Evening star., 1896-11-06
OPENING DAY At PIYLICO.
Some Smart Racing Marks the He
ginning Of the Nine.Day Meeting.

some smart Racing Marks the He
ginning of the Nine-Day Meeting.
Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
BALTIMORE. Nd, November 5. 1885,
The popular feature of the opening Of the
nine-day meeting at Pimlico was the last
race on the card, which was for half-bred
hunters at two miles with 100 pounds up,
open to the gentlemen riders of the Elk
ridge and Green Spring Valley Hunt clubs.
soaking rain had rendered the track very
sloppy. and the going. while not very heavy,
was nasty. Society did not turn out on ac-
count Of the threatening weather. and the
velanda Of the club house was quite de-
serted. The 200 people in the grand stand
and betting ring was a representative
sporting crowd. who were deeply engrossed
with the odds offered by the eight book
makers present. There were many familiar
faces among them, and they seemed to hail
from all points of the compass-prncipally
New York. Philadelphia and Washington.
1t looked natural to see this gathering of
sporting characters at old Pimlico, which in
years past was such a famous rendezvous
for the lovers Of the turf
The following were the entries in the gen.
tlemenS 8 race: Nadte, owned and ridden by
Mr.. w. D. Goodwin; Sangaree. owned and
ridden by Harry Reeves; Tip, owned and
ridden by Richard Thompson, jr.; Calendar,
owned by the Grove Farm stables and rid
den by Raj Parr: Miss Nina, owned and rid
den by VIM. H. West; Leicester, owned by
Bernard Scott and riden by James K.
Merryman.
They went Off in a bunch, but after the
first quarter it was Nadje and Calendar.
with a big gap between them for mile.
when Calendar moved up and looked as II
he might make 1t Interesting for Nadte,
but the game and beautiful mare let out
her sails and came down the home stretch
like a whirlwind, splattering mud fifty
yards on either side of the course, and
passing under the wire an easy winner,
with Calendar second and Sangaree third.
Just then the clouds broke away and
gorgeous sunset lit up the landscape and
gave promise CT a beautiful day tomorrow.
To Play Pennsy's Reserves.
The University of Pennsylvania Reserves
and Gallaudet College elevens will meet on
the foot ball field at Kendall Green tomor-
row at pm. The Reserves are stronger
than usual this year and are nearly as
strorg as the Varsity eleven, as will be
seen by a comparison of the games played
by the two elevens.
The two elevens are about even In weight
The Galiaudets have been hard at work
during the week under an excellent coach
and have been adding severa! new tricks
to their team work. From the result a
comparison can be made between the Gal
team. The Gallaudets, have entered the
race for the championship OF the south,
and their prospects, ARE quite good. The
officials of the game will be: Referee, H. P;
Schell; linesmen. Mr., Maupin, p. H. s., and
Mr.. jolly, c. H. s. . 10
L. A. W. aeetins.
The meeting of the hcal division of the
League of Americana w heelmen will be held
this evening at the club rooms OF the Ad.
Writer'S Club, at 10th street and Pcnnsyl-
vania avenue. At .,9rhisYi meeting nomina-
tions will be made for ithe officials for the
division for the enslihgyea which begins
December 1. When the nominations are
made a date will be selected by the meet
ing at which the election will be held.
A short city run Will be made, starting at
from 18th and K Streets.