The Washington herald., 1918-10-30
PIMLICO READY
FOR INAUGURAL
Maryland Jockey Club Has
Listed Big Stake Races
for Old Hilltop.

Baltimore. Oct. 29.-Now that the
last of the New York race meetings
OF the season OF 1918 is finished the
horses OF the strongest metropolitan
: stables are gathered in Maryland.
The eleven days meeting of the
Maryland Jockey Club at Pimlico
track and the final session of the
eastern season at Bowie.
The Pimlico meeting. which prom
ises TO be the best in the history of
the Maryland Jockey Club, the pro-
grams advertised calling for the
distribution of a matter Of $4,000
or s115.000 among the participating
horsemen. will be inaugurated on
Friday with the running OF the In
augural steeplechase and a program
OF first rate overnight events. The
weeks stake feature will be the
Elkridge stesplechase renewal on
Saturday. the Elkridge being the
Maryland Jockey Clubs $4,000 chase
at two miles for jumpers three years
old
The order of the running of next
weeks stakes will be the $4,000
Manly Memorial steeplechase. the
mile-and-a-half, on Tuesday: the
Baltimore steeplechase. two miles,
and the $4,000 Pimlico autumn hand
leap one mile and a quarter, on
Wednesday: the Monumental handi-
cap. one mile and three-sixteenths,
on Thursday: the Junior steeple-
chase on Friday. and the Pimlico
breeders remOunt purse and the s5.-
600 Walden stakes, for 2-year-olds
on Saturday.
The PimIico breeders remount
purse is to be a race OF one mile for
stations three years old and over
for a purse OF s2.5OO. 1t has been
added to the Maryland Jockey
the request Of the directors of the
remount service of the War Depart
ment The horsemen who make
nominations in it must all agree to
sell any or all of their horses to
agents of the United States Remount
Service at 1000 a head. This race
| Twill close on November 2.
| The stable of A King McComber,
which consists of the matured cam
pal gners Hollister and Starmaster,
the S-year-olds War Cloud. Motor
Cop and Hand Grenade and the -
year-Olds War Pennant. War Marvel
and three or four others Of less celeb
rity. left New York for Maryland
today, as did also the stables Of
Samuel c. Hildreth. w r. Coe, John
Sanford, Andrew Miller. ]. ]. Hal
lenbeck and Richard T. Wilson. The
Hildreth stable. which includes the
brilliant 2-year-olds Purchase. Cirrus
and Lord Brighton. the 3-year-olds
Lucullite. Out of the Way, Regal
Lodge and Princeps. and the veteran
campaigners Sunfissh End and Strom-
Il aF ha 5Fr
metropolitan establishments that will
take part in Maryland racing through
what remains Of this month and
throughout November.
The main strength Of the Coe es-
tablishment is to be found in the
5-year-Old department. of which Over
There. Herodias, Polygon. Tickletoe.
Inderfire. Sweep On and Terentia are
the smartest members. And with
these youngsters William Karrick is
bringing to Maryland Hal X. Knapp's
sood Fulcain colt. Thuuderclap. the
winner Of four or five races at Aque-
duct, Jamaica and Yonkers.
Corntassel. a better horse this fall
than he has been in two seasons, Is
the best known and most successful
cid horse in the Wilson stable. This
Imported son Of Santoi will be ac-
rompanied by the 3-year-oIds Whip
poorwill. Wyomind and Woodthrush.
hnd the 2-year-olds Hannibal. Thun-
derstorm and Thistledon. For Mr..
Hallenbeck F. NJ. Taylor is bringing
the 2-year-old Young Adam, the g.
year-old Salvestra and the veteran
Housemaid, which is racing with
much success this fall after several
seasons at the stud. Mr. Sanford's
Maryland campaigners are mostly .
ear-olds, notably Tuscaloosa, Alphee,
uvenescence, Marchesa I'd, and Cha
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