The Washington times., 1910-04-30
FLOOD GATES OPEN
AT PIHLICO AGAIN
More Rain Skaters the
Prospects for Fast
Card Today.


/ body was settling down 20 the comfort
able belief that a fine Saturday after
/ Moons sport with fast track was in
\ sight at old PimlicO, the food gates
were opened again and thetsplendid card
Of today IS doomed TO be run of over
a heavy course
/ Yesterday the trsck had got into
/ pretty fair shape, With three-QuaTters
/ in I:I5 Is and a mile in I:42, the fastest
time Of the meeting. Just at the close
Of the afternoon. however, rain began
10 fall, and all the good work Of the
day was undone and visions Of fast
track went glimmering.
/ SD. races are on the card this after
noon, with the CIRbaugh Memorial the
! Owners Handicap Steeplechese. the
4 CarroIItou Cup, and the Towson Purse
as features
! Tn first race. a selling event for
I tvyo-year-oIds at ~ furlongs, has q
field OF twelve entries. On her race
Of the opening day Old Squaw looks
/ best here. with BIissive q good place
I prospect
/ The second race at & mile calls out
/ Il pretty classy three ear-olds, five OF
/ whom are Preakness candidates. This
I IS very open affair and condition will
have lots to do with its decision St
! Regis might win with Asticot IN the
place
For the Clabaugh Memorial, Bob Wal
/ den seems 10 hold a winning hand with
| Chiffon Belle. Chiffon Squaw, and Sir
| Chiffon woods Garth and Idle Michael
viii run good race and should get
some part Of #
In the Owners Handicap SteepIechase
BigOr looks best for place
Salvolatile looks best for the Carroll
ton Cup, but this one may not start II
the track is very heavy. RUble viii
run well and may get the place. with
The T0wson purse IS very open
Everard and Wilton Lackaye look good
here
A new twD-year-OId seems 10 come
10 the front every day. Yesterday
Captain Presgrave uncorked 8 likely
younEster in the first race in Borrower,
and put him over at juicy odds This
one IS q fine outstanding bay colt by
Stalwar1, and won Ike P reeNI good one
he dashed into the led at tEe start,
and coming along steadily finished with
lots in reserve
Borrower is the property Of M. Clyde,
and Is the nrSr winner for the Eastern
Shore turfman at tins meeting during
the running Of the race Nj Clyde left
the stewards stand and Fred Lttlefeld
took HIS place
in this race. seems 70 be an UnlUcky
animal for the betters.
About the most popular happening OF
the day was the victory OF Jubilee f.
the last race This old fellow showed
high class IN his thTes-year-OId form
and f. one OF the gauiest race horses
that ever looked through a bride He
has been under suspicion, however Tor
some time and u was thought doubtful
Il he would ever come % the races
again His owner. Fred IittlefeId. has
persevered with him and now the horse
seems 20 have come back to MS old
He won yesterday IN the handiest pos
sible fashion. going &c the front when Z
his. rider pleased, and zaIlopinR home
with everything driving behind HIM /
Mr. Littlefeld made nc secret OF MS be
lief that jubilee would win, and the
Maryland contingent Ne down 20
Billy Garth had Cav uecefve- in fine
shape. and said that tne Gliding would I
win unless Jubilee was at his best
Cay DeCeiveT ran p nice race, but Ju-
blIee was too good for him
tt fs no use tying 70 down anything /
chase. so i seer1s- -asSterCay he had /
Jiu Jitsu in the GlennIore for hunters. !
end that son Of Royal stag won from Z
end to end and finished pulling his rider (
hunter sura enough The race was a [
me spectacle, every horse going the
route and finishing
At last Tzkahira has found something
to take his measure he looked ike a /
good thing IN the fifth race but Rag
man was zoo much for him. sticking 70 /
him all the wav and wearing him down Z
q vic
for Ragman since the opening Of the (
year.
Lad % LanSdon. which failed to win /.
Thursday under Estep'e spathetIc ride,
was a horse 4 another color yesterday /
with little Nicolai up. He simply gal
lODed away with the second race at s !
TO 1, beating all the backed horses with (
ease. II was quite a dizzy SOTnersauIt /
Of form. either Of horse or rider or /
somebody or something else Quien 1
sabe2
Starter Dade Is a firm believer IN the 4
present system Of a standing start 4
Speaking Of the matter lately. Mr.. Dade 4
said. 7 believe the Kentucky racing
commissioner, who has lately ordered /
the walk-up start, has made a grave
mistake. and has gone back twenty
y ears nave started IN all ways and .
have studied the subject from all angles /
and It IS my conclusion that our pres
eDt method Is for the best
IN the old days we used to have the
horses at the post. thirty minutes often.
Now there IS scarcely any delay With
long meetings where the boys could be
e lined and with privilege to the starter
to change the post poSs-fI OF the
horses. the Talk-up system might DO +
I tried II at Tampa this winter, with
some success, but I had the privilege of
changing the post positions.
ON the whole, however, I am con-
WINGED that the standing system is best
Tor every. body COncerned-owners, rid
ers, and the public generally Il