Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-08
H|GH-CLASS HORSES
AT P|ML|CO TRACK
Bashti Arrived Yesterday and
Is Already Favorite for
Matr0n Stakes.

| BALTIMORE, October s.-The famous
old Pimlico race course, where the fall
meeting of the Maryland jockey Club
will begin a week from next Saturday.
is taking on a lively appearance with
the arrival of many noted thoroughbreds
from the north. Several carloads of run
ners got in yesterday, and this afternoon
Thomas Welsh came in with the great
filly Bashti, which Harry Payne Whitney
bought a few days previous to the run
ming of the Futurity and which was sec
ond i'm that race. Bashti comes to PIN
leo to start in the filly end of the Matron
| stakes. and it is generally believed that
she Will be the winner. Bashti will not
be seen again under colors in this coun-
try, for shortly after the running of the
Matron stakes she will be sent to Eng
land and prepared for the Oaks, to be
run next year at EPSON. Tom Welsh
will go along with Bashti. With Bashti
came Textile, thought to be one of the
best colts of the year, but which was
beaten by Novelty in a match race at
Saratoga. Textile is an eligible for the
colt end Of the Matron, and will be
pointed for that race. in which he will
have a chance to even up the score with
! Novelty. The two colts may also meet
In the Walden stakes, at mile, which
will be run Saturday. October o..
Among the arrivals yesterday was the
stable of August Belmont. chairman of
the Jockey Club. The horses are trained
by John Whalen, and in the lot was
Practical. full brother to Priscilian.
Practical was first-class thrce-year-old
but In his only starts this Season he has
rot shown much. He will be trained
however. for the Pimlco selling stakes
at mile and three-auarters. and as he
, likes a route, Whalen thinks he has a
good chance to win. Field Mouse is per-
haps the star of the Belmont string.
This filly, which won the Ladies' stakes
at Belmont Park. has rounded into form.
and in her last at Toronto was an
easy winner. In races up to mile Field
Mouse will be hard to beat at Pimlico
Whist is the best Of the two-year-old
i'm the Belmont stable, and is eligible for
the Walden.
That the cross-country races at the
coming meeting will surpass anything in
that line seen in this part of the coun-
try for years is evident from some Of
the arrivals of jumpers yesterday. Among
them was Aunt julie. probably the best
steeplechaser developed this season. This
mare did not discover her true form I'M
til the Sheepshead Bay meeting. where
she met and defeated all the best leapers
with the exception of The Welkin. The
latter has been at PmlicO for several
weeks, and the two mares will have a
chance to fight out the championship in
the Green Spring Valley steepleohase
handicap. which will be run Saturday,
October 70. From Canada came Gwynne
Tompkins. who brought old Jimmy Lane
hero of twenty-eight races through the
field, record for a jumping horse in
this country. Charlie Douglass brought
the horses of CORTLAND ii. Smith Of Vir-
ginia the best of which are Merryman
and Tourney. Merryman il compare
lively green jumper. but the form he
showed in Canada makes it appear that
he will hold his own with almost any OF
the cracks.
A number of prominent stables are ex-
pected at Pimlico this evening, among
them those OF Frank Nolan of Albany
and Mrs. l.. f. Livingston In the Nolan
lot, which are in charge of David Wood
ford. will be Sir John Johnson, winner
Of the Merchants and Citizens handicap
at Saratoga this year. in which he de-
feated Alambala and DalmatiOn: Bob r.
and Tasteful. all of which are entered
in the Bowie handicap, the big two-mile
race o. the meeting to be run on the
last day.