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Mate Wins 0,000 Preakness Stakes ► ♦ SPECTACULAR FINISH ♦ A. C. Bostwicks Representative Triumphant in Great Race. , i Twenty Grand Finishes Second and Ladder Third — Equipoise Fails — Record Crowd Present. ♦ f BALTIMORE. Md., May 9.— A. C. Bost-wicks Mate, to the thunderous applause of the greatest crowd that ever jammed into old Pimlico, was winner of the Preakness this afternoon, leading home the Greentree Stables Twenty Grand, with Walter J. Salmons Ladder finishing a close third before C. V. Whitneys Equipoise. Following these came Morton L. Schwartz Clock Tower, Surf Board, the stablemate of Twenty Grand, with the Seagram Stables Soil Gills beaten off in last place. The fact that only seven went to the post promised that the race would be a truly run one, but unfortunately it was not when both Twenty Grand and Equipoise met with a deal of interference, but it was nevertheless a magnificent performance for Mr. Bostwicks great colt, and it gives him an entirely new importance for the running of the Kentucky Derby next Saturday. The Preakness had a net value of 8,225 to the winner together with the old Wood-lawn Vase, which was presented to Mr. Bostwick after the running by Governor Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland. The mile and three-sixteenths was run in 1:59, and George Ellis had the winning mount. OFF TO GOOD START. There was little delay at the post, and the start was a good one, with Twenty Grand first out of the stalls. Equipoise, which had the adjoining stall, bore out a bit as he left and lost some ground, while Workman was forced to draw his whip to get him straightened out. Clock Tower and Ladder, both in outside stalls, at once took the command, with the Schwartz colt showing the way, though Ladder was closely lapped on him. McAtee had Surf Board running along on the rail back of these two under a strong pull as soon as he was settled into his stride, and Mate, farther out on the track, followed him closely. Going around the first turn, Twenty Grand was badly bumped on the fence as there came some slight crowding, and when the back stretch was reach he and Equipoise brought up the rear of the field. Kurt-sing was electing to race on the inside with Twenty Grand, while Workman was out a bit with the Whitney colt. It was Soil Gills that had crowded both Twenty Grand and Equipoise on the turn, and the first named suffered much more severely than did the son of Pennant. All the time Clock Tower was still showing the way, and Ladder was just as resolutely sticking to second place. McAtee still had Surf Board under a pull, and it seemed that he could go tp the leaders at the first asking. Workman had gone to a drive on Equipoise, and Twenty Grand was making up ground but still far back from the leaders. Mate had moved into third place, and it was apparent the finish would be a killing one. Clock Tower was first around the stretch turn, but there Mate was right with him and Ladder was not stopping. RUNS INTO TROUBLE. Kurtsinger made his move with Twenty Grand when he ran into further trouble when his own stablemate Surf Board tired in front of him and shut him off. All through the final furlong Twenty Grand continued to battle his way through, but the interference had been too great and Mate, running straight and true, was over the line winner by a length and a half. Ladder fought along with unexpected courage and it was only in the closing strides that Twenty Grand wrested second place from him by a neck. Equipoise finished at the heels of the Salmon colt and then came Clock Tower, which had enough in the final furlong. Surf Board was two lengths back of the Schwartz colt and Soil Gills, after having caused all the trouble on the first turn, was eased up twenty lengths back of the field. ■ Continued on twenty-first page. MATE WINS PREAKNESS I Continued from first page. I Clock Tower was first of the seven to appear on the course. Max Hirsch permitted him to gallop through the stretch, and he j looked to be as fit as hands could make * him. Shortly afterward Mate, followed by his trainer Jim Healy, was led down the j stretch from his stable. He was followed by Ladder, while Twenty Grand and Surf Board were escorted across the infield by j. the stable pony. Next came Equipoise, wearing four soft bandages which, of course, * were to be removed. Soil Gills, the Sea- ■ gram colt, and the only other starter, had reached the paddock earlier. Clock Tower was the only one stripped before the run- ning, the others being merely led about the paddock ring until saddling time. Shortly before the running there was a J scramble of many in the big crowd for points of vantage, and thousands crossed * the track to the infield. To the strains of "My Maryland" and the | deafening cheers of the great multitude, . Governor Ritchie was escorted to the stew- ards stand to view the running, and in order that he might present the Woodlawn Vase to the owner of the winner. The first quotation of probable odds made the Greentree Stable pair the favorites, but 1 there came a switch in the second display, . with Equipoise quoted at 9 to 5, while the Greentree Stable was quoted at 2 to 1. And jockey J. Guerra picked out a bad day to ride three winners with so much of ] more importance transpiring at the famous old course of the Maryland Jockey Club. Never in the long and glorious history of old Pimlico was there such a crowd turned out for a day of racing. Before the horses were called out for the first race, both the ! stands and the club house were crowded up , capacity, and the lawn had milling thousands seeking vainly for a point of vantage. The infield was thrown open, and other thousands crossed the track for the opportunity left to have a glimpse of the horses in action. Many in the big infield throng crossed the field to the starting point for the sprint events, but it was the home stretch that had the big appeal, and they lined up as close to the finish line as the officers would permit, — almost to the top of the stretch. The crowd on the lawn proper, the paddock and the clubhouse below the paddock, resulted in the outer rail being thronged several deep all down the long sweep of the stretch. It was a wonderfully representative crowd and proverbially good natured, as are all racing crowds. There was a rush for the mutuel windows between the races, and while an unreasonable length of time was taken between the events, many were shut out in every race. It was a mid-summer day, with a warm sun shining. The opening race was a four and a half furlong dash for juveniles, and it fell to W. S. Snyders Louis O., a son of Prince Phillip, which had his frist racing lessons during the winter season of the Miami Racing Association. It was Semester, from the Audley Farm, that raced to second place, and third was the portion of Mrs. K. E. Hitts Play Alone. When Louis O. was alert leaving his stall, there was not much to the running. Guerra sent him into a safe lead, and there was no stage of the running he was threatened to be winner by a length. Semester, which was a particularly popular choice in the running, had no excuse. He soon found his way into second place but was unable to run the winner down, and Play Alone was third virtually all of the way. The second offering was another four and a half furlongs dash for the juveniles and it brought a thrill for the immense crowd when Justa Shade, a daughter of the Porter and In the Sun, which races for the Justa Farm Stable, in a game finish, was up to beat the Nevada Stock Farms Jaipur. Captain P. M. Walkers Donate finished a distant third, beating John R. Buchanans The Bourbonian for that part of the purse. While at the post in this race The Bourbonian reared and fell with jockey Pegg. Fortunately the rider was uninjured and the colt was caught readily and returned to the stalls without any damage having been done. The third was a mile and a sixteenth race, for cheap platers, and it brought victory to Capt. P. M. Walkers Royal Panoply, when he scored over W. A. Smithsons Tazewell, with Fred J. Hughes Pipedream readily beating John Bosley, Jr.s Sea Scamp. In this race Mrs. E. Jacksons Royal Charge, one of the most consistent of the cheap platers in Maryland this spring, was subjected to much interference and Pegg, who had the mount, was forced to take up repeatedly. Pipedream was the one to force the early pace, with Royal Panoply and Big Spring chasing after him. Royal Charge was hard ridden in an effort to take a position going to the first turn, but he was blocked before the back stretch was reached. Pegg then attempted to send him up on the outside, only to run into more trouble, while a third interference came as the turn out of the back stretch was reached. This effectually settled any winning chance for the old son of Light Brigade. The fourth was a six furlong dash for platers of the better variety. This resulted in a drastic form reversal and also a double for the Justa Farm silks when Just Believe scored over the Seagram Stables Sun Craig. This same Just Believe in her last previous effort over the same distance, was beaten almost twenty lengths. There was a difference in the weight this afternoon, but it was nevertheless an altogether unusual awken-ing. Third went to Morton L. Schwartz Sir John Alden, and it was one of the thrilling finishes of the day. From a good start Just Believe was first to show in front and she forced the pace throughout. As is his custom, Sun Craig was slow to be in full racing stride, but he worked his way up and charged through in the final furlong. At the same time Sir John Alden displayed a great rush on the outside. The three were lapped at the end. Just Believe winning by half a length, while Sun Craig had only nosed out Sir John Alden and Inferno Lad was only a head back of thesA.
