Evening star., 1896-11-09
MARYLAND VS.. VIRGINIA.
An Exciting Steeplechase Ridden b.
Gentlemen Riders.

Gentlemen Riders.
specar Correspondence Of The Evening Star
BALTIMORE, Md. November 8. 1885,
The Pimltco race meeting is proving a
great success. Saturday fully 5000 specta-
tors witnessed the sport. The personnel of
the crowd was of high ORDER both from
a sporting and social standpoint Balti-
more's swelldom was represented by the
smart set. the hunting colony and the cul-
tivated coterie of the city. Handsome traps
ana lovely women, attired In artistic au-
tumn creations. gave a picturesque setting
10 the open-air cyclorama. The course, the
nxtures and the hunting ground were all in
superb order. and the general sentiment
seemed to be that old PimIico never looked
SO attractive or more animated since the
paimy days of her pristine splendor In
.,i tine morning the Jockey Club denied the
rumor set afloat that the Benning meeting
would be transferred and result in an ex-
tension of the local meeting 1t was also
reported tnat Mr. 8. s. Hcwland had ex-
pressed his Indignation that the impression
should have gone abroad, especially as the
Washington w people had accommodated the
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Although the five running events had
neen literally scratched. the racing was ex
cellent and the 'bookies" transacted !.
tveiy business; Jockey Mutt. who rode
klngStone in the second race was sus
peEded for the balance of the meeting His
misconduct consisted of bad riding.''
Ine hotaole event CT the day. and Ii was
worthy OF the best race course in the coin
Try ana credit to the hunting circles ~
Maryland and Virginia, was the sixth and
last event on the program-the MARYLAND
Cluo cup, purse, 500 Gn money or MA roy
Tor horses owned and ridden py members Of
any recognized hunt-thoroughbret,s 70, oar
ry 1tl pounds, half-breds $50 pounds-ovnr
the short steeplechase course about two
and half miles,
Ihere were seven entries follows: Sam
d., owned by Charles Hurkamp Of Fred
ericksburg and ridden by A. B. Dundas Of
the Warrenton. Va. hunt; Tip owned and
ridden by R. H. Thompson OF Maryland;
Merryman Of the Green Spring Valley Club
and ridden by Arthur Hall of Loudoun
county Va: Sansaree owned and ridden
by Harry Reeves of Baltimore: Young
Orion. owned by William Oram and ridden
by Joshua Horner of Baltimore; De Gar
nette, owned by J. W. Colt and ridden by
Ernest Hayes of the Warrenton Hunt Club:
Caress. owned by Cuttings Merryman and
ridden by Sam. Nicholas of the Green
Spring Valley Hounds.
1t was an ideal afternoon for a cross
country run. The going was good and the
air calm, clear and invsorating. AS the
riders and their mounts were grouped for
the start they presented a spectacle of color
and animation that reseubled the prints
OF English hunting Scenes which are sus-
PENDED in the art store windows at this
season of the year.
The run sparkied with interest from start
to end. There was but little refusing. al
though twenty-four jumps had to he taken,
the most formidable Of whan was the
''LiverDooi' consisting of a trench two
feet deep and eight feet wide, With high
hurdle extending out thirty feet to admit
of big field of horses; the 'hy bank ard
water jump" both of which would he
serious obstacles in the hunting field.
Mr.. Hall, on Harry Harwood, had brief
tenure ON the lead over the hurdles. MAX
ing fine recovery when the crowd antici-
pated his falling over his norse's head.
But when a bit Of open was reached Mr..
Hayes made a clever "inshoot' and gave
his adversary and Caress, which had taken
the lead. wide berth. Again Mr.. Nicholas
came with a rush on Caress, and Mr.. Hor-
ner on Young Orion, followed suit-and
now 1. was a magnificent chase between
the three for supremacy.
The spectators at this point were wild
with enthusiasm. The Virginans were
calling on Hayes and the Marylanders on
Nichols, when Young Orion foundered at
the last post and rail- hurting his fore
legs: but still he pursued his company like
the wind. AS they cleared the last hurdle
and turned into the race track for the run
to the finish they were almost punched
" hen De Garnette and Caress went to the
front to fight out hot battle for the last
sixteenth. 1t a brilliant and heart
beating finiSh with margin of hardly a
neck. in which Hayes added another covet-
ed trophy to his long list of achievements
There was great cheering when the crowd
read "De Garnette, first; Caress. second; !;
Young Orion, third Young Orion was the
favorite in the books. De Garnette Is a
sCperb-looking chestnut. bred by Harry
O'Fallon, dam unknown. He took his hur-
dies with majesty and vigor. Mr. Hayes is
the crack steeplechaser of the Warrenton
Hunt Club, and has few superiors in that
school of riding in America.
The northern sporting men present and
old votaries of the turf say they have never
seen a more difficult Liverpool than the
one at Pimlico, and have rarely witnessed
more interesting contest of this char
acter.
Mr.. Nicholas is a young banker and one
of the most daring and skillful norsemen
in the hunting circles of Baltimore. He has
a number of splendid feats to his credit
espt cia,ly in riding to hounds.
The hotels are packed with sporting men,
who are killing Sunday by studying out
Mondays card, the main event of which
will be a match race between Billa1i of the
Norris stable, with Littlefield up, and W.
c. Daly's Arabian. with Sims up, at six
fLrlongs, 500 each. A big invoice of New
York plungers, headed by the Napoleon
Of the turf Riley Grammar, will make
their appearance tomorrow. Among the
hunting men from Washington present at
the meeting c. Adrian Grant, David
Porter and Frank V. TiIford