Evening star., 1909-05-10
BIC STAKES FOR
LAST THREE DAYS
PimIico Meeting to Wind Up
Wednesday With Rich.
Events.

BALTIMORE, Md. May 10.-The great.
est spring meeting IN the history of the
New Maryland Jockey Club will come to
a close Wednesday. Feature races will be
decided on all of the remaining days of
the meeting, and the biggest stake of the
meeting-the Preakness-will be run on
the closing day. 1t will be revival Of
one of the old fixtures of the Maryland
Jockey Club The race is for three-year-
olds at one mile, and will be worth
1880 to the winner.
The Jockey Club of New York will also
present to the winner a cup or a plate
to the value of $500. Some of the best
three-year-olds in the country are card
ed to face the starter. August Belmont
chairman of the Jockey Club. will he rep
resented In the race with Field Mouse.
winner of the Ladies' stake at Belmont
Park last spring. Melodeon and Practi-
cal, F. E. Gardner's Statesman that
has been returned a winner several times
during the meeting. and suffering his
first defeat this spring Saturday in the
Merchants handicap, will try for the
| lions share of the purse.
George Odom's Trance. Statesnian's
only rival. may go to the post in the race.
providing the track remains in its pres
ent condition. The Traveller will also
sport the colors of the ex-jockey in the
Preakness. Thomas Clydes colors- Will
be carried by Rossfenton- and Poconoke.
The pair look to be contenders and may
prove hard to beat. James Mclaughlin
will send both Personal and Arondak to
the post, in hopes that they may be re-
turned the winners.
The Pimlico Nursery. :.
This afternoon, In the Pimlico Nursery.
the feature event on the card, some OF
the best two-year-olds in the country
will go to the post. and all of the big
stables now racing at the meeting will
be we'll represented in the race. David
Stevenson. the well known New York
brewer. will start his recent purchase
and the winner Of the Clabaugh Memo
rial cup, in which race he beat the best
at the track. Capt. Fred Presgrave
who has been training The Monk. will
send another one to the post in the race
that viii sport the purple and black cap
OF OF the popular turfman and breeder
Chelsea stable also of Philadelphia. will
be represented in the race by five Wei
bred youngsters. among them Little
King. winner last Thursday. William
Garth's stable will carry the hopes OF
the Old Dominion in the race. and the
stable of Robert Walden of Middleburg.
Nd. will have large following. Others
that have eligibles in the Nursery are
A. H. Bradley. W. A. ,Chanler. NJ j.
Samuel Ross, w. H. Hughes, s. j. Hoy,
X. c. Bates and Fred j. Adams
Tomorrow afternoon the Bowie purse
for three-year-olds and upward. at a mile
and furlong, will be contested for. An
other of fomorrow's features will be the
Consolation steeplechase, over the short
course. This race is bound to attract a
field of the best that the cross-country di-
vision can produce and on the closing day
the Mount Washington steeplechase. at
two miles, for four-year-oldS and upward,
will be another feature.
Jockey ~ Kennedy, who has been rid
ing at the Hilltop track since his arrival
from the coast left last night for Louis
ville where he goes to ride for William
Gerst the Memphis brewer. DR.. Pangritz
his contract employer, accompanied the
rider on the journey.
Crowley to Take Rest.
Jockey F. Crowley, who has been rid
ing with fair success during the meeting
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