Evening star., 1907-10-26
Prospects Indicate a Success
full Season of Racing.
EVERY STALL OCCUPIED
Sheridan Breaks the Pole Vault
Record.
WESTERN DEFEATS EASTERN
Surprise in the Local High School
WESTERN DEFEATS EASTERN
Surprise in the Local High School
Foot Ball League-Today'
Games.

BALTIMORE. October &c Every stall
at the Pimlico track is occupied. as well
as every stable for a mile around. From
Montreal and Toronto on the north and
from Detroit on the west the best horses
in training have come to meet those
shipped here from New York and from
the best stables in Virginia and Mary
land
Today's Racing.
A eIauc. at the entries for this. the
opening day Of the fall meeting shows
II to be a forecast for a great meeting.
In the feature of the day, the Hotel
Herman stakes Lotus Eater. racing in
the all scarlet" Of the famed Barbarity
stable. will cndCavOr to duplicate the tri-
umph achieved when he won the Mount
Royal handicap, the star event at Blue
R0uncts Cauada'S most ambitious race
course. Cave AdsUm. favorite Tor the
Canadian Derby and the hero Of the But
falu meeting. is also among the entries
as is also Sam Bernard, which Senator
MCCarren has sent down here as com
pliment To the enterprise OF the Maryland
Jockey Club.
The younger Mr.. Nolan. who races un-
der the nom de course of the Beverwyck
stable will he reprcse nted In the opening
sprint by Berkeley. winner OF the Union
sta kes al AQueduCt.
The Steeplechase.
Steeplcchasing. which always compeis
the admiration of every sportsman, will
he a distinctive feature of the meeting.
The race scheduled for today is admir-
able I'm the class Of the horses to be start
ed, among then Buckman. who for two
wears materially aided in maintaining the
support Of the stable of MIR. Thomas
Hitchcock
Nor will there be lacking that friendly
and alvavs enthusiastic rivalry between
Maryland and the Old Dominion. The
latter will be represented by Mr.. Dion
Kerr's Follow on. Mr.. Lee Evans Con
mover and Mr.. Hurkamp's double entry
FIying Nirginian and Ida Woodlands.
Local interest will be centered in Mr..
GIenver's Guardian and Mr. Bob Wrights
veteran Capt. Hayes and Mrs. Ihoilas
Jonah Mr.. Colt has sent down frlnce
OF Pilsen and the District of Columbia
furnishes a contestant in Mr.. Smithson's
Altogether this should be the very best
OF all opening days of the MdryIah
Jockey Club.
Horsemen Expected.
In diversity of interests, in class OF
horses and in representative of owner
ship. the meeting will measure up in
character and excellence to any ever held
anywhere outside the metropolitan dis
trict of New York. Mr.. Paul J. Ralney'
young millionaire sportsman. who has
recently been hunting in this vicinity ana
in Virginia will. a matter OF com
pliment to the sportsmen that he met
while on his recreation, race a substantial
draft of his stahl. at the meeting.
HeaSlip, in the opening event, Will carry
his silks for the first time outside the
home territory. In addition to this horse
Mr. Rainey mas also at the track Perse-
yerance. the crack thre e-year-old, which
he recently purchased from Mr- Harry
Payne Whitney for $500. 1t is entirely
probable. too. that Mr.. Rainey will en-
deavor with one OF his threa-year-olds TO
redeem at Pimlico the defeat which came
to him in the Harbor Hill stakes. won
by Mr. Courtland II. Smiths Sandy
Creeker.
Another owner whose cOIors will be
seen for the first time in Baltimore is
Frank T Nolan. whose father owned
Bourke Cochran. not merely the most
spectacular but concededly the best
tim topper that this country has seen
In twenty years.