The Washington herald., 1919-05-05
Best Thoroughbreds AT
Track Are to Run On
Wednesday.

Baltimore, Nd, May The Mary
land Jockey Club will stage at Pimlico
track this week a race for first-class
horses years old and over, the like
Of which may not be seen all season.
In the 5000 Pimlico Spring handicap.
gallop OF one mile and a sixteenth
for year olds and over TO be run
on Wednesday Old Rosebud. Cudigel.
Omar khayyam. Westy Hogan, Fore
ground. Bohiface. Snny Slope, Ptpp
and Hurucari. and. possibly. Dun
ooyne. The Boy and Translate tnay
all meet. The weights for this ace
were announced a couple of DAYS
since and IL Is conceded that the
Handicapped has done his work
cIeverly.
Old Rosebud. the winner Of two
sprint races this spring. after q
years absence from the tracks, must
shoulder l52 pounds In his attempt at
real comeback on Wednesdsy-his
earlier efforts were mere preliminary
canters-and he VIII share with
Cudgel. last seasons Pimlico Spring
Kentucky and Brooklyn handicap
winner. the distinction Of packing
top weight
Frank ID. Weir. the developer OF IN.
X.
that his horse is going TO give a first
rate account OF himself, and II old
Rosebud does not disappoint him.
Weir will take him West after the
Pimlico meeting for another battle
with Cudgel in the $4,000 Kentucky
Handicap. Weir bases hts conviction
that Old Rosebud will race to his old
form on the substantial fact that the
little gelding has not taken a lame
step since the beginning OF his train
ing. and he has been better since his
successful effort against the brilliant
Flags than he was at Havre de Grace.
The prospect of a meeting under
even weights between Old Rosebud
and Cudgel invests the impending re-
newal of the Pimlico Spring Handi-
cap with pecu:Tar interest. And sec
ond My to the newly developed n
valry between the handicap champion
of last season and the Kentucky
Derby winner OF 1914 is the revived
competition for honors and gold he
tween Omar Khsyyam and Cudgel
Omar Khayyam. Il will he recalled. was
the best horse Cudgel defeated in last
seasons renewal Of the Pimlico Spring
Handicap. Cudgel trained successfully
afterward. Omar Khayyam did not
But Omar has come back 60 tho
races this spring as good as new
apparently and he will have a biz
pull in the weight next "Wednesday
as compared with his and CudRel'S
imposts Of last spring. Last spring
Omar Khsyyam had 10 pack l3o
pounds to Cudgers 127. In this
seasons handicap Omar Khayyam is
allotted only 12l pounds. His britt
liant stable companion. westy Ho-
gan. must make a concession Of two
pounds to him. westy's weight Is
l23 and the winner of the SO. .OGn
Bowie Cup Of 1917 is as Mt for a
first rate effort as is omar Khayyam.
. Sunny Slope. one Of the brilliant
three-year-ol developments Of last
season. which has come over from
Laurel Park with Flags. must sh"ul-
der l2l pounds IL he starts And
probably he will. Sunny Slopes
condition is reported TO be excel
lent He is great horse at one
mile and one mile and a sixteenth.
At Saratoga last summer tho As
tronomer colt galloped a mile in
1856 2-5.
Boniface and Foreground. both of
which have shown midseason form
are in the PiTnlico spring handicap
under lie and l02 pounds respectively
The 2-year-olds Billy Kelly and
Eternal. which are in the west getting
ready for their battle in the Eentuckv
derby are weighted at 120 and 1Ia
pounds respectively. Three-year-olds
that are in the east and may start arc
Dunboyne. lie pounds: Translate. lal:
Yurucari. los, and The Boy. q.
Translate. Alfred Henen Morris.
Preaknees hope is IN grand condition.
He worked a mile in 80 e-5ths. ono
mile and a furlonG in SO 3-sths. and
ono mile and \ quarter in 2-na week
ago over the Pimlico course. NndeN
which has gone west for the Ken
lucky derby is weighted AZ 1T pounds
II seems likely now that field ~
ten or dozen horses will start in
the Pimlico spring handicap