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PIMLICO TURF NOTES John Bosley Jr will ship several jumpers to Woodbine Park to fulfill stake engage ¬ ments at the Canadian course coursePsychic Psychic Bid started in the race because of a splendid sporting gesture of his trainer Whistling Bob Smith who didnt think the colt was fit enough for another big test But his owner Mrs Dodge Sloane queen of the Brookmeade Stable insisted the colt must run She said We won the Preak ness last year with High Quest and I think we owe it to the people of Maryland to start a horse and I want Psychic Bid to start hot or cold coldFor For the first time in the history of the Preakness the general admission tickets were all sold before noon noonFor For the convenience of the immense throng on hand for the closing day of the Maryland Jockey Club meeting mutuel man ager Mortimer M Mahony had a crew of 40fr clerks available to serve mutuel tickets Three divisions clubhouse main pavilion and bleacher sections were in full operation operationFifteen Fifteen cars of horses listed for Belmont Park was scheduled to leave Sunday An ¬ other section was listed to pull out Monday for the same course courseJ J B MeLaughlin racing commissioner for the state of Virginia joined the large gath ¬ ering of executives in the clubhouse clubhouseEarl Earl Walden has been appointed to han ¬ dle the mutuel department at the forthcom ¬ ing meeting to be staged at Hagerstown HagerstownGwyn Gwyn Thompson former trainer for the Glen Riddle Farm who seldom witnesses the Preakness arrived Saturday SaturdaySamuel Samuel D Riddle came down from Phila ¬ delphia with a large party and occupied a box in the main stand standEdward Edward Riley Bradley occupied his re ¬ served box with his trainer William Hur ¬ ley in a position directly back of the finish line lineHon Hon Vincent Palmisano joined the large delegation of congressmen and senators that milled in the huge gathering in the club ¬ house houseWilliam William Woodward chairman of The Jockey Club came from New York to wit ¬ ness the performance of his good colt Omaha in the Preakness PreaknessJockey Jockey Clarence McCrossen arrived from New York and accepted the mount on Man tagna in the Preakness Stakes and Swash ¬ buckler in the fifth race raceE E E Minor traffic agent and Harry Finn railway express agent reported that ship ¬ ments leaving Sunday will include the stable of the Merry Land Farm and Brookmeade Stable which are destined for Belmont Park Arthur Hullcoat will take ten head to Rock ingham Park E R Bradley a division to Washington Park J TJ Gratton Rocking ham Park and A G Vanderbilt to the same point pointDion Dion Kerr is sending a useful string to Canada for a summer meeting The first stop will be made in Toronto for the Wood ¬ bine and Thorncliffe meetings meetingsAn An incident that provoked considerable laughter took place during the running of the Penn Athletic Club Steeplechase A large gallery of fans took vantage points on the Bahr starting machine that was placed in the infield immediately after the start of the first race and while the jump ¬ ing race was in progress men in charge of the tractors began towing the structure None of those with positions moved or be same alarmed but held theif perches
