Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-28
PREPARING FOR THE
HAVRE De GRACE MEET.
Annual Fall Races Start on Har-
ford County Track on
September 10.

Havre dc Grace. Md, Aug 2s.-The
Hartford Agricultural and Breeders Asso-
citation will usher in Marvland's fall racing
at Havrc dc Grace track on September r
10, with about 200 hors of various
ages and classes, representing the best
there Is In American sportsmanship To fill
their races The competition OF New
York will help, not hurt. the meeting
There are three or four times more horses
IN the east now than could properly be
taken care of by one track, and after the
split at Saratoga for New York Ken
tucky and Maryland on September |,
there will be some left over The Havre
lie Grace meeting will continue through
September and be followed by the Octo-
bcr session of the Laurel State Fair cor
poration at Laurel Park. and the Novem-
bcr meetings of the Maryland Jockey
Tub and the Southern Maryland Agri-
cultural Association ut Plmlico and
Bowie
The runners already here belong TO the
stables of Alfred Ncnncn Morris of New
York, Robert Walden of Middleburg,
Md. C. t. Clement of the Green Spring
Valley, Abner Clopton, Edward Mcbride,
e; n. Bryson and W, :. Scharton Havre
lie Grace track has proven an admirable
place for resting and revivifying horses
stalled by hard hot weather campaigning
N any rate the veteran thoroughbreds
tlttcrgold. Sky Pilot and Quietude have
found it so these last three or four weeks
rs have. also, the Younger but no less
grateful, flyers MARY Maud, Translate,
Ticklish, Cobalt and Charlie Leudeckor
II G. Bedwcli with the major part of
the stable of Commander j h. l.. Ross.
recently reinforced nj Saratoga by the
3-vear-old Bonlface. the 2-vear-old freak
Billy Kelly. champion of the season g
2-vear-odS and Sir Barton, Il half brother
of Sir Martin the American 2-Year-old
champion Of 1905. in the course of the
first week Of September Bcdwcll will be
followed hy William Jennings with the
Calumet stable, Richard +. Carman with
his own and the Thornc stables. Albert
SImons with one of the divisions Of Harry
PAYNE Whitney's stable, John L, Schorr,
with the stable OF Edward Bcalc Mclean
of Washington. Louis Fcustel with the
stable Of Samuel y. Riddle Of Philadcl-
phia, Michael DAILY. with the rval stables
of Mir and Mrs Walter NJ. Jeffords
Frank Farrar with tho stables of + T.
Zollcoffer and William Smith. John
shields. with the stable Of J :. Tyres Of
Washington. Andrew Godfrey Rlakcley,
with the stable Of W T. orr, George NJ.
Odom, with the stable of George Smith,
.Eamcs Fitzslmmons. with the Quincy
stable, and William Garth. with the
stable OF Captain Raj Parr Of Baltimore,
CudCci, Billy Kelly. Boniface Cadillac
and the imported thoroughbrrds Fore
ground. Canso. Wigstone Hillhampton.
Bonnie Dance and Fitzwi!lam are the
best Of the horse Commander Ross will
race az Havrc dc Grace and at other
MARYLAND tracks He Will bring the clever
Western jockey Sande, who has been
doing his riding at Saratoga. this way il
he secures q permanent call on the lads
services.
Wiifrid Wan also of Montreal. sends
word that he will race his great 4-ycar-
oids a; Belmont Park through the first
week of the West Chester Association ;
autumn meeting, but will have them here
for the Havre dc Grace opening Omar
Ahayyam and Westy Hogan will find
themselves on familiar ground 81 Havrc
le Grace Ncsty Hogan won the Fox
Hills Handicap here last September and
mar khayyam defeated Flittergold IN
nc liavre be Grace handicap More
,sver the great Marco colt trained here
Tor his successful race with the brillian
Heuress in the Lawrence Realization at
Belmont Park, last September