The evening times., 1895-09-30
PIMLICO'S MEETING OPENS
Unusually Big List of Fast Ones in
Every Event.
Much Interest Felt In the Maryland
and District of Columbia Trotting
Horse Breeders Stake Events.
fspecial To The Times. !

Especial to the TimesD
Baltimore, Sept 3O.-The harness meet
| ing at Pinlico opens this afternoon. The
| meeting which closed at the Gentlemcn's
| Driving Park on Saturday was the most
| successful racing event of its kind ever
| held in Maryland, and there is every
indication that the Pimlico meeting will
be equally as satisfactory.
The first event each day is 10 be
| Maryland aud District of Columbia trotting
horse breeders stake race, and these, OF
course, will he of special interest TO the
1 local horsenIcn.
The track is in splendid shape, and fast
| time is looked for from every class, as
| the entries are a i of high order. Among
| the stables here are those of William
simpson. owner of Mascot, the famous
Bouncer, and many other good ones.
The card for to-day has three races The
| first will he the 2: 40 trOt, which has
| fourteen entries among them j. IL. Nor
| rows Washington stallion. Jake Patclen,
| The second race is for a purse OF 81 90.
| for 2:23 trotter>, for which there are
| seventeen entries. The last race of the
day. for purse of 81 COO, for 2:21
| PAGERS, for which there are seventeen
| entries.
PIunger Riley Grannans run - good
| VISIT TO the East put him in pretty easy cir
| cumstanccs Cncc more, but he ran against
| a pretty sharp snag in the now famous
| Umbrella race at Oakley last Thursday.
| Umbrella was starred by the books al 20
to /, ard after This had been cut to l . to1,
Sam Wagner, the ow ner of the colt, stopped
in front Of Grannan's stand:
.'Giyc me Ten on Umbrella, said he.
One hundred ana fifty to 10, Umbrella"
said Riley, as he swiped the odGs TO 10 to
/. Now you can have what you want at
that price"
Give me $1OO." said Sam.
''One thousand TO S1OO." shouted Riley.
DO you want any more"
give ME another 500"
"Onc thousand TO 500, Umbrella" again
shouted Riley. Now do you want any
more"
Yes, give me 500 more"
"Onc thousand TO 500; Umbrella" agai:
shouted Grammar, as he cut the price TO
to l.
"Oh, see / made YOU rub" said Sam
We'll, III give you o TO for co more"
IAN right; give il to me" said Sam.
.'Onc thousand dollars to SlG0 on I'm
brclla,' once more shouted Grammar.
Later or Wagner bet $500 more with Gran
nan. at TO l Altogether he took about
Sc, 500 out of Grannan's book alone.
The same day Riley lost between $1,000
and $1,000 when Ingonar heat his name
sake, Grammar, by nose. Sam Wagner,
who engineered the Umbrella killing,
wasuntila year or two ago travelling horse
man. Umbrella as sired by Cncas. His
dam was Parasol He is said 10 be a great
horse.
Bud Coharn bought horse year ago
for $50 and named him Andy. Coharn
tracked Andy for three months during
the spring and summer and then sent him
a mile in a race in 2:14. The other day
he sold him 10 a Philadelphia gentleman
for ST 800.
A ninety uays running meeting is To
be inaugurated at Macon. Ga, to day. A
new and fast nile track, d grand stand-a
double decker-capable of seating 1900
people. have been built, and many good
horses are expected there as soon as racing
in the East closes.
or the fast harness horses OF the year
Cal ifornia has produced three, AZote,
trottcr, 2:O4 l 2; Athanio, three-year old
trottcr. 2:11 3 4, and irectly, PAGER.
2:O7 4. Kentucky has produced two,
both trotters. BenZetta, four yea r-old,
2:O6 "A. and Tommy Britton, two-ycar
old. 21S 3-4. Kansas has produced two,
both PAGERS, John K. Gentry, 2O3 3 A, and
Joe Patchcn, 2:O4. Ohio has produced two
bothpacers. Be Sure. four year-old, 2:06 IL.
and AnaniaS, two -year-old, 2:12. Penn
sylvania has produced one, William Penn,
trottcr, 2:O7 4.
Byron McClelland's colt Prince has
been show ing himself TO be a good one.
and h Is defeat of the great filly, One l
Love, for the youthful stakes. at Grave
send. on Thursday. has caused some turf
men to pred let that he has in him another 4
Henry of Navarro.
LOckhart. the horse that proved such
surprise to the talent at Hedric, Iowa, the
other day, when he beat the great Klamath
three stra light heats, is To start against |
AZote in the free -for-all race at Lexing |
ton.
The famous old pacing horse Guy is TO be |
started in the Sreefor- all race at Lexing |
ton against Patchen, Gentry, Coleridge, !
Rubenstein and others of the fast brigade. |
1t is doubtful whether he will be able to |
cope with these swift ones, though the |
other day at Fort Wayne he went mile |
within fraction of his record, 2:06.
George Hankjps has offered $4,000 for |
a yearling by imported Order. The young |
ster is credited with running an eighth as |
a breeZer at Lexington the other day In |
IL IA seconds.
The St. Louis Fair Association. up to
last Thursday morning. had distributed |
during the season to horsemcn S275.0O0
in sta kes and purses.
strathberry continues to go right along |
shearing his record. At Ottumwa. Iowa.
on Saturday he paced the third heat of
race in 2:04 3-4.
1t was announced some time ago that J.
]. McCafferty was going to England. 1t
is now ascertained that he is to make the
trip in the interest of a syndicate OF New
Yorkers to look into the racing conditions
on the other side. and If they look favorable
to him his syndicate friends will put to-
,otbar , h;u ct and he will ODerate it l