The Washington times., 1911-05-17
P|ML|CO RACES
/. END TODAY, BEST
MEET EVER HELD
Old Hilltop Track to Close
Most Successful Spring
Season.
GREAT CROWDS SEE
MUCH CLASSY RACING
Seven Events on Card for the
Finale This After
noon.

BALTIMORE, May H.-PimIico this
afternoon winds up the most succes3-
ful meeting ever given at the old hilltop
track. From every angle, whether cor
sidered from the point of attendance or
viewed with reference to the high char
acter Of the sport, the meeting stands
out
7 Never have there been so many high
class horses assembled at the old course
and never have their performances beer
witnessed by crowds so large in number
and representative in character.
Billy Garth's Puggins showed that his
race Of last Friday, in which he finished
\ nrst and was disqualified, was no huIk.
The colt won yesterday from a big
| field OF two-year-olds, and won in such
| improved fashion as stamps him q
! youngster considerably above the aver
age.
With little Killingsworth riding, Pug
| gins came from nearly last place in the
| stretch and running all around his field.
finishing goinr two jumps to one of any
! thing else In the race.
The colt is a Fatherless and is the
property Of Arthur Hancock. the owner
| of Fatherless.
Himation ran a nice race. The Davis
into shape and will have to be reckoned
with from now on
Whist Comes Out.
The Belmont crack Whist made his
first appearance of the season in the
second race, but was not quite good
enough TO beat Hildreth's Shannon.
With this race under his belt, however,
Whist will be dangerous in any COM
pany.
The local element was badly bumped
when Colonel PARIS Bounder failed to
posed to be one of the real good things
Of the day, but little Sweeney got the
horse of pooxly and messed him about
all the way.
shot Hedge Rose. This one is the prop
erty of Ernest Utterback and there was
great rejoicing among the Virginians
when he came home first 1t Is said
there were firew9rks and a procession
Waterspeed. which won the day be-
fore, came right back yesterday and
galloped away with the Green Sprin~
too much class for his field. and when
his rider said the word went right to
the front. Octopus furnished the con-
tention and ran a nice race, but was
not good enough.
Drives to Win.
Med Henderson, who rode Octopus,
had $50 each way on his mount and he
put up a most valiant fight for his
money.
August Belmont started Wildweed, one
of his really good two-year-olds. in the
fifth race. The flly was much admired
in the paddock and received a substan-
tial backing. but was not quite ready.
The winner, Moisant, has shown herself
a clever filly at this meeting, and 1t
takes good one to beat her.
My Gal, an in-and-outer from the
winter tracks. came to life yesterday
and annexed the last race, coming
through in the stretch and running
over Lad Of Langden.
Horses Of the My Gal stamp are very
little credit to a race track They run
first one day and last the next. How
they get by the stewards Is d marvel.
c. G. Smithson, the Washington turf
man, decided not to start Stinger in the
Preakness, but will ship the colt TO
Louisville. Herr Smithson says there
will be something doing down in Ken
lucky when the son of Voter starts.