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C. Oliver Goldsmith, an attorney who bred and raised thoroughbred racehorses for more than three decades at his Longwood Farm in Howard County, died Monday of pneumonia at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was 69.Mr. Goldsmith enjoyed fox hunting and was former master of the Howard County Hounds. He was also vice president of the Maryland Horse Breeders Association."He was just an all-around horseman," said Tim Capps, executive vice president of the association. "He loved horses. He was an old-fashioned horseman who liked all aspects of their beauty and athleticism.

There might not be a Triple Crown winner in 1993, but Loblolly Stable has an excellent chance on Saturday in the Belmont Stakes to pull off another unique double.When Prairie Bayou duplicated the 1992 feat of his stablemate, Pine Bluff, and won the Preakness two weeks ago, the Arkansas outfit of John Ed Anthony and his ex-wife, Mary Lynn Dudley, became the first owner-breeder in 45 years to win back-to-back runnings of the Pimlico classic.The last time a stable achieved such a feat was in 1947-48 when Calumet Farm won consecutive Preaknesses with Faultless and Citation.

Mel Brooks, the director of the classic comedies "Blazing Saddles" and "Young Frankenstein," began showing up at race tracks last year because a friend bought a horse. He doesn't bet much. He doesn't spend much time handicapping.When other friends buy horses, he bets those horses. He bets on trainers who train for his friends. He bets on jockeys who ride for his friends. He's loyal.He bets tips and doesn't recommend it. He likes to look at horses, he says, but he isn't buying one himself, forget it. "I think when God figured out what to make that's really gorgeous," Brooks said, "it's a horse.

The pastures are quiet, his mansion still. C. Oliver Goldsmith, who roared through life, is gone. And nearly all his horses, who raced and bred with their owner's gusto, are going.One of Maryland's most prominent horse owners and breeders, and also one of its foremost characters, Goldsmith died in May at age 69. But before he succumbed to a malignant brain tumor, his Turn Capp, one of the most amazing broodmares anywhere, gave birth to a filly.For the 25-year-old mare, this was her 18th foal -- although not a record, an achievement rarely matched.

On the surface, it seems as if the stewards at Laurel Park received an unmistakably harsh message from their employer -- the Maryland Racing Commission -- last week:Wake up, and stop making bad calls.No one spoke those words publicly, but it seemed the board gave a pretty strong indication of how it felt about some of the stewards' recent decisions when it overturned three of their judgement calls.But that's not so, said Allan Levey, a member of the commission, who added that the other board members also felt that what happened was "an anomaly.