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ANEROID SHOWS SPEED Sets New Time Record for Balti ¬ more Spring Handicap Earns 4680 and Gains Prestige in inPimlico Pimlico Triumph Daily Double DoubleReturns Returns Backers 1693 PIMLICO Md May 1 Showing the same brilliant speed that marked his victories in the Severn Handicap at Bowie and the Har ford Handicap at Havre de Grace Aneroid carrying the black and white striped silks of J A Manfuso became one of the leading sprinters among older horses when he car ¬ ried 117 pounds top weight and decisively defeated eight other sprinters in the third renewal of the Baltimore Spring Handicap a test of six furlongs which featured the program of the Maryland Jockey Club at Pimlico today todayIn In taking the prize of 4680 to boost his earnings considerably and keep his splen ¬ did record unstained the fouryearold colt by The Porter and Outburst set the pace and scored at the expense of Wise Prince The race was run in the swift time of 111 the fastest time for the race since its in ¬ augural Third honors in the spring special went to Weston one of a pair that raced for the California patron A C Compton and his stablemate Clingendaal was fourth to lead home Sunned Billy Bee Wise Sister Honey Cloud and Postage Due DueFor For the first Saturday of the spring ses ¬ sion at the hilltop course over 23000 fans Continued on twentysixth page ANEROID SHOWS SPEED Continued from first page turned out for the entertainment that was served under sunny skies and over a track that was lightning fast Racing was thrilling throughout the day and once again favorites were in the minority several startling upsets occurring on the program that contained eight events eventsAt At the close the son of The Porter was racing smoothly and was worked out an additional quarter mile to complete a mile In 138 138In In the cofeature styled the Pimlico Nursery nine of the best juveniles which could be mustered met for supremacy in the test of four and onehalf furlongs that was endowed with a purse of 2500 and it netted Mrs R H Heighes homebred filly Re ¬ hearsal exactly that amount when she turned in a frontrunning triumph to run her streak of victories to three straight This was the twentyninth running of the juvenile prize and it saw Ben jam winner of the Aberdeen and the Bowie Kindergarten in second place testing the filly for her speed while third was the portion of the spoils for Yomer of the J P Jones stable when she led home Bunny Baby and the five others Rehearsal had the services of J Wagner and under an energetic ride made the running from the start of the interme ¬ diate trip to reach the line a half length to the good She went into a short lead in the opening furlong while Bunny Baby Ben jam and Yomer raced close at hand to of ¬ fer the daughter of Theatrical opposition then withstood a stiff drive through the stretch to meet the fast going Benjam At the close Benjam was gradually overhaul ¬ ing the Mrs R H Heighe filly as he swerved toward the inside in the final eighth and his charge carried him four lengths before Yomer which in turn had a length to spare over Grim Reaper The others cut no figure in the running ffnH IKOSM v isO not sdrmtufc
