The Washington herald., 1917-04-27
FAVORTTES SPLIT CARD
With Second CHOICES
Gold and Green Shows Great Race in
Fourth Number.
By GEORGE b. NORRIS.

Havre de Grace, Nd, April B.-A
threatening cloud and heavy track kept
the attendance down at the Hartford
/ course today.
Favorites about split the card with
second choices. and as a result the
talent" got the money.
The defeat of Distant Shore in the
steeplechase when Killex got the deci'
sion by the shortest Of margin was q
hard blow to his supporters. Distant
Shore was the best and would have won
had not Landry on the winner carried the
former away out with him at the last
jump. Williams claimed a foul, but the
Judges were not satisfied that Killix
could have avoided the accident. and al
lowed the result to stand as the horses
finished.
Andy Blakely's Gold and Green showed
smart performance in the fourth race,
an affair at 4 l-2 fuTlongs, when she out
broke her field and showed the way
homo all the route, to beat Edith by a
comfortable margin, while Virginia Yell
dropped into the third pocket.
In the closing race, Napoleon started
out to make a runaway AFFAIR Of the num-
Der. He opened up a gap Of ten lengths
rounding the far turn. In the meantime
Butwsu on Goldcrest Boy allowed his
mount to lay In a oontending position.
when Butwell let his horse have his head
he drew away to win by four lengths,
while Napoleon was stopping 70 a walk
The remainder OF the field was out
| classed.
FIRST RACE-Maiden 2yesr~oIds: -four md ons
half tIrlnSA PisdrA, u5 IT. MeTHEsaEtl. So
$40. -. woo; Jim Hs5erinE. LIS CNetcalO. SIZE
40. sound Ben TrOnp. as CButWslD. $40. third
Time. 05e. Charlie Lsydsoker Dusty Boots. On
ward, Martial Music. Psymsnt, Mss ssnfsr
African AIrow. VII Soon and Trophy Glso ran
Duty BlotN Martial MUio field horses.
SECOND RACEr-stssplschAEs; maiden +year-oldi
and upward; about two miles. Kniz. "a uAudryl
0lsLso $50. asO. won; Distant shiss, Is tF
waliamSl. A70 s., ssonnd The CSrmst- Il
tStsVeus). $40. third. Time. IDLS. saundsr
foot Runway. juliet. ChsTrun, MinidS. Rsddsst and
Duke Of Norfolk ssso TEn.
THIRD RACE-SsIinE; Syear-olds; Eve and one
half hIrione. Swift Foa. LIS CRobinsoul. S. 50
$40, s., won; MSidlinE Mis-. lne (GTinesl. $40
$40. sscond; Perssus Ios CTrcSel. $50 third
Tfne 1918. KntS None Such Oapt Ray
Kathryn Gray and Odds and Ends also rAn
FOURTH RACE-The PeTTyTiTe Selling stakes
SysAr-oldS: four and ons-hsH fGrIonss Green Gold
IS tTroiSsl. a0. $40. SO won: Diith F. 81
CdcGrswl, $50. $50. sscond; Virginia Yell q
CheTTimfsA, i2.To third Tine OSAKA Tit fos
Tat. Lttis SvesIer, UmatillA and Produor also ran
FIFTH RACD-HsndIcap; sailing; 5year-olds and
upward; SIX fWiOno. Prohibition IG (Ambrussl
80, $50. $40. won. FVuur los rTruisel. s. 80
sA2o, second: King BsEgot, III "a Collins. S0
third. Tims II425 Preston Lynn. Bse Rop1
and King Tuscan also ran
SIXTH RACE-selling; +y-ar-olds and UPWARD
mile and seventy yGrls. Harry Lauder lT ROBIN
sonl, SA.0, So. $50. won; Royal Meteor, III
| tButwerl, $50 n0. second; MdL lC6 CKoppeI
man. H.8 third Time, 1878 supreme Cs-I
ton G.. High Horss Richard LAasdon, slunbe-e,
and Pin Money also ran
SEVENTH RACE-Mile md arr-ntv Yards. ;
year-olds aa1 upward GildcreEt Boy rs (Butweln
w 80 al0 won: Napoleon. ln6 PArnnEannl
S2o. $40. second; HAYDEN. lls CwiIusmsl. - N
third. Tlnn La BStwa and woodfsir also rau.