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CARNARVON UNEXPECTEDLY Makes His ThreeYearold Debut in Auspicious Fashion at Pimlico Scores in Thrilling Finish to Beat Prairie Dog and Grand Play Favorites Conr v tinue to Fare Poorly BALTIMORE Md April 30 On a pro ¬ gram that was less attractive than that which ushered in the spring meeting of the Mary ¬ land Jockey Club at Pimlico Carnarvon threeyearold son of Prince of Wales Burd Helen racing for George A Garrett began his threeyearold career auspiciously when he came out of winter quarters to defeat six others of his age to account for the Pikesville at a distance of six furlongs un ¬ der allowance conditions This was the sixth race and the best offering at the Hilltop course today Overlooked in the speculation and continuing the rout of favorites which have been turned back in all but one event since the local meeting was ushered in the Garrett standardbearer a winner of two out of five starts as a twoyearold scored in a thrilling finish to beat Prairie Dog from the Mrs E Denemark stable a half length lengthGrand Grand Play disappointing choice of the contest that engaged a field of seven was just a neck back in third position to lead home Triple Action Lady Maryland Gold Band and Moon Harvest the only others that were under silks The winner ridden by jockey C Rosengarten scored unexpect ¬ edly but his claim to the verdict was clearly earned and he was considerably the best of the party when he finished the distance in lt3 after losing a great deal of ground in the running runningBELOW BELOW USUAL STANDARD STANDARDFor I For the second day of the Maryland Jockey Club meeting pleasant weather ruled for the sport that was below the usual stand ¬ ard of the old Maryland plant but a good crowd turned out and much interest was shown despite the fact that choices fared poorly for the second consecutive day only Briar Plume being successful for students of form formIn In the Pikesville a delay of little more than two minutes elapsed before the seven threeyearolds could be caught in alignment and it saw Grand Play choice of the con ¬ test flattering his supporters by being first out of the stalls Moon Harvest away in second position followed him away from the gate and in the first quarter showed the most speed to lead the Vanderbilt gelding Tjy a short head Back of these and closely bunched came Lady Maryland Carnarvon and Prairie Dog with Gold Band a distance back to lead Trifle Action Leaving the far side of the track S Renick drove Grand Play to the front and there was a cheer from his backers backersBY BY HALF LENGTH LENGTHGrand Grand Play however was unable to get free as he remained close to the inside and before the final furlong pole was reached was engaged by Carnarvon and Prairie Dog In the final furlong with the ultimate win ¬ ner far on the outside In a straining finish Carnarvon proved master to score by a half length lengthMaiden Maiden twoyearold fillies furnished the contention for the opening event of the after ¬ noon at a half mile and it saw Briar Plume a firsttime starter from the Mrs W W Vaughan stable racing up to expectations to defeat her eight rivals Installed the choice on the strength of advance notices and good trials in private the daughter of Sun Briar overcame misfortune in the run ¬ ning to account for the race in a thrilling drive She defeated Skipper from the W F Hitt stable also a firsttime starter by a half length while three lengths away Micro captured third barely beating Mobcap for that share of the spoils spoilsTOWSON TOWSON STEEPLECHASE STEEPLECHASEOf Of the twelve starters in the two miles of the Towson Steeplechase under claiming conditions listed second on the card all but three of the contestants finished the long journey with three rank outsiders taking down the major shares of the purse and Little Marty from the Gary Black stable turning up as the winner Ridden by the amateur Mr W Jones the aged son of Lucky Hour scored by eight lengths over Syriac from the M H Beams Jr barn while Promoter starting for the third time over fences was third in the field of limit proportions The disappointment here was the failure of Thomas Hitchcocks Prattler which fell at the final fence after leading the large field for more than a turn of the course Others to become eliminated were Lord Johnson which threw H Clements at the first fence and Flying Feathers which unseated J McGovern at the tenth jump jumpTITAN TITAN KIDDIE SCORES SCORESOlder Older plater sprinters from the homebred ranks and of cheap grade met in the third race which was fashioned for horses foaled in Maryland and it brought success to Titian Kiddie from the J S Archer stable This marked the winners first start this season Cancel from the H Kerr stable landed in second position and Pineapple lightly con ¬ sidered finished third in the field that num ¬ bered a dozen The silks of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt nvere carried to victory for the first time since early in the Bowie meeting when Droop a hitherto untried filly by Balko Sage Rock took major honors in the fourth race at a half mile a division of the first race Seven juvenile fillies that finished in the wake of the winner were led in by W F Hitts Happy Vote which was a length and onehalf away from the winner and four lengths before Heraldic
