The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-27
Fast Times Being Made on
Heavy Track Give
Promise.
WASHINGTON OWNER
LANDS TWO RACES
Clint Smithson CasheS on Old
Juggler and Bobbie
Kean.

BALTIMORE, April 27-With a few
days Of good weather the Pimlico track
will be i'm the finest possible shape, and
With the class Of horses now at the
course new records may be looked for
at most any old time Yesterdays re-
suits made that pretty evident. With
dead track, far from its best, the two
year-old record for half a mile was
equaied by Billy Garth 5 Autumn Girl,
and the record for a mile and sixty
yards was cut down a fifth OF a second
by that rejuvenated old platter, Bobbie
Kean.
And what a Fay Il was for the Old
Dominionl The Virginians came very
near being the whole show. and IL
this is a sample of what they are going
TO do the rest of the bunch may as
well pack up and go. Four Of the
seven races on the card went to the
Virginians, and they were thare to
celebrate.
Billy Garth. 1.-THE wizard of Abe
marie" started the bali rolling in the
first race of the day, his handsome
chestnut hiiy, Autumn Girl, beating
a big field OF two year-olds in the
easiest possible manner And then
Theodore Coles came along and grabbed
off the Hotel Herman Purse with Jug
gler, and followed it up by annexing
the sixth race with the perennial Bob
bic kean- Courty Smith, meantime,
had stepped in with Ben Cole and
added tire steeplechase to Old Vir-
ginia's trophies.
Washingtonian Prominent.
1t was a pretty good day, for Clint
Smithson, the well-known Washington
turfman, whose colors were borne to
the front by Juggler and Bobbie Kean.
Mr.. Smithson is a man who Is always
willing 10 back his opinion, and as ne
thought we'll Of his entries he must
have pr0fited very handsomely by the
work of the day
Bobbie Kean is certainly a wonder.
After winning many victories on the
fat at Benning, Pimlico, and elsewhere,
the old fellow was thought to have out
lived his usefulness, and last season
was put TO the jumping game. Last
winter, under Theodore Coles direc-
ton. he followed the hounds and was
qualified as a hunter Now this spring
ne comes right hack on the fat, ap-
parently as good as ever. and wins the
first crack out Of the box.
Mr. Smiths0n has evidently secured
a good one in Juggler. This old fel-
low seems to have lost the rheumatic
tendencies which injured his usefulness
In the hands Of Burlew and Odom and
has regained his oid-time form He dis
posed OF such good ones as Martin
Doyle and Live Wire in a way that
could indicate that a brilliant future is
in store for him.
Rainey Disappointed.
How have the mighty TALENT In the
sixth race Paul Rainey entered the
Meddler gelding Perseverance. to be sold
for $500 This was thought TO be a.
horse OF much class at one stage of his
career, and Mr. Rainey paid s. 500 for
him for a jumper. It looks as II Per-
severance has failed i'm his mission.
And. by the way. the $4,000 beauty
De Mund. also from the Rainey stable.
did not reflect much credit on his
owner. To be sure, he won his race,
but II took his life TO beat such an or
binary hound as Chief Hayes.
Frank Bishop, Of New York, the gem
tleman who imported the famous stall
lion Adam. and a, former partner in
the Newcastle stable. was IN the stew
ards ss<nd at Pimlico yesterday, in the
absence Of Mr.. Manly. Billy Lakeland
also Ofhciated IN the stewards stand in
the last race. taking the place Of Mr.
Clyde. whose Quantico ran in the race
II. McCarter Potter was at the track
to see Queen Of the Hills run. and was
much Disguised at the fily's perform
ance.