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DIXIE TO PAUL BUNYAN ♦ L M. SeversorTs Five-Year-Old Victor in Famous Handicap. • Frisius Second and William T. Third — Rain Leaves Track Deep in Mud — Large Crowd. ♦ BALTIMORE, Md., May 2.— The famous old Dixie Handicap, with 5,000 added, was the main attraction at Pimlico this afternoon. The Hilltop course was deep in mud for the twenty-seventh renewal of the race, a condition that suited L. M. Seversons roguish Paul Bunyan, and the brown son of Paul Weidel added his name to the roster of winners of the coveted race. The Belair Studs Frisius finished in second place, leading home W. E. Caskeys William T. Weather and track conditions were anything but propitious for the staging of the Dixie, one of the richest handicaps in the country for horses three years old and over. Despite this, however, a big crowd journeyed to the track. Paul Bunyan left little doubt as to his superiority over his opponents under the conditions prevailing. Frisius was first away from the barrier and showed the way for a half mile, then Paul Bunyan went to the front and, taking a good lead, increased it with every stride until he passed the finish mark ten lengths before Frisius. After being passed the latter held the others saft but was never a match for the winner. J. Gian-nelloni had the mount on Paul Bunyan. William T. raced evenly all the way and finished two lengths in the rear of Frisius. The winners share of the purse was 5,425. Dan T. Morris, one of the old guard, who is training a public sta"ble here this spring and who usually races on the Kentucky circuit, saddled another winner for one of his patrons when Southtour came back after Double O.s victory yesterday to win Continued on twenty-first page. DIXIE TO j AUL BUNYAN Continued from first page. the Questionnaire Purse. This was a dash of four and a half furlongs for maiden two-year-olds. Southtour was ridden by A. Robertson. In some of her other efforts Southtour has been slow to leave the post. She got away fast this afternoon and outran her opponents all the way. Jolly Pilot beat Brave and Bold by a length for second place. My Cares victory in the Glenmore Steeplechase was a popular one. He carried the colors of J. P. McGovern, one of Baltimores favorite sons in the sporting world. My Care was ridden by the colored rider L. Wren. He was one of a field of seventeen that went to the post and his chances were not seriously taken except by his stable connections. He jumped in bold fashion and raced straight and true. Following the leaders for the first turn of the field, My Care moved up in resolute fashion the last time around and took the lead going to the thirteenth jump and at the end beat Nat Clyman by a length and a half. The latter was staggering to last long enough to save second place when he finished a head in front of Acrobate. Ten of the seventeen starters finished the course without a mishap. The riders whose mounts fell escaped serious injury. Zonda showed that she favored a muddy track when she galloped home the easiest sort of a winner in the Trojan Purse. Zonda dominated the situation at all stages. Leaving the gate fast, she sprinted into a commanding lead before they had gone a furlong and in the stretch increased her lead until she was five lengths in front of Phantom Legion, which got up in time to beat Sun Viking by a nose for the second place. Nealon Kay, which had shown ability to run over a muddy track, proved a rank disappointment in the fourth race. He was in with ordinary platers, but at no time was he able to take the lead. Guilford and All Blue aternated in making the pace, with Petabit close up. Rounding the far turn All Blue and Petabit raced like a team and as they swung into the home stretch Petabit took the lead and began drawing away, increasing her advantage at every stride in the final eighth and had a margin of four lengths to spare as they passed the judges. Five lengths farther away finished Nealon Kay. The field was pretty well strung out at the finish, with Expiate a distant last.
