The Washington herald., 1907-05-03
TRACK RECORD IS EQUALRD
Lotus Eater Easily Takes Merchants
Handicap at Pimlico.
Upset in Last Race when John Lee,
the Favorite, Is Disqualified or
Account of Foul Riding.
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special 70 The Washington Herald
Baltimore. nd, May 2.-Lotus Eater. IN
winning the Merchants Handicap, tie
feature Of the race at Pimlico. equai=d
the track record for one mic, Carrying
III pounds. the brown horse by Galore
ran the mile in 1902.
Lotus Eater was the 4-t0-5 favorite in
the betting Scion ShingIe. the second
choice, did not cut any figure. Racine
ii, the outsider ia the betting. beat cob
mOsa Tor The place. The track was fast
and the sport was good.
There was quite an upset in the last
race at four furlongs. when the favorite,
John Lee. was disqualified on account of
Hennessey's foul riding Hennessey in
tertered badly with Emma @. in the
stretch. which enabled John Lee 10 win
by a half length. Diggins. who rods
Emma G., protested, and the stewards
Sustained his action.
The ruling Of the stewards was cheered
enthusiastically by the many supporters
of Emma c.
Benlala, at 50 to in the betting. cap
tured the steeplechase in a driving finish
=
fell down. The summaries:
FIRST RACE-Fcr maiden two-year-olds. selling.
four furgnss Maid Il Carroll. l09 L. smith
70 J. won Profit le2 Mccarthy, to J. second. /.
Bergo lG lBieginsl. S 60 J. third Time 8.fal5
Eastern Belle Nell W. Black king Bayardo In
zetts BLACK Hawk, Pstrioian, shiHdy. and Desid-
erstrm also ran.
SECOND RACE-For three-year-clds and inward F..
selling; one ard onesiztesnth miles. Prince Butus
lez u CARROLL, L % J. won, Nellie Burn E5
iColemanli 20 ]. second. NiIeTint 100 t1ir-ar-
thy 10 J. third Time. 1854. Bouliugtridge
Pleasant DAYS CuTsns, Tav5uHes Fueg8, Castor
Euf1pidcs, sonoma Beils I7anhoe. and Deksber
also ran
THIRD RACE-For two-yearoIds. nou-uiurers
q SL0N. CT Eicre than tuo races four and one
half iurlangs Merry Man l97 lDennisonI. To l.
won; Giles, l5l iblss1Hsi. u TO 5, second, Orua-
mentatiun. la2 lGCldsttini. 5 90 J. thir3 Time
o-55iz- Laadahis fred Mace, and Mss Catesby
ais0 ran.
FOURTH RACE-3lerchants' Handicap. fer three
year-clds and upward; one nile. Ictas Eater III
lDiggnsl, TO 5, Woni Raene II. So lHemess,l
10 20 !. second Cabmlsa l0l usiberti % 20 J. third
Time, lsi5lz GreFiila, Lads Vera, and Scion
Shingle also uu-
FIFTH RACE-steeplecbass: fer four-year-olds and
upward; selling. about wo miles. Beuiala 80
lBosseri, % 60 J. woui Dromedary, l45 IDarilsan'
10 !, second. BOnHre. Is AIcHaiei % 10 J. third.
Iine i-o.z. LysistIata, CheTy Fighter aud Frank
S0msrs also ran lanF fsl
SIXTH RACE-For maiden t.ree-year-olds and
upward, 10 pounds below the scale; one mile aud
seventy ysuis. Grafton. Sc tHyiandI, p To J. wun;
sally K, 81 fG0ldstejnI. z 10 5, slc0nd, St1nsy
Lee. Sc L. smith. 70 l. third Time. l-i3s
salt and Pepper. Rye Boy, Garment, HoE About
You. JobstoEn. Allonby, Yellow Bacs, and kola-
neks also ran
SEVENTH RACE-FUT maiden tWO-y 5aT-olds- sell
ing; four fuFlongs Emma c. lE Diuzinsl. . 10 /
won; Kitty smith. iOz .G0ldsreinl. 4 To T. second.
Leota kathryn. I22 Knapp. y 20 !. third. Tine,
0-1a f0ilu ifIe7 Ff-r
T., Merry Countess, In Alemcriam, Gertrude Lee,
Gallant Lizzie. and Silver Brook also ran.