NEWS
February 1, 2007
On January 22, 2007, FRANCES TAYLOR loving wife of Canute Taylor. She is also survived by son, Kenroy and Oliver Taylor; sisters, Kathleen Parkinson, brothers, Ferdinal, Claudious, Leopold, Aldolphus and Keith Richards, two grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews other relatives and friends. Friends may call the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, 4300 Wabash Avenue on Friday after 9 A.M. Family will receive friends on Saturday at First St. Stephens Baptist Church, 4663 Pimlico Road at 10:30 A.M., followed by funeral service at 11 A.M.
SPORTS
By FROM STAFF REPORTS | May 9, 2007
Two horses whose connections had indicated to Pimlico officials they would run in the Preakness are now saying something else, but a Kentucky Derby runner has moved from a possible to a definite. Teuflesberg, who faded to 17th in the Derby on Saturday after challenging for the lead, is headed to Pimlico, trainer and co-owner Jamie Sanders said yesterday. "We think Pimlico is more suitable to his style," Sanders said. Lexington Stakes winner Slew's Tizzy has been dropped from consideration, according to trainer Greg Fox, instead opting for the Lone Star Derby.
NEWS
By Bradley Olson and James Drew | November 19, 2007
Maryland lawmakers gave final approval last night to a referendum on slot machine gambling, sending to voters an issue that has bitterly divided politicians in Annapolis for years. On a frenzied day of legislating three weeks into a tumultuous special session called by Gov. Martin O'Malley to close the state's projected $1.7 billion budget gap, the Senate approved the referendum as it juggled measures related to taxes, health care and the environment. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller said after the vote that the only way the General Assembly could move forward with slots is through a referendum - and he faulted Republicans for "not participating" in the legislation.
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By Sandra McKee | April 20, 2007
Bad winter weather that caused Laurel Park to cancel four of its scheduled 75 race days during its winter meet contributed to disappointing meet-ending numbers released yesterday by Magna Entertainment Corp. "We saw it coming as the meet progressed," said Lou Raffetto, president and chief operating officer of the Maryland Jockey Club, as he watched a race during Pimlico Race Course's opening yesterday. "The weather was pretty brutal ... during February, and March and we had to cancel closing day."
NEWS
December 7, 2007
Joel R. Kruh, a Baltimore attorney who enjoyed playing sports, died Tuesday of an apparent heart attack while driving on the Baltimore Beltway. The longtime Owings Mills resident, who was pronounced dead at St. Agnes Hospital, was 61. Mr. Kruh was born in the Bronx, N.Y., and was 6 years old when he moved with his family to Crawford Avenue in Northwest Baltimore. He was a 1964 graduate of City College, where he was a track star, family members said. While attending law school at the University of Baltimore, where he earned his law degree in 1975, Mr. Kruh drove a taxi, taught driving and was an insurance adjustor.
NEWS
June 13, 2007
On June 9, 2007, PAUL HOOD Sr., loving husband of Elenora Hood. He is also survived by his children, Paulette Hood and Paul Hood, Jr., eight grandchildren, a host of great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue on Thursday after 9 A.M. Family will receive friends on Friday at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 4403 Pimlico Road at 11 A.M., followed by funeral service at 11:30 A.M. Interment King Memorial Park.
NEWS
May 11, 2007
Wolfgang Rotenberg, a retired certified public accountant and attorney, died Sunday from stroke complications at Sinai Hospital. The Pikesville resident was 76. Mr. Rotenberg was born in Jauer, Germany, and as an 8-year-old fled Nazi persecution with his family. They settled in Shanghai, China. He completed high school in China, and moved to Baltimore's Pimlico neighborhood with his family in 1948. While working, he studied at night at the Johns Hopkins University's old evening school, McCoy College, and in 1955 earned a degree in accounting.
NEWS
By Kelly Brewington | August 15, 2007
Dorothy Johns winced as she watched her elderly horse, Foreo, squirm away from handlers leading her into a makeshift stable at Pimlico Race Course. "Poor thing, she's all worked up from the ride up here," said Johns, watching along with a handful of Baltimore arabbers who gathered beside the temporary stable to welcome their horses and ponies back to the city. Last week, city officials condemned the arabbers' decaying stable in the 1900 block of Retreat St., noting structural problems, filth and trash that blocked exits.
SPORTS
By Tom Keyser | November 25, 1999
Drug tests conducted on stable hands at Pimlico Race Course have revealed rampant use of illegal drugs by workers entrusted with the care of thoroughbreds at one of the nation's best-known racetracks.Maryland Racing Commission inspectors, backed by Baltimore police officers, swept into Pimlico on Monday and tested 74 stable employees for illegal drug use. Thirty tested positive -- ranging from marijuana to cocaine -- and were immediately ordered off the grounds.The large proportion of positive tests did not surprise John Franzone, racing commission chairman.
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By Jon Morgan | April 28, 1999
Secretariat's run for the black-eyed Susans may finally be headed for the record books, 26 years after his Triple Crown win.The horse, considered by some the greatest to ever race, set records in the 1973 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. In between, he won the Preakness. But Pimlico Race Course's official timer -- a device whose accuracy had been publicly criticized for years -- came in with an impossibly slow time of 1 minute, 55 seconds.Three men in the press box with stopwatches all clocked the winning time at 1: 53 2/5, which would have been a record for the race, one that has subsequently been beaten.