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TRAILER COMPLETES DOUBLE Vanderbilt Silks Play Prominent Part at Pimlico — Fallon Shares Honors. Paradise Girl First Winner for Sagamore Owner — Overhead Conditions Not Quite Pleasant. PIMLICO, Md., May 2.— Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilts chestnut colt, Trailer, in a performance that topped his initial outing of the season when he was beaten by sprinters of cheap grade, atoned for that poor showing when he won major honors in the sixteenth running of the .Rennert Handicap, six furlongs race that featured the second program of the Maryland Jockey Club today. With four withdrawals from the event that was listed sixth on the card and only five to vie for the prize of ,500 added, the score of Trailer came in one of the tightest finishes of the afternoon. He was inches better than Wheatley Stables Sea Captain at the end of six furlongs after the latter was practically left at the starting point. Third was the position of the purse for Easy Mon of the Calumet Farm stable and he was only a head away from the leading pair as he led home A. C. Bostwicks Belay and Eugene R. Pikes Royal Teddy. The score of Trailer completed a double for the Vanderbilt silks as an earlier accounting was made by Paradise Girl in the first race. Both were ridden by jockey Leo Fallon, contract rider for the stable. LARGE CROWD PRESENT. Overhead conditions were not as pleasant as on opening day, but a large election-day gathering turned out for the racing, which was conducted over a strip that was still soft from recent rains. In the best race the five starters were in the stalls three minutes before the start came, and it saw Sea Captain standing still as the others left in close order. Easy Mon, first away, was sent into command by Anderson j and Royal Teddy went along to force the running as Trailer held third position. Belay and Sea Captain were far back. In the run down the far side Easy Mon was unable to get clear and when the turn into the front lane was reached he fell prey to Trailer and it was in the last eighth that Sea Captain forced his way through on the inside to just miss being winner. Easy Mon was only a head back of the fighting principals and he might have been winner with better riding. Blame for the poor beginning of Sea Captain was attributed to the fact that he was using blinkers as part of his equipment for the first time. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, president of the Maryland Jockey Club, saw his silks in their first success this spring in the Old Line State when Paradise Girl, a first-time starter, defeated seven other home-bred two-year-olds in the first event. This was a dash of four and one-half furlongs, and the score came in a drive when she finished a length j and one-half before W. M. Elders High Bud, as Clay Sutphins Mariyah was an easy third. Jockey L. Fallon rode Paradise Girl, which was second choice in the wagering. The biggest field of the day faced the starter for the six furlongs of the second race and it resulted in a mild surprise when Greeny from the Calumet Farm turned up winner. With a dozen under colors, it saw the Calumet Farm miss in front throughout the journey to score in a drive. She reached the finish one length in advance of Evening Light from the J. M. Welch stable, with Red Glare four lengths away to take the measure of Chainwick and the others, although Lady Elgin was missing at the close when she stumbled and fell in the opening furlong. Jockey C. Stevenson, who was thrown from Lady Elgin, cancelled his mounts after his mishap, but fortunately his injuries were nothing more than a severe shaking up. PONEMAH EASILY. Howard Bruce, Baltimore banker, supplied the winner and favorite of the fourth race, another for juveniles at four and one-half furlongs, when his shifty home-bred filly, Ponemah, made, a show of nine other youngsters to chalk up her second triumph in three starts. Installed a strong choice, the Bruce filly dominated all of the running ; and had a length and one-half to spare as she defeated H. P. Headleys Ambuscade. Third was taken by Scorch, a first-time starter, and Onisac, which raced coupled with Mrs. C. T. Graysons Close Quarters, was fourth. Jockey M. Berg was astride the winner for a riding double. Eight cheap middle-distance performers met in the fifth, at a mile and seventy yards, for three-year-olds, and it resulted in an ■ upset when C. O. Fergusons Pradis proved : best in a drive. He took the measure of 1 Tanganyika, another lightly-regarded starter, with The Serf landing in third place before i i Part One. Rated along in third place while : in close attendance of Soaring High and The Serf during the first six furlongs of the • number, the C. O. Ferguson plater, in a hard ] drive through the stretch, met the rush of J Tanganyika to score by a head.
