The Washington herald., 1918-09-21
MUDLARKS In
THEIR GLORY
Form Players Jolted When
Outsiders Score in Sea of
Mud at Havre de Grace.

Havre de Grace. Md, Sept. 90
With mudlarks cavorting in a sea
Of mud and past performances count.
ing for practically nothing, form
players received Jolt after Jolt in the
running of the seven races on the
card at Havre de Grace this after
| noon.
Although three OF the favorites
managed to step down in front, the
other four winners were such rank
outsiders that the students Of form
were in quandary the most OF the
afternoon. A drizzling rain, which
at times would develop into a steady
downpour, made the afternoon I'M
pleasant ana kept the track almost
entirely under water. CoIors were
indistinguishablc and the winners
were almost unknown until after
they had passed under the wire.
Tommy-Waac started the ball ROLL
ing for the players OF talent when
he scored rather easily over a shifty
| Held In the first race. Left Fielder
ran second and Poultney managed 10
get up third in a driving finish. The
winner made every post a winning
one.
| Celto' owned by DR.. J. S. Tyree,
the Washington turfman. scored over
hlng Neptune in the banner race
OF the afternoon. The winner ran
closely Tapped on King during the
greater part Of the Journey and when
called upon in the last sixteenth
pulled away to win by half a length.
Bar or Phoenix several lengths in
the rear. managed to land third place
from Graphic.
Candidate II accounted for the Sec
ond race and was a well-played favor
lite. Zinnia, n field horse, ran second,
! paying the enormous odds of Al TO |
However. he finished severn lie .gths
IN the rear of the winner. O'MalIey.
who ran creditable race, saved third
very easily. A large field started in
this race and the picking was found
extremely difficult.
In the following number a large
Held also paraded to the post and
again the talent suffered Jolt when
Pepper, a half-mile runner, made
every post a winning one and paid
! sNi'i4SSN " l. oislcT EsnDlenl, an
other long shot from the bush tracks
was the runner-up and Belle Ringer,
the tavorite. saved third.
The fifth race was woR handIy by
Vocabulary. with MediusF second, and
Helen Atkin. the choice. third The
| winner paid almost Is to l. He set
| the pace and then won going away.
In the sixth race Wood Violet finally
scored over Kezia H., who was sec
| ond, and May W. who showed. The
winner won easily and was never ex-
tended.
The nighttap was taken by Miss
| Filley. who paid better than to !.
despite the fact that she had won two
days prior on the same course at bet
| ter than % to l. She ran a great
race and proved to her followers that
a muddy track was her main forte.
! TOotsie ran second and Fairy Legend
| third. Julia L., the prospective choice,
ran unplaced. The summary:
! FIRST RACB-FiTe and half tlrlorzs
Tommy Waac. lis fRolrisuez}. 30. go. 80;
| Left Fielder IL yHufl Tl.O $50; Poultney
lis (PAuington). SO. Time. l Ns IS III. Rae
| Tidal. Frank shannon, Royal FsVoTite. We
| woka. HoTdinI also ran.
| SECOND RACE-MiIs and seventy yards
Candidate. 10 Johnson. SO 80 go; zinnia
! III mum, ef.bO b.OU' oinailey, I'D iJOilnSi
ST. Time. 50 Goblet, Matoaka, Jack Dsw-
son. So Long Lefty. Day Break. Uncle Sand
| Mschere also ran.
THIRD RACE-six furIongs: Pepper, III
Hun. $3.50. $50. SO; Sister Emblem. is
| .O'Bnen,. 2i9o 1910: Bell Ringer lI6 Crrev-
| Ter. SD Time. &c IS, Blue Bannock, Jua-
uitl STd. Francis Crawford Early Sight. Stout
Heart. Bill Simmons Green Tree. Polly J..
| Tale Bearer also ran
FOURTH RACE-MiIe and seventy yards
Cote. IL fParringtonl. So, 40. 2lO King
Neptune. is tAmbtsel. 10 80; Bar o,
Phoenix, ITO STALKER. 20 Time, las 20.
Ampere Ind. Graphic homeland also ran.
FIFTH RACE-Mile and sixteenth: Nocab1-
| lazy. 81 (sReidemanl, $3.50, u.eO. 46o: Meiusa
q Stalker. SEQ 80; Helen Atkin. lO2 (Sandel
80. Time, Isl. Greetings. Molly O. Glory
| Belle. Odalisque also ran.
| SIXTH RACE-Mile and sixteenth: Wood
Violet. Zoe iSandel 40. 100, 20: Keziah, los
| Sterling. 40. ~; May ". lr5 jSnedemsnl
$50. Tune. 81 NettLs Walcott, Generisre
| b, Candslaris, Cassbarap also ran
| SEVENTH RACE-Three year Oils anil VI.
4 milo and sixteenth: Miss FTlley 10 lPickens,
4 l40, 80. Llc; Tottsie Ic3 lSande). 80. 2sr;
FAIRY Legend, III johnson. 400. Tine, s.
Julia l., Frrda johnson, Great Dolly als1 ran.