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Larry MacPhails Yearling Judged Champion at Show PIMLICO, Baltimore, Md., May 16.— Turning back the winners and reserve horse of four classes for Maryland-bred yearlings, Larry S. MacPhails B. Battery, a chestnut colt * by Discovery — Boomtown Gal, by Stimulus, last week was acclaimed the champion of the fifteenth annual yearling show sponsored by the Maryland Horse Breeders Association. Held on the Pimlico clubhouse grounds, the event was favored by sunny skies and about a thousand persons enjoyed the show and participated in the amateur judging contest. The filly class was used for the amateurs to pit their skill against that of the show judge, Abram Hewitt, White Post, Va. The closest selections to the official placing came from Mrs. Ian Montgomery, Warrenton, Va., and Harold F. McCormick, Richmond Hills, Long Island, N. Y. B. Battery, named for MacPhails outfit in World War I., was the first thoroughbred ever named by the former New York Yankees executive and the first to be shown by the new local breeder.
