The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-09
Management Steers 4 Clear
of Rocks That Wrecked
Sport Elsewhere.
EVENT is NOTABLE
FOR NEW RECORDS
Closing Day Feature Program for
Washington Sports-Racing
Outlook Gloomy.
By ]. H. ANDERSON.

BALTIMORE. Nd. Nov 9.-The race
meeting which closed Saturday at PIN
licO was the biggest success the new
Maryland Jockey Club has yet achieved.
and in every particular deserves to
rank with the best meets given by the
metropolitan tracks.
Racing is now on a high plane in
Baltimore. and visitors from abroad
were especially impressed with the at
mosphere of solidity and tone that
surrounds the sport here. Nowhere, they
say. DO you find such a representative
attendance at the races, the best people
Of Baltimore patronize the sport, and
this year they were helped out by a
strong delegation from Washington and
Philadelphia.
Much Of the tone and sentiment fos-
tered by the Hunts Club meetings still
fingers at PimliCo, and affords d charm
ing contrast TO the bare commercIaIism
20 which in these latter days the sport
has been reduced on the big tracks.
Conservative Element Rules.
The management is seeking to avoid
the rocks on which racing has split
elsewhere. The elements which have
brought the sport into disrepute in
other sections are kept sternIy in the
background. Racing is now conducted
at Pimlico under the wise and conserva-
tive Maryland law. and with its pres
ent management alive to its needs Of
The situation is as nearly ideal as Is
possible 20 make it. and will doubtless
preserve to the State a splendid sport
and healthful diversion for the people
which has been by gross abuse. care
leSsly lost to other sections
TIE meeting Just closed WIS singular
y free from all scandals, and for once
al least the horses ran true to form
The hrst week OF the races was I'D
against muddy track. and the specu-
lstive public suffered accordingly. Dur
ing the last week the track was fast.
and with the horses running true to
form the public picked the winner near
ly nearly every time. and thus closed
The campaign most satisfactorily.
Set Up New Marks.
noteworthy feature of the racing
sEd one which well testifes to its cuaI-
ity, was the remarkable number of new
records established New marks were
made for the five surlongs. the six fur
longs. the mile, the mile and seventy
yards the one and one-sixteenth miles.
the one and Three-siXJeenth miles. and
The one and One-half miles. The mark
for the six furlongs. 1:121-5. it is safe
10 say, will stand for d long time. This
was made by Frank Gar5ner's good colt
Statesman. who. perhaps, take st all I'm
all. was the best horse shown at the
meeting.
The wind-up Saturday was a fitting
cap sheaf TO the meeting, and it was
The general verdict that never has such
good racing been seen south OF New
York The seven events on the card
brought out fine fields, and with one
exception, were each holly contested
The big crowd had run for its money
from the opening 10 the close, and had
plenty OF opportunity TO enthuse. The
spectacular finish in the nth race.
when Connaught Ranger. ROssfenton,
and POcomOke passed the finish so close
together that only the judge could sep
srate them, was alone worth the Price
Of admission.