Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-27
.P|ML|C0 OPENS THURSDAY
STAKES EQUAL THOSE OF
ANY AMERICAN COURSE
ire"kncss Hns Dozen Entries for
S21,o0O Purse-Best Strings
Represented I'm Meet.

BALTIMORE. MD, April 26.-At
quaint old Pjmlico track, rich in tradi-
lions OF racing, and vivid in The livery
Oh an exceptional spring, the Maryland
Jockey Club will inauguratc this week
thoroughbred meeting that will be
meeting viii begin on Thursday and
continue through to May IL ii Wili
be inarked by ne distribution among
or group Of stakes which i'm v;,iuS
Will not be eXccllcd by those Of any
o,hcr race course in the United states
For the first. time in history tn,
nreakncss. which will be run May il.
am nc c, IN adoed money race of $4,000,
w WI have a gross value of about $40
GOO The Green Spring Valley stoepic-
chase, q gallon Of two miles throuEh
me Held for jumpers four years old
ana over, Will be- run May TO- and il
". WI loo have an added money value OF
VIII be renewed as a race of 5000
'H n1 and the spring juvenile and
h ilras%e nnTG,ery stakes: WHICH are FOR
'i'''o, respectively, in added money.
Fimlic" Onkcs Feature I,ncc.
ny me race that will give this
hhhirt,cular liInlico meeting particular
oaks; gallon OF ono mile and n six
tccnih, for three yeur-cld nllics. rhe
1aIE' wh M Is to be permanent
anu Jockey Club track. Will have It's
lnauEura! running May -. and for its
SaIutal,9rE Il will draw "A field Of three
ARD niles the like Of which will
nnt nave been seen under silks in
MY rae in coupie OF decades, NJ
i%ant on THIS sid" Of The Atlantic.
ior the oaks and training brilliantly
are arc; W T.: C2e's TeEentia: which the
trainers at Belmont Park have backed
rs another Artful or another Beidam.,
,hn hcr stable companion Abilene:
r rniIIp A. A. ciark'S Merry Princess and
Sssriins e ,@i7: Mrs. josenh + b 5a;"H@
0,pheiia, Wills sharpe Kilmcrs My
Friend, Alfred li.nnau Morris Consis-
tthcE, Maryland bred daughter OF
King lanes and Consistent: James W
accleiiands Phantom Maid Henry \
p poIitG Ugh Born Lady. a fast i'm
j. 4. j.. Ross Milkmaid. Samuel Ross
Orn3nda The Tripic Springs Farm
ra aIDse i,, ten . !hs winner OF more
Near.old accounted for: Edward NJ
Mc,ds ITO OF potential stars. Highland
swift. AMI Iiarry Payne Whitncy..
Sticking and NcXatioitS
Horses in Fine Condition..
Thanks TO AN exceptionally mild win
,Gr ana i siretch Of sprins weather
opportuniticf :or training these dior
orrhbrcds a." IT as are the Nat ram
ners and inmPers that will take part
OF ""th the oYcrn iGht and stake y;ric-
ties Eastern horses arc, in fact.
farther advanced coward nrst class
racing condition now than June ordi-
rariiy finds them.
Having attracted upward or 100
no ~ IONS there is no threc-cyar-
ness. From til" t.>o dozen or more
~. class colts and hilics eligible TO
srs.,t an rGIty or neaEy So three
that would attract more class than one
ordlnarily sees I'm a Withers or - Rel
mont or Il Lawrence Realization might
be organized. The greatest Of thu
potential rrcakucss starters on Iast
seasons form fairiv certain 10 start
IL, l'unboyns, winner OF tnc Belmont
park fu,urity; War Remnant winner
Of the $4,000. Walden of 1915. now
cial; Milkmaid and War Maryci. Two
OF war i'"nHHnt'S fastest companions
~ me powcrful stuUi" Of Commander
Jsrentia and Sweep ON. the last palnei
= nEhttontcd son az sweep ana Yode-
ing richard I. Wilson'S Saratoga
Specih! winner, ltoumhoi: Walter 81
i"hords stake winning ;wo-ycar-olds
nt last season, Hou,ledgc and star
hHmr,on. the last named tho conqucror
dicap 1T Saratoga, and Richard T.
':arman'S The Boy. Il son of C'e.t ana
sam, Dune that has been burning I%en- !
irst OF March.
Lesser Candidates Lool, Good.
Lesser candidates for tn. preakuess
as regards reputation are MIR. Pride OF /
i ii, a strarpine son Of DELHI and /
nant. juvenile hero OF 1915: Mr.. Whit
n ne NindeN: Mr.. McCleland's The
n manaerer $1,000 half brother of
an own brother of Campirr: S ann III
c. liildreth's trio-Cirriis, purrhasc
ia, Lord brighton: Mr. Morris Trans
},
crow and Penrosc. August Eelmomt's
c Mnu t iiatt M sEdwarq Cebrian's .Amcri
i.o,. EouEers. and PAT Dunne'S
Enderiire and Tho Wandcrer. like
Derby before they come east for thr
the Green Spring Valley. probably. viii
hot appear in stccplcchase in .
couple Of years. The most forward Of
me prospective contestants are: Brooks.
hets winner OF the Manly Memorial of
19lS. The Brook. St Charlotte. Duet
tlstf. prasaturgc. Hancock Dcbadou
i,ecislVc. Bellc o'the sea Elysian,
house, Turmoil. Trumpator. Traditioncr.
Siipshod, etc.
Fine Handicap Horses
Among the handicap horses OF The
first class that may !irst show their
1919 form in the Pinlice Spring handi-
cap are: sunny Slope. Cudgcl. Lucul-
lite, Regal Lodge, Papp. Starmaster.
HolliStcr Crimper, Bonicacc. Crank /
Omar Nhayyhm. Wcsty Hogna, Old
Rosebud, Naturalist. CorntasScl, Bor-
row and Bondage. And in addition to
these veterans it is likely that the
Pim!ice Spring handicap will attract
several Of the more precious Of the
three year Odds. BE Frank, which il
training specifically for the kentucky