The Washington herald., 1918-02-25
TURF STARS In
HARTFORD MEET
Viau, Ross and Lumsden
Have Placed Best Entries
in Havre de Grace Stake.

Havre de Grace, Maryland, Feb.
z.-rhe Canadian sportsmen wIlfrid
Viau and J. K l. Ross. Of Montreal,
and John Lumsden. of Ottawa. who
are wintering strong stables of
thoroughbreds in Maryland and the
District Of Columbia, are among the
heaviest nominators in the stakes
TO be decided at Havre de Grace,
In the course of the coming spring
meeting of the Hartford Agricultural
and Breeders Association.
The Havre de Greace meeting will
run through the last fortnight of
April 1t will follow the meeting
at Bowie and precede the session
Of the Maryland Jockey Club al
Pimlico.
Ross has named his sac, ,o0O
Broomstick colt Cudgel and the i'm
ported 3-year-old HiIlhampton,
Wigstone. Bonnie Dance and Corn
Exchange for the Havre de Grace
stakes for horses of mature age
Vfau has made like engagements
for his 4-year-olds Westy Hogan
winner at Pimlico last fall, of the
Bowie Cup. and Omar Khayyam
hero of the Kentucky derby and the
Lawrence Realization Lumsden has
put In nomination his strapping 4
year-old Bachelors Bliss and his 3
year-olds K of K. and Mancha-
Obviously IL is the intention OF
the trainers OF these horses to race
their 3year-olds at Havre de Grace
with q view OF fitting them for the
$1,000 Preakness and their Older
| horses for the 5000 Pimlico Spriue
handicap. which will be decided al
Pimilico in May. In addition TO the
horses mentioned. Ross has named
Uncle Byrn. Fitzwilliam. Damrosch
Priscilla Mullens, Valais. Manokin
Foreground. Casco and Althea fol
other Havre de Grace specials
Still another significant Havre do
Grace nomination is George w. Lofts
Papp. winner of last seasons Futur.
ity. Papp is in the Hartford, Phila'
delphia and Susquehanna handi.
caps and the Wilmington stakes. PapI
is wintering at Belmont Park undel
the eyes of Young Max Hirsch, his
veloper. By naming him for the Har.
ford Association races Loft indicate.
his intention of having the Peter
Ounce colt rounded up for the Freak.
ness and other Eastern 3-year-oIC
specials that will be decided later or
at New York tracks.
Prominent among the ninety-ont
nominations for the Havre de Gracs
stakes are the Pennsylvania sports.
men and sportswomen Samuel d. Rid.
die and his son-in-law and daughter
Walter NJ. Jeffords and Mrs. Walter
NJ. Jeffords and Joseph 1. Murphy
the last named being a son OF The
late Michael Murphy. of Philadelphia
one Of the founders Of Havre dc
Grace track. Riddles nominations
are his feet 4-year-old mare Yankee
Witch and the 3-year-olds RevelIer I'd
E. Plaudit and Generous. Jeffords
has named his 5-year-old Red Sox
and Mrs. Jeffords has nominated hel
5-year-olds DR.. Johnson and Claquer
The nominations Of Mr.. Murphy's sta
BILE are 2-year-olds-youngst he
bought last summer.
| Other well-known nominators art
Richard T. Wilson. tr.. Harry Payne
Whitney, Lewis S. Thompson, Ed.
ward G. Soule, Samuel Ross and J. s
Tyree, of Washington; James +
johnson, Capt William W. J. Press
Of Toronto; r. H. McCarter Potter
James W. McClelland. Edward Nc,
Bride. C. E. Clement, Philip T. Chinn
Emil Herr, ]. E. Griffith, Frederick
Housman, William Garth, Lewis
Garth, Cornelius Fellowes, Louis Fous
tel, F. r. Doctor. Thomas Clyde, Gif
ford A. Cochran, P. A. Clark, tn,
Calumet stable, James Arthur. Col
W. E. Applegate, H. c. Applegate anC
Richard F. Carman.