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CHARITY DAY AT PIMLICO « Benefit Program of Racing Closes Maryland Spring Season. • Daisaburo Accounts for Snow Hill Purse — Open Hearth Bears as Barrier Is Beleased. ♦ BALTIMORE, Md., May 16.— Today was Charity Day at Pimlico, and the entire receipts went to the fund for the unemployed in Baltimore. Incidentally, it was the final day of the spring season of racing on the mile tracks in Maryland. The horsemen raced for 00 purses, with one feature, the Snow Hill, a dash of one mile and seventy yards, to which ,000 was added. Well-matched fields made up the program, and stirring contests came with the running of a majority of the races. The Snow Hill Purse furnished a driving finish in which Daisaburo beat the well-backed favorite, Pencader, by a length. A field of six faced the barrier, and the race was robbed of much of the interest when Open Hearth reared just as the barrier was released. He was last to leave. The Labrot racer showed a good performance, and with better luck at the post would probably have won. In the early stages Pipedream went to the front and was a length in front of Pencader going into the back stretch. The latter moved up going to the half-mile post, and was lapped on the leader. On the far turn he took command, but turning for home Daisaburo moved up, and when it came to a drive proved the gamer of the pair and won by a length. Open Hearth was a fast-finishing third another length away. The handle in the mutuels exceeded that of the same day last year by close to 5,-000. About 35,000 went through the machines. The management believes something like 0,000 will be realized to be turned over to the fund. It is doubtful if the meeting will show a profit to the club. Wretched weather was responsible in a measure for this. On two days last week, Wednesday and Thursday, the receipts were the lightest at Pimlico in ten years. Forty carloads of horses will leave here for different racing points. The greater majority will go to New York and Chicago. A special leaves Pimlico for Washington Park Tuesday morning. Peturnal, the 0,000 beauty from the Barry Vail Stable, started out like a winner in the second race. Beginning with the leaders, they had not gone a furlong before he had a lead of four lengths. Bertrano and Nemerc followed. On the turn into the stretch, Peturnal began to shorten his stride. At the furlong post, Bertrano moved up with a rush and just as he got to the leader bore over to the inside. Lewis managed to straighten him out before he hit Peturnal, and, drawing away in the last sixteenth, Bertrano won by two lengths and a half. Peturnal beat Nemerc three lengths for second place. The field in the third race was made up of a dozen maiden three-year-olds and over. Worthington was the choice and came in for-a good play. A contender from the start, Worthington failed to respond with the burst of speed expected of him when called on and the best he could do was to stagger in third. Plucky Girl began like a winner and led until well around the far turn, where Plain Ben. moving up on the outside, caught and passed her. Both were under a furious drive making the turn into the stretch, and when the final drive came D. Meade outrode Lewis and, passing the judges, was a neck to the good. Plucky Girl managed to land second place, a nose in front of Worthington, which beat Trews by half a length. The winner, fractious at the post, was taken to the extreme outside and broke with a twitch dangling from his nose. Trews began very slowly, and Hanford was forced to take the outside to keep clear of interference. Forty yards from the end he had his head in front of Worthington, but right at the end he tired.
