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! I j , I • , , . | STROLLING PLAYER BEATEN » Sun Beau Wins Carvel Hill Purse, With English Colt Unplaced. » Pimlico Feature Results In Best Contest of Spring Meetings in Maryland — Dignus Victorious. • PIMLICO, Md., May 8.— The Carvel Hall Purse, a dash of a mile and seventy yards for three-year-olds, which was provided an an attraction by the Maryland Jockey Club this afternoon, furnished the best contest run at any of the Maryland tracks this spring. The winner was Willis Sharpe Kilmers Sun Beau, and back of him came the Sagamore Stables Don Q. The Seagram Stables Solace was third. All three were heads apart and under a furious drive. There were six starters and a sixteenth from the finish the field was strung across the track and almost aligned. At this stage it was impossible to tell which would win and it was not until the very last strides that the result was known. The English colt Strolling Player had the call over his opponents and was always held at small odds. Starter Milton got an excellent start and when they left the barrier Penalo outran the others to the first turn, but entering the back stretch Night Life had moved up on the outside and passed him. This pair went to the half mile in :1S and Solace and Strolling Player were right up with them. Night Life had drawn away into a lead of a length and the next three were heads apart. They raced in this fashion until entering the home stretch, where Fields made his run with Strolling Player and at the eighth post he was out in fron. half a length to the good. At this stage it looked as if he would win. Penalo had dropped back, but came again, only to be blocked, which ruined his chances. In the meantime the Kilmer colt Sun Beau had been following along with Don Q. in the rear, but when straightened out for the final run both began gaining. They were on the outside and in the last sixteenth they were right up battling it out with the leaders. Less than three lengths separated the entire field at the finish. LARGE CROWD. The weather was a bit raw this afternoon, but despite this a large gathering was again on hand. Many new faces were seen among the clubhouse throngs. They are here to witness the running of the 0,000 Preakness. which is scheduled as the big attraction Friday. S. C. Hildreth wired that he would arrive in the morning with the Raneocas Stables Nassak and that Fator was coming on to ride. A big field will likely go to the post for the Preakness Stakes, and at the present writing it looks as if twenty will sport silks in the big race. Fifteen eligibles in the Hampden Steeplechase sported silks. The conditions called for maiden four-year-olds, and winners of one race and the journey was over the two-mile course. Nine of the starters finished the course without a mishap, and A. C. Bost-wick furnished the winner in Vocalion. C. Mergler had the mount and rode with good judgment. He waited with Vocalian until the last time around and, when called on, the Bostwick racer went into the lead with a rush, drawing away from his opponents. He had a five-lengths advantage going to the last jumps, but Mergler then took him in hand and at the finish he had plenty in reserve. The Foxcatcher Farms Ruler was second, three lengths in front of Mrs C. V. Cushmans Ragweed. Twenty lengths farther back was Comical. The early running found Ragweed and Ruler alternating in setting the pace. They jumped boldly and raced in close crder to the eleventh jump. Mergler then made his move with Vocalian and the latter easily disposed of tho pacemaker. Medius was the first to be eliminated. He lost his nder at the first going, and then Graeme lost his rider at the tenth and Vitamin at the eleventh jump. At the last obstacle Sport Royal and Jingle fell. Willis Sharpe Kilmers Sun o Chen was winner of the second race, a dash of four and a half furlongs, for two-year-olds. The Morris filly Lady Fair was a heavily played favorite for this race, but the best she could do was to finish third. Albert Johnson got her away well, but she was unable to open up the lead she did the other day. Sun o* Chen, beginning well, was soon out in front and Craigmyle kept her at it. On the far turn she drew away and was soon out in front and Craigmyle kept her at it. On the far turn she drevr away into a lead of a length. Entering the home stretch Eterne moved up with a determined effort and got on almost even terms with the pacemaker. WINS UNDER PUNISHMENT. Under punishment Sun o Chen finished gamely and at the end she had an advantage of half a length. Eterne beat Lady Fair a head for the place and then followed Agnes Wynn. The latter, a slow breaker, was on the extreme outside the entire trip. Despite this she finished in resolute fashion and at the end was going much the strongest of the lot. She must have been ten lengths back of the leaders at one stage. She was beaten only a length and a half by Lady Fair. Class A of the Pimlico Graded Handicap, run as the third race, furnished a spectacular finish when six of the eight starters passed the finish line in a compact bunch. The winner was C. L. Whitings Dignus, ridden by H. Little. Dignus set a fast pace from the start. She had r.ot gone far before Rolls Royce joined her and the pair ran one-two the remainder of the trip. Aucilla was close up for the first quarter and rounding the far turn Montferrat moved up with a good burst of speed, and all the leaders were bunched entering the home stretch and all were under a drive. Dignus hung on with surprising gameness and outlasted Rolls Royce to win by a neck. Montferrat was third, half a • length back and a neck in front of Contemplate. The latter after being taken to the outside at the turn out of the back stretch and making a wide turn, finished in resolute fashion and at the end was going much the fastest. Dignus was worked out an extra quarter and covered the mile in 1:41. Thomas Lillis acquired by private purchase from J. B. Boyle, a local merchant, the racers St. Valentine and Flagship. It is the intentit of the new owner of these horses to send them to Illinois to race at the Chicago tracks.
