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Boost Pimlico Special Value to 5,000 Added Will Be Renewed at Fall Meet; Needles Resigns for Bowie Post BALTIMORE, Md., June 3.— Following a meeting of the board of directors of the * Maryland Jockey Club here today it was announced that the Pilmlico Special had been increased in value from 5,000 to 5,000 for the renewal this year, and that John O. Needles, secretary, had resigned to accept a position at Bowie. Except for the added value, the conditions of the Pimlico. Special remain unchanged. It is a winner-take-all event. It will be renewed, as usual, at the fall meeting at Pimlico, October 25 to November 15. The exact date will be selected later. Needles resignation is to take effect Jurie 14. He has served as secretary of the Maryland Jockey Club since 1946. Needles stated that his position at Bowie will be comparaa to his present one at Pimlico. He was engaged by Larry MacPhail, president of Bowie, who headed the syndicate that purchased the track earlier this year. Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord, president of Pimlico, also announced that upon Needles retirement, David F. Woods will serve as secretary, an interim appointment, in addition to acting as publicity director of Pimlicn •t
