports from Xew York are Aga Khan displayed soreness in his work and that Amberjack was cut down downTh Th Xalapa Farm horses will be shipped from Havre de Grace to New York tomorrow tomorrowAccording According to reports the Glen Riddle Farm Stable racer Dress Parade was jumped on during the running of the Preakness Stakes and cut down The injury is not serious but will keep the colt out of training temporarily temporarilyMr Mr and Mrs Walter J Salmon and a party will leave for Louisville Thursday to be present for the Derby running in which Display winner of the Preakness will carry the silks of the New York sportsman
