The Washington times., 1907-11-03
Big Crowds,
Poor Races
At PimliCO
Cold Rain InterfereS With
Events at Baltimore
Meeting.

/ BALTIMORE, Nd. Nov. 2.-RaclnS
was carried on at FImlico this ATKINSON
! under most disCouraging conditions.
coiu driving rain fen all the while,
! k eeping everybody under cover. and
/ for a part Of the time a heavy fog SET
! tied down shutting out all view of thc
races except at the finish.
The track was a sea of slop. The at
tendance was surprisingly good under
! the conditions. An unusually good card
had been provided with several feA-
! lures which should have brought out
a big crowd mad fair weather pre-
vailed.
OF the features the race for the Car
rollton Cup WAS expected 10 be a big
/ drawing card 1t brought out the best
/ OF the gentlemen riders Of this section.
/ and a good field Of horses. Courtly
/ Smith. Bob Taylor. Tommy Wright. Mr.
/ Davis. and Mr.. Tucker, all very clever
in the saddle. had the mounts. The tai
/ ent was something at sea TO locate the
winner and Lord Badge, Cloten, and
/ Herman Johnson were all about equal
favorites. The result Of the race was
unfortunate. Note-Knip being disquali-
/ ned after finishing drst
Lord Badge Furnishes First.
/ When the barrier went up in this race
! Herman Johnson went to the front, and
cut out the pace. He hung onto fhe
stretch, where he tired. Here Bot Tay-
/ Tor brought Note-Knip up AID took the
| lead. At the sixteenth pole Lord Badge
/ doomed up dangerously. and Mr.. Taylor
/ went to the whip on Note-Knip. The
/ gelding under pressure swerved over in
J
/ finished first. Foul was Immediately
claimed and allowed. Lord Badge being
/ placed GIst-
The Pimlico Autumn Steeplechase
| brought cut live good choices and fur
+ mis- ned a pretty race through the field.
/ The horses ran well punched ali the
way. At the last turn Of the field Bersi
/ shot out, and going 10 the front, struck
/ the fiat IN the lead. Here Heider
! brought Navajo up and with a little
! rousing the Smith chaser soon cola red
| Bersi. and then il was all over. Navajo
! coming on TO an easy victory. Guardian
ran we'll as far as he could 90, but
found the distance toe much. bob
/ Murphy wos the tip Of the race, hut
/ after showing speed tired. Botanist
| found the Stop just 10 his liking in The
| nrst race and won as his rider pleased.
/ Old Graziallo too, found a track thar
/ suited him and running kindly furnished
| the contention of the race.
| The second race, for year-oIds
| save the talent something of a setback
the lO-to-l shot Profit getting home in
| Chief Desmond. This race was run in
| a heavy fOg ana nothing could be seen
/ OF Tie horses until they entered the
stretch. Here Pr0ht was leading, with
Ma - n.
/ they finished
SmithsOn RecOups.
Mr.. smithson got back some Of his
losings on EldOrado in the Eutaw House
Handicap. The chestnut colt was suited
by the going today and with a good riQe
he galloped out ia front all the way.
The STithson following attempted TO
pull off another good thing with Neos-
kaleeta in the last race, but LalIy was
trlhe too good for the lilly under the
conditions and the Washington tureman
had 10 be content with second money.
The Summaries:
First race-Seven furlongs. Botanist,
us (EnglandeT) 4 TO 3, won; Graxiailo.
10 (Beckman), S to !, second; Jerry c.,
l12 CHenry), 40 TO /, third. Time. I:81
POmpOus, 1O7; New Year II, 1I2: High
Chance. 107; Simple HonOurs, lO7; Mt
ODonnell, III; King of Bashan, 107, also
ran.
Second race-Six furlongs. Profit 10.
(Harty). 10 TO ]. won; WColspun. IO4
(Beckman), to /, second. Goes Fast
l04 (GOldstein). to 10, third. Time
III 1-5- Chief Desmond. 104; Stronghold
107. also ran.
Third race-Eutaw House Handicap;
mile and seventy yards. Eldorado. IL
/ tBeckman), to 5, won; Ocean Spray
lQ4 (Delaby), 4 to ], second; Royal Onyx.
ll3 (LdeDerD. to ., third. Time, 1:5O1z
Venus -; Ballot Rox. 1l3. also ran.
Fourth r8ce-The PImlico Al umn
Steeplechase; about two and a-ou.arter
miles. Navajo. 142 (Heider). to 5. won
Bersi, l56 tSavage), 6 to l. second; Guar
dian, IA (Kelleher). to I, third. Time.
5:z1 %. Flying Virginian, 155: Bob Muir
ply, 100, also ran.
Fifth race-The Carrollton Gun for
gentlemen riders. Lord Badge, 146 CHr.
Smisn), TO ?, won; Recruit. 80 (Mr
Tucker. to l, second; Herman John
son. l43 Ont. Davis, 2 10 l, third. Time
1:35. Notre-K nip, 40; Clotel. 40 80
ran. Notre-Knip finished first. BIZ DIS
qualified for f0uliHg.
Sixth race-One and three sixte.nths
miles. L.ally, 80 (Delaby). 9 to 3, rgOr
Neoskaleeta, 101 (Harty), 8 to 3, second
| FL Captain, 80 (Coshin), 40 to / third.
Time, 2.08 40 Holscher, Bright Boy.
Peter Knight, Noblesse Obllge, Dee
As-Fr- al ran