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f MARYLAND TURF NOTES | i i BALTIMORE, Ma, May 7. Several riders departed for other points at the conclusion of Saturdays sport. Ambrose packed his bag and left for Louisville, where he will join the main division ol the E. B. McLean stable that is quartered at Churchill Downs. Harry Richards also left for the same place and J. Chalmers departed for Toronto. Crystal Broom, a colt by Golden Broom — Crystal Isles, in th© Pineland Stable, was taken down with a slight attack of fever after being breezed Saturday. Selfish has been added to starter Miltons schooling list. The Justa Farm Stable horses were belated arrivals from Havre de Grace. Happy Gordon, who has been outrider at all of the Maryland tracks but Bowie, leaves for Canada at the conclusion of the Pimlico meeting. He will make the engagements of jockeys L. Schaefer and J. Chalmers on the Canadian circuit. J. Y. Christmas has arranged to ship his horses from here to Marlboro, where they will be rested up during the summer months. The Christmas racers had a hard campaign at Oriental Park last winter. George Miller plans to ship to Toronto. He will ship four of his own horses, including the steeplechaser Fatal Dart and his brother, R. I. Miller, the three-year-old Pauline L. and five two-year-olds. Steve Judge will ship his horses in the same car that carries the P. E. Fitzgerald band to Fairmount Park. Before returning to New York, J. S. Healy announced that he would ship the horses he is training for various owners to Toronto for the opening of the Woodbine meeting. His band will include Reputation, Northern Tass, Hobcaw, The Code and four two-year-olds. Edward Arlington is another New York sportsman who contemplates racing a division of his stable in Canada. He won the Dorval Derby last year with Clearance. Remedy, winner of the third race Friday, was claimed from the Sagamore Stable by G. W. Foreman for ,500. Norman MacFarlan, an arrival from Montreal, was a visitor at Pimlico Saturday. Mr. MacFarlan reports that his mare Helen Rogers is due to foal to Cudgel. He has two yearlings by T?oniface from Helen Rogers and ■■other from The Spirit ; also the two-y nr-old Woo Toddler II., by Fitzwilliam — Helen Rogers that is a candidate for the Provincial Nursr-ry and LAmour, a three-year-old that has been nominated for the Quebec Kings Plate. LAmour was winner of the Nursery last fall. W. H. Bringloe, head trainer of the Seagram Stable, left for Toronto to look over the stables Kings Piaters that are in training at the farm at Waterloo. During his absence the Seagram horses will be saddled by Jack Whyte. Mose Gossman, agent for Edward Riley Bradley, was a visitor. Canadian Ensign, a two-year-old in the Seagram Stable, was jumped *i during the running of the first race Saturday and was cut down. Miller Henderson sent a division of the Audley Farm Stable horses to Fairmount Park and at the conclusion of the meeting he will leave with the remainder of the string. B. Harris, a steeplechase rider, who rode for the R. Pending stable last year, contemplates returning to the saddle. He will be seen in action at Woodbine Park. Charles Mergler is another steeplechase jockey that goes from here to Woodbine Park. He will ride as a free lance at that meeting. J. T. Christmas reports the arrival a filly by Rodrick II. — Raconteur at his farm at Marlboro, Md. J. B. Campbell will leave for Toronto immediately following the close of the Pimliea meeting. Campbell will fill the position of racing secretary at Woodbine Park. J. B. Turner will act as his assistant. Buddy Mayberry has arranged to ship the James Arthur string to Toronto some day this week. Herb Holmes, who has been out of the saddle for the past year, will again ride for Arthur in Canada. Jockey P. Gross was shaken up quite a bit when Senator Norris dropped dead Saturday and was forced to cancel his engagements. Fred Hall, who is looking after the engagements of jockeys J. Craigwyle and S. Pal-umbo, goes from here to Woodbine Park with both lads. It is possible that Willis Sharpe Kilmer will send a tlivision of his stable to Toronto. Mortimer Mahoney, manager of the mutuel department, announced that there would be no field in either the Billy Barton Steeplechase or the Preakness Stakes, which means that separate tickets will be sold on each horse. •
