The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-26
SteeplechaSe and Country
Club Races Will Be the
Features.
MANY NEW HORSES
ARRIVE AT TRACK
Numerous Recent Arrivals Insure
Seven Events Each
Afternoon.
By J. H. ANDERSON.

BALTIMORE. Oct. 25.-Pimlico ofIari
a bumper card Of seven races this af
ternoon. with the Green Spring VALLEY
/ Steeplechase and the Pimlico Country
Club Purse as features The race fol
two-year-old maidens had so many en-
tries that 1t was divided. and two races
made Of 1t. each with a field Of eleven
The program is so wei balanced. thai
the talent is likely to hive a lively time
eicking the winners.
The fifth race. for two-year-olds.
brings out IS classy a bunch Of young
sters as can be seen anywhere. Jimmy
Mclaughlin has IN FauntlerOy a fra-
quent winner at the big tracks. Mrs Liv-
lnsston mas IN kingship the star OF her
stable. Captain Cassat enters Medallion,
for which he paid s., 600 Mr. Schorr
will start Bob Co. and Paul Davis. a
couple OF clinkers. and besides these
there are G. Ri. Miller, Busy, Little
King, Acumen, all Of which can 90
some
The Green Spring Valley Handicap
Steeplechase brings out nine rafting
good jumpers, with the pride of tie
Colt stables, ThistIedaIe, with ton
weight, l64 pounds. Ernest Halls Ber-
goo, which had such a successful career
on the Canadian circuit, ia entered here
and as he seems to be well treated in
the matter Of weight. With 145 up. will
probably be one Of the dangerous fac
tors Anthony Allen has Bersi in grant
shape now, and here is another candi-
date Tor first hOnOTs. IF they all start
this race will be a corncracker.
With horses coming in every day the
programs from now on will be full and
seven races a day win be no very IRE
quent exception. big crowd saw yes
terday's racing. and got a run for its
money Ihere was little disappOint-
ment that Jack Atkin was scratched in
the OTiOle Handicap The public gem
his performance OF Saturday having
wEetted their appetites. The absence
OF the Schneider crack, however. made
thu race better balanced, and a better
speculative proposition
The talent could see nothing but Mr.
Duryea's Dreamer after Jack Akin
was out. and this one was made a hot
fayoT1te. Dreamer's performance, how
ever, was a Door one, anG he landed out
side the money. Takahira set the pace
70 the stretch, and then the Schorr pair
WOODLAND and Charlie Eastman came
stable mate in the place. The time was
10 10. and was good considering the
fact that the track was a little dead.
A good thing went wrong in the last
race when Mrs. Livingstone Sotenlia
was beaten by Rosshampton. Soter1ia
was tOuted by the knowing ones as the
thing of the day and all the wise ones
unbelted. The FLY, however, was not
good enough and had to succumb to
Samuel Ross ROsshampton, which
ran a game. consistent race. Sandy
Hill showed a lot OF speed in this race
and viii bear watching
The Monk won the opening event Of
the day from a good field Of two-year-
olds, running a nice race Mrs. Living
stones AnthrOpaida, which was heavily
played, got the place, with the favor
tie, German Silver, third Considering
his poor start. German Silver ran the
best race of the bunch. Bob Walden's
Chiffon Queen showed a lot of early
speed and will do 10 follow.
The Observation-Disclosures event went
to Superstition, great favorite with
and Washington racegOers.
Many were afraid that III pounds might
handled the weight all right and had
the speed of bis field all the way. Jug
ger ran a good race and will just about
do the next time out
Mr.. Hitchcock's Oakhurst was the
choice Of the talent for the Junior
He made a sorry show
ing. lie fenced poorly all the way and
at the end was tired enough 10 fall
down. Silas Veitch's NestOr won the
race, with Magellan, a Baltimore owned
horse, in the place.
l., the fifth race Johnny Bartlett
puI ed off the coup OF the day with his
re emily acquired ROstrum. This one
won handly in the stretch after Deme-
trios had set the pace Mr.. Bartlett
and his friends were down for the limit
and there was a general jubilation when
Rostrum came In a winner Jack
Dunn, the OriOle manager. had a
sweller down in this event, enough to
buy one or two tons of coal, as he ex-
pressed Il.
Captain Cassatt was at the track TO
see his horses run. Ernest La Mon
tague and Messrs. H T. and ]. @. Ok
uard were also visitors
ALMOST.