Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-02
MAB0'S HUNT CUP
Charley Harrison's GeIding
Wins Feature at Pimlic0.
ROCK ABBEY is SECOND
Harwood Memorial Steeplechase
Captured by McMurtrie's
Algie.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, June with an
other brilliant array of society folk from
Washington, New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore present. the spring meeting of
the Maryland United Hunt was brought
to close at Pimlico this afternoon.
The feature of the card was the running
Of the Maryland United Hunt cup dinner
stakes steeplechase.
Jumping into the lead at the start. Mr..
Charles X. Harrison, jr.. of the Green
Spring Valley. won the event through
the field with Mabo1R six-year-old bay
gelding by Box. The distance was a
chase of three miles over the brush
course, taking in the Liverpool" and
was one Of the most splendid struggles by
gentleman riders ever fought through the
field Of the historic Maryland race course.
The pace was remarkably fast, and de-
spite the fact that the thoroughbreds
went to the fences faster than usual,
there was only one fall. Mr.. I. Blacki-
stone, jr.. was thrown to the ground
when his mount, Conbe. hit the second
fence on the back stretch, when the con-
testants were circling the course for the
second time.
through a mistake by Mr.. Black who
had the mount on Rock Abbey, that the
winner got away with the first division
of the purse. 1t was plain that Mr..
Black held Rock Abbey under restraint
too long, as when he did give the bay
gelding by Bob his head after going over
the final jump Rock Abbey made a whirl-
wind finish, but the belated rush came
too late
Mr.. Thomas Cottman's Two Saints,
after running Well up all the way, finish
ed in time to take down the third divi-
sion of the purse, with Garette right at
his heels.
Russian Ambassador George Bahkme-
teff enjoyed the sport of the kings SO
much on the second day of the meeting
that he again came over from Washing
ton today. He was accompanied by sew
efal members of his suite and several
other diplomats.
The steeplechase run in the memory
of the late widely known steeplechase
jockey, Harry HARDWOOD, who lost his
life in q race through the Pimlico field,
was won by Mr.. McMurtries Algie, after
sterling battle The pace was SO
fast in this event that three of the
starters went down, while Jockey Harry
Stone sustained several severe decorations
about the head when his mount, This
tledale. went down at the second jump.
Thistledale was leading at the time the
fall occurred and Stone was struck in
the head by the hoofs of the horses pur-
suing the leader. He was picked up in
an unconscious condition, but upon eX-
animation by a physician 1t was found
that he was not seriously hurt. Mystic
Light got the place in this event, while
Enniskillen galloped home third, lengths
in front of Far West, the only other
contestant to finish. Mr. w. S. Kilton's
kingpin was leading to the last turn
of the course and apparently had the
victory well in hand, when she took a
tumble.
After this mishap, Algie moved to the
front and was never bothered the re-
mainder of the distance.
In the fourth race for gentleman riders
Mr.. Charles r. Fleischman's Apache
sprang surprise by taking the measure
of Mr. Bernard Fenwick'S Cloud.
Tommy Wright caused considerable ad-
verse criticism for his poor riding of
Guardian.
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