Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-19
READY FOR BUClE
CALL AT P|ML|CO
Spring Meeting Opens at His
toric Old Track
Tomorrow.

BALTIMORE Nd. April 19.-The open
ing OF the Maryland Jockey Clubs meet
ing tomorrow should be all that has beer
predicted. ana little more, for each hou,
has sweIled not alone the number OF
horses that will participate. but brought
additions to the ranks Of turf devotees
promise that II in evidence from the ma.
terial at call. both in the fiat races and
for the jumping events.
Moroughbreds. owners, trainers. jock
eys, bookmakers and other followers OF
tho turf arrived in droves yesterday and
this morning for the opening Of the big
spring meeting Of the Maryland Jockey
Club.
A special arrived from Jacksonville.
bringing several notables from Moncrief
Park, where the winter racing in Florida
closed Saturday.
The stables at Pimlico and nearby were
so crowded that the late corners had to
secure stalls outside the grounds.
One Of the most prominent stables to
show up was that Of James Hewitt, head
ed by Pulka. one of the best distance
horses at that meeting. In addition to
Pulka he had Pocomoke, Ethon and Rio
Grande. all winners over the Moncrief
Park track.
James Fitzsimmons brought splendid
string, his foremost winner being Hill
Top, winner Of the Thanksgiving Day
handicap In this big race Hill Top
scored over Jack Atkin. the big son OF
Sain, winning five straight races after
ward. Royal Captive. High Range, Firm.
Oghwaga and Harvey F. were all winners
during the past winter. Fftzsimmons had
eight others. a ma jority Of them being
two-year-olds.
p,,rt ohoN ho lat
rivals, bringing Flying Footsteps, Coo
ney K. La Sale. Kid and several others.
The first two won at Jacksonville, while
the last two won for their owner at
Tampa, where Burttschell opened the
winter season
In the same car with the Burttschell
racers were Bob McKeever's horses.
Horace E.. Voltaire and Rosimiro.
Several Later Arrivals.
Hoffman and Ten PAGES, Jacksonville
winners, and few others, arrived in
charge Of D. Lynch.
N. K. Beal had FL Orc and st. Jeanne,
the former owned by r. s. Garrett and
the latter by Charlie Meister, jr.
The stable of jumpers belonging to Ivan
Fox, the Philadelphia owner, included
First Up and Dick Coghill. and arrived
from Atlantic City.
The jockey forces were reinforced by
the arrival Of Jimmy Dennison. e. Ram
sey. Dave Nicol, Charlie Grande, Clifford
Gilbert and G. Morgan. Nicol came down
from New York and Ramsey from
Canada.
Among the late Corners from Jackson
VILE were James Healey's horses. In
charge Of John Shields. In the lot were
Joe Cations. Jack Dennerlen, Vance
Guard and Occidental
Among tho bookmakers who reported
at The hilltop course were Jack Sturges.
J. P. McInerney, Charlie Primrose, Ed
die Austin, P. Phillips. Melville Collins
and d. ConEdon. All OF them will be in
limo the opening day.
A conservative estimate of the fat
horses and the steeplechasers now at
Pimlico and in the vicinity is 500. while
on the day OF the meet there will not be
less than 900. One OF the leading owners
in this country and whose coIors have
been carried in almost every big race
over the eastern courses and abroad, who
will help to make the meet one of the
greatest ever held in this city. is August
Belmont chairman of the Jockey Club
and president Of the Westchester Racing
Association. Mr.. Belmont will be an
honorary steward of the meeting The
most prominen. of the Belmont horses
here are Starbottle. Pr1scillian Field
Mouse, AsigO and Tasteful