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DISQUALIFY SEAGRAM HORSES 4 Stewards Award Purse to Golden Prince in Graded Handicap. • Solace Finishes First by a Nose, but Is Set Back— Fair Beth Adds to Earnings in Second. • BALTIMORE, Md., May 6.— The running of the Class A of the Pimlico Graded Handicaps had a very unsatisfactory ending when Solace, the winner, was disqualified after he had finished a nose before Golden Prince. Seven started and two of them, Solace and Khorosan. were coupled as the Seagram Stable entry. In the early stages Khorosan went to the front and set a terrific pace. Going the first quarter in :23, he opened up a lead of two lengths. Chlo Boy was second and a half length back came Solace. They ran the half-mile in :46% and Khorosan was still leading and Golden Prince was fourth. Making the turn into the stretch Chlo Boy ran out and Khorosan followed him. Solace slipped through on the inside and took the lead. Going to the furlong post Golden Prince, on the outside, moved up and joined him and the pair fought it out to the end, with Solace just lasting long enough. It appeared as though Golden Prince was bumped a bit when he passed the tiring Khorosan in the final furlong and when Kurtsinger climbed into the stewards stand to lodge a claim of foul many supposed that it was for interference at this stage. It developed, however, that the claim was that Golden Prince had been interfered with on the turn out of the back stretch and it was for this that Solace was disqualified. The change in the placing made Golden Prince first, Sister Zoe second and Chlo Boy third. Juveniles met under allowance conditions in the four and one-half furlongs opener, with strong support being centered on the Middleburg-Ziegler combination that was made up of The Crane and General Advance. The latter was the winner in a stirring drive, in which the Our General — Never Sets filly lasted just long enough to get the verdict from Zonda, from the Ran-cocas Stable. Third was accounted for by the Sagamore Stables Towee, a first-time starter that showed a promising effort for his debut. Eleven started and, from a good beginning. Ellis sent General Advance into command, with Southtour and Zonda in closest attendance. Ellis was getting the most speed out of his mount and before the stretch was reached he was in a seemingly safe lead. Zonda, however, had been kept under slight restraint and on reaching the stretch turn made a tenacious effort to overhaul the speedy Middleburg miss. A furlong from home the pair were on almost equal terms and in a bitter battle through the final furlong General Advance did not give way to the Rancocas representative and won by a head. Fair Beth added another to her score when she beat a band of platers in the second race. This was a dash of one mile and a sixteenth, for which she was favorite. In the early stages Fair Beth was outpaced, but after going six furlongs she began gaining. In her run through the stretch she came with a rush on the outside and got up in the final strides to beat Very High by a half length. The latter might have won had Snooty not been in the race. Simpson was busy on Very High in the early stages racing with Snooty and when the latter tired on the stretch turn Very High drew away. His early efforts told at the end and when Fair Beth challenged he had nothing in reserve. Ironclad was an easy winner of the Reister-town Purse when he galloped home with an easy lead of four lengths over the imported colt Hurry Bye. The conditions of this race called for maidens. It was a dash of a mile and seventy yards and, like all events of this kind, there were several "good things" in the race. Annapolitan began the quickest and had a slight advantage as they turned into the back stretch. There had been a nasty jam on the first turn and Margaret Mc was crowded out of it and Hurry Bye jostled about. Going to the half-mile post Ironclad went to the front and from there to the finish kept increasing his lead. Coltiletti took Hurry Bye to the outside after making the first turn and on the back stretch moved up in resolute fashion. After going little over half a mile. Hurry Bye began to show distress. Coltiletti was hustling him along in an effort to get to the leader, but to no avail. In the stretch Hurry Bye was a tired horse and, in a driving finish, managed to last long enough to beat Valley Forge by half a length.
