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EQUIPOISE AND CHASE ME Whitneys Champion to Meet Mrs Bosleys Winner of Seven Straight Pair to Strides in Ql Established rMeosjire Dixie Handicap Feature of Saturdays SaturdaysProgram Program at Pimlico DIXIE HANDICAP FIELD BALTIMORE Md May 4 Folloy ing are the probable starters in the 5000 added Dixie Handicap f pr three yearolds and pver at one jnile and threesixteenths tomorrow at Pim ¬ lico together with weights and riders Horse Wt Rider RiderSilent LitzenbergerEquipoise Silent Shot 167 Litzenberger Equipoise 130 Workman WorkmanChatmoss Chatmoss 119 J Renick RenickFlaming Flaming Mamie 102 Merritt MerrittJovius Jovius 107 Stout StoutChase Chase Me I 120 Porter PIMLICO Md May 4 So after all Equi ¬ poise and Chase Me the former the geher ally accepted champion of the handicap divi ¬ sion of American race horses the latter the chief menace to his continuance in that role are to meet in tomorrows Dixie Handicap revival In spite of offers and suggestions of offers for a match race later on at dis ¬ tances ranging from one mile to one mile and a quarter Cornelius Vanderbilt Whit ¬ ney through his trainer Thomas J Healey has this afternoon named Equipoise for the Maryland Jockey Clubs big spring special for threeyearolds and over distance one mile and threesixteenths which carries an added money value of no more than 5000 and will hardly pay the winner that much muchAnd And Mrs John Bosley Jr whose Chase Me the sensation of last falls racing in Maryland which scored his seventh straight victory here a couple of days back when driven out he beat Chatmoss about half a length in a dash of one mile and seventy yards and Teralice and Larranaga by slightly wider margins has named the Pur ¬ chase gelding geldingThe The going will be fast provided the weather forecasters promise of a continu ¬ ance of the bright warm weather of this afternoon is fulfilled There was plenty of mud this morning a legacy of rain that began about sundown the day before yes ¬ terday and continued pretty steadily throughout yesterday but superintendent Ryans harrows have been working steadily and the track should be at its best bestFAIR FAIR OWNER CONFIDENT CONFIDENTThat That Mrs Bosley is confident that Chase Me is ready to run his best race is obvious The last thing she wishes to see is his tak ing a Jicking So it may be taken for grant ed that he needed his race of two days back for it is inconceivable that she would send him against Equipoise if she did not think he could do better than beat such as Chat moss half a length in a drive That Equi ¬ poise was right at Havre de Grace the Pennant stallion demonstrated when he played with Springsteel Larranaga and some others in the Philadelphia Handicap The veteran Healey who has saddled about as many winners as has any other man of his calling on this side of the Atlantic is satisfied with what he has done in work since the Philadelphia his nomination in the Dixie indicates Healey is certain he is still training in Equipoise the smartest American thoroughbred past three years old But he saw Chase Me in all of the Purchase geldings races last fall and he realizes that no other horse can concede ten pounds to him and take liberties libertiesThe The other nominations Chatmoss under 110 pounds Silent Shot 107 Flaming Mamie 102 and Jovius 107 would make a nicely balanced field if Equipoise and Chase Me should scratch Chatmoss because of his pronounced improvement this spring ruling favorite But nobody expects any of them to bother the Whitney and Bosley stars And the Dixie would be all the more interesting if the four of them sidestepped If the going is bad it might be worth while remembering that these field fillers are all mudrunners for fair Whatever the weather there will be plenty of people here tomorrow It is safe to pre ¬ dict that everybody within travelling dis ¬ tance that ever took an interest in horse racing will be here While Chase Me is regarded as Marylands own Equipoise has these four years been doing his best racing in the Old Line state His first start at two was at Bowie As already related he won a Pimlico twoyearoldLast Futurity as a twoyearold Last year in the spring he won a Hayford at Havre de Grace and he was starred there again in the autumn autumnWilliam William Irvine head trainer of the Syl ¬ vester W Labrot stable will split his stable into two divisions at the expiration of racing at Pimlico One division in charge of Clay Sutphin will be transferred to Woodbine Park of the Ontario Jockey Club The re ¬ mainder in charge of Irvine will leave for Belmont Park ParkWilliam William Hurley who has a division of the E R Bradley stable quartered at Pimlico has arranged to ship those in his care to Washington Park at the conclusion of the Maryland Jockey Club meeting
