Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10
PIMLICO
NOTES
BY JOSEPH B. KELLY
Star Racing Editor

FlLullCO UcSIuS the maj week o
the 1856 Maryland racing season
today and it would take a knock
out weather blow to tarnish tn
success of this 29-day meeting
(which had been scheduled rathe
Ihesitantly to run until mid
December.
D. Eldred Rinehart, chairman
Of the Maryland Racing Com
mission. indicated when revising
the turf dates after the Legisla,
ture added 20 days to the tradi'
tional To-day quota of the milt
tracks that racing as late al
December Is was due to tn,
emergency only and would no
be repeated.
Public response to PimlicC
racing. which reached a peal
Saturday when 22,349 taxed thu
mutuel machinery with a 81, $685..
500 betting handle, is sure tt
cause some revised thinking
when the tracks and the COM
mission meet to discuss 1857
dates for Maryland here next
Monday.
Last weeks unreasonable
warm spell was credited with
helping the Maryland Jockey
Club ring up the biggest week Of
the year in Maryland racing
The weeks wagering Splurge
drove the daily average for %
days at Pimlico to $1,104, 1853, by
far the highest in the State this
year and only 5.4 per cent below
last Falls wagering figures when
the average was high 81, 1853, 470,
Also aiding the Pinlico totals
has been the streSsing of distance
races during this late fall session,
Records prove that the average
fan prefers a route to a sprint
when he is investing his money.
This was demonstrated Saturday
when, despite the fast falling
darkness, more money was wag-
cred on the mile-and-a-h half
eighth race for $500 platers,
which only a few fans could see,
than was bet on the featured Ex-
terminator Handicap. The to-
tails showed 1852 bet on the
Exterminator and $266,O49 on
the last race.
Saturdays wagering was a new
high for the State this year. bet
itering Campbell day at Bowie
with the attraction of a 500, 900
race: Preakness day and the
100000 Washington Cd. Co. In
ternational card at Laurel.
Final stakes of the Eastern
season will be the rivived Pimlico
Cup at two miles and sixteenth
Saturday which carries a $4,000
added value.
Christiana Stables Ricci Tavi,
the 3-year-old colt that turned
up the surprise winner of the
EXterminator, was not nominated
for the Pimlico Cup, but six other
Exterminator contestants are eli
gible. These are Mrs. Ethel D.
Jacobs Paper Tiger, Extermina-
tor favorite who finished third;
b. H. Wise's Next Page; Samuel
ITufano's Wise Margin, who was
second; Mrs. Harry L. Nathenon's
IMidontrial: Christopher T. Chen
'ery's Manotick and Christiana's
Thinking Cap.
Also considered likely starters
are James F. McHugh's River
Jordan, Cockfield Stables Akbar
Khan and Donald G. Ross Free
dom Farley.
Other attractions for Satur-
days windup program will be
another two mile and a six
teenth event. the finale Of the
Pimlico distance series of races
for claiming horses. and a mile
and three-quarter race.
Wednesday at Pimlico will be
Ladies Day, with all women
patrons being admitted for the
payment of the 15-cent State tax.
Jockey Norman MERCER. a re-
cent arrival from the New Eng
land circuit. is the latest Jockey
to be disciplined by the Pimlico
stewards. He begins a To-day
suspension tomorrow for failing
to keep his mount. Royal Blue
jem. straight through the stretch
in the sixth race last Friday.
Although ner-Trainer Alan
Clarke was quite happy to see his
3-year-old f1lly, Our Year reg
lister an impressive victory in an
allowance race at Pimlico Sat-
urday, he was upset about the
loss Of his aged mare. Bola Now
lee. who died a few days ago on
his Huntington Farm in Howard
County due to a lung ailment.
Bola Novice was the dam of
Senator Joe and JEANNE c., two
thoroughbreds now retired who
brought fame to the limited
Clarke breeding training and
racing operation. The mare, who
was II. had produced eight
starters and eight winners and
her last fc... is now a yearling
colt. Sired by Fritz Maisel. this
colt will be seen under racing
silks next spring.
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