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LEGUME FURNISHES BIG UPSET « ___ Defeats First Minstrel and Brokers Tip at Pimlico. * Jockey Maurice Peters Scores Triple Victory on Opening Day — Eight Thousand Fans Attend. • PIMLICO, Md., April 29.— Legume, swift running four-year-old son of Epinard and Shenanigan, which races for Breckinridge Long, turned in his first winning performance of the year and furnished an upset in calculations when he accounted for the Whetstone Point Purse, an allowance affair for older distance performers that served as the premier offering on the inaugural program, of the Maryland Jockey Club at Pimlico today. Carrying 115 pounds and showing a great deal of improvement over two previous efforts that took place during the Havre de i Grace meeting, the chestnut colt was good enough under the handling of the veteran rider J. Bejshak to set the pace all during j ! the running and at the end of a mile and I one-sixteenth was across the line winner by his own length. I First Minstrel, who raced coupled with | Peradventuie as the Greentree Stable entry, was the one to chase the son of Epinard to the close of the contest while J. H. I Louchheims Morpluck took third when he took the measure of three others which included the disappointing favorite Firethorn, which raced with top weight of 124 pounds. I In the Whetstone Purse, little time was , lost before the half dozen were sent on their journey and it found Legume particularly , alert to take up the running going to the first turn. Moving into a clear lead and leading into the back stretch, he was taken I I under a snug restraint and Bejshak was content to have him leading the way by his own length. Peradventure, quickest of the others, chased after the Long colorbearer j | while First Minstrel held third place, well in advance of Morpluck, Firethorn and j j Brokers Tip. In the run down the back stretch no appreciable ! change took place in the running but on the far turn First Minstrel found , room on the inside of his stablemate and moved up threateningly to the winner while Morpluck had also begun his move. Legume j was racing smoothly ;•• he met the challenge of the Greentree colt and under Bejshaks clever rating had enough left in the final quarter to prevail by a length. In his futile effort to overhaul Legume, First Minstrel I was several lengths before Morpluck, with the disappointing Firethorn next in line. Ideal conditions prevailed for the introduction of the spring meeting at the Hill Top course and a crowd estimated at 8.000 was in attendance for the sport. Eight races were piovided and several thrilling events kept spectators in a cheerful mood. The sport for the afternoon was ushered in with a dash of four and a half furlongs and Pompoon led for every step to account for the number in rather easy fashion. Handled cleverly by M. Peters he reached the end of the distance in advance of Sonny Joe I with Banjorine an easy third to lead home i the nine others that formed a limit field. I At the start Pompoon was first to leave the gate and in the run to the elbow Peters sent the colt along briskly to head the field, i Sonny Joe was after the colt and he raced j ! abreast as he led Banjorine and the others. Reaching the home stretch Sonny Joe rallied to draw within a head of the ultimate win- ! ner but Peters had saved something for the closing drive and Pompoon was able to unleash conserved speed to prevail by two lengths. Sonny Joe, continuing gamely after hia early efforts was out five lengths before Banjorine who in turn had a wide margin i over the remainder. Santi Quaranti proved best in the two miles of the Patapsco Steeplechase run as the second event. Strongly supported in the tote, the five-year-old son of Swift and Sure — Quaranti raced to the finish two and a half lengths before Mrs. F. M. Goulds Stir with D. M. Ivanenko easily capturing the short end of the spoils with Vauxtoi over the other nine that started. The Bomar Stables Billy Bee accounted for the third race, a dash of six furlongs for three-year-olds under allowance conditions. The race, named the Sagamore, was divided, being run as the third and fifth events. In the first division eight faced the starter and it was C. V. Whitneys Trumpery that finished closest to the winner one and one-half lengths away. Third went to Howe Stables Twice which was an additional two lengths away. It was the second victory of the Maryland season for the winner which had scored at Havre de Grace. Jockey M. Peters scored his third success of the afternoon and was responsible for a double for the Bomar Stable when he drove Gold Band to an easy victory over six other juveniles that met in the Gittings Purse listed as the fourth race. Installed a top-heavy choice for the dash, the chestnut son of Jean Valjean — Inquiry toyed with his opponents to score one of the easiest triumphs of the day. He reached the line leading the Greentree Stables Somali by six lengths with A. G. Vanderbilts Balkos Maid a driving third to beat Happy Road a short head for the small share of the spoils. Stepping into the lead with the ring of the bell. Gold Band showed keen speed all during the race. After rushing Balkos Maid into defeat in the first half mile, he simply galloped the remainder of the journey to hold Somali perfectly safe as he crossed the line. Peters was astride Billy Bee in the previous race and Pompoon, winner of the first race. Swashbuckler, three-year-old home-bred son of Canter and Binnacle, racing for Mrs. J. Fisher, Jr., chalked up his second victory in three staits this season when he defeated J. H. Loucheims Kungsholm, Greentree Stables Sailor Beware and six other older sprinters at the end of the fifth race that was a split of the third race and called the Sagamore Purse. Coming in for the bulk of support and nicely handled by S. Renick, the fleet son of Canter annexed major honors in handy fashion and his score marked the second successful favorite of the afternoon to make good for the public. Rated j back of the pace that was set by Enthusiasm in the first half mile, Swashbuckler assumed the lead on reaching the home stretch then held sway to reach the end two j and one-half lengths before Kungsholm, with Sailor Beware a length and one-half ! farther back to easily take third. The win-I ner paid .80 and his score was exceedingly popular.
