Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-05
P|ML|CO TRACK IN
ROYAL CONDITION
Old Hilltop Course Crowded
Daily With Ponies TAX
ing Exercises.


al Pimlico is i'll great shape now. Tho
sand which Was freely put ou last season
has been worked into the clay and made
an ideal top. which just suits the horses
The warm sunshine OF the past ia, a.
two has dried up the course. and just
at present the old Hilltop track is in
royal condition
Bright and early this morning the train
ers had their charges out and some good
moves were made. although many were
holding of on fast work until tomorrow.
Presgrave String Out.
All the Pressrave string were ouf in
punches of five and were looking fine.
although somewhat high in flesh. Flip
pen had Woodsde Waterway and Eeh
the Cat on the track and gave them
useful gallops. F'lippen believes that he
has a stable of winners this season. ana
IS anxious to get the best talent to ride
He has already secured McLain, and ~
after Ernest Heider.
j. Smith sent Babble a nalf i'm 80.
Sally Cohen. Star Emblem and Columbus
only galloped. Dan" Brazil sent Edcelv
three-Quarters in o.23 and Greendale in
O.231s. both doing their work in easy
fashion. Old Edgely is I'm great shape
now, and good judge says that the one
that beats him will have TO go three
quarters III Old or better
Ornamentation Runs Away
Beale had his string out. He started
10 breeze characterization a mile, but the
tilIy ran away with her boy. Jim Fitz
and Ell ORC were galloped a mile. The
latter is a fine big gelding and looks
if he might amount to something Mar
garet of the Beale string has been sold
by Mr.. Mitchell to Richard Garrett, and
Will run in his colors this season. She
has developed into a big. fine-looking
lilly Elrod. a half-brotner to Supersti-
ton, Salloped mile at a two minute
clip. as did Sir Galahad
The veteran turfman. William Jen-
nings of Mount Washington was on the
track giving his string his personal at
tention. Cave Adsum. which has been off
for d few days. is back at hins If again
and was breezed half in III. James
Brady got three-eighths in 70 Mr. jan
ningS has one of the most promising two
year-ods at the track in Old Erin. a biz
| bay colt. with "A white face. by chiltoa
out of Green Erin. This one was sex
last fall and was not broken until Christ
mas.
Harry Rites String.
| Harry Rites gave his string useful gal
| lops. The Nasturtium colt worked quar-
| ter from the head of the stretch i'm -.
Bobby Boyle gave his charges slow work.
| the only one doing much being Ida Reck.
which breeZed three-Quarters in Fl. This
one has grown into a fine. big mare and
will be heard from early in the game. y
much-improved colt is Golden Castle
| which breeZed three-eighths in IS with
| Tommy Chandler up.
| Steve Davidson was at the track watch
| ing Tilinghast and Hiacko work. He has
sold his old platter Euripides, which has
1 been familiar figure at Pimlico for. 10.
these many years. Hanonia went five
eighths in LOS and finished out the three
quarters i'm LIZ.
late yesterday afternoon and is guar
tered in No. stable, behind the grand
stand. He has Live Wire, Demetrios.
Black Nose. Ottoman and a two-year-
day with Mr.. Kerr's jumpers. Jimmy
Mclaughlin is due this afternoon from
New York. He will bring Lally. Cam
paigner. Personal, Arondack. Great Ju-
bilee, Fauntleroy, Brookline and Dress
Parade IL. They have been working well
at Gravesend and may be counted on To
cut something of a figure at the meeting.
"Alec" Doyle Coming Wednesday.
Next Wednesday ALEC" Doyle of Sa-
vannah will ship his string TO Pimlico.
Among them are Miss Marjorie, Roger
de Coverley, Thunderbolt and Gramsar.
Mr.. Doyle is a. prominent merchant of Sa
vannah. who takes great delight i'm the
racing game. 1t was he who pulled off
| the famous coup at Benning a few
sons ago. when Tommy Foster won AT
| 200 to ].
| Amos Turney, the well known west
ern turfman was unable to get stalls
| inside the track and is hustling for ac-
Communications on the outside. He has
been wintering at Lexington, Ky. and
has a fine string, among them Martin
Doyle. Clell Turney, the winner of the
$1,000 stake at Toronto last fall Sig.
Theo. Cook, Maud Sigsbee and lot of
two-year-olds Theo. Cook is a grand
one and is a likely candidate for the
| Preakness. He won at Toronto last fall.
five and one-half furlongs, in Los Bal
timore sports have occasion tn remember
this race well. a local handbook Was
scorched to the tune of $4,000.