The Washington times., 1916-04-23
'HAVRE De GRACE meet
OFFERS GOOD CARD
Meeting Improves az stake
Races Are Added for Every
Day.

The racing at Havre de Grace i'm
proves as the meeting goes on. and the
coming week should see high-class
sport.
The big events to be run on during
the week are tomorrow the Aberdeen
Stakes for two-year-oids. with 1900
added; Tuesday. the Newark Selling
Stakes. with $1,000 guaranteed: we-.-
nesday. the Belair Handicap. with
1890 added; Thursday. The Perfyviils
Selling ,stakes, with $1,000 guaranteed.
and Saturday. the susauehanna Han
dicap. with 1900 added.
The best program OF the meeting so
far was offered yesterday, and the rae.
ing was witnessed by one OF the largest
crowds ever seen at the track. Three
specials were run from Baltimore and
tnese all were crowded. In addition
the special from Philadelphia and
Wilmington brought down a hammer
crowd. 1t was a business crowd, too,
and the iron men got the biggest play
OF the meeting. -
The 1850 PhiIadeiphia Hand,can w..
the star number OF the card, and re-
suited In a severe jolt to the talent.
when a. n. Aiken won at to / I'M
the mutuels. Last Tuesday A. ~
OF to l.. winning hsndiiy. Notwith-
standing the form the colt showed in
tnat race, the wise fish refused to take
MIN serieusiy and yesterday played
The race was cracker from start 70
nnish. Top o. the Morning, with Ia
poGnds up, made all the pace to the
shot to the front and won going aways
The time. lis, on a wet and slow track
marks hpe performance and stamps
the Algol colt some Splinter just now.
no more . to against MIN for some
time at least. Ed Trotter prepared the
colt at Charleston, and his form 40
kept under cover.
Top o. the Morning ran a. great 49,
IL wss his first time out of the season,
and he carried 12S pounds, giving the
winner IL pounds. From now on II Will
De a classy Splinter that beats Top o.
Vermont. after two failures at this
meeting. came to life in the third race
with a audiences that made the talent
see stars. Wednesday Vermont was
beaten on. finishing next to last in the
wilmington Stakes, and the wise fish
were hardly prepared for such start
ling reversal as he showed yesterday
when he ran over Held OF the best
sDrinters at the track ana finished go-
ing away. However. this Ia no new
thing in the Talbot menage. vermont
was entered to be sold for 81, no. and
r. =. carman and protected by the
stable. ~
Ida Claire. the winner Of the NTH
race. is one of the most consistent
platers In training. Yesterdays win was
hlly also scored a win at Bowie. After
the race Yesterday A. c. Parretto boost
ed the fiIly to q. 200, where the stable
protected her. Mr.. Parretto had pre-
S SnShsr Let sss &c p fer s Luther nh
In the. seventh race yesterday was his
second victory at this meeting. He also
won at Bowie.
Pimllco is fast hllins up for the meet
ing which starts May I. The Il ack has
been IN use since early I'm this month,
and the steeplechase course will be
ready for schooling tomorrow or Tues
day. The stables now on the grounds
are those OF Thomas Clyde; r. J. Wall
den. J. Howard Lewis. F. Ambrose
Clark. g. r. Tompxins. the Gleh Riddle
Farm. G. Bernard Fenwick, James Nc
Laughlin. ]. E. Davis. II. +. whitney,
James Arthur. w. w. Carter. e. ]. AL
bright. and William Garth.
A big bunch of jumpers will be on
hand and will make things interesting
In the cross-country events, such
division now at the track Is made OF
the strings of Col. Raj Parr, e. r.
Mclean. Joseph f. Widener. j. r.
Gwathmey. W.. l.. Crosley. Mitchell
Harrison. and s. D. Riddle.
The steeplechasers OF Thomas Hitch
cock and Tim Donohue. comprising be-
tween twenty and thirty head. have left
Aiken, s. c., where they have wintered,
and are due at Pimlico early this week.
Ihe Hitchcock 'chasers include Kin
tore, Bryndor. Allen. Brentwood, Hust-
Ter. Sorrento, Reton, and Welsh King.
DadS Male Cana Trxy